NPR music has the entire album up and available via an audio stream here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125236515

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 Scene will serve notice with their 4th full-length release “Forgiveness Rock Record”, and Vancouver-based The New Pornographers will [...]

Canada’s most enigmatic indie-rock collective, Broken Social Scene, 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 will follow up [...]

When the Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up took home the 2009 Polaris Music Prize in September, they announced that the $20,000 award would be used to fund a charity release for missing and murdered indigenous women.  This past week, the idea was realized in the form of a remake of the 80’s Christmas classic [...]

Calgary officially has a winter storm warning in effect, which means the 5 minute drive home from work took a staggering 90 minutes today.  This is a significant difference.  In honor of the weather outside, I’ve decided to post one of my favorites from the Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene.  I will send a [...]

Today’s contribution to Music Monday comes from the Guelph, Ontario singer-songwriter Gentleman Reg, also known as Reg Vermue.  To Some It Comes Easy can be found on Gentleman Reg’s 4th studio album Jet Black, released on February 24th of this year via the Canadian independent label Arts & Crafts; the album features contributions from Metric front-woman [...]

Today’s tune is a cover of the Stars classic One More Night, from their cheekily titled 2007 remix album Do You Trust Your Friends; the album features covers of Stars songs from artists such as Final Fantasy, The Most Serene Republic, Metric, and Young Galaxy.  This particular cover is done by Broken Social Scene lead guitarist [...]

I’ve got one more post for everyone tonight, to finish up the weekend on a high note.  Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day) can be found on Broken Social Scene’s self-titled full-length album, released in October of 2005.  Though the album would ultimately divide music critics, it was short-listed for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize in [...]

This afternoon’s song is a beauty from Amy Millan’s second solo effort Masters of the Burial, officially released on Tuesday of this week; Bruised Ghosts is the opening track from the album.  The album features guest contributions from Millan’s Stars band-mate Evan Cranley and Broken Social Scene band-mate Leslie Feist.  Like Milan’s previous solo release, Honey from [...]

Partying at weddings is amazing.  Amazing until you wake up the next morning sprawled across your couch, still wearing your suit, and wondering why you have flowers from the reception centerpieces scattered across your apartment floor.  With the exception of finding myself on the dance floor during Poker Face by Lady Gaga however, I believe last night was [...]

I need to send a big shout-out to Julie for spending today cleaning my condo; I didn’t realize how messy it actually was until I came home from work and saw it clean.  Today’s tune comes from CBC Radio 3’s featured artist this month Apostle of Hustle.  Cheap Like Sebastien can be found on the [...]

So the Flames lost game 2 of their series against the Blackhawks last night, and are now down 2-0.  It has taken me 24 hours to mentally recover to the point where I can post a song, without it turning into a rant about how much I hate hockey.  Tonight’s tune comes from, in my [...]

I was really really feeling today’s tune at the office today.  It seems to remind me of a harder, darker, more pissed off version of a Broken Social Scene track.  Yes, I’m aware that this song was released long before Broken Social Scene and the comparison should be working the other way around, but I’m [...]

I was digging through my inbox today when I came across an unread email from Paper Bag Records.  This immediately piqued my interest as Paper Bag Records are behind a number of my favorite Canadian indie albums.  The label released Broken Social Scene’s Juno winning You Forgot It in People, and the Stars Juno nominated Heart. [...]

With Metric’s new album Fantasies less than a month away from release, I decided now would be a good time to post this tune.  Waves is the bonus track that can only be found on the limited edition release of the album, via Metric’s online store.  The standard release can be pre-ordered today and downloaded in its entirety [...]

In an attempt to get into gear for the upcoming Juno awards (March 29th), I’ve decided to try and highlight some of my favorite nominees over the next 2 weeks.  Today’s winner is Montreal indie-rock band Plants and Animals, whose album Parc Avenue is nominated for Alternative Album of the Year.  Just so everyone is [...]

Following up on my Your Ex-Lover is Dead post, I’ve got another installment in the Stars‘ saga of a relationship gone sour.  One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead) is the 7th track from the band’s Juno nominated 2005 release Set Yourself on Fire.  Running in the category of Alternative Album of the Year, the album [...]

I’m not a huge Straylight Run fan.  This stems from my first impression of the indie-rock band when I heard they were the opening act for a band that I will not name.  However, when I heard Existentialism On Prom Night for the first time I was not aware of who was performing the number, and it [...]

The first post of the week is coming a day late today.  This has a lot to do with the amount of beer I drank at the Calgary Flames/Montreal Canadiens game last night.  If anyone is wondering, my Flames won 6-2.  After a day full of glasses of water and very slow movements, I’m ready [...]

Although I haven’t fully recovered emotionally from the Superbowl yesterday, I felt I needed to post today.  The funny thing is that my team wasn’t even in the damn game and I still took the loss harder than a healthy person should.  Anyways, today I felt like sharing a song from the Canadian indie super-group Broken [...]