From the monthly archives:

June 2011

Beach Fossils – “Adversity” Video

June 30, 2011

Stream Beach Fossils’ newest video “Adversity” above. The last time I talked about the Beach Fossils was a quick review of their new EP “What A Pleasure” in mid-April, as I referred to it as “a cascading waterfall of beautiful melodies that you can easily imagine yourself listening to with your bare feet buried in [...]

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On Tour – The Rosebuds

June 30, 2011

The Rosebuds’ most recent disc “Loud Planes Fly Low” (released June 7 on Merge Records) has been in heavy rotation on my iDevices since it was released. I’d meant to mention their tour beforehand, but forgot until I read a post over at Brooklyn Vegan with awesome pictures of their recent show in Austin. I [...]

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Superhumanoids – Stream “A Crowded Hour” Video / Possibly Their Best Song Ever

June 30, 2011

If you’re a regular to New Music Michael, you know what a fan I am of the Superhumanoids from Los Angeles. I grabbed their recent single on June 21 – the day it was released, and a couple weeks after I blogged about it – and cannot stop playing it on my iPhone. On the [...]

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On Tour – Ra Ra Riot

June 30, 2011

Ra Ra Riot have extended their 2011 concert tour with dates across Canada from September 25 through October 8, with a number in western Canada. Dinosaur Bones will open up for the band on the Canadian leg. Here’s the full suite of dates from now through those (Guster opens up many of the US dates). [...]

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Album Review: Seapony – Go With Me / Stream “Where We Go” Video

June 30, 2011

Seapony – Where We Go from Hardly Art on Vimeo. Artist: Seapony Album: Go With Me Overall Rating: 6.6 Release Date: May 31 2011 Label: Hardly Art New Music Michael regulars will recognize the name Seapony from a post we did back in early May, when we streamed the track “Blue Star”. This Seattle trio [...]

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On Tour! Library Voices

June 29, 2011

Hot on the heels of two Sled Island performances that EVERYONE is still raving about (including me), Library Voices has announced a cross-Canada tour, covering eight of the country’s ten provinces – including four dates here in Alberta (note to the band’s website writers – Jasper is in Alberta). Full itinerary follows.

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Preview – Black Keys / Cage the Elephant (Calgary TONIGHT Edmonton TOMORROW)

June 28, 2011

I don’t usually do previews of shows, but my friends Ron and Dave saw the Black Keys / Cage the Elephant show last night in Vancouver, and we had quite the email exchange on the subject as I’m attending the show here in Edmonton on Wednesday night … so here’s a log of the conversation [...]

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Sled Island – Day Three (Bare Wires Times New Viking Buzzcocks Sleep Minto Parts and Labor) PHOTOS!

June 28, 2011

The first of the two long days started out at Broken City for the Mammoth Cave showcase. For those of you that don’t know them, they’re a label out of Lethbridge that co-presents the Wyrd Music festival on an annual basis. The first band I arrived for was the Ketamines, who are signed to Mammoth [...]