Owen Pallett’s highly anticipated follow-up to He Poos Clouds 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; Heartland is a concept album narrated by a farmer named Lewis as he comes to terms with his [...]

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 Islands.  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, who [...]

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 another 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 of the [...]

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 [...]