Neil Young - Hitchhiker Hitchhiker is the rare archival release that can appeal to both rabid superfans and casual listeners. Recorded over the course of a single night in 1976, it captures Neil Young in [...]
Montreal-based singer/songwriter Emily Millard is set to release her latest collection of alt-folk gems, By Heron & By Season, on October 7. Formerly known as Miss Emily Brown, the new LP follows the Canadian Folk [...]
Contemporary Throat Singer Improvises a Harsh Vision of Canada Tanya Tagaq is a transformative performer. She herself transforms. Her music transforms. And, by the end, her audience transforms.(The Link) Project Soundcheck tunes into artists to [...]
In shocking news to its employees, SoundCloud, the digital music service provider, has decided to shut down its offices in San Francisco and London making roughly 41% of its staff unemployed. Though SoundCloud had already [...]
Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder Before taking a break of seven years from releasing albums, Broken Social Scene established itself as one of indie rock's most epic practitioners. The group's ambient, experimental 2001 [...]
In a case of "if you can do it why can't we" Arcade Fire decided that, if US 'it-girls' Kylie and Kendal Jenner could sell classic band T-shirts with their own image or logo superimposed [...]
Left on the dial No surprise, it's taken more than one radio station to replace Radio 3. "Replace" is the wrong word, because nothing will replace it. But S2W has assembled a listening roster that [...]
Doldrums - Esc (Dead Oceans) Montreal’s Doldrums certainly have a mastery of textures. On their latest release they take elegant melodies and dance-ready electronics and mash them together for a middle-ground between EDM and indie-rock. [...]
Ontario to ban scalper bots The Liberal government said Monday it will introduce new legislation this fall that will make automated ticket-buying "bots" illegal. It would also cap markups on resold tickets at 50 percent [...]
Bison (B.C.) - You Are Not the Ocean You Are the Patient In Europe, July 7th in North America You are not the ocean. You do not orchestrate a beautiful cacophony of life and death, [...]