How about those Red Wings?  They are just so solid front-to-back, it is really really disgusting.  Anyways, tonight’s tune comes to us from the Calgary, Alberta (where I live) indie-rock artist Chad VanGaalen.  Willow Tree can be found as the opening track to VanGaalen’s third album Soft Airplane, released in September of 2008.  Not only is VanGaalen [...]

While recovering from the gnarliest flu I’ve had in about 10 years, a buddy sent me a text telling me to check out this tune.  It may have been the fever induced hallucinations, or the absurd amount of medication coursing through my veins, but something set me off and I instantly fell in love with [...]

This afternoon’s track is anotherAnother Year reviews from MGMT‘S ridiculous debut album Oracular SpectacularOracular Spectacular reviews, released in January of last year.  Weekend Wars can be found as the second song on the album, and reminds me very much of The Handshake in the way it ebbs and flows throughout.  Its crazy to think that [...]

I was listening to CBC Radio 3 at the office today and caught an interview with the founder of the Polaris Music Prize, Steve Jordan.  He announced that the 2009 Polaris Prize long-list will be announced June 12th, and the short-list July 7th.  Keeping with that theme, I thought I would post a song from a past [...]

Today’s tune comes from Said the Whale, a Vancouver based indie-rock band that I have really really been feeling over the last couple weeks.  This City’s a Mess can be found on the band’s full-length release Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia, which is actually a 2008 re-release of the bands debut album Taking Abalonia, with the addition of 7 new [...]

Tonight’s tune comes from the Baltimore, Maryland musical ensemble Animal CollectiveAnimal Collective reviews, and their 8th studio album Merriweather Post PavilionMerriweather Post Pavilion reviews.  Released on January 6th of 2009, the album has won over music critics almost universally; Pitchfork Media awarded the album a 9.6/10, the highest score for a new release since Arcade Fire’s FuneralFuneral [...]

It’s been three weeks since my first Arkells post, and I’m still hooked on the Canadian indie/alt-rock band.  Tonight’s tune, The Ballad of Hugo Chavez, was released as the second single, on April 27, 2009, in support of the band’s debut LP Jackson Square.  The song was selected as the follow-up single to Oh, the Boss Is Coming after [...]

Tonight I’ve got another track from the Canadian indie-rock band Tokyo Police Club, the other two tunes can be found here and here.  Juno can be found as the 4th song on the band’s debut LP Elephant ShellElephant Shell reviews, released in April of 2008.  If there are any big Tokyo Police Club fans reading [...]

Now I know this song is a little more mainstream than I usually post, but its an amazingly underrated track and needs to be shared.  Coming from The White StripesThe White Stripes reviews‘ Grammy winning 2003 release ElephantElephant reviews, Black Math can be found on side one following the wildly successful Seven Nation ArmySeven Nation Army reviews. [...]

So I found out recently that WordPress (the blogging software I use for this here website) has the ability to schedule the publishing of posts.  This is awesome as I am going out of town this weekend, and have little interest in taking my computer with me.  At the moment, it is a Wednesday night [...]

I found a CD on the floor of my car today, and the only song on it that would play was Take Me to the RiotTake Me to the Riot reviews from StarsLow Stars reviews; that seemed like as good a reason as any to post it.  The track was the first single released in support [...]

Breaking from my parade of Canadian posts, today’s tune comes from the New York indie/post-rock band TV on the Radio.  Wolf Like MeWolf Like Me reviews was the first single released in support of the band’s second full-length album Return to Cookie Mountain, released in July of 2006.  The song is a tribute to the late [...]

Tonight’s track comes from the Canadian singer/songwriter Carl Newman, and his solo project A.C. Newman.  Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer can be found as the 3rd song on Newman’s second solo album Get Guilty, released on January 20th, 2009.  Canadian indie aficionados will likely recognize Newman as the primary songwriter for the Canadian supergroup [...]

So I got home from dinner at the parents’ place tonight to find that BowlingStone.com is going to break the 400 hits/day mark for the first time.  After learning that, I felt it necessary to put a post together before I call it a night.  Tonight’s tune comes from the indie/folk artist Jeremy Fisher, and [...]

I’ve got a disgustingly good tune today for everyone to wind their weekend down with.  Gimme Sympathy can be found on MetricMetric reviews’s brand-new album Fantasies, officially released on April 7th, 2009.  The acoustic version of Gimme Sympathy is anotherAnother Year reviews track that was only included as a bonus-track when pre-ordering Fantasies.  Currently based out [...]

Tonight’s tune continues with my recent theme of focusing on Canadian artists.  There is so much gold coming from the great white north right now it is ridiculous.  Put the Phone Down comes to us from the Toronto, Ontario indie/alt-rock band Pilot Speed, and their 3rd full-length release Wooden Bones.  The album was officially released on [...]

Tonight’s tune is anotherAnother Year reviews from the Canadian indie-rock artist Joel Plaskett, this time coming from his solo album Three.  Three is Plaskett’s third solo album, released on March 24th of 2009.  The number three is a common theme throughout the release with the album containing three discs, each disc having 9 songs, and many [...]

Today’s tune was introduced to me via a text-message from a college/golf-buddy last weekend; thanks Curty-Pop.  The Limousines are an electronic/indie-pop band hailing from the San Francisco Bay area.  Very Busy People was released as a single on Tuesday of last week, and can be downloaded via iTunes here.  I did a fair bit of digging [...]

Tonight’s tune has been driving me crazy all day.  There are a couple lines in the song, “return to me softly” and “10 days in Miami”, that sound just like another song I’ve heard before.  Unfortunately, I can’t seem to piece it together.  Anyways, 10 Days In Miami comes to us from the Montreal, Quebec indie/folk [...]

I started writing this post about 4 hours ago.  After “resting my eyes” on the couch for 7ish episodes of Family Guy, I’m conscious enough to finish this thing off.  Today’s track is from the Toronto, Ontario indie-rock band FemBots.  Get in the Van can be found on the band’s fourth full-length album Calling OutCalling Out [...]