By: Staff – Today, The National has announced the release of their ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, due April 28, 2023 via 4AD. The 11-song album was produced by The National at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York and features guest appearances by Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens. Pre-order … Continue reading
By: Staff – JUNO Award nominated alternative-pop band Valley kick off the year by announcing their sophomore album Lost In Translation, is set to release on June 23 via Capitol Records/Universal Music Canada. Pre-save/pre-add the album today here. Valley celebrates the announcement with the release of the lead single off the record, “Throwback Tears” today. … Continue reading
By: Staff – Neutral Milk Hotel have announced the release of The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel, a box set out February 24th via Merge, and present the first official release of “Little Birds.” Stream “Little Birds” below and pre-order here. The work has always come together subconsciously for Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum, … Continue reading
By: Staff – Continue as a Guest, the new album from The New Pornographers, is set for release on March 31 via Merge Records—their first for the label. Pre-save/pre-order here. The first single, “Really Really Light,” is out today with an accompanying video directed by Christian Cerezo—watch below. In celebration of the new album, The … Continue reading
By: Staff – The Hold Steady have announced the release of their ninth studio album, The Price of Progress, arriving everywhere on March 31, 2023. It will be available digitally as well as on CD, standard black vinyl, translucent green-colored vinyl (band store), metallic gold (indie retail), metallic silver (Vinyl Me, Please), and white (Rough … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – Toronto-based indie rock band Broken Social Scene, who released their newest EPs, Let’s Try the After, Vol. 1, and Let’s Try the After, Vol. 2, in 2019 via Arts & Crafts, performed at History in Toronto last night (Dec. 18th).
Photos by: David Scala – Toronto-based indie rock band Alvvays, who released their newest album, Blue Rev, on October 7th, 2022 via Celsius Girls, which featured the single “Pharmacist”, and which followed up their 2017 album, Antisocialites, which won the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year in 2018, and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2018 … Continue reading
By: Curtis Sindrey – It’s an understatement to say that beloved UK indie rock band The 1975 have a flair for the dramatic as the quartet stepped onto the stage at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena last night (Dec. 12th). The first thing fans heard as the Grammy nominated band took the stage was this eerie atmospheric loop … Continue reading
Photos by: Kirsten Sonntag – UK indie rock quintet Foals, who released their newest album, Life Is Yours, on June 17th, 2022 via Warner/Transgressive/ADA, which featured the singles “Wake Me Up”, “2am”, “Looking High”, “2001”, and “Crest of the Wave”, performed at Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto last night (Dec. 10th) with indie rock band Inner Wave, who released their newest album, … Continue reading
Photos by: Kelsey Giesbrecht – Toronto-based indie rock band Born Ruffians, who released their newest album, Pulp, on April 16th, 2021, which followed up their 2020 album, Squeeze, performed at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto last night (Dec. 9th) with Canadian post-punk band Sham Family, who released their newest EP, Sham Family, on January 21st, 2022 … Continue reading