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Modest Mouse and Brand New announce co-headline tour

By: Staff – Modest Mouse and Brand New will tour together for a 24 show trek this June and July. The tour will see the bands share top billing, with Modest Mouse’s Facebook page describing the shows as “two bands, full sets, no opener.” Brand New released a collection of previously unreleased recordings on December … Continue reading

Operators announce debut album “Blue Wave”

By: Staff – Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Divine Fits) has announced the debut album for his band Operators, titled Blue Wave, out worldwide April 1st on Last Gang Records. Formed in 2013, the band features Boeckner on vocals, guitar, and synths and is joined by New Bomb Turks and Divine Fits drummer, Sam Brown, and electro-wiz, Devojka. … Continue reading

Stream the new PUP track “DVP”

By: Staff –   It’s been nearly two years since beloved Toronto punk band PUP released a new song and today, the wait is finally over. The ferocious four-piece have released “DVP”, a song that the band has been performing live since early 2014. After playing 300 shows in the last two years across North America, Europe, and … Continue reading

Watch Coeur de Pirate’s new video for “I Don’t Want to Break Your Heart”

By: Staff –   Montreal-based indie pop singer-songwriter Coeur de Pirate has released a new video for “I Don’t Want To Break Your Heart ”. Backed by reverb-drenched percussion and a sinewy but instantly hooky synth line, Coeur de Pirate remains softly, but fiercely, defiant in the face of love. “I Don’t Want To Break Your Heart ” is … Continue reading

The Subways announce first North American tour in eight years

By: Staff – The Subways, who are best known for their smash hit “Rock & Roll Queen”, will return to the U.S. for a much-anticipated North American tour, their first since 2008. The band will be on the road supporting their new self-titled album, which is set for a US/Canadian release on April 16, 2016 (Record … Continue reading

Suuns announce new album “Hold/Still”

By: Staff – Montreal-based indie rock band Suuns will release their new album, Hold/Still, on April 15th via Secretly Canadian/Secret City. The third studio album from Suuns is an enigmatic thing: an eerily beautiful, meticulously played suite of music that embraces opposites and makes a virtue of cognitive dissonance. It is a record that does not give up its secrets easily. … Continue reading

Watch the new Run The Jewels video for “Meowpurrdy”

By: Staff –   Last September hip-hop auteurs Run The Jewels made music history when they unleashed the world’s first cat-rap charity album Meow The Jewels. Today, in conjunction with Adult Swim, the duo released a mind-altering video by esteemed cult video artist Cyriak for the album’s lead track “Meowpurrdy,” a remix by El-P that deposits his and Killer Mike’s vocal performances in the midst of a … Continue reading

Watch the new Flying Lotus-scored short film “FUCKKKYOUUU”

By: Staff –   Following a series of exclusive festival appearances, watch the new Flying Lotus-scored short film “FUCKKKYOUUU” below. “FUCKKKYOUUU” deals with a time travelling lonely girl who finds love and comfort by connecting with her past self. Eventually faced with rejection she struggles with her identity and gender, and as time folds onto itself only one … Continue reading

Stream the new Fast Romantics single “Animal”

By: Staff –   Toronto-based indie rock Fast Romantics have released a new single entitled “Animal”. Stream it below. “Animal,” is the product of the same collaboration and sees the band reunite with Gus Van Go and Werner F as producers. Exploring Cartesian themes, the song is, for band member Matthew Angus, a continuation of the … Continue reading

Stream the new DIIV track “Is The Is Are”

By: Staff – DIIV has premiered a new track entitled “Is The Is Are,” the title track from their forthcoming sophomore album. See below for album pre-order info. In conjunction with the release of the track, DIIV is announcing a run of album residency shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York in February … Continue reading