Newmarket, Onatrio’s favorite indie-rock foursome Tokyo Police Club are back this year with their highly anticipated sophomore LP “Champ”, scheduled for a June 8th release.  “Breakneck Speed” is the first official glimpse at the album and can be had as a free download from the band’s website here.  With the bass-heavy foundation, the spatial synth [...]

Midland, Ontario’s 3rd finest export, the indie-rock/post-punk revival trio Born Ruffians, are set to release their sophomore full-length effort on June 1st of this year.  The album, titled Say It, will be released with the help of Paper Bag Records (Canada) and Warp Records (worldwide), and will follow-up on the band’s debut LP Red, Yellow [...]

So I was at a club in Calgary last night, a dance club to be specific, Vinyl Retro Lounge to be more specific, and I saw my first shirtless bar posse; Three dudes rocking bleach-blond mo-hawks, matching tribal tattoos, and no shirts getting their drink on.  I was sure that gold like this only went down [...]

This afternoon’s track is another from MGMT‘S ridiculous debut album Oracular Spectacular, released in January of last year.  Weekend Wars can be found as the second song on the album, and reminds me very much of The Handshake in the way it ebbs and flows throughout.  Its crazy to think that MGMT formed from two [...]

After spending the weekend in the Kootenays, golfing in +15 weather, I was forced to return to the blizzardy goodness that is Calgary in April.  Fortunately, once I regained a cell phone signal, I had a text waiting for me, telling me to check out The Cribs; the indie-rock/post-punk band did well to soften the blow.  Mirror Kissers [...]

I’ve got another track tonight from the Canadian indie-rock band Tokyo Police Club.  After getting hooked on the band’s first full-length album Elephant Shell, I started digging into some of their older stuff.  Box comes from the band’s second EP Smith EP, a 4-track extended play released in October of 2007.  Though critics were disappointed that the [...]

After learning that Arcade Fire’s Wake Up is being used in the trailer for the upcoming Where the Wild Things Are film, I felt I had to post the song.  Unfortunately/fortunately I have already posted it.  However, once I get into an Arcade Fire kind of mood there is no stopping it.  So I have decided to [...]

I first heard tonight’s song 3 years ago on the drive home from a snowboarding trip.  Like Eating Glass comes from the indie-rock/post-punk revival band Bloc Party’s debut album Silent Alarm.  Released in February of 2005, Silent Alarm performed well on charts across the UK, Europe, and Australia.  It’s North American reception was not quite as [...]

Here’s another little ditty I found a couple years ago that still remains a hit in my books.  Perhaps it’s the cheeky title that first drew my attention.  Regardless, the New York indie-rock group Interpol is a talented band with other songs that rank just as well, if not more cheeky.
Our Love To Admire is Interpol’s [...]