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SE on IG: Dead Reckoning on the Dini Petty Show (1992)

On the heels of local success, Long Harbour’s Dead Reckoning moved to Toronto where they performed before a studio audience on Dini Petty’s popular Canadian talk show.

Itchy To Move: Ex Press Drop Debut EP

Mixing and mastering duties were carried out by Daryl Palumbo, a personal hero of Milley, and frontman for bands Glassjaw, Head Automatica and Color Film. In addition to producing the album, Palumbo also takes vocal duties on the tracks “Headrest” and “Big Figure”.

100 Years of “Crazy Blues”: The Story Behind Mamie Smith’s Classic

Recorded in 1920 and released by Okeh Records, “Crazy Blues” stands out as possibly the very first vocal blues record made by an African American woman.

“Creepin’ Fuzz” by The Krystals (Labrador City, 1971)

The Krystals formed in 1966 when a young Dutch engineer relocated to Labrador City for work in his field, but soon found himself resuming a role in his other area of expertise: rock n’ roll.

Premiere: Stream SMOLY HOAX ‘LIVE at Almon Billiards’

“The music and the sounds beneath were captured that night on this exclusive “Live at Almon Billiards” recording, almost not having seen the light of day due to the sound equipment having almost been drenched in a pitcher of cheap beer when a drunkard sloppily fell after having one too many shots of Jameson.”