Filed under: News , I Fought the Law , Politics as Usual Matt Jelonek, Getty After last weekend's performance on Saturday Night Live with Mick Jagger , Montreal's Arcade Fire were shown wearing small red patches on their clothes, a reference to the ongoing student protests against tuition hikes taking place in Montreal and throughout Quebec. The protests, which recently surpassed the 100-day mark, have garnered attention both in Canada [...]
Dear Celestia Mmm, whatcha say? Mmm, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did. Mmm, whatcha say? Mmm, that it's all for the best? Because it is! Song is Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Indoor Recess Patrick Krief is probably best known as the lead guitarist for indie darlings the Dears , but what people are discovering is that the Montreal native is a formidable solo artist in his own right. Starting in 2007, Krief released a debut EP titled Take it or Leave , followed it up with 2009's Calm Awaits under [...]

Keaton Henson - Dear... By Russell Warfield Part of me thinks I should go really, really easy on Keaton Henson 's debut album Dear... . Recorded alone in his bedroom and never performed live owing to Henson's crippling anxiety, I'm reticent to turn the screws on a release which presumably marks a huge leap of courage for him, being brave enough to submit these songs for public approval. But combining the brink-of-tears vocal work of people like Damien Rice and Perfume Genius with the rustic fingerpicking [...]
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By Gareth O'Malley I'm not sure why it is - maybe I sympathise, or even identify with it - but I find myself drawn to the kind of intimate devastation that lies at the heart of Keaton Henson's debut. My favourite album of all time is The Antlers's Hospice , and one of my favourite debut albums from the last three years is Learning by Perfume Genius. All three of the aforementioned records are difficult to listen to, but what sets Henson's album apart is [...]

Imagine you're an introvert – the type that keeps a journal. Within the journal, you document every experience (especially the deeply vulnerable, very personal ones) and every thought (especially the deeply anxious, very worrisome ones). The journal is for your eyes and your eyes only. Now imagine this journal is really a collection of songs. Very occasionally, you play these songs out loud – not really intending that they be heard but mostly just to express yourself. One day, someone hears your song and falls head over heels in love with it. Now [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive MapleMusic (2) The buzz was high at Toronto's El Mocambo Thursday night as rumours swirled around about a potential "surprise guest" at the annual La Belle Province showcase at CMW , presented by SiriusXM and CBC Radio 3. Sources later revealed that the guest in question was Rufus Wainwright , brother of Martha Wainwright who was performing at the showcase. For [...]

The Vans Warped Tour Documentary: No Room For Rockstars at Toronto Underground Cinema. 18+. 7PM. The Postelles at Lee's Palace. 19+. 9PM. San Sebastian at Lee's Palace. 19+. 10PM. I got a chance to check out The Postelles when they opened for The Kooks back in November . The show was sold out and the line up was down the street and around the block. By [...]

Some might call this a rainy day mix, but since rainy days tend to keep people inside, this list targets people who want to get out while they can. This list has the moods you'll follow should an apocalyptic event should strike: excitement, enjoyment,despair and finally peace. This includes the last recorded track from The Cinematics as well as the single for Bad Veins ' new album. Theoretical Girl redoes and outshines the Chris Isaak version of "Wicked Game" and we have some remixes thrown in for added pleasure. Rock out like the [...]
El próximo sábado 7 de Abril se llevará a cabo en la Cd. de Mexico la octava edición del "pequeño gran festival" llamado Indie-O Fest. Dicho evento siempre se ha caracterizado por convocar un número reservado de bandas, pero siempre con el talento suficiente para acercar a grandes fans de los grupos que ahí se [...]

Frank Yang It probably amounts to some sort of Can-rock heresy, but I think I actually like Bry Webb on his own more than I ever did with Constantines . I fully acknowledge why many hold the Cons up as one of the greatest Canadian rock acts of the past however many years/decades/centuries - I've seen them live , I know what they were capable of - but the fact is, his solo debut Provider has captivated me more than any of the [...]

En super interessant vinyl LP er landet i Musik Mig Blidt's hule på Amager i form af debutpladen fra Machine, dear ; Killing Something That's Already Dead. Machine, dear er Frans Galschiøt Quaade og Anders Søndergaard, der så vidt jeg ved et ubeskrevede blad i musikalsk sammenhæng, men det kan man nu ikke høre. De omtrent 20 minutters musik går langt udenom hooklines, de lette løsninger og laveste fællesnævner. Pladen består af 6 flot komponerede alternative pop-perler, der sigter og rammer dybt både tekstmæssigt og rent musikalsk. Nu brugte jeg ordet "komponerede", men [...]

Artist: Dear Reader Title: Idealistic Animals Label: City Slang Release Date : January 9th BUY IT Words by Mel Reeve If you take a look at the title of Dear Reader's second album Idealistic Animals and at the tracklisting you'd quite easily come to the [...]
Dave Strider - Dear Jade i hope you hear this jade lyrics: [Ellie Goulding] I had a way then Losing it all on my own I had a heart then But the queen has been overthrown And I'm not sleeping now The dark is too hard to beat And I'm not keeping up The strength I need to push me You show the lights that stop me turn to stone You shine them when I'm alone And so I tell myself that I'll be strong And dreaming when they're gone Cuz they're calling, calling, calling [...]

The baubles in question would be twofold: Firstly, the Song, by Toad readers are awarding their own baubles for the year's musical endeavours, both in terms of anointing their song and their album of the year. And secondly, the very second I post this I am heading up into town to Kid Canaveral's Christmas Baubles, their second of what I assume will become an annual Christmas knees-up, this time hosted at Edinburgh's rather amazing Summerhall. This week on Song, by Toad I will be publishing my own top twenty albums of the year, and [...]

Ten Best Albums of 2011 So, the thing with my list this year is that I've been fortunate enough to have either shared a stage, been on a movie soundtrack together, recorded an album with, spent many quality years as close friends, or at the very least, created some memories over some good times with all but two of the bands represented here. However, none of these disclosures swayed my opinion in naming their recordings as the best to come out this year, they're just all that damn good, and I just happen to know them. [...]

When Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner sang "A thousand lonely kids making noise in the basement" on Sound Kapital , he was talking about all the angst-ridden musicians he encountered in his travels from Bucharest to Beijing, but he could just as easily been talking about my email inbox in 2011. Every day brought a new batch of fresh-from-the-studio records, singles and EPs by even fresher musicians looking for their place in the world. It's been a fascinating year for new music, for sure. When it came time to whittle down the list of my favourite discs [...]
I've become a bit of an Applications, or apps, nut recently. There are some pretty amazing music making, and discovery apps out there. Soundcloud and Spotify lead the way in the sharing and discovery department, but there are many others with a unique and specific approach which help fine-tuned music geeks and those looking for [...]