The bearded wonder that is Jim James has a new track for us to check out. It’s from the My Morning Jacket singer’s upcoming solo album. Like all good things My Morning Jacket, this track is a sprawling, slow burning,...
I don’t know if it’s sunny and warm where you are – it sure as hell ain’t in Toronto today. But listening to this new song from Millionyoung makes me feel like it is. The song is called Lovin, which...
Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace Album Out in January? Radiohead fan(atical) site, At Ease, reported over the weekend that Atoms for Peace are going to release their debut album in January. No proof was offered with the report, which noted...
There’s been a lot of people hinting about a follow up album to the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album, Cruel Summer. You wouldn’t know it by watching it, but this minute long trailer is either a graduate film making project, or...
We have a new track from New Zealand band, The Ruby Suns, which is not an Indiana Jones adventure – yet. After albums in 2006, 2008, and 2010, The Ruby Suns’ main man, Ryan McPhun moved to Norway and wound...
Iko are a 2 piece band from Exeter, England. They have an EP called Dazed And Confused, out on November 12. Their first track, is a gentle piano ballad, Kites. If I wrote a song called kites, it would be...
Here’s something new for you on this fine Friday. The indie rock trio are from Manchester, England and are called City Reign. Their first single is out on November 5 and is called Ahead of Ideas. That’s what psychics are,...
Good news for fans of Local Natives (insert insensitive racist comment or complimentary fact here). The Silver Lake, Los Angeles band will release their second album into the wild on January 29, 2013 (via Twenty Four Bit). The band have...
A great new track to get you through the rest of the day. The band are Gallops, and they are about to drop their debut album, Yours Sincerely, Dr. Hardcore, on December 10. The band are from Wrexham, England, and...
Earlier this year, we featured the Mowgli’s and their full album stream, including the track I’ve Been Around (named after some of my ex-girlfriends). The band must have an appetite for work, as they are releasing an EP on October...
Toro Y Moi is releasing a new album in January called Anything in Return. Our first listen from this is So Many Details, which will be released as the (awkwardly named) Record Store Day Back to Black Friday (November 23)...
Jay-Z’s favourite number must be 8. Is that an Illuminati thing? He just played 8 sold out shows at the new Brooklyn Barclay’s Center, home to the Brooklyn Nets NBA team. He has now announced that there will be a...
Toronto’s Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, spent much of 2011 hidden away, while people tried to figure out exactly who was this guy was releasing these great tracks to the Internet. In his new video for Rolling Stone, Abel stares...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Return With New Album on October 15/16 One of my top 10 bands of all time is Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The Montreal instrumental post-rock / insert-a-million-adjectives band broke up after 2002’s Yanqui U.X.O., but reunited...
I was in the crowd to see Anchorsong one night back in March, but what was a nice added bonus was the stunning opening band, Mt. Wolf. From singer Kate Sproule’s booming vocals to the sense of grandeur to their...
