Have you seen the blimp? Yes, a blimp! It was spotted over Coachella during Jay-Z’s performance on April 16th advertising M.I.A.’s upcoming appearances at the HARD Music Festival in Los Angeles and New York, as well as the proposed release date for her new album (which is still apparently untitled) on June 29th. There’s also word [...]

Ottawa, ON’s The Acorn are ready to release their latest album, No Ghost after spending two years touring for 2007’s Glory Hope Mountain. The band began writing new material in the summer of 2009 and “isolated themselves at a cottage in Northern Quebec to begin work on what was to become No Ghost. Although unplanned, this [...]

After the success of their EP, A Lesson In Crime, and their debut 2008 album, Elephant Shell, Tokyo Police Club have announced details for their upcoming sophomore album. Champ (Mom + Pop) is described by front-man Dave Monks as, “…eleven songs, a disney character, fuzzy bits, canadian spelling, hockey sound effects, me singing the lowest [...]

The always brilliant Tegan & Sara aren’t ones to release an album then sit back on their hands. Having just released their Sainthood album to great reviews (including from me…it’s awesome!), the sisters have announced the details for an amazing remix EP for their latest single “Alligator.” Along with Sara’s original demo, the release will [...]

This past weekend marked the end of another Canadian Music Week and on Saturday night the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards were announced at the (super-fancy) Fairmount Royal York Hotel in Toronto. This year’s performers included The Rural Alberta Advantage, Plants and Animals (pictured above), Great Lake Swimmers and Constantines. A few of the winners [...]

The song “Lewis Takes of His Shirt” is undoubtedly my immediate favourite off of Owen Pallet’s recently released Heartland. And now there’s a video! I can’t say I really understand it, but it certainly keeps you captivated. I’m serious – you can’t look away! Images shift here, there, and everywhere, and I’m not exactly sure [...]

Oh, how I’ve been waiting for this! Vancouver, BC’s The New Pornographers have released the first single from their upcoming album, Together (Last Gang Records) which will come out in Canada on May 4th. I was expecting something pretty decent from this new album, and if this first song is any indication, they haven’t disappointed. [...]