We haven’t heard much from Django Django since they topped the PeteHatesMusic year end list with their debut album. The band have returned with a cover of The Monkees – not a traditional way to return to music. The song...
Some more ambient instrumental stuff from Chicago indie label Kranky. This track is by Christopher Bissonnette, which sounds like the name of a scientist or a professor. Well, he’s a professor of music. Man, who writes this stuff?! Bissonnette has...
London duo Summer Camp have the perfect disco-esque tune for your summer camp or whatever it’s called that you’re doing around all those young children. The song is fresh and it’s called, um, Fresh. It’s a lyric video that looks...
Twitter #MUSIC boss jumps ship Yeah… about that whole #MUSIC app thing? Well, not sure what this says about the whole project, but the brains behind it just LEFT THE COMPANY. Probably not good – right? Kevin Thau has joined...
I have a cold, I’m preparing for a move, and today is one of the rare days when I can’t give 100% into my Morning Music Notes. As for the other days when I provide garbage, well, that’s just my...
There’s a New Venue in Toronto Having too many music venues is not really a problem a city can have. Well, let me add “a city where bands like to tour.” Thankfully, lots of bands come to Toronto, and thankfully,...
Alt-J to Score British Indie Film, Leave To Remain Mercury Prize winners Alt-J will be composing the soundtrack to Leave to Remain, a new British movie by Bruce Goodison (via NME). The film stars Toby Jones and is about teenagers...
New Beach Boys Album out on June 5 Yesterday, we let you preview a track from the upcoming 50th anniversary tribute album to the Beach Boys. Not one for tributes (I’m making this up, they might actually LOVE tributes), the...
Drummer from The Band, Levon Helm, Dies at Age of 71 First Dick Clark, now Levon Helm – the 71 year old drummer from The Band passed away yesterday. To youngsters who don’t know them – yes, they were actually...
Do you remember last week, when we got so excited at the opportunity to stream the new Beach House song, that we jizzed in our pants put up a Dutch radio station’s stream of the track? Yes, it does seem...
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (who PeteHatesMusic caught live in Toronto) have an exclusive EP out on April 21 for Record Store Day. There will be four songs on the remix EP, called Acid Reflux EP, which features...
