Category: Morning Music Notes
Unlike me, who ran naked across my school’s basketball court, Sam Smith first got some notice by appearing with Disclosure and their track Latch. The UK singer is now goin’ it alone, and is dropping an album in 2014. Ahead...
Here’s an interesting song for your Monday morning. It’s a mix of not ‘in your face’ electronic music and bass beats by Honolulu producer Jacuzzi. The ever-evolving track is called Exodus. It starts off slow and sounds a bit like...
Banks recently opened for The Weeknd on tour. I guess she’s repaying the favour or being blackmailed, as she has cover his track What You Need. The song was recorded for Zane Lowe for BBC Radio 1. If you didn’t...
We’ve heard the audio for the motor mouthed Eminem song Rap God. Now we get a retro, Max Headroom-esque video from the Detroit rapper. The singles keep flowing from Em’s new album, following Berzerk, Survival, and Monster. Eminem is also...
Here’s a track from the awesomely named Vancouver Sleep Clinic. The gig posters around town must lead to some interesting and sleep-deprived attendees. Vancouver Sleep Clinic is Tim Bettinson out of Australia, with an EP on the way soon. For...
The touring behemoth that are Muse put on one hell of a live show – definitely top 5 in my very big books. They have a new video from their Live At Rome Olympic Stadium concert movie. The film was...
Kings of Leon continue their comeback with an epic new video from recent release Mechanical Bull. The track that gets the slick video treatment is the lengthy ballad Beautiful War. The video does both an excellent job of telling a...
First of all, if you live in Toronto, you have until 9:30AM today to try and win Broken Bells tickets before they go on sale today. Find out how to enter here. To further entice you to enter, the band...
Some blog news before we get into ‘real’ news. I’m happy to say that PeteHatesMusic has been shortlisted from a lengthy list of over 100 blogs to make it to the final 10 for Best Arts & Culture / Theatre...
After releasing one of the better albums in 2013, Majical Cloudz have let another gem out of the studio and onto the Internet. They’ve been playing it live throughout the year, even though it didn’t show up on this year’s...
As part of the deluxe edition of their Polaris Prize nominated album Ultramarine, Young Galaxy dropped bonus track Crying My Heart Out back in August. The track now has a shiny, new video. The video has a person dolled up...
Beady Eye are an interesting band. Made up of Oasis minus Noel Gallagher, people were split between whether or not they would be Oasis Redux or if it would show Noel was essentially Oasis. The first album showed arguments for...
We featured a few Lucius tracks last year (Turn It Around and Genevieve) from their EP. Their debut album Wildewoman is out, and you can now see the video for Tempest. Like their earlier work, Tempest features singers Holly Laessig...
I’m a casual hip hop fan these days, but when I get into an artist or group, I am addicted to their mix of flow and beats. The teaming of Killer Mike and El-P in Run the Jewels is a...
Mischievous British singer Lily Allen is back with a controversial new tune. After making babies, she’s ready to made some new music and stir up the scene. With her lyrical bombshells in comeback single Hard Out Here, she’s seemingly done...