In case you missed it, Our Lady Peace released a brilliant cover of Jane’s Addition “Mountain Song” from last year’s Quebec City show. The band filled in for Jane’s Addiction on a few Canadian shows with the Smashing Pumpkins last year. While I’m sure Jane’s Addiction fans were bummed to have missed them, OLP fans got this solid cover that we hope also satiated Jane’s … Continue reading Our Lady Peace: Mountain Song
SPIRITUAL MACHINES II has been out at an NFT since October 2021 and since my brain has yet to wrap itself around the NFT world, I had to wait for the traditional release of the album on Friday. It’s the 10th studio album by Our Lady Peace and the sequel to the 2000 release SPIRITUAL MACHINES. For those not familiar with OLP or SPIRITUAL MACHINES, the 2000 release was inspired by the … Continue reading Track by Track: Spiritual Machines II by Our Lady Peace
Premiering first on Out Magazine, Canada’s Our Lady Peace gives the world a beautiful video for their song “Hiding Place for Hearts”. Off of their newly released SOMETHINGNESS Vol One, this is the 2nd video to star Matt Santoro as an Uber driver. The 1st was “Drop Me in the Water” (you can watch it below). Each song accompanies the story that is happening in the … Continue reading WATCH: Hiding Place for Hearts by Our Lady Peace
ARTIST: Our Lady Peace SONG: Hope ALBUM: NAVEED, available now Oct 10th marked the 20th anniversary for OUR LADY PEACE’s single “Hope” from their debut album NAVEED. 20 years!! I remember when this album came out! Continue reading Music Brought to You By the Letter: “O” – Our Lady Peace
August 26th cannot get here quick enough for us. That is the date we can buy the new Our Lady Peace track. Canada, you can get yours now here: http://smarturl.it/WontTurnBack. This track is so infectious, toe tapping, and fantastic. I’d like to say it’s signature OLP, but the only thing that is signature is the always powerful and inspiring lyrics that only OLP can do. If … Continue reading LISTEN: “Won’t Turn Back” by Our Lady Peace
Here are the 11 tracks we have at 11 this week. Listen on Apple Music or Spotify In order of time: “Unholy” by Anthony VincentThis cover of the pop smash “Unholy” is kicked up a notch with an infectious bass, crunchy guitars, and massive drums. Vincent is also known as Ten Second Songs. “Eleanor Rigby” by Palaye RoyaleOur second cover on the list and definitely … Continue reading VOLUME UP! SERIES: Issue 01 :: Volume 01
2022 was a year of change for Amplify the Noise. While we rebranded ourselves from Pretty Vacant One, our focus to “dig through the music crates of life and share what we like” remains unchanged. We also dialled in our focus to raise the frequency of music we like without crapping on the dreams of others. If something wasn’t to our taste, we simply didn’t … Continue reading What We Loved in 2022
When I originally sat down to reflect on the albums of 2017, I could only think of two albums that stuck with me. My thought was how in the world was I going to come up with five! But it was easier than I thought. The hardest was narrowing the list to just 5! Here are my Top 5 Albums of 2017: #5 WOLVES by … Continue reading TOP 5 Albums of 2017
I knew when I started working on this list that it was going to be damn near impossible to just list 5 songs so it became the Top 10 Songs of 2017 and even that was hard. There were a lot of good songs in 2017 and there was no rhyme or reason on how to get on this list. These are just songs that … Continue reading TOP 10 Songs of 2017
Music Brought to You by the Letter: “O” The artist is Our Lady Peace, the song is “As Fast As You Can” from their album CURVE. (*Editors note, we wanted to feature “Won’t Turn Back” from their upcoming 9th studio album, but we couldn’t find a link that was suitable for us to use. Yes, we kind of squealed with major excitement when we heard that … Continue reading Music Brought to You by the Letter: “O”
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