We’re thoroughly enjoying the Victoria Day long weekend this year with some timely tunes, eagerly anticipated new music, songs about the troubles in my yard, and a whole lot of big, dumb, nostalgic rock.

Artist – Song Title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – MB=Manitoba Artist – WPG=Winnipeg artist

Melissa McClelland – Victoria Day (May Flowers) – Victoria Day – CDN

Jeff Beadle – Victoria Day – single – CDN
The Warped 45s – Victoria Day – Matador Sunset – CDN
Melissa McClelland – Little Birds – Stranded In Suburbia – CDN

Darlingside – Birds Say – Birds Say
Abigail Lapell – Night Bird And Morning Bird – Hide nor Hair – CDN
Lynn Miles – Little Bird – Fall for Beauty – CDN
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird – Little Bird
Rheostatics – Little Bird, Little Bird – 2067 – CDN
Anne Janelle & James Hill – Ah, Poor Bird – single – CDN

NQ Arbuckle – Funny Bone – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – Seven Year Itch – Love Songs for the Long Game – CDN
Mike Plume & Jenny Orenstein – Dance Ruby, Dance – single – CDN
Mike Plume Band – You Don’t Believe (That’s Something You Could Do) – single – CDN

The Nude Party – Ride On – Rides On
Jess Klein – Never Gonna Break Me – single
Lydia Loveless & Jason Hawk Harris – Portions For Foxes – single
Rilo Kiley – Love and War (11/11/46) – More Adventurous
Wild Moccasins – No Muse – Look Together
Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve – Middle Cyclone

Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead – Scouting For Girls
Jeffrey Gaines – I Like You – Somewhat Slightly Dazed
The Jayhawks – Waiting for the Sun – Hollywood Town Hall
Luke Doucet – The Lovecats – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Paul Kelly – Won’t You Come Around – Ways & Means
Josh Ritter – Right Moves – The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter

Red Wanting Blue – White Snow – From The Vanishing Point
The Wallflowers – One Headlight – Bringing Down the Horse
Soul Asylum – Black Gold – Grave Dancers Union
Gin Blossoms – Found Out About You – New Miserable Experience
R.E.M. – The One I Love – Document

The Glorious Sons – White Noise – The Union – CDN
July Talk – Let Her Know – July Talk – CDN
The Four Horsemen – Rockin’ Is Ma Business – Nobody Said It Was Easy
Great White – Move It – Twice Shy
Brother Cane – And Fools Shine On – Seeds
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomaly – Three Seeds – CDN – WPG