More up today from the experimental music ensemble Animal CollectiveAnimal Collective reviews 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 [...]

I’ve got another song for everyone today from the Montreal-based indie-rock/pop band IslandsIslands reviews.  Switched On can be found as the opening track to the band’s 3rd full-length album Vapours, released on September 22nd of this year.  In an interview with Pitchfork over the summer, Islands’ front-man Nicholas Thorburn (Nick Diamonds) described his mindset during [...]

Three years ago, Junior Boys stormed the indie-music scene with their critically acclaimed release So This Is Goodbye.  The album would receive nods from the Polaris Music Prize, via an inclusion in the 2007 short-list, and from Pitchfork with the #11 spot on their best albums of 2006 list.  Parallel Lines can be found on the indie/electronic duo’s [...]

Hailing from Santa Fe, New Mexico, BeirutBeirut reviews is a band driven by the young and talented Zachary Francis Condon.  The band’s debut effort, entitled Gulag OrkestarGulag Orkestar reviews, was released in 2006 to tremendous critical acclaim; This acclaim included a 7.7/10 from the stingy Pitchfork Media, and the title of best album of 2006 from Rough Trade Records.  The release [...]

It feels like years since my last Why? post, so here it is.  I was perusing Pitchfork today, as I so often do when I should be working, and came across a postPost reviews announcing an upcoming Why? album entitled Eskimo Snow, scheduled for release this fall; This pleased me greatly.  Today’s track comes from the [...]

Here’s an oldie but a goodie for y’all; I can say “y’all” now because I’m in the U.S., vacationing in palm springs.  Finding myself in a town that is desolate of anyone younger than 25, I decided to keep with the elderly theme and share a gem from The SmithsThe Smiths reviews.  Originally featured [...]

Two-thirds of the BowlingStone.com team is leaving for California tomorrow.  If we decide not to return, and live the rest of our lives without an Internet connection, the site will be left in the hands of Mr. Paolo Cruz.  Unfortunately, Paolo doesn’t post a lot (read: ever), so this could be an issue.  Anyways, this [...]

Tonight’s tune comes from the Baltimore, Maryland musical ensemble Animal CollectiveAnimal Collective reviews, and their 8th studio album Merriweather Post PavilionMerriweather Post Pavilion reviews.  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 FuneralFuneral [...]

Breaking from my parade of Canadian posts, today’s tune comes from the New York indie/post-rock band TV on the Radio.  Wolf Like MeWolf Like Me reviews was the first single released in support of the band’s second full-length album Return to Cookie Mountain, released in July of 2006.  The song is a tribute to the late [...]

I am really really into tonight’s song, which is interesting because when I first heard it last month I was not digging it at all.  I’ll have to try and figure out what the hell was wrong with me that day.  Anyways, ZeroZero reviews is the first single from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ third full-length album [...]

The Unicorns are a unique band that amalgamated here at home in Canada, specifically in Montreal. The three members discovered an awesome indie-pop sound and with that played sold out crowds all over North America, Australia, and Europe.  Unfortunately, in early February 2005 Pitchfork Media announced the split of the band, which had been alluded to [...]