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Up today is another micro-opus from the eccentrically cinematic Gregory Pepper, and his current musical project Gregory Pepper and His Problems.  Knives and Guns can be found on the Guelph, Ontario native’s most recent release “With Trumpets Flaring”, an LP released last summer with the help of Connecticut-based Fake Four Inc.  Like many of Pepper’s musical [...]

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 Spectacular 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 Congratulations (set for release April 13th).  In an interview [...]

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 [...]

The self-described (and by no means out of line) “sonic tour-de-force” Broad Way Sleep released their self-titled debut LP on February 9th; Too Late is the first single supporting the album, and was released in the first half of November last year.  The Toronto song-writing collective is made up of Ralph Joseph, Alexander The (Styrofoam [...]

Up tonight is another haunting installment from Calgary’s favorite indie/experimental-rock artist Chad VanGaalen. VanGaalen demonstrates his talent as an animator/illustrator with the video that accompanies Molten Light, and allows us to be pleasantly horrified both visually and sonically.  The song itself can be found on VanGaalen’s 3rd full-length effort Soft Airplane, released in September of 2008 [...]

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 [...]

More up today from the experimental music ensemble Animal Collective and their most recent EP Fall Be Kind, released digitally on November 23rd of this year, and physically on the 15th of December.  What Would I Want? Sky found it’s way into the #11 spot on Pitchfork’s Top 100 Tracks of 2009, and was the 2nd [...]

Today’s song is off the highly anticipated forthcoming album from Owen Pallett aka. Final Fantasy aka. one of the best live performers you will ever see.  Lewis Takes Action can be found on Final Fantasy’s 3rd full-length effort Heartland, set for release on January 12th of 2010.  Earlier this year Pallett revealed that the follow-up to [...]

We’re venturing south of the border for the first time in a couple weeks for today’s song.  Walkabout is the first single out in support of Atlas Sound’s sophomore album Logos, released stateside on October 20th of this year; Atlas Sound is the solo experimental-rock/shoegazing project of Deerhunter frontman Bradford James Cox.  The album follows up [...]

I have 13 minutes until my oven is done transforming my frozen pizza into a little bit of happiness, so here’s a lunchtime song for everyone.  You Go On Ahead is another track from Sunset Rubdown’s fourth LP Dragonslayer, released in June of this year.  I suspect that for most people, Sunset Rubdown’s sound is [...]

This morning’s song is from my fellow Calgarian Chad VanGaalen.  Rabid Bits of Time became one my favorite Chad VanGaalen pieces after watching him perform it at this year’s Polaris Music Prize gala;  it was one of the most intense performances I have ever witnessed.  The song can be found on VanGaalen’s moody third full-length [...]

It’s been far too long since I’ve posted a Crystal Castles tune, so here it is.  I’m not sure how everyone likes to consume their Crystal Castles, but I highly recommend listening to them during household chores; I promise you have never had a vacuuming session more intense or enjoyable.  Anyways,  Black Panther can be found on [...]

On a scale of 1-to-stoked, Girl Talk definitely gets me stoked.  I actually wasn’t completely sold on the experimental/mashup artist until the first time I heard today’s song.  Hold Up can be found on Girl Talk’s third full-length album Night Ripper, released in May of 2006.  Among the many songs sampled on this track, some [...]

Julie and I were lucky enough to catch Final Fantasy last night, during the Sled Island festival here in Calgary (Thanks to Drew for setting us up with passes).  As it was my first time seeing him live, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the one-man band consisting of a violin, synthesizer, microphone, and loop box.  [...]

Tonight’s post comes from Tool/A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan’s solo side-project Puscifer.  The project has been behind 4 releases to date, including the debut full-length album “V” Is for Vagina, released in October of 2007.  The song in question, The Mission, was not released as a single-proper but instead through the Puscifer website [...]

Tonight’s tune comes from the Baltimore, Maryland musical ensemble Animal Collective, and their 8th studio album Merriweather Post Pavilion.  Released on January 6th of 2009, the album has won over music critics almost universally; Pitchfork Media awarded the album a 9.6/10, the highest score for a new release since Arcade Fire’s Funeral in 2004.  Unlike many other albums [...]

With the Juno Awards less than a week away, I felt like highlighting another artist from this year’s group of nominees.  The Canadian experimental electronic duo Crystal Castles is nominated for the 2009 New Group of the Year award, alongside acts such as Beast, Plants and Animals, and The Stills.  Vanished can be found on the band’s self-titled [...]