We’re digging back into the vault today, to find another superlative inducing track from the perpetually evolving Hawksley Workman; evolving may not be the best way to describe Hawksley Workman, as it implies some sort of traceable path; I think “manically reconstructing” is a better way to describe the way that man seamlessly steps from [...]

From Regina, Saskatchewan’s eight-piece indie-pop collective Library Voices, comes one of the most satisfying tracks of the year so far; granted I am a sucker for absorbing west-coast(ish) harmonies and sunshine-pop.  Drinking Games can be found on the band’s to-be-released debut full-length album “Denim On Denim” which is scheduled to land on shelves April 13, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s likely a fair presumption to say that most casual Woodhands‘ fans know of the band through I wasn’t Made For Fighting, Dancer, or to a lesser extent their newest single CP24.  All three of these songs feature what makes Woodhands so alluring: a hard synth beat, a raucous drum performance from Paul Banwatt, and [...]

Dirty, grungy, distorted, overexposed, and even skanky, are all words that feel right when describing Makeout Videotape’s turn on the Harry Nilsson classic I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York. The cassette-sounding rendition can be found on the Vancouver lo-fi/garage-rock duo’s limited-release EP “Heat Wave!”, which appears to be the only release-proper from the band [...]