It’s everyone’s favourite time. No, not sponge bath for Grandma, but a new edition of Make Your Ears Happy. Odd that the artwork for one of the pieces is a giant mouth, not a pair of happy ears, but we’re...
Last night was the continuation of the popular 1st Thursday events at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario. Catering to the 19+ crowd, the event mixes booze, food, art, and live music – what’s not to like? Well, besides the art...
PHV favourite Tim Hecker has some new music*. The * is needed, as the track is a re-working of his track, Amps, Drugs, Harmonium. The original track is off of Virgins, one of the Top Albums of 2013 according to...
Cast your memory back to our year-end list for 2013 (or check it out now for the first time). On this list is both The Field and Tim Hecker (who landed the #2 spot). In 2011, both acts also made...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic I’ve listened to many, many albums this year. Although I trust my ear, it’s always interesting to see what critics are saying about certain albums, and even the pre-judging going on based on past reputation (hello Arcade Fire...
Halloween has passed and my house wasn’t damaged by too many eggs. I’m about to OD on leftover candy, but first let me give you the best tracks from October . Yes, it’s time for the PeteHatesMusic Monthly Mix. We...
We don’t do album reviews here on PeteHatesMusic – we just post awesome songs we find, interview these artists, see them live, and repeat. I find writing album reviews difficult, and sometimes pretentious, as reviewers try to show off their...
So I’m off to New York – Brooklyn specifically – to take in the Atoms for Peace concert. Therefore, I have little time for mortals like yourself, when I should be off stalking Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich, and did...
Before you take off your pants for the long weekend, let us give you some tunes for your road trip / cottage / staycation. That’s right – it’s time for the PeteHatesMusic Monthly Mix, bringing you the best tunes we...
October 15 will see the new release from PHM favourite, Tim Hecker. The ambient instrumentalist will follow up his 2011 PHM Album of the Year contender, Ravedeath, 1972 with Virgins. As per the press release last month, Virgins “employs woodwinds,...
After a great show at NXNE in Toronto, BRAIDS return with a new video for a track off of Flourish // Perish (which is what I sadistically yell to all my plants). The album is out on August 20. In...
If you like interesting instrumental noise albums, then you’re in luck – those fine folks at NPR are streaming the collaborative album between Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin. We’ve featured tracks Uptown Psychedelia and Intrusions to whet your appetite, so...
A couple of months ago, I was a virgin we told you about the collaborative album between PHM favourite Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin (who has worked under the name Oneohtrix Point Never). The album is called Instrumental Tourist and...
Wu-Tang Clan to Reunite, But Only On RZA’s Terms How are those for some demands? Wu-Tang Clan member RZA said that Wu-Tang could reunite to recognize their 20th anniversary, but only on his terms (via Guardian). “I’ve been talking to...
Tim Hecker is a favourite here at PeteHatesMusic, and he cracked our Top Albums of 2011 list. The Canadian electronic instrumentalist has teamed up with Daniel Lopatin (who has worked under the name Oneohtrix Point Never) for a new collaborative...
