{"id":3128,"date":"2015-05-07T11:55:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T15:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2015-05-05T23:57:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T03:57:37","slug":"canadian-music-week-canadians-at-couchxcouchwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2015\/05\/07\/canadian-music-week-canadians-at-couchxcouchwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Music Week: Canadians at CouchxCouchWest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t know,<a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/\"> CouchxCouchWest<\/a> is an annual music festival that is held exclusively on the web, where brave souls flip on their recording devices and sing a song anywhere but a stage. Pants are optional, pets are encouraged, and you always get a front row, er, screen, seat. Canada sent <a href=\"http:\/\/couchbycouchwest.com\/tag\/canada\/\">several acts<\/a> this year; below are some of the highlights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moderndaypoetsband\">Modern Day Poets<\/a>, of Vancouver, British Columbia, with <i>This City<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/BBYv10gXqZA<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.norinebraun.com\/\">Norine Braun<\/a>, also from Vancouver, B.C. with <i>Drunk<\/i>, which is about love and day-drinking:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/4icG2WJ7ioc<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theholygasp.bandcamp.com\/\">The Holy Gasp<\/a>, of Toronto, Ontario, with a conga-driven song about creepy crawlie nightmares, aka <i>Bedbugs<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122823260\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>And then to clear your mental palate, Winnipeg, Manitoba radio host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NancySlaterRadio\">Nancy Slater<\/a> with her interpretation of <i>Heavy<\/i> by The Glorious Sons:<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Heavy-The Glorious Sons Cover CXCW2015\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_q-OYIW84SGc\"><div id=\"lyte_q-OYIW84SGc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/q-OYIW84SGc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Heavy-The Glorious Sons Cover CXCW2015<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/q-OYIW84SGc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/q-OYIW84SGc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy-The Glorious Sons Cover CXCW2015\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t know, CouchxCouchWest is an annual music festival that is held exclusively on the web, where brave souls flip on their recording devices and sing a song anywhere but a stage. 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