Young Rival

Canadian garage-pop trio Young Rival ready new EP (listen to “Let Me Go On”)
Hamilton, Ontario trio Young Rival have been cranking our smart, hooky, garage pop for upwards of a decade, including last year's Interior Light which was their first for Paper Bag Records. (Stream it below.) The band have a new five-song EP, Strange Light, which will be out May 13 and we've got the premiere of snarling first single "Let Me Go On...
2012 M for Montreal Festival: full line-up (Death Grips, A Place to Bury Strangers, Of Monsters & Men, Mac DeMarco + more)
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...