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Watch: The Tallest Man On Earth Makes Late Night TV Debut on Conan

By: Staff – Sweden’s The Tallest Man On Earth (aka Kristian Matsson) has been on his first-ever full-band tour in support of Dark Bird Is Home, released last week via Dead Oceans. And the budding singer-songwriter made his late night television debut on Conan last night to support the album. Watch the performance here, and catch … Continue reading →

A Tribe Called Red Release ‘Suplex’ EP, Drops Wrestling-Themed Video For Title Track

By: Staff – The Juno Award-winning, Polaris Music Prize-nominated electronic group A Tribe Called Red released their new EP, Suplex, yesterday. The four-song EP features the group’s signature unique style of traditional Pow Wow music mixed with club sound, and includes guest performances by Aboriginal hip-hop veteran, Hellnback, and past Tribe collaborators, Northern Voice. The EP also … Continue reading →

Lamb of God to Release New Album “VII: Sturm Und Drang”

By: Staff – Grammy-nominated metal band Lamb of God will release their seventh full-length album, VII: Sturm Und Drang, this July via Epic Records. Today, the band unleashed a brand new track, “Still Echoes”, via www.lamb-of-god.com. Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe states, “The time has come to give the fans their first taste of the new Lamb of God album. This is a … Continue reading →

Tom Waits to perform new song on Late Show with David Letterman

By: Staff –   Tom Waits will make his 10th and final appearance on Late Show with David Letterman tonight (May 14th), and he will perform a new song. Waits first appeared with Letterman on December 21, 1983, when Dave had Late Night on NBC. After tonight’s appearance, Waits said, “I don’t know when I will see Dave again. I guess from … Continue reading →

New Music: Stream Pistol George Warren’s New Track “Light Up Your Matches”

By: Staff –   Sometime during the summer of 2013, a secret military operation designated “Oceapur 9” was conducted somewhere within the Kootanay Mountains. Until now, the details of this mission have been fiercely guarded from the public eye. It is at great risk to their safety that Sudbury genre-bending collective Pistol George Warren reveal those mysteries in … Continue reading →

Toronto Urban Roots Fest (TURF) Reveals 2015 Line-Up

By: Staff –   The third annual Toronto Urban Roots Festival (TURF) announced its initial 2015 line-up this morning. The festival, which organizers pushed back to September 18-20 from early July due in large part to the upcoming Pan Am Games, will feature three outdoor stages featuring Of Monsters and Men, Wilco, Neko Case, Lord Huron, Edward Sharp … Continue reading →

New Music: Stream We Are Scientists’ Record Store Day Exclusive “Don’t Blow It, Under The Sea”

By: Staff – Just in time for its release on Record Store Day tomorrow, We Are Scientists have unveiled a second track from their limited edition 8-track disc “TV en Français, Sous la Mer”. This is a fan favourite from the original LP, which has been reworked for the occasion in a style that fans will recognise from the … Continue reading →

New Music: Watch Courtney Barnett’s New Video for “Kim’s Caravan”

By: Staff –   Courtney Barnett has released a devastatingly beautiful and poignant new music video for “Kim’s Caravan” from her debut album Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit.  Barnett says that the track was written in part about environmental concerns for the Great Barrier Reef, “Kim’s Caravan is an apocalyptic tale of our … Continue reading →

Time Festival Reveals 2015 Lineup

By: Staff –   Time Festival will return to Fort York’s Garrison Common this summer. Since its original run from 2008 to 2010, Time Festival returned in 2014 with Grimes, Flume, and Action Bronson headlining, and festival no-shows Death Grips, and Charlie XCX. This year, South African rap-rave band Die Antwoord will be headlining. The … Continue reading →

Hillside Festival Announces 2015 Lineup

By: Staff –   The Hillside Music Festival will once again return to Guelph Lake Island in Guelph, ON this summer. This year’s line-up features: Daniel Lanois, Nels Cline Singers, TEEN and Frazey Ford, and Constantines, along with Astral Swans, BADBADNOTGOOD, Braids, By Divine Right, Alex Cuba, Doldrums, Etiquette, Great Lake Swimmers, Mo Kenney, LIDS, the … Continue reading →