From the monthly archives:

September 2011

Rapids! – “Comets” / EP Now Available

September 30, 2011

Another week winds down in the fall music season. Our live calendar here in Edmonton is just insane this weekend, though my calendar is only allowing me to see Pains Of Being Pure At Heart on Saturday night. Be that as it may, before the week winds down, I have one more track for everyone,thanks [...]

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Album Review: Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams

September 30, 2011

Artist: Dum Dum Girls Album: Only In Dreams Overall Rating: 6.5 Release Date: September 27 2011 Label: Sub Pop Sophomore albums can be a tricky ride. California’s Dum Dum Girls released their second disc “Only In Dreams” earlier this week with much hype in the music media and blogosphere, after a widely-lauded debut album that [...]

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Kathryn Calder – “Who Are You” Video / Tour Dates

September 30, 2011

Who Are You? from Kathryn Calder on Vimeo. Just about a month ago we posted the stream for Kathryn Calder’s newest track “Who Are You”, and lo and behold, it quickly became one of our most popular posts of the last few months. Well, we have more news on the wondrous singer-songwriter, so here we [...]

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Wavves – “Bug” Video / EP “Life Sux” Out Now

September 29, 2011

California’s indie-surf-rockers Wavves released a new video recently for the track “Bug”. It’s on their EP “Life Sux”, which dropped a couple of weeks ago.

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Said the Whale – New EP “New Brighton” Drops November 8th

September 29, 2011

While Vancouver’s Said the Whale were just here in our lovely little city of Edmonton (with Rah Rah and Sara Lowes), they also had some news I wanted to share with you on my birthday. Their newest release, a four-track EP called “New Brighton”, will be released unto the world on November 8. The album [...]

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Miniboone – “Brand New Thing” / LP Info

September 29, 2011

One of the first bands I saw during SXSW in March was a New York band named Miniboone. I didn’t even see all of their set, and I still made them my “Band of the Day”. They’re sort of like a stripped down Rubblebucket, symphonic indie pop, yet with less instrumentation, and just a bit [...]

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Is Tropical – “Lies” NSFW Video

September 29, 2011

“Lies” is the third video from Is Tropical’s June album “Native To”. It’s definitely NSFW, directed by Jonathan Leder, the creative director of Jacques Magazine (a luxury erotic magazine, whatever that is). In fact, it’s NSFW enough that I’m going to make you click the more button to get to it.

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Holy Ghost! – “Hold My Breath” Video / Tour Dates

September 28, 2011

Hold My Breath – Holy Ghost! from DFA Records on Vimeo. 2010 saw Holy Ghost! tour with LCD Soundsystem and Chromeo; 2011 found them release their debut self-titled album in April (and yeh, we mentioned them earlier in the year). Next up, a single EP in October featuring the track above, “Hold My Breath”, written [...]