Recording: Eamon McGrath

Artist: Eamon McGrath

Song: Signals

Recorded at Bloor + Roxton Stage (The Bloorcourt Arts and Crafts Street Fair), August 18, 2012.

Eamon McGrath - Signals

Full review to follow. At the day-long outdoor stage presented by Exclaim! and Saving Gigi, there were a lot of folks working all day to make sure things were getting done — but a special tip of the hat goes to McGrath, who was busy all afternoon and closed things out in a rockin' set with his band.

Recording: Pow Wows

Artist: Pow Wows

Song: Shock Corridor^*

Recorded at Bloor + Roxton Stage (The Bloorcourt Arts and Crafts Street Fair), August 18, 2012.

Pow Wows - Shock Corridor

Full review to follow. I've been meaning to catch the new-look Pow Wows for a bit now, so it was handy that they showed up to add some rock'n'roll volume to the Bloorcourt Street Fest. Key discovery: Pow Wows believe that children are the future.

^* Thanks to Chris for passing the title to this one along.

Recording: Let's Build Machines

Artist: Let's Build Machines

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at Bloor + Roxton Stage (The Bloorcourt Arts and Crafts Street Fair), August 18, 2012.

Let's Build Machines - unknown

Full review to follow. I knew that The Wilderness of Manitoba's Will Whitwham was a prolific songwriter, but I didn't realize that alongside his introspective Lake Forest side-project, he's also been dabbling with upbeat electronic music as Let's Build Machines. On a pleasant afternoon, the street shut down for some festival action, this suited just fine.

^* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!