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By: Staff – The Park Avenue Sobriety Test: Is it the name of a band? A metaphor? A Dartmouth rite of passage? An acronym? It’s a bit of all those, and a bit of a mystery too. It’s also the name of Joel Plaskett’s new album (out March 17th via Pheromone Recordings), another collection of songs … Continue reading
By: Staff – Burlington-based post-hardcore band Silverstein will release a new concept album, I Am Alive In Everything I Touch, on May 19, which was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Toronto. I Am Alive In Everything I Touch is an album split into four chapters: “Borealis” (North), “Austeralis” (South), “Zephyrus” (West) and “Eurus” (East). Each track’s setting … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto-based hard rock trio Danko Jones will release their seventh LP, Fire Music, on February 10th via New Damage Records, which is produced by JUNO Award winning Eric Ratz (Billy Talent, Monster Truck, Metric). The track features Danko’s smooth talking alter ego ’The Mango Kid’. A video for the single filmed in Toronto … Continue reading
By: Staff – Sour Soul, the new collaborative album between Wu-Tang Clan and New York rap legend Ghostface Killah and acclaimed Toronto-based trio BADBADNOTGOOD gets released on February 24th through eOne Music Canada. Produced by Frank Dukes and BADBADNOTGOOD on analog tape with vintage equipment, the album takes Ghost back to his gritty soulful roots. The album … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Black Coast (aka New York producer Stan Rapoport) and New York City-based singer-songwriter M. Maggie just released their second collaboration, a song called “Enough”. It’s infectiously catchy, especially with Maggie’s dreamy vocals. Stream it below.
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – You might know house artist Samantha Vacation (aka Daryl Seaver) from her 2013 12-inch for L.I.E.S., but she’s back with her new release CD-R, which according to her label (Jeff Witscher’s Salon imprint), is a “collected works from the past year exploring themes of rhythmic complexity using a vocabulary drawn from deep … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – UK pop artist Robyn Sherwell, who’s last track, “Islander”, was released in November, is back with a new melancholy-drenched electronic pop offering called “Pale Lung”. She says the song is about “falling for someone you’re not supposed to fall for. It summarizes that specific mix of guilt and desire at that moment you first realize … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto indie quartet Hollerado will release a special collection of demos dedicated to fans titled 111 Songs on March 24, 2015. Stream the first track “Firefly (Annie Murphy)” below. On the band’s 2013 release White Paint, the first 111 fans to pre-order the LP were promised a custom song written exclusively for them. Now complete, 111 Songs will take the form of … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Danish indie pop trio Slaughter Beach are expected to release their debut full-length album later this year, and they revealed a new ’60s pop-influenced, mellow-sounding track called “Nuked”. If you’re into the sounds of bands like MGMT or Tame Impala, you’ll love Slaughter Beach.
By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – London indie electronic band Oh Wonder revealed their first new song of 2015 called “The Rain”. The duo, who plan to release one new single per month, sings “I’ve given all my love to you”, and speaks of a heart shattered by a broken relationship and looks for the rain to … Continue reading
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