Owen Pallett’s highly anticipated follow-up to He Poos CloudsHe Poos Clouds reviews found it’s way onto shelves last week (January 12th).  Across Canada, fans finally began their journey through Pallett’s conjured-up world of Spectrum, with help from the album’s narrator Lewis; HeartlandHeartland reviews is a concept album narrated by a farmer named Lewis as he comes [...]

Yesterday, Vancouver’s indie/folk-pop ingénue Hannah Georgas walked away with CBC Radio 3’s Bucky Award for “Best New Artist”.  Not 10 minutes later, I received a text from a friend letting me know that Radio 3’s best new artist was somehow missing from my blog that was supposed to highlight best new artists; she quickly followed this up [...]

I’ve got another song for everyone tonight, this time coming from the Montreal indie-rock/pop act IslandsIslands reviews.  No You Don’t comes from the band’s 3rd full-length album Vapours, released on September 22nd of this year.  Fans of the now defunct Canadian indie band The Unicorns will recognize key Islands members Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson, [...]

I’m a firm believer that there is no feeling more confusing than waking up from a nap.  Every time I go through this ordeal the same three questions race through my painfully soggy mind: Why is there so much damn sun?  How come I’m fully dressed?  Should I be at work right now?  After working [...]

I heard today’s song on CBC Radio 3 while I was at the office today.  I noticed something really really good in Nils Edenloff’s (lead vocals) upper register that reminded me very much of Jeff Mangum’s tone and delivery; Have a close listen to the lines around the 1:00 mark and compare it to Mangum’s vocal from [...]

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 [...]

First off, a message to everyone who has emailed BowlingStone.com in the last couple months, sending in music, asking for info, or just saying whats-up.  If we haven’t gotten back to you yet, it is not because we are being d-bags, we are just wicked wicked busy.  I plan on digging into the 200-ish unanswered [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I was listening to CBC Radio 3 today at the office, and was completely blown away by this track.  I haven’t quite sorted out why the song struck me like it did, but once I figure that out I’ll let you know.  Vampire can be found on the Vancouver, British Columbia band Pink Mountaintops‘ third full-length [...]