Listen! Aquilo – Good Girl
While I was on a three week, Atlantic Canada road trip, the music world kept chugging along. Although I managed to catch a show in PEI and in Nova Scotia, I missed many, many great songs that bands released –...
PeteHatesMusic End of Summer Dance Mix: Best EDM, Dance and Hip Hop Music from June, July, and August
The sun is setting earlier, the nights are a little colder, and my summer dresses are getting put away. As summer draws to a close, PHM contributor Dan hits us with the 20 best EDM and dance songs, and the...
Watch! Beirut – Gibraltar
Brand new stuff from Beirut. Following their other new track, No No No, the band have given us a video for Gibraltar. Gibraltar finds the band resting their horn sound a little, and amping it up with a killer piano...
Listen! The Dead Weather – I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)
Jack White’s other other band, The Dead Weather, have returned. Including formidable members Alison Mosshart, Jack Lawrence, and Dean Fertita, the band premiered their latest track on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. The song is I Feel Love (Every...
Watch! Hot Chip – Started Right
Quirky yet awesome English electronic band Hot Chip have a video that stylistically sums them up. Known for quirky yet cool videos, the band serve up another treat in the new video for Started Right. The song has a bit...
Listen! Foals – A Knife In The Ocean
Foals keep hitting us with new stuff, and fortunately for our ears, it’s good stuff. Following up Mountain At My Gates and What Went Down, the Oxford, England band return with A Knife in the Ocean. A Knife in the...
Listen! Half Moon Run – Trust
Half Moon Run are back, which is great news for fans of their stunning debut. While Dark Eyes was a bit of an alternative, folk sound with interesting rhythms and song structures, lead single Trust is a gigantic warp in...
Listen! Fyfe – Veins (acoustic)
The oft-featured Fyfe returns with a ‘naked’ version of one of his songs. Gone are the slick beats and production behind his songs. Instead, we get vocals and piano, and it is quite lovely. The song in question is Veins....
Osheaga 2015 Festival Preview and Band Recommendations (Montreal, July 31, August 1 to 2)
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic We’ve attended the last 2 Osheaga festivals in Montreal (2014 reviews, 2013 reviews), and they’ve gotten better in each year. 2015 is the 10th anniversary, and they have unveiled a fantastic line up with a few cool treats....
Listen! Metric – Too Bad, So Sad
Metric are back with another track off of upcoming release Pagans in Vegas. The track follows the catchy song, The Shade. The new track is what my high school biology used to always say to my class – no crying...
Listen! Foals – Mountain At My Gates
Those heavy hitters from Oxford are back. The band I speak of are Foals, and they return with a slight poppy sound in their new tune Mountain at My Gates. This track follows up recent release What Went Down. Mountain...
Listen! CHVRCHES – Leave a Trace
Our favourite Scottish band that we’ve interviewed in person (which limits it to one, but stick with me) returns with a new song and a new album announcement. That band is CHVRCHES, and that album is Every Open Eye, which...
Listen! City and Colour – Woman
First came The Girl, now comes Woman. After maturing in sound, lyrics, and vocal range for his first few albums, I felt City and Colour hit a bit of a wall with the last album, despite several strong singles. Since...
Why Kanye West Playing the Pan Am Games Closing Ceremonies is Not the Apocalypse
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic. The Pan Am Games are in Toronto and surrounding municipalities from July 11-26, while the Parapan Am Games are being played August 7-15. What sort of response has this generated in the build up and in Week 1...
Listen! ON AN ON – Behind the Gun
ON AN ON have fallen into an unfortunate category that too many bands fall into for me – they get bookmarked for me to post about later, and live forever in my Google Chrome bookmarks bar. Upon hearing their latest...
