Live Video: Laura Barrett on SouthernSouls.ca

One of my very favorite Toronto people - Laura Barrett is up today on Mitch Fillion's SouthernSouls.ca. Watch:

LAURA BARRETT - If What They Say Is True from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

LAURA BARRETT - No Further from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Skeletones Four on Southern Souls

Via Mitch Fillion and SouthernSouls.ca

THE SKELETONES FOUR - Sexy Breakfast from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

THE SKELETONES FOUR - Rotten To The Core from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Phonemes on Southern Souls

Via Mitch Fillion and SouthernSouls.ca:

Henri Faberge on SouthernSouls.ca

Henri Faberge (sans Adorables) on SouthernSouls.ca

HENRI FABERGÉ - Caught Peeking from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

HENRI FABERGÉ - Fruit Salad Daze from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Whale Tooth on Southern Souls

From SouthernSouls.ca - Toronto's Whale Tooth!

WHALE TOOTH - The Visitor from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

WHALE TOOTH - Vinyl Skin from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Donlands and Mortimer at Southern Souls

The prolific Mitch Fillion ( SouthernSouls.ca) has Toronto's Donlands and Mortimer, and band you'll be hearing alot about in future, up today. Find more about the band at myspace.com/donlandsandmortimer and check them out at:

25 Feb The Red Dog Peterborough, Ontario
1 Mar GangLion Comic Zine (Issue 4 Launch Party) @ The Boat Toronto, Ontario
12 Mar CMW (Unofficial) Showcase @ C’est What Toronto, Ontario
3 Apr The Metro Theatre Toronto, Ontario
9 Apr Waterloo (Maxwell’s Music House) Waterloo, Ontario
22 Apr Empty Fest w. (With Wax Mannequin) Sarnia, Ontario
24 Apr Hamilton w. Wax Mannequin Hamilton, Ontario
7 May C’est What (More Info Soon) Toronto, Ontario
14 May C’est What (More Info Soon) Toronto, Ontario
21 May C’est What (More Info Soon) Toronto, Ontario
28 May C’est What (More Info Soon) Toronto

DONLANDS AND MORTIMER - New Mythology from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

DONLAND AND MORTIMER - Lie To Rest from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Matt Paxton on Southern Souls

Hamilton singer/songwriter Matt Paxton (Myspace) takes a turn on Mitch Fillion's amazing southnernsouls.ca - tour dates for Matt are below:

MATT PAXTON PART 2 from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

MATT PAXTON - Until The Sky Begins To Change from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

See Matt at

23 Feb Barfly w. Ben Somer & Giant Hand Montreal, Quebec
25 Feb Raw Sugar Café w. Ben Somer & Giant Hand Ottawa, Ontario
27 Feb Rancho Relaxo w. Ben Somer, Cowlick, The Abbreviations and more! Toronto, Ontario
3 Mar The Spill w. Ben Somer Peterborough, Ontario
11 Mar Clark Hall Pub w. Ben Somer & Monuments and Statues Kingston, Ontario
12 Mar The Ship w. Ben Somer & Dan Edmonds of Harlon Pepper Hamilton, Ontario
18 Mar Paddy Flaherty’s w. Ben Somer Sarnia, Ontario

Grand Analog on SouthernSouls.ca

Grand Analog, currently my fav. Canadian hip hop act is up with two songs on my current fav. Canadian video blog - SouthernSouls.ca! Thanks to @Tonewise for the heads up.

GRAND ANALOG - I Play My Kazoo from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

GRAND ANALOG - Her Daddy (Don't Like Me) from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Everything All the Time on Southern Souls

You can find more from Everything All the Time at myspace.com/everythingallthetimeband and more video of all kinds of amazing bands from Mitch Fillion at southernsouls.ca.

EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME - Lazy Days from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME - Pinnacle from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: the Elwins on Southern Souls

THE ELWINS - Propinquity from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

More Elwins at myspace.com/theelwins
More great video at SouthernSouls.ca

Live Video: Hooded Fang at Southern Souls

Our friends Hooded Fang (Toronto's best and most well known unsigned band) are up at SouthernSouls.ca!

HOODED FANG - Mutant Bear from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

HOODED FANG - Sleep Song from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Forest City Lovers on SouthernSouls.ca

photo by Joe FudaTalk about matches made in heaven! Mitch Fillion's videos for SouthernSouls.ca have become a staple in my online diet and Forest City Lovers are one of my favorite bands - a band I am convinced will break out this year the way Ohbijou did last year.

FOREST CITY LOVERS - If I Were A Tree from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

FOREST CITY LOVERS - Don't Go from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Leif Vollebekk on SouthernSouls

Leif Vollebekk really has some buzz going lately. It seems that almost daily there is another article, another video, another something ... he was out spotlight artist just two weeks ago. Today there is new video from Mitch Fillionn and SouthernSouls.ca:

LEIF VOLLEBEKK - Takk Sömuleiðis from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

LEIF VOLLEBEKK - Quebec from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Maylee Todd on SouthernSouls.ca

Earlier today I told you to remember the name Maylee Todd and here she is again already, this time without Woodhands on SouthernSouls.ca - You can check out more from Maylee on her Facebook Fan Page:

MAYLEE TODD - Protection Plan 101 A.K.A. Quit Before Getting Fired from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

MAYLEE TODD - PEGWEE POWER!!! from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Balconies on SouthernSoul.ca and Cross Canada Tour

Photos by Alex Cairncross

The Balconies (Myspace) are from Ottawa, Ottawa loved them, but then Toronto borrowed stole them and Ottawa cried. Pretty soon though the rest of Canada will get to find out what Ottawa and Toronto are fighting over (beyond infrastructure funding). The tour dates are below - before we do that though the Balconies were also on SouthernSouls.ca today:

