Best of 2017 Songs (So Far)

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Cross posted from here.
2017 is going very fast and June being the halfway mark of the year.
So why not compile what are my list of best songs of 2017 so far.
Most are compiled from my radio show No Filter where I do the Top 5 Songs of the Week.
Hope you enjoy this list.

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Bonnie Doon – Dooner Nooner [Review]

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2017, Album, Album Review, alternative, band, Bonnie Doon, Canada, Dooner Nooner, Group, Music, Musicians, Ottawa, punk, Rock

Finally, the wait is over!
Ottawa’s all female group Bonnie Doon has released their first full-length album called Dooner Nooner via The Record Centre Records.
Nine tracks filled with high energetic, angsty post-punk, surfy-rock and no wave music.
Most of the songs I’ve heard live like Sandy’s Song with the clapping part, catchy countdown on Now or Neverish and experimental craziness on Panty Twist with Aymara Alvarado Sanchez on saxophone.

Thank goodness this album couldn’t come out at a better time when everyone is getting ready for the summer.
Get this album and take it to the beach, poolside, park or wherever!!

Best Tracks

• Pants and a Face
• High Noon
• Sandy’s Song
• Now or Neverish
• Panty Twister

I’d give Dooner Nooner:
/10

MAVN’s Murder… At The Circus! Needs Your Help!!

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2017, Art, Bonnie Doon, Canada, Music, Music Video, Ottawa

Bonnie Doon‘s Leslie Marshall is almost an accomplished filmmaker.
They need help to achieve the “Perfect Look and Sound” for their second short video, “Murder at the Circus!”
Details about the film:

“Murder…at the Circus! is a modern take on the old silent horror film.
Told through vivid colour, and a lush soundscape, the film peeps into the melancholic world of a travelling circus.
After months on the road, the drudgery of circus living is turned on its head one fateful night, when an eerie presence starts to meddle with the show!
There is murder no doubt, but who is killer?
And furthermore, is it a crime!?”

In a film that hinges on its atmosphere, your support will allow them to devote their time needed for detailed colour correction and sound editing to make their film as spooky and hypnotizing as possible!
Please pledge to their Indigogo Campaign!? Their goal is $700!

I Can’t Believe It’s Not: The Talking Heads – December 10, 2016

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Get ready to burn the house down on December 10, 2016.
Arboretum Festival presents I Can’t Believe It’s Not returns for its 6th edition with a 13-song live dance party celebration of inimitable new wave pioneers Talking Heads, featuring seminal tracks from Remain In Light, Speaking In Tongues, Fear of Music, ’77 and many more!
Taking place at St. Albans Church which is on 454 King Edward Ave
Tickets are $20 adv/door and All Ages/19+
Opening up the show will be The Luyas and Fiver!

Here is the list of the musicians playing:

Bonnie Doon – pants and a face [Music Video]

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Bonnie Doon who are a all female surf-rock punk band from Ottawa.
They have dropped a music video for their song pants and a face.
The song is taken from Pentagon Black Compilation No. 1 that was released earlier in 2016.
Watch the Phil Osborne directed music video.

pants and a face by BONNIE DOON from phil osborne on Vimeo.