We’re excited to announce that fun. will be coming to the Mann Center main stage, toting their Grammy nominated album We Are Young along with openers Tegan & Sara. Fans can also hope for new tracks like “Sight of the Sun,” recently recorded for HBO’s Girls season one soundtrack. Tegan & Sara come bearing new ... Continue reading
Tegan and Sara have released a new song, "I'm Not Your Hero" from their forthcoming album, Hearthrob, that you can listen to below. The new album will be out in January. They play the Susquehanna Bank Center, opening for The Killers, on Thursday, December 13th. Continue reading
Yesterday Rolling Stone premiered the catchy new single "Closer" from indie pop twins Tegan and Sara's forthcoming album. The infectious new single officially drops on September 25th, but you can stream it now in the player below. The duo also announced a slew of tour dates with The Killers this winter, including a stop at ... Continue reading
Tegan And Sara have released a new song, "Closer," that you can must listen to below. On the new song, the sisters make a deep dive into a more driving pop sounding direction thanks to the work of producer Greg Kurstin - who has worked with Beck, Lily Allen, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, The Shins and ... Continue reading

Quick...immediate names that spring to mind when the mention of Canadian musical acts come up in conversation? If you are imagining Celine Dion, Nickelback, Bryan Adams, KD Lang, Barenaked Ladies, Hedley, Wide Mouth Mason, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman, Swollen Members, Sum 41, Simple Plan, Avril Lavigne or Alanis Morissette...shame on you. Although these bands and (questionable) musicians helped to shape the landscape of the Canadian Music Scene, they do little convey how talented our country truly is. I meant to put this post together after Arcade Fire pulled off their Grammy victory for [...]

Download: Theophilus London "Why Even Try" ft. Sara Q Brooklyn rapper, songwriter and producer Theophilus London is set to release his Lovers Holiday EP February 8th. The EP will serve as a taste of what's to come on his debut album, which will be released later this year also on Warner Bros. Records. "Why Even Try," the first song on the EP, was leaked by Theophilus on his Facebook page and Twitter account yesterday. The song features additional vocals from Sara Quin of Tegan & Sara and is [...]

On the surface, there's really nothing special about Chris Mansfield. If you laid eye on him at a Gaslight Anthem show, it wouldn't even register. But, when Mansfield straps on his singer/songwriter hat and assumes his position as the frontman for Fences , something very special happens. You'll have to wait until September 28th ( pre-order here ) to judge for yourself, but I have no qualms calling their new self-titled full-length one of the strongest debuts I've heard in a long time, and one of the better records you're likely [...]

Here is part nine of a ten part on reviewing the 2010 Polaris Music Prize shortlist nominees. This time it is Tegan and Sara with Sainthood. I seem to have a delay reaction when it comes to Tegan and Sara. Knowing that I will never see them live and yes! some of you will say they are nice people ( IE Alyssa who commented on my predictions awhile ago ). It took me about four or five years to actually like their song " Walking with [...]

Steel Train , aka the high-powered, anthemic New Jersey-based rockers who are not Gaslight Anthem, are back with a self-titled release and taking their show to the great unwashed masses. The record, produced by Steven McDonald (Be Your Own Pet, Imperial Teen), boosts no shortage of arena-ready numbers, including the hopelessly catchy Bullet , which we're happy to share. In a move that I'd classify as a somewhat appealing headscratcher, Steel Train is being released in conjunction with Terrible Thrills Volume [...]

Tegan & Sara – “Alligator” (88-Keys See Y’Later Remix) Alligator (88-Keys See Y'Later Remix) by 88-Keys Here’s a remix I submitted to Tegan & Sara for their 2nd single “Alligator” from their Sainthood album. I played this for a few people & they all seemed to have dug it; many thought I should have added a 2nd verse to this. I didn’t want to impose since they weren’t expecting any verse (or remix for that matter) from me. Also, I didn’t bother to ‘clean up’ [...]

I'm a big fan of inter-artist dialogue. Whether it be between a painter and a photographer, a sculptor and a dancer or an author and a cartoonist. Even when working in the same medium, our processes are all different, but despite this, the foundations of creative response share one key commonality: Audacious curiosity. And it's interesting, of course, to see different artists' take on the same words and ideas. The idea of exploring curiosities is fundamental to why I enjoy speaking with and learning from artists. Though my field is technically scientific in nature, expressions of artistry have [...]
Check out her contribution above. Visit Tegan & Sara on MySpace. Bid on the piece here. MP3: Tegan & Sara - Walking With A Ghost

Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids Remix) Lykke Li - Dance, Dance, Dance Well, she's totally buzzing. She just released her first album 'Youth Novels' in the UK, and Lykke Li is destined to come to the US sooner than later. If you missed her at SXSW or the handful of shows she booked over the nation afterwards, keep your head up. She's all booked up across the pond until mid August of 08, but has about a month where she could 'possibly' come to the US. [...]