By: Staff – Toronto pop-punk outfit Seaway will be releasing their new album, Vacation, on September 15th via Dine Alone Records. Vacation is the follow-up record to Seaway’s critically acclaimed 2015 release Colour Blind and marks a progression in sound, while still giving listeners the high energy and well-crafted hooks they have come to expect. Fans can … Continue reading
By: Staff – Indie dance duo Sofi Tukker today shares their defiant new single “Fuck They.” The bouncy, confident track was co-written with Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears and Evermore’s Jon Hume. The group says “‘they’ is anything that holds you back from being who you are. Whoever ‘they’ is in your life or in your mind, Fuck They! Who’s … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto based electronica band Holy Fuck are releasing a new four-song EP titled Bird Brains on July 21st via Last Gang Records; their first release since 2016’s JUNO-nominated, Congrats. Holy Fuck recorded Bird Brains live at various studios over the past few years. The EP represents the ongoing creative process of a band whose members live … Continue reading
By: Staff – “First Fires” is an uplifting future-funk feel-good anthem that sees Shy Luv at their most exultant – and there’s plenty to celebrate. They’ve just played their first ever headline show in London which was completely sold out and they’ve amassed over three million combined streams with preceding singles “Shock Horror”, “Joyrider” … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Polaris Music Prize today announced its 2017 Short List of 10 Canadian albums which will vie for the Polaris Music Prize being decided Sept. 18 in Toronto. 2017 Polaris Music Prize Short List: A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation BADBADNOTGOOD – IV Leonard Cohen – You Want … Continue reading
By: Staff – Multi-platinum Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy has revealed a new single entitled “Lay It On Me”. The single arrives with a video, directed by Mimi Cave (Sylvan Esso, tUnE-yArDs, Jim James) and featuring actress Angela Sarafyan of the HBO series “Westworld.” Watch the video below. This summer and fall, Vance Joy is slated … Continue reading
By: Staff – Zola Jesus has shared a new song titled “Soak”, the second song from her forthcoming album Okovi. urthering the intense narrative of Okovi, “Soak” is written through the lens of a serial killer’s victim, clinging to life and about to be dumped in the water. “I was thinking about this crucial moment inside the … Continue reading
By: Staff – Iconic Canadian rock band Alexisonfire has announced rescheduled dates for a limited engagement of performances in Toronto this December. The shows, originally slated in June, were postponed due to illness as reported in a statement from the band on AOF’s official Facebook page. The five members will come together to perform four … Continue reading
By: Staff – Following the release of her second EP Mustang, live performances at huge festivals including Glastonbury, and her first headline tour last year, rising UK artist Hannah Grace has debuted her latest track, a compelling, stripped down piano version of the Fatboy Slim classic “Praise You”. Recorded at RAK and Metropolis studios in … Continue reading
By: Staff – METZ will release their new album, Strange Peace, on September, 22nd via Sub Pop, which will serve as an emphatic but artful hammer swing to the status quo. Alex Edkins (guitar, vocals), Hayden Menzies (drums), and Chris Slorach (bass) recorded the album at Electrical Audio in Chicago, live off the floor to tape with … Continue reading