Tonight’s song is another track from the Newmarket, Ontario indie-rock quartet Tokyo Police Club.  In a Cave can be found on the band’s debut LP Elephant Shell, and was one of the 2 singles released as a free download before the album’s full release in April of last year; The highly anticipated full-length effort from the band would [...]

I’ve got an awsome tune for everyone tonight, coming from the Chicago, Illinois indie/alt-rock band Company of Thieves.  Oscar Wilde can be found on the band’s first major label release Ordinary Riches, digitally released in January of this year.  Named after the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, the song won the New York Songwriters Circle contest [...]

Staying on the topic of the fast approaching Juno Awards, tonight’s song comes from an artist who will be performing at the award show this Sunday.  City and Colour, the solo side-project of Canadian singer/songwriter Dallas Green, will be returning to the stage where it won the award for Alternative Album of the Year in [...]

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 [...]

I’ve got a pretty sick cover for everyone today from the indie-rock/folk artist Cat Power.  Covering the Oasis mega-hit Wonderwall, Power delivers a minimalist rendition of the song wrapped in her signature smokey style.  The song was one of the tracks left off of Power’s 5th album The Covers Record, which consisted almost entirely of [...]

Late-ish post tonight coming from the LA indie-rock band Silversun Pickups.  Common Reactor comes from the band’s first full-length album Carnavas, which hit #1 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers album chart.  Carnavas was released in July of 2006 and follows up the bands 2005 EP Pikul.  The band has announced, via the Alternative Press magazine, that [...]

Tonight/This morning’s tune comes from MGMT’s epic debut album Oracular Spectacular, which is my runaway favorite for album of the year.  Released in October of 2007, Oracular Spectacular hit #1 on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart and #12 on the UK Albums Chart.  The album has been described as “…a college-dorm experiment gone horribly right” and [...]

Today’s track comes to us from the Los Angeles indie-rock band Say Anything.  Formed in 2000, Say Anything have released 3 studio albums with another scheduled for release in 2009.  The song Woe comes from the band’s second full length album …Is a Real Boy which was released in August of 2004.  The album would peak at [...]