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...
Scottish instrumental rockers Mogwai are back. As a follow up to their 2011 album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will and their recent soundtrack work, the band have announced Rave Tapes for January 21, 2014. Rave Tapes will contain...
We have a short and Beck-esque track from Beck. Following randomly released Defriended and I Won’t Be Long, Beck has dropped new track Gimme. Beck has said he plans to release a couple of albums soon, so in the words...
Day 2: Canadian indie pop, 90s legends, and an instrumental rock band highlight day 2 at Osheaga. Follow us on Twitter for Osheaga thoughts, and check out our Day 1 coverage here. Stars: The first act I caught today were...
Despite living a (mere) 5 hour drive away from Montreal, I have never been to the August weekend long festival that is Osheaga. Part of this is because I’ve been to Lollapalooza 4 times over the past several years, and...
The recently flooded grounds of the Calgary Stampede are set to stage one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Less than a month after bible-grade flooding in Calgary’s downtown, the Stampede track has been re-built, and is currently a...
We just posted something new from Hot Chip and commented on our excitement of seeing new songs by them at Osheaga. It looks like we’ll also get some new stuff at Osheaga from everyone’s favourite weirdo, Beck. Beck has a...
Osheaga is the same weekend as Lollapalooza, which is both a gift and a curse (like my superior intelligence over you dumb readers. Wait, come back!). They managed to etch out a pretty good initial line up. But wait –...
Beck to Release Acoustic Album Beck released the literally DIY album Song Reader last year, and is following that up with an acoustic album and a small tour. A press release noted “..these very special performances will feature never before...
So the Grammys Were Last Night… The Grammy Awards took place last night in Los Angeles. There were lots of performances, a few stand out moments, and even time for a few awards. I won’t rehash all of the winners...
Hurricane Sandy Benefit Parts 2 and 3: Grizzly Bear, Cults, The Antlers, More December 12 might have it’s fancy, big name artists at their Hurricane Sandy benefit, but there’s another benefit that might be more your style. On December 14,...
Beck Announces New Album That You Don’t Have to Play Yourself The headline might be confusing for those who aren’t up on their Beck album releases. Beck previously announced he is releasing a new album called Beck Hansen’s Song Reader...
Beck’s new album is going to be sheet music based, meaning people without music reading or playing talents (see: Nickelback) won’t be able to replicate the album themselves. However, some smart buggers over at the Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed...
It’s the end of summer – not officially, but post-Labour Day in Canada is the unofficial end. While this may be bad news, the fall has a shitload of potentially awesome albums to be released upon our ears. Not really...
Some amazing new hip-hop from Killer Mike’s May 2012 release R.A.P. Music to pump you up for your weekend. From the first sound, it’s an album that has just the right mix of of thump, swagger, and street wisdom (3...
