The droning guitars, the The Beach Boys-channeling harmonies, Olga Goreas vocal delivery, and the build to a wall of sound that would make My Bloody Valentine proud, all come together in stunning fashion for The Besnard Lakes.  Albatross can be found on the bands forthcoming 2010 album The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, scheduled [...]

I’ve got one more song for everyone tonight from the husband and wife duo Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, and their indie-rock/shoegazing project The Besnard Lakes.  Now consisting of 6 members, The Besnard Lakes have released 2 full-length albums to date.  For Agent 13 can be found on the band’s most recent album, the 2007 PolarisPolaris [...]

As I suspected would happen, I forgot to turn off my alarm clock last night, and was jolted to life this morning with far less than the appropriate amount of sleep.  The Boys Are Leaving Town began blasting through my room, and in my confused haze I came to realize just how much the song [...]

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 LogosLogos reviews, 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 [...]

No.  I don’t know what is going on with this video.  This summer, the Canadian indie/dream-pop ensemble Young Galaxy released their sophomore LP “Invisible Republic”; The album follows up their self-titled debut album, released in 2007.  Though Destroyer is one of my favorite tracks from the band, it actually isn’t a great example of what [...]

Lunchtime post today, featuring another tune from the BC indie-rock ensemble Pink Mountaintops.  Execution can be found on the group’s 2009 release Outside Love, and is a great example of the shoegazing sound that the band can conjure up; the vibe in this song reminds me a lot of the My Bloody Valentine track Sometimes, [...]

With the Silversun Pickups sophomore release scheduled to hit the shelves tomorrow, I wanted to post another tune from SwoonSwoon reviews.  The Royal We is listed as the second track on the band’s follow-up effort to their blowout debut release CarnavasCarnavas reviews.  In another example of how the recording industry is evolving with new mediums/technologies, [...]

After learning that M83 is scheduled to open for The Killersthe killers reviews during their Calgary stop, I felt it necessary to acquaint myself with the French dream-pop band’s latest album Saturdays = Youth.  The song that really stood out for me on the album was the second single Graveyard Girl, released on April 8, 2008.  The song is [...]