photo by Ben Painter
Another new single from Astral Swans!
"Controls" is the second single from the upcoming sophomore album Strange Prison, and we also have a video for it too.
The new album will be out on May 18th, and you can see Astral Swans on June 9th at Massey Books here in Vancouver (right after he's back from his tour in Japan!).
Ontario's Tokyo Police Club are heading out on a US tour with Matt + Kim, and have just released a new song, "New Blue".
The single is officially out on Friday via Dine Alone Records, but there hasn't been any details on the new record yet (which the band spent the winter working on and recording). We'll have to keep our ears to the ground for more news, and enjoy the new track:
Stop what you're doing, there's a new song out from Neko Case.
"Bad Luck" is off her brand new album Hell-On, and recording the vocals of the song came just off the heels of "a surreal 3am call informing her that her house was burning and would likely be completely destroyed" according to the press release.
The new album is out June 1st on Anti- and you can check out "Bad Luck" below!
Another single from Chromeo off of their upcoming album Head Over Heels (out June 15), this one titled "Must've Been" and featuring DRAM.
Get down and funky this Tuesday morning, and if you're wondering about your next chance to see Chromeo (they just played the Commodore the other day), they'll be back in Vancouver in September for the Skookum Festival
I never would have thought of this collaboration, but now that I've heard one song, I want more: Jill Barber and Mother Mother's Ryan Guldemond.
And luckily, we will hear more, as Ryan has co-writing credits on four of the nine songs on Jill's upcoming album Metaphora, including the upbeat and very dancable single “Girl's Gotta Do". Jill says the song aims to "challenge the patriarchal status quo, as we usher in a new era of equality."
She also says "Writing with Ryan was a big departure for me, and very exciting. He's extremely creative and not afraid to push my creative boundaries. The sessions became part songwriting and part therapy because I was writing about things that felt pretty raw; politics, sexism, being a mother. I started to realize that this was going to be a very different kind of album for me. I had more that I needed to say and Ryan helped bring that out with his uncanny knack for melody and song structure."
The album comes out June 22, but you can hear "Girl's Gotta Do" in both english and en français below!
JPNSGRLS are dead, long live Hotel Mira.
After being quiet for a while, JPNSGRLS frontman Charlie Kerr with a new band and new name. Joined by guitarist Colton Lauro and Mike Noble on bass, they're now known as Hotel Mira, and have a brand new single out ahead of their debut EP.
"3am Lullaby" (skipping the obvious joke) is a bit more lush & polished than the previous band, but doesn't lose any of the energy or bite. Kerr says “If I had to describe what the new music sounds like to me, visually, it would be like a worn-out tuxedo. I’m assuming that people are going to say that this sounds like a poppier thing, compared to lots of the stuff that I’ve done, but this is kind of what I’ve been getting at the whole time. I think it’s really cool when someone finds a song really catchy right away. It’s a hard thing to do, and it’s more or less what I’m gunning for.”
Check it out below, and hit up the Biltmore on the 25th of April for their debut show!
photo by Maya Fuhr
It's been SO long since we heard from (or have even seen) Lowell, I almost forgot about her. That said, holy moley, this new single, "War Face", is fun, catchy, and hopefully indicative of the new album (Lone Wolf) which came out yesterday on Arts & Crafts!
Can't wait to hear the rest!
Last time Arkells released a one-off single they gave us "Knocking At The Door", a banger that turned into an arena staple and the theme song for the Canadian Olympic athletes.
The follow up to this, that we got at midnight Eastern is "People's Champ", full of sing-a-long choruses, hints of the Motown vibe we know and love from this band, and from what I get from the lyrics, a pretty awesome political statement.
Are YOU the People's Champ?