I have been meaning to post about Divine Fits for some time now. Their first two singles were released a while ago and now their whole album is up for stream on NPR, First Listen. Divine Fits is composed of Britt Daniels of the awesome band Spoon, Canadian Dan Boekner of Wolf Parade and Sam Brown who plays in Columbus.
Brian Borcherdt of Toronto's Holy Fuck, has started a new project called Dusted. The album, released on July 10th, is a left turn from the stuff that Holy Fuck has created. The result is an airy, raw, stripped down, rock album that lends itself to laid back rock music lovers. The first single released was called (Into The) Atmosphere, which is below for your streaming pleasure. Also, the whole album Total Dust, is available for streaming on their CBC Music Page and their Bandcamp Page.
Japandroids is a Canadian rock duo from Vancouver, British Columbia. To be honest, I really didn't like their sound at first. It was a bit too punk sounding for me but as I continue listening to them, they are growing on me. Also, since they are hitting the indie scene by storm, I thought some of our readers might enjoy them. Check out a single from their new album "Celebration Rock" called "The House That Heaven Built" here:
East Coast Canadian rocker Matt Mays has just released the lead single for his new album Coyote, which is set for release on September 4th. It's been 4 long years since Matt's last album Terminal Romance, so I am definitely excited to see what these new songs bring.
The new song is called Take it on Faith, and you can stream that below:
Canadian indie heavyweights, Stars, will be releasing their 6th studio album this September 4th. The album will be entitled The North and you can check out the lead single, The Theory of Relativity, below.
If you like what you heard, you can download that single on the Stars Website in exchange for an email.
Check out the tracklisting as well:
1. The Theory of Relativity
2. Backlines
3. The North
4. Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It
The lead single from The Tallest Man on Earth's upcoming release There's No Leaving Now has just been released for streaming. The new song is called 1904 and you can stream/download it below.
Late last year I posted the first single from Zeus's upcoming album Busting Visions. The band is getting ready to release the album on March 27th alongside a tour. You can check out a couple more tracks below along with the tour dates.
Spring 2012 Canadian Tour
5/22 Regina, SK // The Exchange 5/23 Calgary, AB // Broken City 5/25 Victoria, BC // The Lucky Bar 5/26 Vancouver, BC // The Biltmore Cabaret 5/29 Nelson, BC // The Royal 5/30 Canmore, AB // Communitea Cafe 5/31 Edmonton, AB // Pawn Shop 6/01 Saskatoon, SK // Amigo's 6/02 Winnipeg, MB // The Lo Pub 6/06 Hamilton, ON // The Casbah 6/07 Waterloo, ON // The Starlight Room 6/08 London, ON // APK Live 6/09 Toronto, ON // Phoenix Concert Theatre
The creation of Scrappy Happiness has now matured like a fine wine as the 10th and final track of the album has been released. The new song is called Lightning Bolt and it features driving electric guitars and is the 'rock' song of the album. Clocking in at over 6 minutes it is sure to please your ears.
The past 10 weeks has given listeners a peek into the world of Joel Plaskett and the process through which this album was made. He has created a record that is well rounded and listenable. There hasn't been a track on the album that I find myself skipping.
Congrats Joel, Scrappy Happiness has lived up to the hype.
Tuesday always brings an influx of music... but today is a good one as the title suggests. Let's get to it:
Plants and Animals - The End of That
If you have been following us in the past month you will have already heard two new Plants and Animals songs. The new album has dropped today and you can stream the whole thing over at CBC Music (which is a pretty darn cool site if you ask me).
Check out the Lightshow video below:
The Wooden Sky - Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun
Again, you should be familiar with The Wooden Sky if you follow our blog. Their new album was released today and you can head over to our previous post on The Wooden Sky to stream the album.
Joel Plaskett - Tough Love
Back again this week is Joel Plaskett with the 8th track from his upcoming album Scrappy Happiness.The song is called Tough Love and you can stream the track over on CBC Radio 2 . Check out the previous tracks HERE.
