Today’s song comes from Calgary’s favorite indie minstrel Danny Vacon and his other musical project, The Dojo Workhorse.  I Got Life can be found on the quintet’s 2009 debut full-length album “Weapons Grade Romantic” which hit shelves last summer.  The project, which emerged to fill Vacon’s need for a non-DudesBAD DUDES reviews creative outlet, produces [...]

New song up today from arguably the most exciting/buzzworthy band hailing from the great white north right now.  There Are Very Tiny Beasts In The Ground can be found on Kelowna-based We Are The City’s 2009, and subsequently 2010 re-released, album “In A Quiet World”.  The band began making their first steps from the summer [...]

Filed under “nostalgic summer songs”, today’s track is Said the Whale’s Emerald Lake, AB from their 2009 sophomore full-length effort Islands Disappear.  In it, we get a full sampling of what the Vancouver-based indie-rock act brings to the table, from their abilities as lyricists (see: “And I think you’ll agree that? the train tracks are [...]

While I haven’t completely processed MGMT’s brand-new track Flash Delirium, the band has built-up more than enough street-cred with Oracular SpectacularOracular Spectacular reviews to warrant a blog post for any new music.  Flash Delirium was released yesterday, and is the first taste the public gets of MGMT’s highly anticipated album CongratulationsCongratulations reviews (set for release April 13th). [...]

Stephen McBean and Amber Webber deliver grungy anthemic performances on today’s track No Satisfaction, from the Vancouver-based indie-rock collective Black MountainBlack Mountain Side reviews’s self-titled 2005 release.  Generally regarded as a critical success (ironically, one of the few negative reviews comes from PopMatters, who critiqued the band for taking themselves too seriously), the album marks the debut-effort of the [...]

I remember a time not so long ago when Dan Mangan was known only by the fringiest of indie-fringe outside of Vancouver.  Now, I can’t walk through the frozen pizza aisle of my grocery store without all the single men breaking into a chorus line of Robots, or the dark-eyed cashier singing the harmony from [...]

After my ability to write complete sentences was hampered by an 8-day peyote trip (much of which was spent listening to Lou ReedLou Reed reviews’s Metal Machine Music, while simultaneously trying to memorize Lester Bangs‘ essay on why Metal Machine Music was the greatest album ever made), I am finally back with a new song [...]

Diamond Joel Plaskett unleashed his most ambitious work to-date last year with his 3-disc, 27-song, epic Three.  With the help of Ana Egge and Rose Cousins on accompanying vocals, Plaskett found himself  with another album shortlisted as the best full-length Canadian release of the year; the other album was Ashtray RockAshtray Rock reviews from Plaskett’s [...]

I haven’t listened to MetricMetric reviews in months.  I didn’t really fall in love in love with their last album.  After waking up to this song this morning, I’ve decided it may be time to re-evaluate certain life-decisions I’ve made.  Sick MuseSick Muse reviews was the 3rd single released in support of  Metric’s fourth full-length effort [...]

May 4th, 2010 is without a doubt the most highly anticipated Tuesday in Canadian indie-rock history.  With one rolling-over of the clock, two of Canada’s most revered indie-rock collectives will release their latest albums.  Toronto-based Broken Social SceneBroken Social Scene reviews will serve notice with their 4th full-length release “Forgiveness Rock Record”, and Vancouver-based The [...]

The Dears‘ fourth full-length studio release MissilesMissiles reviews hit shelves on October 20th of 2008, though it had been completed almost 6 months earlier.  During this delay, the band found themselves in the unenviable position of being forced to shop their record, as relationships with previous labels had “run their course” and a self-release was not [...]

Canada’s most enigmatic indie-rock collective, Broken Social SceneBroken Social Scene reviews, have announced that their long-awaited fourth studio album will be available on May 4th of 2010.  The first leaked song in support of the album, titled “Forgiveness Rock Record”, was released today via the band’s website (listed below) as a free download.  The album [...]

Montreal’s all-female four-piece Pony Up returned to studios in the Spring of 2008 to begin work on their sophomore full-length release.  Working with producer Murray Lightburn (who also serves as front-man for the Montreal act The Dears), the group recorded the 2009-released LP “Stay Gold” from the world-renowned Hotel2Tango recording studio.  At the time of [...]

The self-described (and by no means out of line) “sonic tour-de-force” Broad Way Sleep released their self-titled debut LP on February 9th; Too Late is the first single supporting the album, and was released in the first half of November last year.  The Toronto song-writing collective is made up of Ralph Joseph, Alexander The (Styrofoam [...]

Basia Bulat broke into Canada’s national indie spotlight in 2007 with the success of her debut LP Oh, My Darling.  Released through Hayden’s Hardwood Records, Oh, My Darling would go on to share space on the shortlist for Canadian album of the year with the likes of The Weakerthans, StarsLow Stars reviews, and Holy FuckHoly Fuck [...]

Two years ago, Wintersleep front-man Paul Murphy lost his grandparents; his mother lost her parents.  With the help of his brother Michael, some free time in Nova Scotia, and the wonder that is scotch, Postdata was born as a gift for Mom.  12 ideas for an album were laid down using the most modest of setups [...]

Chicago-based indie-label Drag City leaked the 3rd pre-release track from Joanna Newsom’s forthcoming album this week, raising questions as to why the first 2 have no been posted here yet.  Today’s track, titled ‘81, was the first song to be leaked back in late January from Newsom’s 3rd full-length effort Have One On Me.  Confirmed [...]

Patrick Watson’s third full-length album Wooden ArmsWooden Arms reviews did what any good album should do, and divided music critics last year.  While some praised it’s audacity to experiment with nods for album of the year, others denounced its sound as too organic and went as far as describing the sound as “a group of [...]

After years of backing Canada’s indie-elite, folk rocker Alfie Jurvanen took his Robbie Robertson-esque step out of the shadows last summer (Jurvanen went with live mics mind you).  Under the moniker Bahamas, which is inspired by the Wreckless Eric classic (I’d Go the) Whole Wide World, Jurvanen released his debut LP “Pink Strat” on July [...]

Bedouin Soundclash front-man Jay Malinowski is slated to make his debut as a solo artist with a 13-song LP next Tuesday.  ”Bright Lights and Bruises” will be Malinowski’s first musical endeavor sans Soundclash bassist, and writing partner, Eon Sinclair since the two met in University eight years ago.  While Malinowski’s vocals will remind of the Juno-winning [...]