When the Toronto hardcore punk band Fucked Up took home the 2009 Polaris Music Prize in September, they announced that the $20,000 award would be used to fund a charity release for missing and murdered indigenous women.  This past week, the idea was realized in the form of a remake of the 80’s Christmas classic [...]

Today’s track is another fine piece of Canadian hip-hop from Toronto’s own k-os.  Eye Know Something can be found on k-os’ 2009 Polaris long-listed LP Yes!, released in Canada on April 14th 2009 and digitally in the US on November 17th; the physical US release is set for February 2010, along with a video for [...]

I’ve decided to start the weekend off with another fine song from the Abbotsford, British Columbia indie-rock/dance-punk quintet You Say Party! We Say Die!.  Laura Palmer’s Prom is another number from the band’s most recent album XXXX, released on September 29th of this year; the song does well in conjuring up a dreamy 80s feel that [...]

A lot has been written about the Toronto hardcore-punk band Fucked Up since the release of their sophomore full-length album The Chemistry of Common Life last year.  The album has been labelled, by some, as a hardcore album that is too indie-rock to please the distinct tastes of the hardcore crowd, and by others as an indie-rock [...]

I’ve got a fantastic song tonight, coming from 10 years back in my music-listening career; a career that started when my surprisingly cool father gave me a Pet Sounds cassette tape.  I couldn’t have been older than five, but I still remember listening to Sloop John B about a hundred times in a row.  Anyways, [...]

Today’s song comes to us from the Abbotsford, British Columbia indie-rock/dance-punk quintet You Say Party! We Say Die!, and their brand new album XXXX, released yesterday.  The album is the third full-length effort from the band (not technically, but pretty much), and follows up on their 2007 release Lose All Time.  The band will be kicking [...]

Congratulations to the Toronto, Ontario hardcore punk band Fucked Up, whose album The Chemistry of Common Life took home the 4th installment of the Polaris Prize last night.  As promised, here are my thoughts on the show last night; In point form of course, as proper sentence transitions are for suckers.

Whoever decided to have all [...]

I was lucky enough to catch the last half of The King Khan & BBQ Show during this year’s Sled Island festival; We were actually at the bar to check out the grease-kings themselves Monotonix.  The Canadian band has this really cool doo-wop/punk/garage-rock feel that made me think I was at a really sweaty Buddy Holly [...]

Today’s post is from the Washington, D.C. indie/punk-rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.  Formed in 1999, the band has an extensive discography including 5 full-length releases and 7 EPs.  Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone? comes from band’s 2003 album Hearts of Oak, released by the independent label Lookout! Records.  Amid financial turmoil within the label, [...]