By Adam Roper (CIVL DJ) – Email
Print Edition: October 24, 2012
Adam Roper used to be the missing link, until he was found to be living under Aaron Levy’s desk. He emerges from his woodsy solitude every Tuesday from 3pm-4pm to share new music discoveries on Birds Of Canada. Here are some artists he discovered while hitchhiking through Alberta:
Scenic Route To Alaska – “Home Is Not A Place”
The drive to Alaska from Edmonton starts with the rich and stretching prairie sky, leaving its varied impressions. Likewise is the music from this aptly titled Edmonton based Canadiana outfit- songs for the emerging stages of a northbound sojourn.
Snowborn – “Sleep Tight”
The only dead giveaway is lead singer Nathan Danser’s earnestly youthful sounding lead vocals, otherwise one might be easily be fooled into believing that Red Deer’s Snowborn have been writing and performing for years. They are, as they say, talented and mature well beyond their age.
The Utilities – “Your Complex”
This Lethbridge band kick starts their debut LP with an irresistibly well written rock opener, alluding to the plain-crossing songwriters of old. The song itself veers around in the bridge, but man is that first verse ever great!
Transit – “The Grizz”
The acclaimed spokesman and nominated poet laureate for the Calgary music scene’s loving tribute to the once great Vancouver Grizzlies, featuring Vancouver’s equally acclaimed Kyprios.
