From the monthly archives:

January 2012

Album Drops – January 31 2012

January 31, 2012

Well, pretty light for releases this week in my world. If I’ve missed any, let me know. Otherwise, the ones to check out are probably the ones from the labels that are usually a sure thing on my list – Frenchkiss (w/Big Sleep this week); Mexican Summer (Lilacs & Champagne); and No Sleep (TS & [...]

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LIVE! Library Voices / Doug Hoyer / The Fight at Pawnshop (PICS!)

January 30, 2012

Photos by Aaron Vanimere / Words by New Music Michael Last weekend Library Voices were in town. I mean, you obviously knew that if you’re a regular reader, or follow me on twitter – or hell, just about any local music fanatics you follow on twitter. But yeh, it’s true. And, lucky for us, photographer [...]

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Battles – Pre-Order 12″ Remix Set (Four Of ‘Em)

January 26, 2012

Perhaps the most exciting news in my inbox yesterday was the announcement by New York’s Battles (who play mostly instrumental experimental rock) that they would be releasing a series of four “very special release remixes in 2012″. The series, titled “Dross Glop”, will start off with remixes of Battles tracks from Gui Boratto and The [...]

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Porcelain Raft – “Unless You Speak From Your Heart” Video / LP “Strange Weekend” Out Now

January 26, 2012

Unless You Speak From Your Heart from Porcelain Raft on Vimeo. It’s true, I’ve never mentioned Porcelain Raft before. But I was waiting for my brother to show up last night so we could do some accounting work (exciting, right?), and so I was just clicking on links in my inbox, and POOF, up comes [...]

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Great Lake Swimmers – “Easy Comes Easy Goes” Video

January 26, 2012

Two weeks ago I posted the tour itinerary for an insanely popular band wherever they go in Canada, the Great Lake Swimmers. Today I’m posting their newest video, for the track “Easy Comes Easy Go”. Which of course is off the new album “New Wild Everywhere”, which will be released April 3rd. Check out the [...]

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Nice Purse – “Put It On Me”

January 25, 2012

I was just doing my usual surfing around the internet the other night and came across this band called Nice Purse from Minneapolis. Their newest album “Slumber Girls” is available on bandcamp, which is where I was listening to it. The first couple tracks I found intriguing, but not blow your mind. But the third [...]

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On Tour: Rococode

January 25, 2012

I’ll tell you, after a couple months where NOBODY was announcing tours, it’s awfully hard to keep up with all the recent announcements. Yesterday another B.C. band, Rococode, announced their own cross-Canada itinerary. The quartet also announced they will release their debut full-length (eleven tracks) album, titled “Guns Sex and Glory” on February 7, via [...]

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On Tour: Jezabels

January 25, 2012

Last November, I received an email from the press folk for Australia’s Jezabels, asking if I’d like to see them open for Hey Rosetta! at the Myer Horowitz Theatre here in Edmonton. I was already thinking about going to the show anyways, so sure, why not, right. Well, I must say, the alt-indie-dance-pop outfit impressed [...]