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 Mother), Tic Toc Tic does well in delivering a three-piece band wrapped in a full-stage sound; The Great [...]

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 [...]

Tegan and Sara’s new album Sainthood,  scheduled to be released on October 27th of 2009, was leaked over the weekend.  I’m not a big fan of downloading music without paying, especially when I genuinely dig the band, so I’ll wait to get the full version.  However, while we wait for the release date, I see [...]

I often find that my reception of a song is overly coupled to my state of mind at the time.  Julie is aware of this, as she has learned to never introduce me to a song first thing in the morning, after a night of drinking; I stopped listening to Crystal Castles for about 3 months after an [...]

Another tune tonight from the Vancouver-based indie-rock band Said the Whale.  The Magician (Camilo) is the opening track off the band’s most recent EP The Magician, released in May of this year; The song is also expected to be included on the band’s sophomore full-length effort Islands Disappear.  According to the band’s website, mixing of [...]

Unfortunately, Julie and I missed The Dudes‘ CD release party last night.  Our absence had a lot to do with the way I smelt after not showering, and then sitting on a plane for 3 hours.  Fortunately, I ‘ve got a tune from another Calgary act to share with everybody this evening.  Call it Off [...]

I’ve got another number for everyone tonight, this one coming from my home stomping ground of Calgary, Alberta.  Following a triumph in a 1998 garage band battle, Tegan and Sara exploded into indie-rock super stardom touring with The Killers, The Pretenders, Hot Hot Heat, and Ryan Adams.  In 2004, Rolling Stone named their album So Jealous as [...]