Last album DONE! Can't believe I made it all the way through after recklessly declaring I would embark on this foolhardy plan to do a post outlining my thoughts on all forty of the albums on the 2011 Polaris Long List that I had to listen to before voting on the Short List finalists . I'm glad I : 1. listened to all the albums (something I don't think all the jurors did before they voted but I won't tell tales out of class)! and 2. decided to do this series after [...]
The board of directors behind Canada's most highly sought-after music aware have announced the long-list nominees for the 2011 Polaris Prize . For those of you unfamiliar with the Polaris Prize , it is run by a Canadian non-profit organization that awards Canadian music of the highest quality and integrity, regardless of radio play or album sales. In a more detailed description of the organization itself, the people at Polaris describe it as "a not-for-profit organization that honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music. Polaris recognizes and markets albums of [...]
You like free things. And we want you to have free things. Those two desires cross paths in the form of Paper Bag Records Summer Sampler, which is yours for the low, low cost of a "Like" on the ole Facebook , or your email address . Seems like a pretty good deal to me. We're talking seven summery songs of the highest quality, including four Polaris Long Listers (Austra, PS I Love You, Rural Alberta Advantage & Young Galaxy), a couple perfect summer jams (Winter Gloves & [...]
Nothing better than waking up to see that one of your favourite music bloggers has put together their newest playlist. Hot off the press from Music For Ants today is the Summer (or what it sounds like) Vol. 2 mix . Grab each song individually below or else download all at once with the zip file. If you get a chance, make sure to pop over to their site and just have a look around. Happy listening! MP3 Givers – Up Up Up [...]
As they say, better late than clever. Or was it never? No, I don't think that has ever been the case. You can blame Summer for its leisure arrival to great Northwest or the fact that a greater understanding of time management quite frankly just eludes me-this really only happens as it gets warmer, I swear. Whatever the case may be, Music For Ants' second Summer mix is here and is yours for the taking. Should these songs fail to grow on you... learn to seek the sun (and read better, of course). [...]
Polaris season is upon us once again. A good number of albums have been making lasting impressions since last June, and today the Polaris Music Prize revealed the long list of nominees for this year's award. Forty very talented, very deserving artists were announced, and in the coming weeks the jury will be cutting that down to ten. Since I'm not a member of the jury*, I'm relegated to just running down a wishlist of what my ballot would look like. It's really difficult to narrow it to just five picks, so I can only imagine the kind [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 61 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Archers Of Loaf, Zack Glass, Winter Gloves, Vetiver, Little Deadman, Great Book Of John, Elliott BROOD and more! So much more! DATE: 06-14-11 WRITER: Don Loder Hey junky, Awright, so, ol' fi'dollar Billy says ta me, "Hey Donnie, I gotta be outta town bein' a big shot for a couple o' days, so I'm not gonna be able ta put yer SWAG Report up on time. Figure I could getcha ta [...]
At long last, the icy grip of winter has loosened! To celebrate patio season swinging into full gear, the Paper Bag Records gang has released a summer sampler which features seven of their most sun-ready tracks from recent and upcoming PBR albums. The sampler can be downloaded on PBR's Facebook ...
As we approach the halfway point in 2011, I wanted to set up some stakes for the best albums of the year so far, since there have been just a metric ton of outstanding indie rock releases in these first six months and I don't want to forget any hidden gems as we get later into the year. This year hasn't quite seen the star power of last year -- when Wolf Parade, The National, and Arcade Fire were among the major releases, but at least in my mind, the quality has been just as strong. There were really five [...]
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The gang over at Paper Bag Records have released a summer sampler that features 7 of their most sun-ready tracks from their artist's recent and upcoming albums. Check out the tracklist below, and make sure to follow the link to download the sampler from the PBR facebook page ! DOWNLOAD :: Paper Bag Records Summer 2011 Sampler Paper Bag Records Summer 2011 Sampler tracklist :: 1. Austra - Lose It 2. Young Galaxy - We [...]
After a very long, very gin-fueled weekend, I have no mind to sift through the new tracks that have found their way into my inbox. However, "The Buzz In My Flesh" sounds like a good way to describe my rough-around-the-edges feeling. +MP3: Young Galaxy - The Buzz In My Flesh MySpace
May 31, 2011 marks the end of another Polaris Music Prize voting year. I'm finalizing my ballot for this year's long list, and decided that instead of a boring sequence of posts about what I'm considering, I'd use the opportunity for another episode of RADiO QBiM to give you a taste of what I'm thinking. (cover star: Katie Stelmanis of Austra ) tracklisting: 01 Austra "Beat And The Pulse" 02 Destroyer "Chinatown" [...]
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Last week Young Galaxy did a remix of Austa 's Lose It. This week it happens to be Diamond Ring 's turn to remix Lose It. It happens to be part of a Rainbow Remix that Diamond Rings is doing in hyping of the re-release of Special Affections on Astralwerks . This remix has more of that 80s feel to it. Have a listen to Lose It (Diamond Rings Remix) . ( via ) Here is the music video to the original version of Lose It. [...]
by teepoo Hello all you people who survived the supposed rapture! You can enjoy these tunes. Austra- Lose It (Young Galaxy Remix) Miracle Fortress- Raw Spectacle (Diamond Rings Remix) Digitalism- 2 Hearts (Amazona Boys Remix) Coldplay- The Scientist (Mike Posner Cover/Remix)
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Tweet This post is a "QuickPick". QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that's sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it's so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I "star" it in Gmail and then go back and listen to it a day later. If it's still as good as it was a day before [...]
Watch 'Lose It' here. Catch AUSTRA on their North American tour. Purchase AUSTRA items via Insound. MP3: AUSTRA - Lose It (Young Galaxy Mix)
Montreal's dream-rock group Young Galaxy just released this amazing gem a remix of Austra's track Lose It. the song is filled with dreamy vocals set to a chilled out beat. Give it a listen and tell us what you think. Enjoy Austra - Lose It (Young Galaxy remix) [...]
Para celebrar la salida del disco debut de Austra, Feel It Break, Paper Bag Records nos regala este remix hecho por Young Galaxy al último sencillo de Austra "Lose It". Enjoy. ♩ Austra - Lose It ( Young Galaxy Remix )
Upon completion of their third album, Young Galaxy took the next logical step: The band sent the songs 3,500 miles away to be finished by a notoriously secretive producer. Young Galaxy waited for nine months while Dan Lissvik reshaped their songs and breathed chilly new life into them. The result is Shapeshifting , a lavish record with the capacity to lull you into a narcotic haze. Song titles like "The Angels Are Surely Weeping" and "Blown Minded" give a clue as to what Shapeshifting holds. It's a dreamy, hypnotic album packed with psychedelic imagery and [...]
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