Weekend Music! Manic Street Preachers – Europa Geht Durch Mich (Erol Alkan’s Mesmerise Zwei Rework)
Don’t be frightened by how long that title is, or how long it takes this brand new Erol Alkan re-edit to develop. It’s worth the wait.
Listen! Kate Tempest – The Beigeness
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...
Listen! Elstow – Turning Images
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...
Morning Music Notes – Drum Battle Needs More Cowbell
We gave you the lovely audio of the Papercuts track, Life Among the Savages, several months ago. But why listen to music when you can, um, watch the music? Yeah, exactly. What I’m unsuccessfully trying to say is that Papercuts...
Listen! Bob Moses – I Ain’t Gonna Be The First To Cry
New York (Via Vancouver) production duo Bob Moses just signed to Domino records and will release a new album next month. This is the first track released, called I Ain’t Gonna Be The First To Cry, and features some kick-ass layered guitars....
Listen! Barbarossa – Elevator
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...
CONTEST! Win Weekend Passes for Field Trip Festival in Toronto!
UPDATE: We’ve drawn our 3 winners. See tweet below We've randomly drawn our Field Trip winners! Congrats to @poothroat (nice name?!), @marinigh and @BonJovisCousin! I'll contact you for info — Pete! (@PeteHatesMusic) June 2, 2014 Now this is a contest...
Morning Music Notes – Check Out This Fresh New Intro
There’s a new Kitsuné America 3 compilation, which includes a new song from Misun. This is good news, as the Washington D.C. act have been dropping some good tracks lately. The track is called Eli Eli and has a piano-led,...
Morning Music Notes – Here’s a Few Tracks to Tide You Over
Cold Specks has a brand, spanking new song from a brand, spanking new album. The album will be called Neuroplasticity and is out August 25/26, depending where on this green Earth you live. Our first listen is Absisto, with the...
Listen! Gdansk – Mariner’s Cross
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...
Morning Music Notes – Black or White or Hologram
Banks. How many times have we posted about her? If I could count, you would have an answer. Her debut album is due in September, and we’ve heard title track Goddess. Now we get a taste of Drowning. Strong vocals,...
Weekend Music: Daniel Avery – Knowing We’ll Be Here (KiNK remix)
Earlier this year, Daniel Avery released one of the best albums of the year – Drone Logic. This is a re-work from Bulgarian producer KiNK, and it’s just happy and deep enough to put you in a ‘weekendy’ mood… whatever...
Listen! CFCF – Windswept
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...
Listen! CANVAS – Keeping Score
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....
CONTEST! Win Tickets to See Kodaline in Toronto
We’ve been watching Kodaline for quite some time, including an interview with the band back in January 2013. Now it’s time for everyone else to do the watching, as Kodaline return to Toronto for their Live Nation’s Ones to Watch...