THE BALCONIES - Giant Squid from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

THE BALCONIES - Battle Royale from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Here are those tour dates - mark the Facebook Event page so you don't forget:

JAN 28 @ Clark Hall Pub, Kingston, ON

JAN 30 @ L’Absynthe (w/The Darcys & Jane’s Party), Montreal, QC

FEB 2 @ Baba's Lounge, Charlottetown, PEI

FEB 3 @ Mount Allison Tantramarch Pub (w/ By Divine Right) Sackville, NB

FEB 5 @ The Capital, Fredericton, NB

FEB 6 @ The Pavilion - EARLY ALL AGES SHOW, Halifax, NS

FEB 6 @ The Seahorse Tavern (w/ Soaking Up Jagged, Bad Vibrations & Cold Warp), Halifax, NS

FEB 10 @ The Drake Hotel (w/ By Divine Right & Gentlemen Reg) Toronto, ON

FEB 26 @ The Black Sheep Inn (w/ The Golden Dogs and Male Nurse), Wakefield, QC

FEB 27 @ Legendary Red Dog (w/ The Golden Dogs), Peterborough, ON

MARCH 5 @ Groundswell, (w/ Bass Lions) Alliston ON

MARCH 16 @ The Casbah, (w/ Ghostkeeper) Hamilton, ON

MARCH 19 @ Oscar's, Barrie, ON

APRIL 8 @ University of British Columbia (w/ Ghostkeeper), Vancouver, BC

*more to be announced soon!

Live Video: the Darcys on SouthernSouls.ca

Two videos of Toronto's the Darcys shot by Mitch Fillion for SouthernSouls.ca.

THE DARCYS - House Built Around Your Voice from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

THE DARCYS - Don't Bleed Me from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Anne Crawley on SouthernSouls.ca

From Mitch Fillion for SouthernSouls.ca - More info on Anne (A.L.) Crawley is available at myspace.com/annecrawley.

ANNE CRAWLEY - Alien from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

ANNE CRAWLEY - Still Life from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Basket of Figs on SouthernSouls.ca

Toronto's Basket of Figs from Mitch Fillion of Southernsouls.ca.

BASKET OF FIGS - Send Your Youth from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Loom on SouthernSouls.ca

Two videos by Mitch Fillion shot for SouthernSouls.ca featuring Toronto's Loom (Myspace).

LOOM - It Is Love from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

LOOM - Grown from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Great Bloomers - Endless Saskatchewan

Another video from Mitch Fillion for Southernsouls.ca - the Great Bloomers - You're Everywhere was posted yesterday.

Great Bloomers - Endless Saskatchewan from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Great Bloomers - You're Everywhere (new song)

Recorded by Mitch Fillion for SouthernSouls.ca:

GREAT BLOOMERS - You're Everywhere from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Shotgun Jimmie - Used Parts

Recorded by Mitch Fillion for SouthernSouls.ca

SHOTGUN JIMMIE - Used Parts from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Mother Mother - Arms Tonight

Recorded by Mitch Fillion for southernsouls.ca

MOTHER MOTHER - Arms Tonite from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Diamond Rings - Give It Up

From Mitch Fillion for SouthernSouls.ca - Diamond Rings (John O'Regan) performing Give It Up (Hopefully this is ok with Sony).

DIAMOND RINGS - Give it up from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: The Burning Hell on SouthernSouls.ca

One of my favorite bands on this or any planet The Burning Hell from SouthernSouls.ca

THE BURNING HELL - My Name Is Mathias from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Evening Hymns - Tumultuous Sea & History Books

More great stuff from Mitch Fillion at Southern Souls this time with Peterborough's own Evening Hymns.

Evening Hymns - History Books from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

EVENING HYMNS - Tumultuous Sea from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Pick A Piper - Yellowknife

Another great vid from Mitch Fillion and SouthernSouls.ca. For more on the band visit myspace.com/pickapiper

PICK A PIPER - Yellowknife from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Olenka and the Autumn Lovers - No Coins

One of the breakout artists of 2009, and a favorite at NxEW.ca almost since we started - this was recorded by the prolific Mitch Fillion for southernsouls.ca but I somehow missed it at the time (about a month ago).

OLENKA AND THE AUTUMN LOVERS - No Coins from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

OLENKA AND THE AUTUMN LOVERS - Mama's Bag from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: the Dudes - Good Intentions

Another great bit of video from Mitch Fillion for SouthernSouls.ca

THE DUDES - Good Intentions from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Ohbijou - Jailbird Blues on SouthernSouls

Another amazing bit of live video from Micth Fillion for southernsouls.ca.

OHBIJOU - Jailbird Blues from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Jordaan Mason and the Horse Museum

Jordaan Mason and the Horse Museum recorded by Mitch Fillion for southernsouls.ca.

JORDAAN MASON AND THE HORSE MUSEUM - Pharmacy from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

JORDAAN MASON AND THE HORSE MUSEUM - ____ is Water from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Will Currie and the Country French - Flowers

Will Currie and the Country French perform Flowers for Mitch Fillion and SouthernSouls.ca

WILL CURRIE AND THE COUNTRY FRENCH - Flowers from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Live Video: Young Rival on Southernsouls.ca

Hamilton's Young Rival are the latest subects for Mich Fillion's excellent southernsouls.ca:

Young Rival - the Ocean

YOUNG RIVAL - The Ocean from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.

Young Rival - Untitled

YOUNG RIVAL - Untitled from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.