The White Buffalo - Once Upon a Time in the West
After a recent EP release The White Buffalo is back with a new full length entitled Once Upon a Time in the West. You can stream the whole album HERE and the video for the single Wish it Was True is posted below.
Back again this week is Joel Plaskett with track 6 from his upcoming album, Scrappy Happiness. This new song is called Somewhere Else and you can stream it over on the CBC Radio 2 Website.
Or listen on the YouTube video below:
You can also listen to the week 7 track, I'm Yours, right HERE.
Making of:
For those that don't know, Joel is recording a song a week for this new album. This is week 6 and 7 of the project, check out the other weeks HERE.
Joel Plaskett is back again this week with the 4th track from his upcoming album Scrappy Happiness. The song is called Slow Dance and you can stream it over on CBC Radio 3.
Patrick Watson has announced more details for his upcoming album, Adventures in Your Own Backyard. The album is slated for release on April 16th in Canada.
He has also released a song called Into Giants, which you can stream below.
Lighthouse
Blackwind
Step Out For A While
The Quiet Crowd
Into Giants
Morning Sheets
Words In The Fire
The Things You Do
Strange Crooked Road
Noisy Sunday
Adventures In Your Own Backyard
Swimming Pools
If any one has been following my posts the last couple weeks you should already know that this is the third song released by Joel Plaskett from his upcoming album, Scrappy Happiness. You can check out the other posts HERE.
The third track released is called Old Friends and you can stream it over on CBC Radio 2.
Also, Joel made another video to show what happens behind the scenes.
4/10 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
4/11 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
4/12 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
4/14 - Indio, CA - Coachella
4/21 - Indio, CA - Coachella
4/24 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
4/27 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
4/29 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
5/01 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
5/02 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
Indie-rockers Plants and Animals are planning to release their third studio album entitled The End of That on February 28th, 2012. Their first LP, Parc Avenue, quickly caught the ears of listeners across the country including Spencer and I. The album was shortlisted for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize and was nominated for a 2009 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year... Not bad credentials if you ask me.
The first single, Lightshow, has been released and you can stream it below.
06 Jan 2012 Rialto Theatre Montreal, QC Canada
12 Jan 2012 Schuba's Chicago,IL United States
08 Mar 2012 Ritual Nightclub Ottawa, ON Canada
09 Mar 2012 Le Cercle Quebec, QC Canada
10 Mar 2012 Le Cabaret du Mile End Montreal, QC Canada
20 Mar 2012 Lucky Bar Victoria, BC Canada
21 Mar 2012 Rickshaw Theatre Vancouver, BC Canada
22 Mar 2012 The Crocodile Seattle, WA United States
24 Mar 2012 Mississippi Studios Portland, Oregon United States
27 Mar 2012 Starlite Room Edmonton, AB Canada
28 Mar 2012 Republik Calgary, AB Canada
29 Mar 2012 Amigos Cantina Saskatoon, Canada
30 Mar 2012 West End Cultural Centre Winnipeg, MB Canada
31 Mar 2012 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN Canada
For those who have never listened to Plants and Animals - Check out Bye Bye Bye from Parc Avenue below.
Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia Jon Mckiel's brand of folk-rock is in my opinion refreshing. Every time a new song comes on from his album I don't know what to expect... the guitars have a heavy sound but the songs maintain catchy melodies. He recently released a new album entitled Tonka War Cloud which features 10 songs. Jon has toured across Canada several times and will no doubt be touring again sometime in the near future.
I suggest you head over to his Bandcamp Page and stream the new album in it's entirety. Some of my favorites are: Ice Man, Confidence Lodge and several others.
Today The Black Keys were on Q with Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio 1. The Ohio duo is set to release El Camino in the coming days and Jian had a chance to sit down with Dan and Patrick. You can head over to the Q Website and listen to the stream at your leisure.
Also, check out The Keys on the topic of Selling Out below.
I will leave you with this great quote from Patrick Carney on the topic of selling their tracks for use on commercials and the like.
"Where else are they gonna hear it? Would you rather be surrounded by Nickleback and Fergie or whatever? If you're gonna have to be exposed to music randomly, I would rather it be our music" - Patrick Carney
