Dinosaur Jr's intimate tour has been loaded with special guest appearances. Negative Approach's John Brannon and The Meatmen's Tesco Vee joined in Grand Rapids, followed by Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Fucked Up's Damian Abraham in Toronto...
Kevin Drew brought out his pal Andy Kim to play The Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" (which Kim co-wrote) and a song off the 2015 album that the two musicians made together.
New song "Halfway Home" premiered on SiriusXMU today. BSS will be joined by Emily Haines and James Shaw of Metric and Amy Millan and Evan Cranley of Stars on 'Colbert' tonight.
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...
Uber and Spotify just announced a hip app partnership that starts going into effect in 10 major cities this Friday (11/21). As a demo video illusrates, Spotify premium users will be be able to choose the music they want to play in their Uber taxi ride in advance...
Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew was set to begin a US tour in Portland tonight (9/23). That tour was supposed to visit Brooklyn on 9/26 for a show with Eleanor Friedberger, but we just realized that all of these dates have been cancelled with the following message from Kevin:I am sorry to have to cancel these shows...
Kevin Drew w/ BSS at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew released his new solo album, Darlings, earlier this year, and has already come to the US to open Feist's solo tour and play a full band release show (with multiple Arts & Crafts musicians) at NYC's Bowery Ballroom, which happened after being postponed a few weeks in April...