New song up today from arguably the most exciting/buzzworthy band hailing from the great white north right now.  There Are Very Tiny Beasts In The Ground can be found on Kelowna-based We Are The City’s 2009, and subsequently 2010 re-released, album “In A Quiet World”.  The band began making their first steps from the summer [...]

Filed under “nostalgic summer songs”, today’s track is Said the Whale’s Emerald Lake, AB from their 2009 sophomore full-length effort Islands Disappear.  In it, we get a full sampling of what the Vancouver-based indie-rock act brings to the table, from their abilities as lyricists (see: “And I think you’ll agree that? the train tracks are [...]

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 SpectacularOracular Spectacular reviews 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 CongratulationsCongratulations reviews (set for release April 13th). [...]

I haven’t listened to MetricMetric reviews in months.  I didn’t really fall in love in love with their last album.  After waking up to this song this morning, I’ve decided it may be time to re-evaluate certain life-decisions I’ve made.  Sick MuseSick Muse reviews was the 3rd single released in support of  Metric’s fourth full-length effort [...]

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

Montreal’s all-female four-piece Pony Up returned to studios in the Spring of 2008 to begin work on their sophomore full-length release.  Working with producer Murray Lightburn (who also serves as front-man for the Montreal act The Dears), the group recorded the 2009-released LP “Stay Gold” from the world-renowned Hotel2Tango recording studio.  At the time of [...]

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 [...]

Patrick Watson’s third full-length album Wooden ArmsWooden Arms reviews did what any good album should do, and divided music critics last year.  While some praised it’s audacity to experiment with nods for album of the year, others denounced its sound as too organic and went as far as describing the sound as “a group of [...]

Vancouver indie-rock/pop ensemble The Zolas are back with another deceptively infectous track from their 2009 debut album “Tic Toc Tic”.  Produced by Howard Redekopp (notable for producing albums from Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, and Mother MotherMother Mother reviews), Tic Toc Tic does well in delivering a three-piece band wrapped in a full-stage sound; [...]

The west-coast trio of Ashleigh Ball, David Beckingham, and David Vertesi (otherwise known as Hey Ocean!) released their sophomore LP “It’s Easier To Be Somebody Else” in September of 2008.  The album, described by the band as “funked up party-pop”, follows-up on the group’s 2006 debut effort “Stop Looking Like Music”‘; today’s song Fish can [...]

Toronto-based indie-poppers Ohbijou delivered their long-awaited (I suppose it was only 3 years) sophomore album “Beacons” this past year, following-up on their 2006 debut release “Swift Feet for Troubling Times”. Make It Gold can be found in the oft-controversial #9 position on the album, and is gorgeous number that begins by feeling almost underscored (by [...]

Up today is another fantastic track from the Toronto-based indie-rock/pop ensemble The Ghost Is Dancing.  Battles On can be found on the band’s defiant 2009 effort of the same name, released on April 28th of last year.  The album follows-up on the group’s 2007 debut LP “The Darkest Spark”, a self-titled 2006 EP, and a [...]

Today’s song comes in from Toronto-based singer/songwriter/producer Royal Wood and his second full-length album A Good Enough Day, released via Canadian Dead Daisy Records in 2007.  The album follows-up on Wood’s 2004 debut LP Tall Tales, and has since been followed-up by a 2009 EP titled The Lost and Found EP.  This past November, Wood supported [...]

Up today is some sublime lo-fi indie-rock/pop, care of Vancouver-based The Awkward Stage.  Consisting of frontman Shane Nelken, Tygh Runyan (Beans) on guitar, Tony Koelwyn (Bossanova) on drums, and Chris Mitchell who plays with the Vancouver Symphony on trumpet and keyboards, The Awkward Stage have two full-length releases to their name since forming in 2006. [...]

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 [...]

Today’s song comes from the Kelowna solo artist Cary Pratt, and his solo project Prairie Cat; see what he did there?  Just Cuz can be found on Pratt’s most recent album “It Began/Ended With Sparks”, which appears to have been released digitally late in October of this year, and physically early in December.  The song [...]

In the same fashion as every music blogger in the world, I’ve spent the last couple weeks working on my “Best of 2009″ list.  However, it seems like as soon as I get the song-filled post-it notes in an order I feel good about, I hear something that makes me re-consider the list; is that [...]

Mr. Carl Newman (known as A.C. Newman in the context of his solo work) comes in with a gem for us today.  Powered by a driving drum beat, and Newman’s unmistakable wordplay and delivery, The Palace at 4 AM is certain to get a head bobbing, or foot tapping at the very least.  The song can [...]

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 [...]

Today’s song comes to us from the Toronto, Ontario indie-rock/pop group The Ghost is Dancing.  This Thunder can be found on the band’s sophomore full-length release “Battles On”, which hit shelves on April 28th of this year; the album follows up the band’s debut effort The Darkest Spark, which was released in the summer of [...]