This song is dedicated to my big brother Chris, whom I left back in Calgary this week; I can definitely picture us rocking out to this tune on the Deerfoot in his GTI.  Lasso is another tune from the French alt-rock band Phoenix, hailing from Versailles.  The song can be found on the band’s latest album titled Wolfgang [...]

I was sitting on the couch this morning, trying to decide if the milk in my fridge that expired 3 days ago was still good for cereal, when I saw that Phoenix would be the musical guest on SNL tonight.  My introduction to the French indie-rockers came about 5 years ago, thanks to the Lost [...]

Good Friday comes from the American-living-in-Paris duo CocoRosie’s first album La Maison de mon rêve.  Created in the bathroom of Sierra’s Paris apartment in 2003, the album was originally only intended to be distributed among friends.  In 2004, the girls signed with an independent record label and re-released the album under the Touch and Go Records banner.
After a stretch of down [...]

Today’s tune comes to us from the Swedish indie-rock band Surrounded.  Formed in 2000, Surrounded has released two studio albums to the masses.  The first, Safety In Numbers, was released in 2003 and then followed up by the 2007 release The Nautilus Years.  Safe Tomorrow Sun is the second track from The Nautilus Years. What I [...]

After learning that M83 is scheduled to open for The Killers during their Calgary stop, I felt it necessary to acquaint myself with the French dream-pop band’s latest album Saturdays = Youth.  The song that really stood out for me on the album was the second single Graveyard Girl, released on April 8, 2008.  The song is a fine [...]

I’ve got a very interesting tune to start the weekend off with.  Julie forwarded it to me last night with the message that she was too busy to post it.  Apparently pursuing an Arts degree at York University demands every waking moment of your time.  Anyways the band in question, CocoRosie, is made up of American [...]

This tune has to be one of the most entertaining songs I have heard in a while.  It may get old eventually, but for the time being its getting some ridiculous play on my computer.  Start Wearing Purple comes to us from the gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello by way of their third album Gypsy Punks: [...]