Polaris Music Prize 2020 Long List: Owen Pallett, Caribou, Kaytranada, US Girls, more
The 2020 Long List also includes albums by Cindy Lee, The Weeknd, Lido Pimienta, Corridor, Andy Shauf, Jessie Reyez, dvsn, and more.
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Bill’s Indie Basement (11/30): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: Corridor offshoot Jonathan Personne, Montreal duo Lesser Evil, Soulwax cohort Charlotte Adigéry, swoony French band Le SuperHomard, and more.
Bill’s Indie Basement (11/23): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: Laibach cover ’The Sound of Music’ via North Korea; Jacco Gardner goes instrumental; and new reissues from The Spinanes, Sloan and David Axelrod.
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.
2017 Polaris Music Prize longlist
Nominees include Leonard Cohen, Drake, Feist, The New Pornographers, Mac DeMarco, Japandroids, and more.
Brooklyn Flea Record Fair announces Spring 2017 vendors & exclusive items
The Brooklyn Flea Record Fair is back at Smorgasburg on May 20 (11 AM - 6 PM) with over 50 independent labels, record stores and vintage vendors represented.
Montreal psych band Chocolat touring this spring
Montreal’s Chocolat may seem initially to be merely a better-than-most psych-garage band but are soon defying pigeonholing with every song....
Chocolat releasing new LP (listen to “Les Pyramides”)
"Imagine early Roxy Music doing a modal jazz exercise on crack" is the way guitarist/producer Emmanuel Ethier describes the new album's first released cut, "Les Pyramides.
25 artists we’re excited to see at SXSW
From Anderson .Paak to Iggy Pop to Loretta Lynn to Protomartyr to Stealing Sheep.
Exploded View (ft. Anika) share first single “No More Parties in the Attic”
The band will make its U.S. debut at SXSW this week.