2025 Year End Review: Martin’s 20 Memorable Singles
This task of recalling 20 memorable singles over the last ten and a half months never gets any easier. I often hear a song, fall in love…
single releases
Video Vault: Commonwealth Connections – Cool Cuts
While we try to cover as much ground as possible with our focus on Canadian music during these final weeks of 2025, artists from…
Single Release: The Night Owls, “Queen of the Game”
This Montréal-based indie-folk duo of Simon Arsenault and Marianne Bourgeois first came to my attention in early 2022 with the release of their debut ‘self-titled’ single, which earned a…
GDW Jukebox: Indie Arrivals
A fresh bunch of independent 45s just arrived at GDW HQ, so we are loading a selection of Indie Arrivals onto the spindles, ready for your quarters and enjoyment. Well,…
Commonwealth Connections: Ruen Brothers, “Sitting at the Station”
And now for something completely different… Surely, we’ve all had those moments where upon the discovery of a new tune from a previously unknown artist, it very…
Single Release: First Robin, “Spider Veins”
“They’re crawling, creeping, weaving, getting bold / They’re crawling, creeping, eating, getting bold.” When Halloween officially lands on one of our regular GDW posting days (Tuesday and Friday),…
Essential New Releases: Rapid Fire Roundup
We found ourselves having to disable the ‘new email notification’ chime from the GDW inbox – because it’s worse than an overly sensitive smoke detector right now. New music requests and…
Single Release: Katie Schurman, “The Next”
Releasing your first single is like standing on the sidewalk and holding your underwear drawer open for the world to see. It’s like tattooing…
GDW Jukebox: Autumn Additions
It seems like it was just yesterday when we last updated the GDW Jukebox in time for the summer season. Yet here we are…
Single Release: McKayla Daigle, “Hold My Head Up High”
As the whirlwind of summer fades – the late nights, the road trips, the festival haze – a quieter season takes its place. The…