Inside the Music with StereoRuss

Superstar Crush (June 27, 2024)

Superstar Crush formed about two years ago and play power pop. Sam (guitar/vocals), Marzieh (vocals), and Truaxe (drums/vocals) became friends in middle school and met Chloe (bass) in high school and started performing original music at the end of grade 12. They all go to different universities but rock in the summer and on breaks. They have a dynamic stage energy that is not to be missed! 
Songs from Episode:
Tru Blu - Superstar Crush
Do What U Wanna - Superstar Crush
Venus in the Drywall - Superstar Crush
Fernando - ABBA
 
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Jocelyn June (June 20, 2024)

Jocelyn June hails out of Hamilton, now residing in Brantford, Ontario with a natural talent in music. Her sound is a Janis Joplin meets Amy Winehouse, sprinkled with Alanis Morissette. Over the years Jocelyn has studied privately in classical and jazz vocals, guitar with Gord Lewis, and piano with various privet teachers. She has fronted the Hamilton All Star Jr. Jazz Band, funk band 'Skirtcheck', classic rock banda 'The Falcons', and 'Black Rose'. Jocelyn June has grown her solo career, releasing 2 singles and now extends her work with her own band Jocelyn June & The Bugs. 
Songs from Episode:
Feeling Good (cover) - Jocelyn June
Kosmic Blues - Janis Joplin
Drag Me to Hell - Jocelyn June
 
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Peter van Helvoort of Glorious Sons (June 13, 2024)

Peter van Helvoort is the bassist for The Glorious Sons and is a solo artist under his own name, the singer in Darling Congress, and the singer/guitarist in Teenage Kicks.
Song from Episode:
Houselights - Glorious Sons
Motion Sickness - Phoebe Bridgers
Baby You're So Rich - Teenage Kicks
 
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https://www.instagram.com/theglorioussons/
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Bend it Like Beck (June 6, 2024)

Bend It Like Beck is Frank Koren and Chris Wheeler as main writers/guitarists. Started as a charity tribute for Jeff Beck and the chemistry was undeniable so it quickly morphed into an original music project. Members are some of Hamilton’s finest including Miles Evan’s-Branagh on keys, Andrew Marshall on bass, and Matt Burns on drums.
Songs from Episode:
Wonky Wednesday - Bend it Like Beck
Big Smoke - Bend it Like Beck
Don't Want to Hurt You - Bend it Like Beck
 
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https://www.instagram.com/benditlikebeck2023/
https://benditlikebeck.bandcamp.com/album/all-roads-lead-to-e
https://www.instagram.com/frank_koren/
https://www.instagram.com/chriswheeler21/
 
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Max Wray (May 30, 2024)

From touring the country as a song-writer to expanding the minds of music students of all ages, music has been the through line to Max's entire life, allowing him to connect with people world-wide. 
Max Wray is a Hamilton based musician, teacher, songwriter, show promoter/producer - all the hats!
 
Songs from Episode:
Always - Daniel Caesar
Good Enough - Your Boy Tony Braxton
Consider Me - Allen Stone
 
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Keegan Powell (May 23, 2024)

Canadian musician Keegan Powell makes songs that explore the mystery of pain, the release of demons and how through it all, life actually may be some kind of miracle. Start with the lofi experimental EP’s from 2019 ‘Is+Was’ and ‘Headspun’, doused in reverb, guitar solos and electronic drums. Lines from songs like ‘All That Is and Ever Was’ describes the mundane process through one’s day ‘Can’t quite decide how to pass the time/Forever on call to be great’ On ‘Previous Pain’ from 2022, Powell melancholically sings ‘Tonight everybody wants you/To be a star and sit upon your throne’ Foretelling if anything, the record garnered his first bout of serious airplay, racking up five radio single rotations on SiriusXM Radio.
The soothing acoustic howls that made Powell’s sophomore record,‘Fear Be Gone’, a college radio staple across North America proves something very clear-Powell has never stayed in one spot artistically. Not because he doesn’t want to, but because he is incapable of it. If evidence of this is his past work, Alien Radio is the sentencing in which nails his hand to the coffin. Imbued with infectious hooks and ferocious energy, Alien Radio is a compilation album composed of tracks previously released and unreleased from Powell’s archive, spanning across several separate recordings from the years 2016-2019. The tracks are a glimpse into an artist trying to overreach his ability and achieving it, only to forget about it altogether. Unearthed years later, what remains is an ultimate companion piece to his current released work. The results are crystal clear pop songs in the guise of quarter life angst that make for some of the most exciting rock music heard this decade.
Songs from Episode: 
Knocking on My Window - Keegan Powell
In My Cave - Keegan Powell
 
