Category Archives: Featured Bands

Kings of Leon’s Come Around Sundown to be released on October 19

Here is the Kings of Leon’s brand new song “Radioactive”, off their 5th and highly-anticipated new album, Come Around Sundown. My opinion? This already sounds better than their last effort, and even though it’s slightly overproduced to my ears, I … Continue reading

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Filter – The Inevitable Relapse Clip

Industrial rock legends Filter recently released their new video for the band’s first single off their new album titled The Trouble With Angels. This is the group’s 5th album since its formation in 1995 by former NIN touring guitarist Richard … Continue reading

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Lover’s Spit

This is a song from Broken Social Scene’s second LP. I absolutely love this song, and the lyrics can have a lot of different meanings, depending on how you interpret them. Personally, my own intepration is that we must overcome … Continue reading

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Failure – Enjoy the Silence

Failure’s cover of Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence, which appeared on the For the Masses compilation.

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Featured Band: Broken Social Scene

Since You Forgot it in People ranked first on my list of the best Canadian albums of the decade, here’s a little treat! My favorite song by BSS.

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of Montreal – Coquet Coquette

of Montreal is back with False Priest, out September 14.

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Featured Band: Fang Island

Fang Island is a progressive rock from Providence, Rhode Island. This is their first single, “Daisy”, off their eponymous debut album.

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Featured Band: Dan Auerbach

This is off Dan Auerbach’s Keep It Hid, his first album and solo project. It was also, I believe, part of the soundtrack for Up In the Air. Very melodic song, I love his voice.

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Featured Band: Karkwa

Karkwa is one of the few French-Canadian bands that I’m very fond of, along with Malajube. They have a very unique sound, possibly influenced by Radiohead. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the lyrics, just listen to the music … Continue reading

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Featured Band : Alberta Cross

I found out about Alberta Cross on Pitchfork. They have a great folk sound and I love the vocals, they’re very particular and rich.

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