It was a pretty quiet seven days in terms of concert announcements. Here's what we got though: Al Tuck , Dakota Tavern, May 11 The Mixedtapes , Rancho Relaxo, May 16 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs , The Hoxton, May 25 Tokyo Police Club, Sugar Beach, Jun 2 Hands , Drake Underground, Jun 6 Portugal. The Man , The Phoenix, Jun 11 [...]
The first handful of bands playing the 2013 edition of the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival have been announced. The fest, now in it's 18th year, will feature Comeback Kid , Tokyo Police Club , Hollerado , Dvbbs and The Faceless . More artists, 140 in all, are to be announced soon for the June 9th event. Ticket sales information can be found at the fest's website . S.C.E.N.E. is one of the largest all-day music festivals in Canada and takes place each year in downtown St. Catharines in [...]
The good folks at the S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival have decided to celebrate my birthday by having over 140 bands playing the streets of downtown St. Catharines on June 9th. The festival has just announced the first batch of bands. Among them are Hollerado , and the headliners Tokyo Police Club . You'll be able to keep up-to-date on the entire line-up here . Tickets go on sale April 18th. You can get yours (for a measly $32 plus charges) here .
I recently watched Shut Up and Play The Hits , which brought back all the waves of emotion from LCD Soundsystem 's final concert just over two years ago. In honor of that seminal moment in modern indie rock history, here's 10 covers of LCD's greatest tune (and best song of the 2000s) "All My Friends" in various formats, plus LCD's momentous live version from Madison Square Garden. 01. Franz Ferdinand MP3 02. John Cale [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Bon Iver, Grimes, MS MR, Purity Ring Song: Polica - Tiff (Ft. Justin Vernon) [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Rachel Pick Those with their ears to the ground with respect to Canadian independent music might have been hearing good things about Vancouver's Belle Game for a few years now; they might have even heard their debut album was done and supposed to be out as long ago as last October. So they'd probably be wonder why, with it now being April, they hadn't actually heard it yet. The whys and wherefores of the delay are really known only to the band and their label(s), but what's important is that Ritual Tradition Habit [...]
Originalmente formado em Ontario, o Born Ruffians vem ganhando cada vez mais destaque na cena alternativa do Canadá desde a sua formação em 2004, ano em que também lançaram o primeiro registro, de forma independente. Com o vocal poderoso de Luke Lalonde, o quarteto fez barulho com algumas performances locais em Toronto, ganhou popularidade online e finalmente, debutou em turnês junto a nomes como Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip e os conterrâneos canadenses do Tokyo Police Club . O primeiro disco numa gravadora grande, Red, Yellow & Blue (2008), tem o viciante hit "Hummingbird" e [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Passion Pit, Bloc Party, Tokyo Police Club Song: Two Door Cinema Club - Spring (Anatomy Remix) [download here ] What's so [...]
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Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Tokyo Police Club, Foster The People, Datarock Song: Leagues - Spotlight [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Darwin Deez - You Can't Be My Girl [download here ] What's so good? If you're listening to this song, the last thing you probably expect is an epic Jack White solo at 1:45. And while it's obviously [...]
The Bunbury Music Festival has revealed the lineup for its 2013 installment, which takes place July 12th - 14th at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove in Cincinnati, Ohio. This year's bill includes The National, MGMT, Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Tegan & Sara, Cake, Atlas Genius, Chairlift, Sky Ferreira, fun., Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, DeVotchKa, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, We Are Scientists, Walk the Moon, Oberhofer, Robert DeLong, Bear Hands, Vacationer, and more. Single-day and three-day passes are now available through the festival's website .
Seems I haven't posted on here for a 'bit.' I've been a tad busy with the real world, but I figured if I liked something enough, then I should probably write about it. Boxed Wine just put out their second EP last week, as a preview of an album that should be out in the Spring. They describe themselves as 'indie party pop,' and this looks to be just that. In a time when so many bands are afraid of the term 'pop' on account of it sounding mainstream, the band bats a blind eye and throws their [...]
The Canadian band post Twitter image of them working in a studio. If this is them going back to record some new tracks it'll be the first time since they've recorded since their '10 Days, 10 Covers, 10 Years' project (of which you can hear in full below). It's certainly an exciting prospect of hearing more music soon, but time will tell! Follow / [FACEBOOK]
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It's been a while since we've heard from noisy Canadian types Tokyo Police Club - while 2011 saw the curious '10 Days. 10 Covers. 10 Years' project that saw them covering a decade's worth of songs including Kelly Clarkson's 'Since U Been Gone' and LCD Soundsystem's 'All My Friends - we've not had a 'proper' album since 2010's 'Champ'. And, while they found themselves touring in support of Foster The People across North America last summer, British shores haven't hosted a live set since July 2010 . There have been murmurings of [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Ra Ra Riot - Is It Too Much [download here ] What's so good? Look, I know we've been featuring a lot of music from Ra Ra Riot's upcoming album Beta Love , but hear me out: [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Passion Pit, Matt & Kim, Tokyo Police Club, POP ETC Song: Ra Ra Riot - Dance With Me [download here ] [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Ra Ra Riot - When I Dream [download here ] What's so good? Sneaky Barsuk Records, uploading a new Ra Ra Riot track without any accompanying press blast. Fortunately one of our fans flagged this track to us, [...]
Our very earliest associates and supporters may remember that the origins of The Cargo Culte lay in a collection of mixes that BaddBob and I began sharing in the late fall and winter of 2008. A few scant months after the banking meltdown I found myself back in Los Angeles after eight years of wandering, [...]
Live music picks for TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 through SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 2012. TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 / JAPANDROIDS / THE PHOENIX / 410 SHERBOURNE / $25.75 / 19+ It's been quite a year for Vancouver's Japandroids - between the release of their critically-acclaimed album Celebration Rock , to being named "Band of the Year" by Spin, 2012 was a year to remember for the indie rock duo. This show is part of Edge 102's Jingle Bell Rock concert series, and $1 from [...]
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