Although we should be spending our weekend outside, if you’re on a patio with your iPod/laptop/iPhone/music playing device, catch up with UK act Fear of Men. They have the tracks Alta / Waterfall for us, with Alta bleeding into Waterfall....
This is a stunning piece of hip hop from award-winning British poet Kate Tempest. Produced by Dan Carey (holy shit – look at his resumé!), this is something I wish happened more often in hip hop. Just listen and you’ll...
Chalk this up to another “SoundCloud worm” discovery. We bring you the breezy, psychedelic sounds of Elstow, from Sydney, Australia. The track is called Turning Images, and has a harmonic chorus that is perfect for your Friday. Is it just...
Some more new stuff from the lovely voice of Barbarossa, who has made our ears happy with tunes like Butterfly Plague and Turbine. Coming out on June 16, we get a new EP from the Londoner, called Elevator. Our first...
Some new music out of Hamilton, Ontario, with the name of a Polish city just to confuse the geography majors among us. The band is Gdansk, and they have some slow, pop music for you. The track is called Mariner’s...
Montreal producer CFCF is back with a track named after my much desired hair. The song is called Windswept, and is off of an upcoming EP called Outsiders. The track is a 5 minute track that missed the cut for...
Some catchy stuff from a band that just played Canadian Music Week (who we sadly missed, possibly because we were passed out in a ditch). The band are Toronto’s CANVAS and they are going to release an album this year....
After first impressing us with Unkinder (A Tougher Love), Thumpers are preparing for the release of their debut album. And what better way to get people amped up for Galore by letting people stream the whole thing right now?! Free...
Arkells will drop their new album High Noon on August 5. Thankfully, this isn’t the end of this post – we have a shiny, new song for you. It’s called Come to Light. Lead singer Max Kerman gave his thoughts...
Lykke Li can do no wrong. After seamlessly dropping gorgeous track after gorgeous track for new album I Never Learn, she has another new track called No One Ever Loved. Okay – WE GET IT – you had your heartbroken....
PHM favourites and fellow Torontonians Austra return with a surprise 4-song EP to make your summer that much more enjoyable. The EP is out on June 17, and is led by the title track Habitat. Singer Katie Stelmanis says “’Habitat’...
Toronto artist STACEY has a new video from her lovely debut EP. The track is Sleep Alone, something I never have to do thanks to my army of teddy bears. The track is another piano track that hits all the...
I need to seriously clear out some of my ‘good music’ bookmarks. More importantly, I also need to share some good music with you fine readers (assuming there is more than one of you). This brings up to the Weekend...
More goodness in the form of ambient and electronic instrumental music for you. We’ve featured the Eluvium-Explosions in the Sky group Inventions before, with their tracks Peaceable Child and Entity. We (or rather, record label Temporary Residence) has launched the...
More lovely ambient instrumental stuff from Hiss Tracts. Following up halo getters and for the transient projectionist comes …shortwave nights. Featuring a slow, repetitive lead line, we hear droning sounds of strings and other sounds fighting to compliment this moody...
