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Pop Montreal announces more 2017 artists

Pop Montreal happens September 13 – 17. New Addi include William Basinski, Juana Molina, John Maus, Aldous Harding, Mourn, Lucy Dacus and lots more.

Pop Montreal Day 4: The Cribs (with Lee Ranaldo), Doldrums, Absolutely Free, Blanka & more

After three days of perfect weather (this is my first time in Montreal where it was hot) we got rain on Saturday (9/19), which was also the most walking around I’ve done all week…

Arcade Fire doc 'The Reflektor Tapes' premiering at 2015 Pop Montreal before North American release ++ fest's full lineup

The 2015 edition of Pop Montreal is coming up in less than a month (September 16 – 20) and festival organizers have recently made a few additions to the already robust lineup…

Polaris 2015 Long List revealed (Drake, New Pornographers, DFA1979, Caribou, Alvvays, White Lung, Viet Cong, more)

The long list for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, Canada’s annual award for a great album, has been announced. It includes Drake, The New Pornographers, Death From Above 1979, Caribou, Alvvays, White Lung, Viet Cong, METZ, Cold Specks, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld, Patrick Watson, Absolutely Free, Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah, Braids, Tobias Jesso Jr an…

Toronto's Field Trip Festival announces 2015 lineup

The 2015 edition of Arts & Crafts’ Field Trip Festival happens June 6 & 7 in downtown Toronto. This year’s lineup features Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, The War on Drugs, De La Soul, Purity Ring, Father John Misty, Temples, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Marina & the Diamonds, Apostle of Hustle, and more…

stream Absolutely Free's debut album in full ++ win tix to NYC show with Alvvays

Absolutely Free‘s debut album is out next week via Lefse and you can stream the whole thing (via Stereogum) below. (Preorder it, too.) In a year that has already given us terrific krautrock-influenced albums for the the rest of 2014, including NYC at Rough Trade on November 8…

Absolutely Free ready debut LP (stream a track), touring this fall including US dates with Alvvays

Absolutely Free, the band that rose from the ashes of Toronto’s DD/MM/YYYY, are set to release their self-titled debut album on October 14 via Lefse…

Spiritualized, Beach House & more feature on 'Space Project' RSD LP; J. Spaceman / Kid Millions live RSD LP too (streams)

J. Spaceman / Kid Millions at LPR in September (more by Greg Cristman) One of this year’s more interesting-sounding Record Store Day exclusives is a compilation titled Space Project that features songs incorporating sounds recorded in space by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes…

Greys, Odonis Odonis, Teenanger, Absolutely Free, Beliefs, HSY & more on Nirvana 'In Utero' tribute LP (stream a track)

The 20th anniversary celebrations for Nirvana‘s In Utero continue this week with, Milkin’ It, a tribute album from a number of Toronto bands co-curated, The Wooden Sky, and the Hand Drawn Dracula label…

Yuck serve up a new video, ready 'Glow & Behold' and playing CMJ w/ Willis Earl Beal, Eagulls & Absolutely Free (dates)

The U.S. Open just finished a week or so ago, but if you still need a tennis fix, might I suggest Yuck‘s new video for “Middle Sea”? In it, fro’d drummer Jonny Rogoff (looking McEnroe-esque), faces off against someone more than twice his elder and the two clearly have a rocky history…
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