Weaves
NPR's Top 100 Songs of 2017
NPR Music’s list includes tracks from Cardi B, Big Thief, King Krule, Drake, Harry Styles, Father John Misty, and more.
The FADER's 101 top songs of 2017
As usual, the list is heavy on rap and R&B, but there’s some other stuff in there too, like Phoebe Bridgers at #2!
Noise Pop 2018 lineup additions: Built to Spill, Album Leaf, Waxahatchee & more
Noise Pop Festival has added more artists the the lineup of its 2018 edition which happens February 19 – 25 in San Francisco. Additions include: Built to Spill (playing Keep it Like a Secret in full), Waxahatchee, The Album Leaf, Shamir, Alex Cameron, Jeff Rosenstock, The Hotelier…
Palehound releasing 7" on Saddle Creek (listen), touring with Weaves
Palehound will release a new 7″ on January 26 via Saddle Creek’s “Document” singles series. Ellen Kempner, who is Palehound, co-produced the two songs with Alicia Bognanno of Bully, who also engineered the tracks last summer in Nashville…
Weaves celebrated new LP 'Wide Open' at Rough Trade with Tancred (pics)
Toronto band Weaves just released the follow-up to their Polaris-nominated debut — the spirited, highly enjoyable Wide Open — and celebrated its release at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade on Wednesday, which was also the last date of their North American tour with Tancred…
Weaves share "Scream" ft. Tanya Tagaq (which they performed at Polaris Gala)
Weaves have shared “Scream” from their upcoming album Wide Open. It’s a collaboration with Tanya Tagaq who brings her distinctive Inuit throat-singing snarl — and scream — to the song…
watch the Polaris Music Prize Gala livestream
The Polaris Music Prize Gala is tonight (9/18) in Toronto, where it will be decided what Canadian album from the past year is most deserving of this year’s coveted award. Weaves, Tanya Tagaq, Leif Vollebekk and other nominees are performing.
Weaves announce new LP 'Wide Open' (listen to "#53"), touring this fall
Toronto band Weaves will release their second album, Wide Open, on October 23 via Kanine/Memphis Industries. This comes barely a year after their terrific self-titled debut which is currently vying for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize…
2017 Polaris Prize shortlist: Leonard Cohen, Feist, BADBADNOTGOOD & more
Canada’s The Polaris Music Prize has whittled down its longlist into its ten-LP shortlist who will vie for the 2017 award. Can anything beat Leonard Cohen‘s You Want it Darker? Should anything?
2017 Polaris Music Prize longlist
Nominees include Leonard Cohen, Drake, Feist, The New Pornographers, Mac DeMarco, Japandroids, and more.