Doldrums - Esc (Dead Oceans) Montreal’s Doldrums certainly have a mastery of textures. On their latest release they take elegant melodies and dance-ready electronics and mash them together for a middle-ground between EDM and indie-rock. [...]
Ontario to ban scalper bots The Liberal government said Monday it will introduce new legislation this fall that will make automated ticket-buying "bots" illegal. It would also cap markups on resold tickets at 50 percent [...]
Bison (B.C.) - You Are Not the Ocean You Are the Patient In Europe, July 7th in North America You are not the ocean. You do not orchestrate a beautiful cacophony of life and death, [...]
If you are a regular here, and why wouldn't you be, you might be able to remember that we had the privilege of debuting Natural Sympathies' video for Moon Landing six weeks ago. Once again, [...]
SOCAN Awards Shine Bright Lights on Canada's Music Creators and Publishers Songwriters, composers and music publishers behind some of the biggest songs in the world gathered in Toronto Monday night – with a who's who [...]
This coming Friday will see the release of Jon Stancer's debut solo album For The Birds (iTunes preorder) on which, Toronto singer/songwriter Jon dabs his brush in many musical palettes. Produced by Jono Grant (John [...]
By Darlene Barss We have two playlists for you this week about the Polaris Music Prize Long List. One has a song representing each of the 40 albums that are on the official Long List. [...]
Bernice - Puff Toronto digital pop experimentalists Bernice have impressed us with early singles “St. Lucia,” “Don’t Wanna Be European,” “David,” and “Talking About Her,” songs that zeroed in on a liquid electronic pop sound [...]
By Darlene Barss Walrus released their debut LP on June 9, 2017 and it is getting a lot of positive reviews. Since hearing their tracks from their Goodbye Something EP, I have been looking forward [...]
Death From Above talk comeback single ‘Freeze Me’, Royal Blood, the state of rock, and what’s next After surprising fans with another surprise return with comeback single "Freeze Me", Death From Above are back with [...]