Show Notes

The Beaches. A neighbourhood of Toronto. A band originating from that neighbourhood. The starting point on a long road of rejection, rebuilding, pivoting and triumph. It’s a homegrown story this week. Hope you’ll join us. 

Major sources for this episode include:

Toronto Life: Almost Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom

The Grammy Museum: The Drop: The Beaches

CBC: The Beaches on their ‘breakthrough’ journey from Family Channel to rockstars 

Rolling Stone: Here’s an Invitation to Get Messy With the Beaches

CBC – Q With Tom Power: The Beaches say writing Blame My Ex was like ‘going to therapy with your best friends’

CBC – Q With Tom Power: The Beaches are embracing their messier side

The Line of Best Fit: The personal reinvention of The Beaches

The Globe and Mail: Toronto band the Beaches riding a fresh wave of popularity on a mix of pop hooks, spirit and authenticity

Billboard: The Beaches Are Billboard Canada’s Women of the Year 2025

Them: The Beaches Have Been Through the Breakups. Now It’s Time for the Bangers

The SDR Show: Band Beaches on their “overnight” success, commonly misunderstood lyric game & more 

Writer & Host: Sidney Hirst-O’Reilly

Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly

Researcher & Series Producer: Allison Pinches

Director: Callie O’Reilly

Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly

Engineer: Geoff Devine

Theme music: James Atin, Casey Pick & Jeremiah Pick

Tunes: APM Music