Mac Demarco's new album Another One is set to be released on August 7th, but the second track from the record is out now.
"I've Been Waiting For Her" is the perfect song for a summery day, maybe while playing a game of Jenga. Take a listen below.
PUP is still riding high on their acclaimed self-titled album from last year, touring around the country and world. Currently they're on the VANS Warped Tour, and they just released an animated video for their song "Dark Days", which features a LOT of Canadian spots.
Listen/check it out below:
THE DEARS ARE BACK! It had been four years since their last album, and while we heard a solo effort from Murray A Lightburn a couple years ago (Mass:Light), the gang is back together.
A grand, sweeping song that encapsulates everything to love about The Dears called "I Used To Pray For The Heavens To Fall" comes from Times Infinity Volume 1 (which means yes, there is a vol 2 due out next year). The full album comes out September 25th, but check out the first single below.
I think a lot of us were sad to hear the news of Two Hours Traffic's disbanding but perked up a bit when we learned that Liam Corcoran would be making his own solo music.
Well, that day has come, and his first single "Let It Be Now" from the upcoming album ROM-DROM has been released. August 28th is the date the album is due, but until now, enjoy the single, linked below.
Twin Within released their debut album Horizontal Lines on Hidden Pony Records two weeks back, and I've been listening to their single "Bernie" a lot lately.
They list The Beach Boys and Scott Walker as their influences, and I almost get an Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky" vibe from the vocals on this song, but definitely more upbeat.
"Bernie" is apparently about Bernie Taupin, whom I definitely had to google to find out about (he collaborated a lot with Elton John). But you don't really need the backstory to enjoy the song, take a listen:
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As we told you last week, the Polaris Prize Short List has been announced for 2015. This year's Top 10 artists cover a WIDE range of genre's and sounds, to say the least, and I'm going to have a tough time deciding on my ballot (which is blank right now).
I decided to give you a sampling of each song in this week's playlist, but encourage you too to go through each album, and maybe you'll find something surprising.
Eight of the Ten artists nominated for the Polaris Prize are in the playlist above, but two didn't have new songs on their CBC Music pages, so I decided to add them in below with their latest videos from the nominated albums. If you haven't seen the Drake one yet, be warned, it's a strange one.
Who are you rooting for from the Short List? What was YOUR favourite album this year? Comment below!
LADYFRND consisted of Peter Ricq (HUMANS, Gang Signs) and Yuki Holland, and fittingly their last EP is titled Farewell.
The 6-song EP can be streamed by clicking here, but I chose to highlight "Geist" as it was my favourite of them all for the haunting yet upbeat vocals.
The Washboard Union just released their latest EP the other day titled In My Bones back on July 10th.
The single from said EP, "Some Day", has a pretty awesome video to go along with it. Take a look and listen below. Happy Wednesday!