The Luyas

Canadian invasion @ CMJ 2010 (PS I Love You, Hot Panda, No Joy, Radio Radio, Diamond Rings, High Dials, Braids, more)

DOWNLOAD: PS I Love You – Facelove (MP3) DOWNLOAD: PS I Love You – 2012 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Suuns – Arena (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Suuns – Up Past the Nursery (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The High Dials – Chinese Boxes (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Elephant Stone – I am Blind (MP3) DOWNLOAD: No Joy – Headless (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Parallels – Find the Fire (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hot Panda – Mindlessnesslessness (MP3) There’s never any shortage of Canadians at CMJ but this year…

the free BrooklynVegan Friday day party @ Public Assembly lineup (14 bands, free food, free booze & more)

Though we maybe went less crazy this year compared to others, there will be no lack of BrooklynVegan shows taking place during CMJ this year…

Pop Montreal kicks off, Luyas got signed, Swans on tour

The Luyas @ Webster Hall in April (more by Sarahana) The 2010 edition of the Pop Montreal music festival (Montreal’s answer to CMJ and SXSW) kicks off today…

The Luyas, Savoir Adore, North Highlands & Gray Goods played the 'This Week in Indie' show @ Coco66 - pics & video

, video It was fun to close out the second-annual Northside Festival at Coco 66 with North Highlands, The Luyas, Savoir Adore and Gray Goods…

the 'Week in Indie' Northside show is Sunday + other Luyas, North Highlands, Savoir Adore & Gray Goods shows

DOWNLOAD: North Highlands – Collar Bones (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Savoir Adore – three tracks from In the Wooded Forrest (link takes you to download page) DOWNLOAD: The Luyas – Tiny Head (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gray Goods – Color Divide (MP3) North Highlands @ South Street Seaport (more by Chris La Putt) Brooklyn Vegan hasn’t met a festival to which we haven’t wanted to add one more party…

No Joy, North Highlands, Besnard Lakes, Luyas, Eternal Summers, Twin Sister & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Braids – Lemonade (MP3) DOWNLOAD: No Joy – No Joy (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Psychobuildings – Birds of Prey (MP3) DOWNLOAD: North Highlands – Sugar Lips (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Besnard Lakes – Albatross (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Land of Talk – May You Never (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cheap Time – Woodland Drive (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bad Sports -On Video (MP3) Owen Pallett playing w/ the Luyas @ Webster Hall (more by Sarahana) It’s Memorial Day Weekend which used to mean, if you stayed in town, there was nothing to do except go see whatever piece of crap Hollywood was foisting upon us, hang out at backyard BBQs (not a bad thing at all), and enjoy a relatively emptied-out city…

Braids are touring - video, MP3, 2 NYC dates (1 w/ the Luyas)

DOWNLOAD: Braids – Lemonade (MP3) Montreal’s Braids will be in NYC next week, playing Knitting Factory on Tuesday May 25 with Depreciation Guild (whose very good second album Spirit Youth is out this week) and Wild Nothing (their debut, Gemini, which is also quite good, is out that day), and then an early show at Mercury Lounge on May 27 (no advance tickets) with fellow Montreal residents The Luyas who just can’t seem to stay away from our city now that they’ve broken their NYC cherry (they were here the other day to play a 20 minute set at the National’s High Violet Annex)…

High Violet Annex night 2 in pics & video (Martha Wainwright, ARLT, Luyas, Talk Normal, Inlets, Julianna Barwick & more)

As advertised, INLETS, ZACHARY CALE, HELADO NEGRO, JULIANNA BARWICK, THE LUYAS (who came all the way from Montreal for the 20 minute performance), TALK NORMAL, ARLT (from France) and MARTHA WAINWRIGHT played short sets at the National’s High Violet Annex space in NYC last night…

The National's High Violet Annex opens this week (here is part of the schedule)

The National‘s temporary venue next to Other Music in NYC opens on Tuesday, May 11th at 7pm. “Celebrating the release of ‘High Violet’ (May 11, 4AD), The National will take over the now-vacant space at 13 E 4th St next to Other Music in downtown NYC…

Pop Montreal 2010 dates & initial lineup - includes SWANS

Pop Montreal 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) POP Montreal, sort of like the CMJ of Montreal, but less industry-like, returns for the 9th time from September 29th to October 3rd…
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