Hello internet, coming to you with a new album that me and some of my best budds put together.
Feeling grateful to say it's finally release time.
Good Time Buddies is out May 1st at midnight.
10 new songs 🎵
Lots of heart and soul in these ones.
Happy springtime.
See ya out there,in the sun!
Xo
Photo:
@shylaablair
Album cover:
@owen_gains
Matt Mays hosts Buck Tingley & Conor Gains — June 21, 6:30–9:30 p.m. at Lost Mile Barn 🎶✨
An intimate night of live music you won’t forget. Save the date and bring your friends! Link in Bio
#LiveMusic #Concert #MattMays #BuckTingley #ConorGains #LostMileBarn #Caledonia #MusicNight #IndieMusic #GigAlert
TIX 🎟
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The Vill Presents: Conor Gains 🍾
Conor Gains writes songs like postcards from the road - honest, lived-in, and hard to forget.
Blending Americana, alt-rock, and blues, his sound pulls from long drives, late nights, and the quiet moments in between - where familiarity unwinds into the knowledge-bearing potential of the open road. Gains carefully crafts stories collected from travels, and takes you through a cosmic soundscape with his unique and thoughtful sound.
He built his foundation the old way: playing small-town bars and late-night rooms across North America, refining both his craft and his voice one show at a time. That road-earned experience now shows up in a catalog that feels both expansive and intentional - music that connects as easily on festival stages as it does in intimate venues.
With a clear song-first approach, Conor’s live performances bring those stories to life. There’s a weight and authenticity to what he delivers - less performance, more presence.
A masterful storyteller grounded in real experience and songwriting, Conor Gains creates music that resonates with listeners looking for something genuine.
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Join us June 6, 2026 at 8 PM in welcoming Conor Gains to The Vill.
Licensed event, 19+
SEE MORE: thevillevents.ca
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#conorgains #livemusic #ontarioevents #songwriter #wrawesome
Stoked to announce that @conorgains and I are sharing a bill @heartwoodconcerthall on May 9th! Conor was one of my first pals in the music scene, so sharing a stage together feels like a long time coming. Get your tickets cause you won’t wanna miss this beauty of a night. Ticket link will be listed in my bio and on my website 🌼🤎🎻
BURNT ENDS book launch May 1 @trinitycommon with @queenbooksto as booksellers and the magnificent @conorgains playing us into the night. Please join me in celebrating this culinary adventure story with some fine food and drink in Kensington Market (where the novel begins) as we turn the corner into spring.
Burnt Ends takes the reader on a culinary adventure across Canada, following one cook’s journey to discover the land he comes from and the land he was raised on, and to understand what that means when he rolls up his sleeves and gets cooking.
Thank you to @touchwooded and @reve.agency for allowing me to share this story after all the support from @ubccreativewriting fellow writers and mentors. Cooking up some more with @uofgsotec too.
Can’t wait to see you there!
#canlit #booklaunch #party #food #fiction
Next Sunday - March 29 - the Road to Home County 50 returns to @londonbrewingca !
Cone for the soulful sounds of CONOR GAINS and local emerging singer/songwriter, ALEX COOPER.
The show’s free and starts at 2pm so come early!
#HomeCounty50 #londonon #unescocityofmusic
Thank you to London Community Foundation and the Paul Seed Fund for making this series possible!
I wrote this song, Second Hand Love, after realizing that the very things I once thought disqualified me from love were actually the very things that prepared me for it.
When you’ve been through heartbreak a few times, you start to carry stories and I've seen these stories start to appear in my thoughts, my actions and even my beliefs. You learn your patterns. You learn how you shut down, how you overextend, how you fight, how you forgive. You collect tools: better language, softer edges, stronger boundaries. And somewhere along the way, you can start to feel like your experiences have left you "used". Like we are past the point where anyone could see the light in us that may have been dimmed by life, love or living life out of alignment.
But I began to see it differently.
There’s something deeply beautiful about a heart that’s been tried and tested. Someone who has known neglect recognizes care instantly. Someone who has felt unseen knows how sacred it is to be truly seen. There’s a gratitude that comes with surviving love — a reverence for connection that you don’t get when everything is brand new.
To me, it’s like finding that perfectly broken in jacket at a thrift store. It already moves with you. It’s softened in all the right places. It doesn’t need to be forced into shape, it’s lived in, and that living gives it character. Depth. Warmth. This song
is for anyone who’s mistaken their scars for flaws. It’s an invitation to see your history not as damage, but as craftsmanship. The tears, the lessons, the self-awareness — they don’t make you harder to love.
They make you ready.
#songwriter #newsong #folkmusic #originalmusic #catsofinstagram
From the archives: one of three live off the floor videos we captured for The Bucking Broncos back in 2024. Quick and dirty - with a clean and killer performance.
Filmed by @amitmehta_96 & @inks.inc
Mixed by @mackjord
The band's frontman @conorgains will be taking over the newly (re)opened Queen Street Commons this Sunday for a special show featuring unreleased songs off his new album.
It'll be a night of ripping guitar solos, soul-filled vocals, and good times. Doors at 7PM, music shortly after.
Tickets are available at goodcoprod.ca/conorgains
See you there!
The #RoadToHomeCounty50 continues on Sunday, March 29!
@conorgains and @songsbyal will perform at @londonbrewingca
The show is free and starts at 2pm, so come early!
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The Road to Home County concert series is made possible by London Community Foundation and the Paul Seed Fund.
