Kestrels

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by The Beths, Kelley Stoltz, Dougie Poole, and Kestrels, plus a welcome reissue of Saint Etienne’s best album, and the latest project from ex-Pale Saints frontman Ian Masters.

The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 – 25 at venues all over the city. It’s the 15th anniversary of the festival and they’ve just announced the finalized lineup…

Halifax shoegazers Kestrels will release the followup to 2012’s A Ghost History LP with their new The Moon Is Shining Out Way EP on July 1 via Sonic Unyon Records…

The Brooklyn Zine Fest is a space for creative, independent, talented voices from New York City and beyond to connect with an engaged audience…

Nova Scotians Kestrels have released a new video for “Drowning Girl” which is from last year’s LP A Ghost History, out now via shoegaze-centric label, Sonic Unyon…

Savages at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Last month, SXSW revealed its first round of artists for their 2013 festival, which happens from March 12-17, and now they’ve revealed a second announcement with way more arti…

The seventh annual M for Montreal festival happens next week (November 14 – 17) in its namesake Canadian city. Previous years, M4M has featured mainly Montreal (and other parts of Canada) artists, being showcased to a group of “international delgates” (talent buyers, journalists, music supervisors, tour agenents and other industry types) in a tightly controlled set of shows, this year’s fest expands its scope with nearly 100 performer at 16 venues, giving it more of an actual festival feel than an industry conference that has music showcases the public could by tickets to…