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Attack In Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips) (2009)
On March 10, 2009, Attack In Black will release Years (by one thousand fingertips). Tastefully blending a seductive mix of sixties pop, low-fi psychedelia, roots and punk music, the band have succeeded in producing an organic yet cohesive record that...
The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain (2008)
An homage to Rolf Klausener`s mother Gloria Esperanza Montoya, “Glory Hope Mountain” is a wonderfully whole piece, who’s craftsmanship is merited by the beauty of the subject. A musical mural tracing a life in the colors of wet fore...
Shout Out Out Out Out – Reintegration Time (2009)
Shout Out Out Out Out’s long-awaited sophomore album, Reintegration Time, will be released on March 3 through the band’s Normals Welcome Records label. Frontman Nik Kozub (a.k.a. Nik 7) produced the album, which features guest appearances...
Thunderheist - Thunderheist (2009)
Thunderheist hit the same sweet spot as former Big Dada (and now Warner Bros.) group Spank Rock. However, producer Grahmzilla and rapper/vocalist Isis manage to stand out amidst a very crowded field. Grahmzilla assembles a nice slate of hard bass a...
Faunts - Feel Love Thinking of (2009)
Canada’s Faunts may be giving Britain’s Hot Chip a run for their money with their new single from forthcoming record of the same name, Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. These dream-pop wonders (and band of brothers plus two friends) have crafted an ...
Creature - No Sleep At All (2009)
Out of the sea of Montreal’s indie-rock next-big-things arises a revelation: an air-tight, dance-rock party band ready to take over the world. Creature has been ready for its close-up for nearly three years, so it’s a delight to see the band fina...
Coeur de Pirate-Coeur de Pirate (2008)
Here are the things I know about Coeur de Pirate: Beatrice Martin is the heart and voice of Coeur de Pirate, she crafts gorgeously lush piano numbers and is undeniably sexy in the way that only blonde, Bardot looking girls singing solely in French ca...
Ruby Jean & the Thoughtful Bees - S/T (2009)
Last year, Halifax songstress Rebekah Higgs released her self-titled debut. While it was a perfectly respectable little singer-songwriter affair with shoegaze undertones, she couldn’t distinguish herself enough from the similarly minded Sarah Slean...
Jenn Grant – Echoes (2009)
Echoes might require a few listens before its brilliance sinks in because it’s so understated. Grant’s voice is a mixture of Kate Bush and Feist with an east coast tinge, and it carries the record extremely well from start to finish. The masterfu...
Doug Paisley - Doug Paisley (2009)
An album of folk songs that represent the American malaise. Sure, Doug Paisley is Canadian (Toronto, to be exact) but so was Neil Young and four-fifths of The Band, and that didn’t stop them from tapping into the collective psyche of the continent....
Hannah Georgas - The Beat Stuff EP (2009)
Vancouver-based singer/ songwriter Hannah Georgas is quirky, highly sensitive, whimsical, and yet extremely serious with a plan to one day win over Jack Black and take his hand in marriage. Her memorable songs on will captivate your heart, put a smil...
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care (2009)
The Junior Boys have released two albums to date, and both of the Canadian synthpop duo’s full-lengths are basically immaculately gorgeous pieces of starry-eyed melancholy. This year, they’ll try to make it three-for-three. The duo spent ...
TRACK LEAK: Metric - Help I’m Alive (2009)
Metric’s new album - FANTASIES - will be in stores across the USA & Canada on April 14, 2009 and in the rest of the world shortly thereafter. Starting March 2, 2009, you’ll be able to pre-order FANTASIES directly from their website ...
Malajube – Labyrinthes (2009)
Malajube literally took over the indie rock scene over the years, since the release of their debut record “Le Compte Complet” and more recently has drawn a wide amount of praise for their second album “Trompe-l?Oeil”. After a ...
Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is A Mouth (2009)
Dreamt up by Misha Bower and Matt Cully in the summer of 2006, Bruce Peninsula has slowly mutated, elaborating on the Alan Lomax archives that initially inspired them and taking a new turn every time a new member or instrument is added to the mix. Si...
The London Apartments - Signals & Cities Are Forever (2009)
A little bit of indie, some electro, a dash of shoegaze, and some fine fine vocals and there you are. The London Apartments is actually Canadian Justin A. Langlois. He started singing in 2003 and recorded several EPs which can be found on his site an...
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns (2008)
The Rural Alberta Advantage are one of those emotionally engaging indie-rock bands who you just want to hug. Emotionally charged - thankfully not “emo” - the Toronto-based trio are fronted by Alberta-born Nils Edenloff and includes Amy Co...
Handsome Furs - Face Control (2009)
The spare electro-beats, spiky power chords, and sharp synth riffs that are the Handsome Furs’ stock in trade are strongly in evidence throughout Face Control, as are the unfailing pop sensibilities of Wolf Parader Dan Boeckner and his wife Ale...
Blackout Beach - Skin Of Evil (2009)
Carey Mercer’s solo project, Blackout Beach, has been dormant since the release of his debut (Light Flows the Putrid Dawn) in 2004. That’s not to say that he hasn’t kept busy with other things… In that time, Frog Eyes has rele...
