Listen! Winter Aid – The Wisp Sings
We have some melodic folk rock out of Dublin, Ireland for you. The act is Winter Aid, and they recorded a 3 song EP called The Wisp Sings, which came out on November 11. It’s perfect listening for the bloody...
Morning Music Notes – No Sleep Til Prison
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...
Weekend Catch Up! Reputante – Lock Me Up
Time for us to present you with some songs that didn’t immediately leave our bookmarked list or scribbles of paper. This is why we invented this Weekend Catch Up segment. This weekend, catch up with Reputante. Reputante are out of...
Weekend Music: Etnik – Vault
Etnik is from Hamburg, Germany and he has been releasing electro monsters on Skrillex’s Owsla label all year. This is a track called Vault from a new, excellent EP Neon Daze that was just released this week. Turn this up...
Listen! Breton – Envy
Following up their slick synth beat in Got Well Soon, UK band Breton is back with a new tune from their upcoming sophomore album. Check out forthcoming single Envy – jealous? We get some dance happy vibes, with some steel...
Morning Music Notes – Indie Blog Heads to Futuristic Print Template
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...
Listen! U2 – Ordinary Love
U2 – ever heard of them? They did a new song for the Nelson Mandela biopic, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. We already heard a snippet, then the track sort of leaked. Well, now we have the official lyric video...
Better know a musical genre – the story of Go-go and why you should care
So – what is Go-Go? On December 6th 1965, Smokey Robinson’s The Miracles released a song called Going to a Go-go and unwittingly set off a chain of events that would culminate in the writing of this article. Is your...
Watch! Arcade Fire – Afterlife
Arcade Fire launched Reflektor tour dates with the caveat that there’s a formal or costume dress code. Everyone (unfairly) lost their shit, to the point where the band casually noted that it won’t be enforced. To celebrate (or to keep...
Watch! Francis and the Lights – Like a Dream
Here’s an indie R&B vibe for you today. We have the latest video from Francis and the Lights called Like a Dream (which is not how dates with me go). Lead by former Drake collaborator and tour mate Francis Farewell...
Morning Music Notes – It Really Whipped the Llama’s Ass
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...
Listen! Vessels – Elliptic
Who wants three minutes of pulsating electronic and experimental music? Don’t be put off it that’s not your thing – it’s quite melodic, and reminiscent of a video game soundtrack at times. The track is called Elliptic and is by...
Morning Music Notes – Majical Ice Picks
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...
Check Out the 500 Year Old Viola Organista Design by Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci – before he was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle – was many things. Sculptor. Painter. Scientist. Inventor. Lover? Anyway, he was one of the most brilliant minds the planet has seen, and he had some code that...
Contest! Beat the Box Office and Win Broken Bells Concert Tickets (Toronto show)
Ordinary people have to wait until Friday at 10:00am for a chance to buy tickets to see the Danger Mouse / James Mercer group Broken Bells at their March 3, 2014 Toronto show at the Danforth Music Hall. But fans...
