Who: The Swimmers from Philadelphia.What: Deciding this time to build their own studio from the ground up and record an album entirely themselves, Philadelphia’s The Swimmers give us People Are Soft on Mad Dragon Records. This album (which is streaming on Spinner) follows in the footsteps of 2008’s Fighting Trees (the bands critically acclaimed debut), [...]
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I was a banana. And somewhere between this point on now, I grabbed a pretty annoying head cold. That’s why its been a little quiet on the site. Quite a lot better now and I’ve managed to go through some e-mail and I’m wanting to tell you about a couple bands/songs.-Stereogum has a pretty cool [...]
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‘True or False’ by Bishop Allen
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Home – Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic ZerosEDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS | MySpace Video
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ROBOTS by Dan Mangan official music video directed by Mike Lewis from Mike Lewis on Vimeo.Right in time for Halloween.
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Who: Arms from Brooklyn.What: A track from the album Kids Aflame, the debut of Todd Goldstein, aka Arms. Known as the guitarist for now defunct NY band The Harklem Shakes, Todd has been crafting songs since 2004, ‘holing up with a single microphone and a laptop in a series of rickety bedroom recording spaces’. His [...]
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What do you think? Carved it last night from a stencil that I picked up here.-On the topic of music, head over to I Heart Music’s Hottest Bands Of Canada poll. The RAA took the honours this year.-Tokyo Police Club posted a new video on their blog, a short video of David Monks performing on [...]
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Who: Leif Vollebekk from Montreal.What: I went out to catch some music last night and I came upon Montreal singer-songwriter Leif Vollebekk’s set at Supermarket. He’s the newest singee to Nevado Records (home to top Canadian talent Bahamas, Fox Jaws, Yukon Blonde and The Paint Movement), his debut to hit shelves on January 19th, 2009. [...]
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Finished. I just updated the Toronto show listings and the IMF Player. Does anyone listen to the player? Its an ongoing playlist of the most recent blogged about music on the site, in its own little player. Can be idea for when you’re working away and want a little music in the background. I’ve put [...]
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‘The King And All Of His Men’ by Wolf Gang‘Blue Steel’ by Bot’Ox‘Get Going’ by Headlights‘Under The Sheets’ by Ellie Goulding (Jools Holland)‘You’ve Got the Love (XX Remix)’ by Florence + the Machine‘It’s Okay’ by Land Of Talk‘Change Of Heart’ by El Perro Del Mar‘Mowgli’s Road’ by Marina and the Diamonds‘Cornerstone’ by Arctic Monkeys‘White Dove’ [..
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‘The King And All Of His Men‘ by Wolf Gang
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‘You’ve Got the Love (XX Remix)’ by Florence + the Machine
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The blog that is. Moved around some columns, links, banners and widgets. And for the first time ever, I didn’t break the blog in the process. Might be getting good at this web thing.Here’s what I’m hearing today:-After a self-imposed three year hiatus, Sunderland, England’s Field Music return with a new 20 track double album, [...]
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‘This Ain’t You’ by The Great BloomersCatch them on the road with and without the Rural Alberta Advantage.Great BloomersNovember 6 – Steamwhistle BreweryGreat Bloomers and Rural Alberta Advantage Nov 11 Hamilton, ON at CasbahNov 12 Ottawa, ON at ZaphodsNov 14 Kingston, ON at Grad ClubNov 15 Peterborough, ON at Red DogNov 18 Montreal, QC at [...]
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I had an amazing time this past weekend at the Halifax Pop Explosion. Highlights included:-The Acorn at St. Matthews Church. Amazing acoustics. Great songs, harmonies, deep rumbling percussion and carefully crafted in-between song banter.-The Danks at The Coconut Grove. First time seeing this band. Love Brohan Moore’s impression of Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) fronting The Strokes.-My [
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From the band:As promised we will be releasing a 4 song EP called ‘Behave Yourself’ on January 19. We made a 1 minute video with our friend Vern to give you a preview of the songs and the video for ‘Audience’ that will come soon. We had a great time filming it in San Pedro; [...]
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I’ve been enjoying catching up here on email and spending some time listening to the newest digital EP from Peirson Ross called Reverse & Ready (Sept 29th, iTunes). I’m guessing the album name comes from a Lifeguarding technique I remember learning when I was training to become a Lifeguard back in highshool. Its a way [...]
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Who: Worship from London.What: Reminding me of Thom Yorke’s solo work in The Eraser, here’s an introduction to a new band out of London called Worship. Other than having a song, a picture of what could be the band and a tourdate (24th November at The Lexington), I don’t know too much about this group. [...]
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Who: Wilderness of Manitoba.What: For fans of bands like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, here’s Canada’s Wilderness of Manitoba. Hymns Of Love & Spirits is their new EP and was born from drinking tea and bouncing minimalist arrangements and layered vocals off the walls on their basement on Delaware Ave in Toronto. Very lush and [...]
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