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By: Staff – The Pitchfork Music Festival, happening Friday, July 15, through Sunday, July 17, has announced its 2016 lineup. Friday will see performances by Beach House, Broken Social Scene, Carly Rae Jepsen, Girl Band, Julia Holter, Mick Jenkins, Moses Sumney, The Range, Shamir, Twin Peaks, and Whitney. Saturday features ANDERSON .Paak & the Free Nationals, BJ The Chicago Kid, Blood Orange, Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds, Car … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto-based electronica band Holy Fuck will release their new album, Congrats, on May 27th. Holy Fuck took the world by surprise around 2005 because there was just nothing like them-a hardcore thrift-store found-object punk band with a relentless commitment to rhythm and a sense for atmosphere better matched to a close encounter of the … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Vancouver-based Americana/Soul singer-songwriter Frazey Ford, who is best known as a founding member of Vancouver-based folk group The Be Good Tanyas, and who released her newest album, Indian Ocean, in 2014, which followed up her 2010 debut solo album, Obadiah, performed at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre in Toronto last night with folk singer-songwriter Phil Cook, who released … Continue reading
By: Staff – Toronto-based indie rock band Hooded Fang have announced their new album,Venus On Edge, out May 13 via the band’s own label Daps Records. Stream the album’s first single “Tunnel Vision” via SoundCloud. Where once in their career lead songwriter Daniel Lee would have used lush instrumentation or thick harmony to evoke urgency, Venus on Edge gives us Ritalin tempos and sheet … Continue reading
Photos by: Justin Roth – Vancouver-based synthpop quintet Young Galaxy, who released their fifth album, Falsework, on October 30th, 2015 via Paper Bag Records, which followed up their Polaris Music Prize short-listed album, Ultramarine, which was produced by Dan Lissvik (Studio, Atelje, Taken By Trees, Lake Heartbeat), and who commissioned Scotiabank Giller Prize winning novelist/blogger/journalist Sean Michaels to write a story that would work as a … Continue reading
By: Staff – Metallica have announced that they will reissue their first two albums Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning on April 15th. Both albums have been remastered for the most advanced sound quality and will be available in three formats – CD, vinyl, and Deluxe Box set. Both Deluxe Box sets include original source material from the band’s personal collection … Continue reading
By: Staff – OVO Sound R&B duo Majid Jordan have released the Ben Strebel-directed video for “Learn From Each Other.” Watch it below. To support their self-titled debut, the Toronto duo will hit the road in their first headlining tour next month. Tickets for the 10-city tour will be available for purchase this Friday, February 19th at 10am … Continue reading
Photos by: Meghan Lee – Psychedelic rock band Dr. Dog, who released their ninth album, The Psychedelic Swamp, on February 5th, 2016 via ANTI-, which is a revamped version of their unreleased debut LP, and which followed up their 2013 album, B-Room, performed at The Marquee in Tempe, Arizona last night with Philadelphia-based indie folk-rock … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Field Trip Music Festival has revealed its 2016 line-up. Headlining the 2016 edition will be Brooklyn indie rock band The National, along with Swedish electropop artist Robyn. In addition to The National, and Robyn, other announced artists include: July Talk, Santigold, Of Montreal, DIIV, Charles Bradley, Jazz Cartier, Boy and Bear, Bully, Holy … Continue reading
Photos by: Angelo Marchini (@El_Pollo_Lokito) – South African-born-New York-based indie pop artist St. Lucia, who released his second album, Matter, on January 29th, 2016 via Columbia, which featured the singles “Dancing on Glass”, “Physical”, and “Love Somebody”, and which followed up his 2013 debut LP, When The Night, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night … Continue reading
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