Yes, we loved every single second of it. It was all quite spectacularly superb. From the delightful melodies to the rock out moments. From the times were held our breath to the feeling of being as one. Feist lit up the Enmore Theatre Tuesday night in a way few performers can. She is so engaging, so charming, so talented. Love. For just on two hours Feist proved that she is one extremely talented and unique performer. Such a personable one too, she had us at hello you could most possibly say. As the booming "Undiscovered First" rang out across the ...

(Sub Pop/Inertia) Aesthetically grounded duo pay homage to multimedia roots Have you ever been deep into the wilderness of Ontario? Then you might have come across a mid-size town called Guelph, also christened the ‘City of Music’ for introducing music lovers to early versions of acts like Broken Social Scene and Fire">Arcade Fire. Five years ago in this wilderness, talented composer Evan Abeele and photographer Denise Nouvion teamed up for Memoryhouse, which was initially intended to be a multimedi ...

Die dänische Experimental-Pop-Band Alcoholic Faith Mission meldet sich Ende des Monats mit einem Album zurück. Am 24. Februar soll der vierte Langspieler "Ask Me This" via Pony Rec/Rough Trade in die Plattenläden eures Vertrauens gelangen. Die Platte wurde gemeinsam mit Tom McFall eingespielt, der bereits Indie-Größen wie R.E.M. und Weezer produzierte. Hier könnt ihr bereits vorab bereits in das Video zu "Into Pieces" sehen, bei dem die Skandinavier ihren gewohnten Sound spielen, der die motor.de-Redaktion schon einmal mit sakralen Synthies und Gesangsflächen bezauberte . Außerdem könnt ihr euch hier das Albumcover sowie das Video zum ersten Song ...

Hospitality Hospitality [Merge; 2012] by Nick RS Rating: With Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) , The Kinks built the ideal pop concept album by cannily constructing an entirely convincing post-colonial landscape out of a collage of musical idioms and cultural signifiers from across the Anglophone world. By layering tambourine and twanging guitars over hymnlike structures and juxtaposing kazoo with harpsichord, Ray Davies made scarcely 50 minutes of wax feel like it might contain centuries of world history. Indie pop crew Hospitality’s self-titled debut hints at that sort of thaumaturgy, although its subject — the directionless inanity ...

Monthly Top 5 albums - January 2012 An Indipop revival with Kailash Kher on his own label and Assamese sensation Papon getting a non-Bollywood first record; a hindi version of tamil score Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), an inspired Hans Zimmer for the new Sherlock Holmes, and a very late first listen to a Broken Social Scene album… yeah, this pretty sums up my January. despite none of these records being flawless, 2012 looks promising.  Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost (2001) Kailash Kher - Kailasa Rangeele (2012) Papon - The Story So Far (2012) Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) A ...

A estas alturas todos sabemos que la escena canadiense no es sólo una de las más fructíferas en cuanto a músicos se refiere, además cuenta con bandas, proyectos alternos y colaboraciones al por mayor. Este es de hecho el caso de Eight and a Half, conjunto que nació de la colaboración de Justin Peroff, baterista de Broken Social Scene (conjunto que se encuentra ya en plena pausa promocional) y Dave Hamelin y Liam O’Neil de The Stills, banda que como recordarán anunció su separación hace algunos meses. El proyecto comenzó...

Photo by Alex Zhang Hungtai -- Dirty Beaches ' Alex Zhang Hungtai and minimalist  William Cody Watson recently curated a free compilation, Expressway , for experimental label Bathetic , highlighting the scene fueled by  Night-People Records . The compilation features new tracks from both Dirty Beaches and Watson as well as Wet Hair, Tonstartssbandht, Speculator, Ela Orleans, Cough Cool, and more. -- Broken Social Scene 's Justin Peroff and Liam O'Neill and Dave Hamelin of the  now-disbanded group  the Stills have formed a new band, Eight and a Half . Their self-titled debut album is due April 10 from Arts&Crafts; , preceded by the "Scissors" b/w ...

When Broken Social Scene went on an indefinite hiatus in the middle of 2011, indie music fans were robbed of their most prominent supergroup. Feist released her fourth studio album last fall, Metals, to critical and commercial succes. Broken Social Scene fans can now look forward to another solo project of long time drummer Justin Peroff who is teaming up with Liam O'Neill and Dave Hamelin of the Stills to form new act. With some of the electronic nature heard most prominently on "Anthems for a

The Polyphonic Spree, whose propensity for excess in terms of number of band members seems only to be equaled by Fire">Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, are promoting their new "You + Me Tour" with a new song "What Would You Do" paired with some manically exuberant concert footage. The song itself was a fun if unremarkable track but the footage it is paired with is almost enough to convince the viewer that going to a Polyphonic Spree concert would be akin to a religious experience.

This year marks Talk Talk’s 30th anniversary, and to commemorate the influential Brits, members of Fire">Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Weezer, Pink Floyd, Shearwater, Underworld, Orbital, the... Click on the headline to read the rest of the story.

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Awards , Junos Chromewaves F---ed Up , Sloan , the Sadies and members of Broken Social Scene will be among those performing over two nights at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern as part of this year's JUNO Concert Series beginning Feb. 4. As reported by Exclaim , the first concert will be a mammoth three-set affair beginning with the Elwins who will be joined onstage by members of Broken Social Scene, Ohbijou , Sloan, Tokyo Police Club and Rural Alberta Advantage . The second set will consist of "first-wave punk" with the Sadies accompanied by members of F---ed Up, Burning ...

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Broken Social Scene, Super Furry Animals, Harbour Song: Bear Driver - Never Never [download here ] What's so good? This London-based fivesome refers to their music as “surfer slacker pop” and has made a name for themselves in the U.S. this past year at SXSW. On their way to releasing their debut album, Nashville Skyline , BD decided to give us a little glimpse into their haze pop-infused, sprawling world of reverb and spacey synths. Their newest single “Never Never” was released as a double A-side with “Let The Cold” on January ...

It didn't take long for Justin Peroff to come up with a new gig after Broken Social Scene called it quits last year.  He's teamed up with Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil of The Stills to form Eight And A Half . The band's self-titled debut full length comes out on April 10th. Check out the video for the first single "Scissors": Continue reading »

2012 marks the 12th Anniversary of Toronto's "Wavelength Music Series". The massively influential concert series had its humble beginnings at Ted's Wrecking Yard in February of the year 2000, but it quickly became ground zero for the independent music explosion which brought the likes of Broken Social Scene, Constantines, Holy Fuck, Feist, Peaches, Caribou and Fucked Up to the world.

In today’s Listomania, we unveil our favorite 10 bands who have a member that doesn’t play or do anything, and that’s no intended sleight to these critical players, whether they be hypemen, “vibes managers,” or just token old dudes to round out a musical family. Honorable mention goes out to Broken Social Scene’s fourth guitar [...]