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Vanessa Heins They couldn't have known it at the time, but when naming their 2011 album Shapeshifting , Montreal's Young Galaxy were describing not only their sonic shift from well-worn dream-pop to sleek, futuristic disco, but in their fortunes as well. Their first couple records had failed to launch them into an orbit commensurate with their band name but Shapeshifting would make them, if not stars, then an act who were genuinely doing something fresh and interesting and well worth watching. It was a fresh start that not many [...]

Nick Cave returns to Seattle with The Bad Seeds... but without the mustache photo by Kyle Johnson What a fantastic time of the year for shows in Seattle! As the weather heats up, so does the frequency of shows it seems. With just about something for everyone this week, we start off on Monday night with yet another great evening with Mudhoney , this time at Easy Street Records. Jamie Lidell, Empress Of, and Ludwig Persik are at Neumos and Talib Kweli and The Physics are performing at [...]
I grew up rural. I recently had to admit that. I have no idea why it took me so long to admit it, but I did. The evidence was there all along – my town had no gas stations or stop lights, a whiff of fresh cow manure and straw made me think of ice cream (we went to the farm to get our ice cream…) and my school was a conglomerate of eight towns. I think it was because I lived “on the town square” that I could maintain the notion that I wasn’t [...]

A new tribute record to the late folk singer John Denver is said to be released next week, featuring the likes of Sharon Van Etten and Kathleen Edwards , among others. But before then, you can stream it online right now. The Music Is You is set to drop next week (1 April in UK, 2 April in North America) and stars, on top of the aforementioned acts, the likes of My Morning Jacket , Dave Matthews , Edward Sharpe and [...]

The inaugural (thank GOD someone knows that you can't have the 'first annual' anything until it's happened at least twice) CBCMusic.ca Festival has been announced for May 25th at Echo Beach in Toronto. As you can imagine, the line-up is rock solid and includes: Sam Roberts Band Kathleen Edwards Sloan Of Monsters And Men Corb [...]

Facebook Most bands of a certain vintage these days have at least one of a break-up, extended hiatus, reunion, core lineup turnover, artistic irrelevance, diminishing fanbase, or becoming a nostalgia act in their narrative. Depeche Mode , however, largely bucks that trend. At it - it being one of the most influential electronic/alternative bands going - for more than three decades now, their output may have slowed a bit following their opening pace of six albums in seven years, but since 19872s massive Songs Of Faith and Devotion , they've kept a remarkably steady cycle of [...]
How many times have you found yourself thinking that very same thing this afternoon then, eh? Can you even count them on the one hand? If you're struggling to truck on into the weekend, then we've a rather apposite one to throw on and haul you through: the conjoining of the respective creative forces of Dinosaur Jr. main man J Mascis and the ever resplendent Sharon Van Etten , the collaboration is to my mind – and indeed my ears, as it just so transpires – something of a dream realised. In fact, I'd go so far as to [...]

The late folk singer-songwriter John Denver will be remembered on April 2nd with a new tribute album by ATO Records. Titled The Music Is You , the compilation strings together covers by My Morning Jacket , Dave Matthews , J Mascis , Sharon Van Etten , Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros , Kathleen Edwards , Evan Dando , Lucinda William s, and more. To hear what Denver's 1972 track "Prisoners" would sound like by way of Amherst, MA, head on over to Pitchfork , where they're currently [...]