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AOIFE (May 16, 2024)

Meet AOIFE, the moniker of Irish-born, Hamilton-based singer-songwriter Aoife-Louise Doyle. A mixture of folk ethos, rock inflection and pop melodicism influences the surface of AOIFE’s soulful musical makeup. Her passion can be traced to an upbringing filled with family acapellas, later to be followed by a postsecondary trajectory as a vocal major. This paved the way for a vast array of experiences - R&B stints, jazz ensembles, compositional outlets - which informed her abilities, as well as her creative peripherals. Amidst her musical colleagues, AOIFE drew ambition to document her own world through songwriting.
The foundation of her efforts solidified as she deconstructed lines between personal themes of love, heartbreak, despondency, isolation, independence and solace. AOIFE best utilizes her voice to release subjugated emotions through a flurry of melodies, aiming to project an internal release through her message. AOIFE’s EP “when all is said and done” available for streaming now.
 
Songs from Episode:
SID - AOIFE
SAD - AOIFE
Heavy - AOIFE
I Won't Be the One - AOIFE
Daydreaming - AOIFE
 
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Moondoggy (May 9, 2024)

Moondoggy is an alternative rock band formed in 2019 in Collingwood, Ontario. Members Jakob Matanowitsch (vocals), Jonny Contini (guitar), Ben Matanowitsch (saxophone), and Victor Carrillo (drums) have spent the past 2 years playing shows in Ontario and Quebec while recording and releasing their debut studio album, “Mad and Noisy”. At present, Moondoggy is preparing for the release of their follow-up album, “Changing Seasons, Breaking Even”.
Songs from Episode:
Fate - Dr. Dog
Made It Out - Moondoggy
Passport - Moondoggy
It Gets Easier - Moondoggy
 
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DANI (May 2, 2024)

DANI was born in Colombia and raised in Mississauga, where she moved when she was one. As a teenager, she played guitar in church. She competed alongside her high school acapella group, winning first place at Dufferin Peel's Music Festival senior year and finishing as a finalist in regional singing contests. 
During her time at the University of Edinburgh, DANI's passion for storytelling through songwriting reignited, marking a significant turning point in her musical journey.
Since then, DANI has used music to help others overcome challenging moments, which has earned her finalist positions at the 2024 International Tin Pan Songwriting Festival Contest through the Nashville Songwriters Association (NSAI) and the International Coffee Music Project Contest for Best Original Song through her first single, Carolina Gold.
Songs from Episode:
Carolina Gold - DANI
Ella es Mi Fiesta - Carlos Vives
How Will I know - Whitney Houston
The House That Built Me - Tom Douglas
 
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Jamie Shea (April 25, 2024)

Jamie Shea & The Gentle Reminders tell it like it is and break it to you gently, reminding you of what truly matters before sending you home inspired. Their sound is dark and cool like when you're walking in the woods with the pedal steel shining through the pines to the rhythm of your footsteps.
We are all proud Hamiltonians.
Writing and performing as a solo act for many years, I wanted my songs to expand sonically to grow into what I knew they could be. It started with answering a FB post in a Hamilton Music Scene group posted by a pedal steel player looking for an opportunity to work on music with local artists. I sent him my music which he liked, we got together, played and decided to continue. After working together for a while I reached out to bass player, Jeese Visser because I wanted someone to join us who wasn't afraid to explore and move beyond traditional bass lines. We have worked with a few drummers. Local farmer and percussionist Russ Ohrt played most of the shows with us, but the demands of the land makes it too difficult for him to commit. I reached out to Dave Simpson who studied jazz with me at Mohawk and he joined recent showcase at Mills Hardware. He likes what we are doing as do we. He'll be helping us celebrate the release of our latest single "Late In The Night" at The Casbah Lounge.
Songs from Episode:
Come Down to the Water - Jamie Shea
Empty Feeling - Jamie Shea
Late in the Night - Jamie Shea & The Gentle Reminders
 
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https://open.spotify.com/track/4n3GWaBDzparG3Gk69wFu3?si=oWCsbTvZQ8uj6oMW8OUpcA&nd=1&dlsi=94a63e4ca8ae431a
 
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