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Tweet Two things I know as fact about Canada; one, it's cold as hell. And two, they export some of the best modern singer songwriter music available. Not the whiny angst ridden varitey that you seem to get here in the US. Certainly, with artists like Laura Marling and Ellie Goulding , the UK is still leading the pack. But Canada is closing the gap quick. Especially with fantastic emerging artists like Kathleen Edwards . [...]

Swells of clean and pure slide guitar, surges of croonsome backing vox, and loaded ultimatums of "moving to America" all collide within the opening minutes of Voyageur, Kathleen Edwards' fourth full-length, contributing to a prevalent sense of yep, you darn well got it, Americana. While Edwards may hail from the picturesque, windswept lands north of the border and inhabit Ontario's lakeside capital, she recently conceded that the menace of expatriation contained within opener Empty Threat may yet carry significant portent . Irrespective of nationality however, Voyageur is the sound of a supremely competent songsmith coming into their [...]

Dream teams aren't having much success this year. While it often looks good on paper to combine the top talent available in a quest for the elusive championship ring, problems [...]

Torae's debut solo album For The Record is finally available. His new album features a stellar production lineup from the likes of: DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Marco Polo, !llmind, Pete Rock , Diamond D, Buckwild, Nottz, Large Professor , Fatin and Torae as well. The title track is produced by the legendary DJ Premier who's he worked with previously on "Click" and "Get It Done" with Skyzoo. You can cop Torae's new album For The Record on iTunes now. [ via ] You can stream [...]

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If your face doesn't match Torae's facial expression seen above within 25-30 seconds into this joint then you should probably seek medical attention or at least have your pulse checked. [...]

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We're two years removed from Torae's Double Barrel album with Marco Polo and the NYC rapper is back with the first official leak from his upcoming new solo album . The new single "Do The Math" is produced by Large Professor. Torae's new album, For The Record, drops Nov. 1. You can stream "Do The Math" below and download it after the jump. Download: Torae - "Do The Math" (prod. by Large Professor) [Right Click Save-As]

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When I heard Graham Coxon was playing the Levi's® /FADER Fort, I knew he was someone I had to interview. Besides having a new solo album set to drop in May, he's touring with Pete Doherty and getting back together with this little band called Blur too. All were up for discussion on this warm, first day of Spring in Austin, Texas.

Interview by Zachary Timm Video by Maia Stern Photo by Roger Kisby Tripwire contributor Zachary Timm caught up with the guys from ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead right before their Brooklyn performance . They talked about their name, the recording of Century Of Self and other general topics that can only be discussed over a few friendly beers at the local watering hole. For The Record - ...And You Will Know Us [...]

Wild Light just landed in New York yesterday in the middle of their two-month long tour that will eventually lead them down to Texas for SxSW . Lucky for you The Tripwire has been along for the whole ride. Well, maybe not personally, but they did give us flip cam clips of where they've been so far to show you what life is like on the road with Wild Light. The New Hampshire band - who's debut record Adult Nights comes out next Tuesday [March 3] on [...]

The documentary that served the purpose of explaining to the world why Britney was so crazy but played like a bonus feature on one of her concert DVDs is slated for an April 7th release. It will also include a bunch of remixes of "Womanizer" and "Circus," just in time to fill the merchandise booths at her concerts.

Interview by Derek Evers Video by Maia Stern Here's the deal; we hear Lady Sovereign is coming to NY for a couple of intimate shows to promote her latest singles and upcoming LP Jigsaw , which comes out on her very own Midget Records , April 7. Her publicist tells us she's "tired of traditional interviews," but that she likes drinking, video games and futbol. So trying to combine all of these concepts into one, I challenged the foul-mouthed, major-label bouncin', midget of grime to a game [...]

Luaka Bop has never done us wrong. The Legendary world music label established by David Byrne is responsible for opening up a generation of American music listeners to the likes of Os Mutantes and Tom Zé among many others. Now that the playing field has been evened with music once considered outside the realm of American popularity breaking down barriers left and right, Luaka Bop has started to turn their attention to new artists. Enter Márcio Local . Not that we [...]

I have had enough of Madonna really. First she releases her worst album ever, then she does too little about Prop 8 and now this sucking up to Britney's base because she feels "maternal." She just happened to feel that way for the pop starlet with the most media attention? Notice how awkward Britney feels when madonna force hugs her.

Soooooo as if anybody needed any introductions/reminders, Britney Spears' pseudo-documentary Britney: For The Record aired last night, promising to answer all our questions about the pop princess' rather erratic and weird last few years. Don't me wrong, I loved British-accent-Britney (Babs?) but am glad she has finally got her shit together and is returning to 2003/2004-era, even if it does translate as a generous helping of sugar coating applied to all aspects of her life. She definitely comes across as pretty well-grounded at the moment - telling jokes, having a [...]

"It's one thing to listen to a woman tell an invited film crew, "I'm a private person," three quarters of the way into a supposed 60-day expose on her life; it's another far more excruciating affair to listen to someone bemoan the presence of cameras in her life...to a camera." So many questions remain after seeing it. If I were that stiff British interviewer, I would have asked: Were you on drugs and what were they? [...]

I was thrilled to attend the Britney Spears special screening of "For the Record" . As excited as I was to be in the same room with Britney Spears , I was also saddened to see all the disappointed, yet ticketed fans left outside the venue, a lot of whom traveled very far to be there. It was also very sad to see how much the situation upset Britney. As you may recall, we [...]