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I've got another fantastic song today, from a band that seems to have an affinity for creating fantastic songs. Last year, Hey Rosetta! unleashed (yes, unleashed is a fair description) their second album Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood) to the masses. With Canadian indie legend Hawksley Workman at the helm as producer, the album delivered a Tour de Force of passion-filled sweeping epics. The album would go on to win the Album of the Year award at the inaugural Verge Music Awards , receive a nomination for [...]

I need to try and get this post up as quickly as possibly, as this computer is likely to get thrown off my balcony if Mr. Federer loses this 5th set. Today's song is a wicked catchy number from the British Columbia indie-rock quintet Mother Mother . Hayloft can be found on the band's 2008 sophomore release O My Heart . O My Heart is one of the 5 albums up for the $25,000 Album of the Year award from this year's Verge Music Awards . Other finalists include Joel Plaskett with his album [...]

So we had one of the most insane thunderstorms I've ever witnessed in Calgary last night. So insane in fact, that when it woke me up I was certain we were under some kind of attack. After regaining my composure, and putting down my golf club, I found myself on the couch listening to some tunes. O My Heart is the title-track from Mother Mother 's sophomore album , released in September of 2008. More recently, the band has been nominated for the 2nd annual Verge Music Award in both "Artist of the Year" and "Album of [...]

I've spent the better part of this morning recovering from my annual visit to the Calgary Stampede. A visit that, this year, started off harmlessly in the beer gardens with Julie, but somehow ended with me rocking out in some greasy pub with a local cover band at 3am; If, by chance, the people who invited me to Denny's for beer and Moons Over My Hammy are reading this, I apologize for bailing. Anyways, today's tune is coming from another 2009 Polaris Music Prize shortlisted album. Red Heart can be found on Hey Rosetta! 's second album Into Your [...]

With our California vacation coming to an end, Julie and I found ourselves too sun burnt to leave the condo yesterday. Somehow we decided that recording a music video would be an appropriate way to spend the afternoon. Feel more than welcome to check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =FPSd3ow-TKc The band behind today's post, Hey Rosetta! , is a six-piece Canadian indie-rock/pop act hailing from the always balmy St John's, Newfoundland. A Thousand Suns can be found on the band's second full-length album Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on [...]

With our California vacation coming to an end, Julie and I found ourselves too sun burnt to leave the condo yesterday. Somehow we decided that recording a music video would be an appropriate way to spend the afternoon. Feel more than welcome to check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =FPSd3ow-TKc The band behind today's post, Hey Rosetta! , is a six-piece Canadian indie-rock/pop act hailing from the always balmy St John's, Newfoundland. A Thousand Suns can be found on the band's second full-length album Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on [...]

This list, created for this new contest for the "Verge Music Awards" from XM reads like a wonderfully long playlist for the perfect CBC podcast (the competition is only for Canadian musicians, duh). And while seeing Feist in the same running as Crystal Castles , Tokyo Police Club and Alexisonfire is sort of ridiculous, there are so many great acts to choose from (check The Most Serene Republic getting a nod as well), we don't know where to begin. Cast your vote . (mp3) [...]

• Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize remix)
• The Most Serene Republic - A Mix Of Sun And Cloud