Filed under: News Karl Winters, Getty Polaris Music Prize winner Owen Pallett , Basia Bulat , Ohbijou and Bry Webb are some of the musicians performing a special benefit concert tonight at Toronto's Lee's Palace for the Newman Boys Trust Fund , a fund established to help three young boys (aged 12, 10 and 7) after their mother was murdered in Oakville, Ontario in mid-January, the same day her estranged husband was shot and killed by police. Other performers slated to play include Nathan Lawr , Sandro Perri , Light Fires and Andre Ethier . Tickets are available through the Horseshoe Tavern, Rotate This ...

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Redferns via Getty Image Singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards , Arkells , the Deep Dark Woods and Chad VanGaalen are among dozens of acts confirmed for this year's Hillside Festival lineup set for July 27-29 in Guelph, Ontario. According to the official Hillside site , which released the information today, East Coast artist Rich Aucoin , Bry Webb and The Providers, Elliott Brood , Ohbijou , Joel Plaskett Emergency, Zeus , and the Mickey Hart Band led by the Grateful Dead drummer will also perform. The complete schedule hasn't been finalized but Edwards, Arkells and Bombay Bicycle Club are set for ...

Exposure is our scrapbook of our favourite new bands. Today's exposure features Florida-based acoustic singer-songwriter Nicole Miglis. Nicole also gives her two suggestions for her favourite new acts. Name : Nicole Miglis Location : Gainesville, Florida, USA Genre : Acoustic For Fans of : Ohbijou, Foxes">Fleet Foxes Website : Soundcloud Behind Nicole Miglis 's unassuming press photo and performing name is a singer-songwriter making some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful acoustic music I've heard of late. She splits her time between performing in the equally incredible six-piece Hundred Waters . Her EP is incredible and I suggest you download it. New Music Picks ...

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Fruit Bats, Ohbijou, Luke Temple Song: Wild Child - Pillow Talk [download here ] What's so good? Austin’s Wild Child is on a steady rise to indie folk stardom. They released their album, Pillow Talk , last fall and have gained a hefty following ever since. They even grabbed the number one spot on Hypem’s website on the day of their release, knocking mainstream all-stars on their ass. Fair enough! So here we have Wild Child’s first official video for their single, “Pillow Talk.”  It’s a sweet ballad of ...

With a critically-acclaimed EP under their belts, Hands & Teeth have generated a lot of buzz for their debut full length album. Hunting Season will be released by the Toronto quinteet on January 17th. The record does not disappoint. It's dripping with delicious melodies and beautiful harmonies. The gorgeous loungy chanteuse turn on "Le Petit Voleur" is absolutely enchanting. The arrangements are gritty and introspective, without ever sounding unpolished. One listen to the guitar at the end of "All That Was" will have you wondering how they could accomplish that. There's a dark rumble on "Sound of Hamilton", that ...

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: Mazzy Star, Grizzly Bear, Wooden Shjips, Lykke Li Song: Ohbijou - Mossy Lungs [download here ] What's so good? I’ve been sitting on this track for a couple days. It’s like I want to say more about it than words allow, or that “Mossy Lungs” says more about itself than the words let on. It’s the same feeling I get when I read a Haruki Murakami novel — the atmosphere is so encompassing, it’s like it creates its own world. Suddenly the sky has two moons and you’re ...

Ohbijou “Balikbayan” I worked a rather hectic 10 hour day today.  The long-awaited arrival of rain here in the Bay Area turned my normal 40 minute commute into an hour and a half commute.  Oddly enough, I was in peace.  The traffic and the long day didn’t really bother me too much.  This song in particular helped put me at ease.  Metal Meets is an album that I’ve listened to several times in the past week.  For some reason, I never payed attention to the lyrics of this particular song, or any song on this album as I ...

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Honourable Mentions: Sunparlour Players , Us Little Devils ; Ohbijou , Metal Meets ; Raleigh , New Times In Black and White ; Sun Wizard , Positively 4th Avenue 24. Dinosaur Bones , My Divider Dinosaur Bones may not have achieved the superstardom I was predicting back in the spring -- at least not yet -- but if and when it comes calling, My Divider shows that they're more than ready. Download " N.Y.E. " 23. Honheehonhee , Shouts Yes, the very best parts of Shouts may make Honheehonhee sound like a more unhinged version of Fire">Arcade Fire. Why is that a problem again? This is an album brimming ...

Reviewed by Terry Mulcahy.

Toronto's Little City  formed in 2009 and since then have released spurts of music that have been among the best folk-based to come out of this city.  Their latest effort is the 7" single "Sperry" and it's b-side "Capt. Kendall" (out Jan. 24th). The 12-member band, which includes part-time members from The Wooden Sky and Ohbijou , are much more methodical than we've heard on the lead track.  The song has a tension that shows Little City are unafraid of venturing into new territory.  More typical is the freewheeling flipside "Capt. Kendall".  It's a rip-roaring singalong that ...

With a critically-acclaimed EP under their belts, Hands & Teeth have generated a lot of buzz for their debut full length album.   Hunting Season  will be released by the Toronto quinteet on January 17th. The record does not disappoint.  It's dripping with delicious melodies and beautiful harmonies.  The gorgeous loungy chanteuse turn on "Le Petit Voleur" is absolutely enchanting. The arrangements are gritty and introspective, without ever sounding unpolished.  One listen to the guitar at the end of "All That Was" will have you wondering how they could accomplish that.  There's a dark rumble on "Sound of Hamilton", that ...

Here it is, my final list for 2011.  Here are my favorite songs of 2011: 50 "N.Y.E."-  Dinosaur Bones 49 "Little Cigarettes"- Medicine Hat 48 "Old Man Song"-  Anna Atkinson 47 "Apocalypse Pop Song"-  Memphis 46 "Caffeinated Consciousness"-  TV On the Radio 45 "An Argument With Myself"-  Jens Lekman 44 "That Ain't Classy"-  Classified 43 "Sara"-  Chad VanGaalen 42 "Self Portrait"-  Chilly Gonzales 41 "Love The Way You Walk Away"-  Blitzen Trapper 40 "Zero to Stupid"-  Tommy Stinson 39 "Beasts of England"-  Teenage Kicks 38 "Holdin On to Black Metal"-  My Morning Jacket 37 "Losing You"-   REVOLVER ...

Sloan @ The Great Hall: photo by Michael Ligon Update [December 25/2011, 1:38 am]: Review now up. Merry Christmas! Now have to wrap some presents Thinking back to 1995 when Sloan headlined CFNY 102.1 FM's Edgefest 3 festival at Molson Ampitheatre, billed as their farewell performance, Sloan had called it quits. Their most recent album at the time had been their second full-length Twice Removed , released a year prior in 1994, and arguably to the some was the band's finest album. But a year after Edgefest 3 , the band reunited to release their third full-length, 1996 ...