3/10/10 News briefs: Ash, Beck, Flying Lotus, Neu! and Sub Pop
March 10, 2010: Ash release singles comp, Beck recruits new members of Record Club, Flying Lotus tours with Thom Yorke, Neu! reissue career-spanning box set and Sub Pop gears up for Record Store Day.
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Cam’s 10 Bands You Must See At CMW
Canadian Music Week or Canadian Music Fest, as the festival part is now being called, has always been a platform to bring awareness to what Canada’s music scene has to offer. I have to admit though, I’ve really been enjoying how over the past few years, the annual conference/festival has been luring more and more international acts into its roster. I know, I know, this is supposed to be a week of celebrating CANADIAN music, but if you’re a regular gig-goer, especially in the city of Toronto (of which there will be many), this worldwide inclusion brings some much-needed variety and let’s face it, bigger names at bigger venues.
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3/8/10 News Briefs: Sparklehorse, Radiohead, Justin Bieber, Band of Horses and Sofia Coppola + Phoenix
March 8, 2010: Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous commits suicide, Radiohead are NOT putting out a new album (just yet), Justin Bieber shoots Aziz Ansari in new Funny Or Die spoof, Band of Horses reveal album details and Sofia Coppola making a movie out of Phoenix song.
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Album review: Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing
Free Energy Stuck On Nothing [DFA]
If you’ve at all followed the DFA Records catalogue, then you’ll find Free Energy to be a bit of an anomaly for the label. Known for revitalizing the electronic music scene at the turn of the millennium, DFA quickly built a reputation with an in-house production sound that united house, [...]
NewMusic First Spin: The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes twisting chronicle, or fever dream, of spies, double agents, novelists and aspiring rock gods has turned violent. Loyalty, dishonor, love, hatred all seen through the eyes of two spies, fighting a war that may not be real. One follows the other as they receive coded messages and spread destruction. The city is [...]
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NewMusic First Spin: Jason Collett
Though he’s unjustly recognized more for his membership in Broken Social Scene, prolific Toronto-based troubadour Jason Collett has built himself a trusty catalogue that’s equal parts hook-heavy pop, good time rock’n’roll and soul-searching folk.
Recorded with Carlin Nicholson and Michael O’Brien of his backing band Zeus, Rat A Tat Tatmarks Collett’s fourth album of the decade [...]