Jonathon Bernstein As I mentioned back in October , in a few years - or even sooner - the late Spiral Beach could well be regarded as an important touchstone in the recent history of the Toronto independent scene. Bassist Dorian Wolf now holds down those same duties in internationally-noted electronic act Austra , guitarist Airick Woodhead is garnering heaps of attention as the circuit-bending Doldrums , and the remaining two members - keyboardist/vocalist Maddy Wilde and drummer Daniel Woodhead - have slowly but surely been turning heads as the dreampop-peddling Moon [...]
Filed under: News , Video YouTube Singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards released a bloody, violent video for her song "Chameleon/Comedian" yesterday, a song found on her latest album Voyageur . And if gore or inadvertent body piercings from saw blades and axes isn't your thing, be forewarned. The nearly five-minute video opens with a series of shots of household items, some with post-it notes with a "K" on each note to show possession, obviously [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Awards Simone Cecchetti, Getty, AP Carly Rae Jepsen may be leading the Juno Awards pack with five nominations thanks to her hit single "Call Me Maybe," but fellow Juno nominee Louis-Jean Cormier from Karkwa definitely has no clue who she is. "I've never heard of Carly Rae Jepsen," Cormier tells Spinner. His band of Quebecois rockers -- who won best [...]
The Grammy Awards are presented tomorrow, and in light of that I thought I would do my own personal Grammy awards. Honestly, the real Grammy's have become a joke, it's a popularity contest more than giving awards to quality music. It's depressing and frustrating seeing some of my favorite artists go unnoticed, which is why [...]
Disc 1 1. Be There In Bells- The Pines 2. Untitled (Love Song)- Counting Crows 3. We Are On Fire- CocoRosie 4. Jolene- The Little Willies 5. How It Went Down- Dark Dark Dark 6. Love Me Like You Do- Justin Bieber 7. Give Out- Sharon Van Etten 8. Tell Me A Tale- Michael Kiwanuka [...]
Today's selection for Favorite New Years Song is titled New Years Day and is from one of my favorite albums released this year, Ashes and Roses, by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Let's listen...... Our 2012 end of the year music review continues today with the Best Song award. Tomorrow we will end our year end awards with our Best Album selection. As it turns out, my top ten songs for 2012 are all from my top ten albums for 2012. So today we will do a run down of my picks for the [...]

2012 is almost ending soon. I am trying to get this done before my radio show on Monday where I count down the Top 12 Canadian albums of 2012. Here is the albums from #30 to #21. Sorry if there is no description on the albums. Check it out! 30. Great Bloomers - Distant Fire 29. Memoryhouse - Slideshow Effect [...]

10. KATHLEEN EDWARDS Voyageur [Rounder] LEGGI LA RECENSIONE Album gradevole e di qualità per la cantautrice canadese. La compagna di Bon Iver realizza un album melodico ed essenziale,d’ispirazione alt-country,optando per una giusta combinazione tra pianoforte, chitarre elettriche ed influenze acustiche. Voce splendida per 10 track pregevoli, 44 minuti e ½ di buon ascolto. Da tenere a portata di mano. Ascolta Sidecar [...]
I've decided to widen my focus net to International artists in 2013 which potentially gives me more artists to review, feature and promote. However I see this as an opportunity to focus of quality over quantity with the blog accurately reflecting my music tastes. Here's the ten albums which crossed my path in 2012 which you should check out! 1. Mark Eitzel - Don't Be A Stranger This is a great album from the America Music Club frontman. No one writes songs as good as this one below. Looking forward to [...]
At last, we're at the end of a week long campaign to bring you the 75 songs, split into five collections of 15 songs each, that soundtracked the year for me. There's been a post a day this week from Monday to Friday (here's short cuts to Monday's post , Tuesday's post , Wednesday's post , and Thursday's post ), and you can collection them all to get a pretty awesome compilation that I think is a good summation of the last 12 months. To download a .zip file with today's set of music, click the [...]

Decembermaand lijstjesmaand. Dus kun je ook hier op Duurt Lang een overkill aan terugblikken en lijstjes verwachten. Omdat elk lijstje persoonlijk is en elk jáár ook, geef ik je graag mijn eigen top 1o lijstje (in willekeurige volgorde en met 1 bonusnummer) als een persoonlijke terugblik op 2012. Dit zijn de nummers en artiesten die ik het afgelopen jaar het meest heb gedraaid, het meeste heb gewaardeerd, die ik live heb gezien en die voor mij het jaar 2012 een extra kleur hebben gegeven. Helaas was de door mijzelf gestelde en beperkende voorwaarde dat ik maar 1 liedje per artiest [...]