More and more, Mint Records is becoming the place where members of Carl Newman projects go to release ridiculously amazing pop albums: Last Fall there was The Awkward Stage -the bandonym of AC Newman touring member Shane Nelkin-and June of this year will see the release of Fables , the Sophomore release from Victoria's Immaculate Machine (a third of which is New Pornographers touring member Kathryn Calder). "Dear Confessor"-that album's lead single-is the perfect hypothetical combination of Mates Of State , a sense [...]
More and more, Mint Records is becoming the place where members of Carl Newman projects go to release ridiculously amazing pop albums: Last Fall there was The Awkward Stage -the bandonym of AC Newman touring member Shane Nelkin-and June of this year will see the release of Fables , the Sophomore release from Victoria's Immaculate Machine (a third of which is New Pornographers touring member Kathryn Calder). "Dear Confessor"-that album's lead single-is the perfect hypothetical combination of Mates Of State , a sense [...]

Victorians Immaculate Machine are releasing their next album titled Fables on Mint Records on June 12th. On this album, they've enlisted the help of a few friends. Fables features Kathryn Calder (The New Pornographers), string arrangements by Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy and The Arcade Fire), and backup vocals on the single "Jarhand" by Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand). Tracklist : Jarhand Dear Confessor Roman Statues Old Flame Small Talk Nothing Ever Happens Northeastern Wind C'mon Sea Legs Pocket Blinding Light [...]

Apologies for the lateness of the update. Aside from various distractions, I was a bit uncertain where to go for this week, as my recent listens haven't drastically changed. But I finally gave the gigantic SXSW list a look (a green cassette means an mp3 is available for downloading), and basically Christmas came early. I guess I'm doing something right, because a number of the artists jumped out at me. Emilie Simon isn't playing SXSW, but she's at the top of the week, [...]
The schedule and band showcase pages are now online right here . And just for you I've compiled a bleep load of some of the free mp3s offered by the SXSW website... this, by the way, is the first installment. There's more to come . limbeck big drag [mp3] showcase peter elkas wall of fire [mp3] showcase luke temple saturday people [mp3] showcase pop levi sugar assault me now [...]
Jon-Rae & The River wash up at Zaphod's on Thursday, hopefully without any of that gross sea foam stuff. Because of the long weekend, there's no accompanying text here for now. But, with luck, it will come in small nuggets as the week goes. But it's clear that dial613 is most looking forward to Jon-Rae & The River this week, who are opened for by Woolly Leaves and locals The Soirée, who turned

Next up in the Fall contest queue - courtesy of Against The Grain, I have three pairs of passes to see The New Pornographers , Immaculate Machine , Novillero and The Bicycles at the Kool Haus on October 11 as part of the Exclaim! /Mint Roadshow . Entry is a little more complicated this time - to enter, you need to leave a comment on this post casting the members of The New Pornographers as The Super-Friends with an explanation of why you made your choice. [...]
HEY - BEFORE YOU SCROLL DOWN!!! Remember to download This Time ( tWAMi Remix) by Green Concorde . It's fantastic!! In this post I'll post (older) songs that are ok, but I don't feel like writing about (at least not right now) or some of my 2006 favorites that I've mentioned before (so no point in writing a longer introduction again)... A few 2006 favorites: + Anamia - Butterfly In Paris + Kind Of [...]

"There’s no such thing as heroes, just a bunch of ones and zeros", is an appropriate statement for the digital age in which we live in. Everything today is quantified, broken down in a bit stream of ones and zeros, even our relationships. It is also an appropriate statement for "The Immaculate Machine's" latest release "Ones And Zeros" and the track "No Such Thing As The Future". "Broken Ship" weaves a nautical tale of a struggling relationship. "We are sailing on a broken ship and only one of us can survive" laments Kathryn Calder amidst tight instrumentation. The [...]

FEATURED ARTIST: IMMACULATE MACHINE official site myspace [MP3] Immaculate Machine - Broken Ship You can pick up Immaculate Machine' s debut record Ones and Zeros now on Mint Records. Also tonight In Hollywood Persephone's Bees will be playing a FREE [...]