High 5 Collective are back with a brand new video, this time for The Weeknd’s ‘Montreal’. The video stars a young family with an abusive father figure, but [...] READ MORE ⇒

Can you believe it? SXSW is less than 2 months away. Today, SXSW announced a ton of bands broken down by alphabetical order. Some of the standouts among the many, many bands include: Bear in Heaven, Best Coast, Caveman, Chairlift, Diamond Rings, The Drums, Eleanor Friendberger, Grimes, Guards, Here We Go Magic, Japanther, Lana Del Rey, Little Scream, M.Ward, Memoryhouse, Metric, Miike Snow, Mr. Gnome, Nite Jewel, Of Montreal, Purity Ring, SBTRKT, Sharon Van Etten, Spank Rock, Stars, Tennis, Vandaveer, We Are Trees, White Rabbits, Youth Lagoon, Zechs Marquise. Hopefully we'll discover even more bands as March gets ...

Last year was filled with high quality album releases and 2012 is shaping up to be just as good, if not better. Many artists have albums planned for release this year and more than a few have us excited with anticipation. For the list below we stuck to albums with confirmed titles and release dates, so no Dr. Dre Detox and no Black Sabbath or any other “TBA” LPs. Here are eight albums that have DaveO and me stoked for 2012. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (January 30, 2012) With a spot on Saturday Night Live this weekend a ...

Now that those New Year's hangovers (and subsequent existential chills and sniffles) are starting to heal, it’s time to turn 2012 from a potential Mayan catastrophe into a jubilant musical carnival. To that end, SPIN’s editors have chosen 25 highly anticipated albums that should keep your heart full and the specter of the Long Count calendar at bay. Enjoy! Snow Patrol , Fallen Empires  (Island) Release date: Jan. 10 Ideally suited, it would seem, to release records during the wintry months, Snow Patrol return touting their sixth studio album as a break from form — or at least a ...

120 Days have been playing together since 2001 and their debut took them around the world, from America, where they signed with Vice Records, to Japan, where they played to crowds of 17,000+. It won them two Norwegian Grammys and was not only critically acclaimed but also commercially successful. Five years on and they've learned a lot, done a lot, and written a lot. And it all shows up on their new record 120 Days II . Darker and a bit tougher than their debut, the new stuff is sure to widen their fan base and wreak some havoc ...

Little Scream The Golden Record [Secretly Canadian; 2011] by Jeff Milo Rating: Maybe you’re like me and somewhere toward the end of 2011, the knee-jerking snobby side of yourself felt disenchanted by the spin and swell of sycophancy for the cool-weird, the hip-acerbica, the beautiful-snarl of indie songstresses like Vincent">St. Vincent or tUnE-yArDs; those big, glossy, ad-packed zines got it, they seemed to down with it, they’re (trying) to speak your language. I tire of these halfhearted, quick/dirty, faux-edgy-airings from jittery music journos prattling on about -the beautifully-haunting, -the elegantly-caustic, -the pretty girl making scary sounds ...

OK, I know that New Year’s resolutions are cheesy. It doesn’t help that they are so easy to break either. Like most people, I’ve broken far more than I’ve ever kept. Still, I argue that there is never a bad time or bad reason to try to make yourself better – and the start of [...]

nun habe ich es mir doch angetan. dabei hatte ich mir fest vorgenommen, heuer dieser arbeit aus dem wege zu gehen. doch was solls. mir selbst bringt die übersicht einiges, wenigstens als kleiner orientierungsfaden. ich beanspruche keine vollständigkeit noch richtigkeit der daten und angaben. nicht zuletzt fehlen die vielen spannenden releases kleiner companies. das würde den rahmen sprengen. bereits jetzt gibt es hinweis auf über 130 veröffentlichungen mit fast 60 soundbeispielen. ergänzungen (in den kommentaren) nehmen wir gern entgegen, gegen eine aktualisierung sträuben wir uns aber. 01.01. guided by voices - let's go eat the factory ( fire ) guided by ...

[photos courtesy of Jill and For the Love of Brooklyn] Montreal band Stars has long been one of my favorites. I first saw them at the now defunct Siren Festival of 2006, against the beautiful scenic backdrop that is Coney Island, and was blown away by their unique blend of pop and rock. Even though [...]

Music To Know , or M2K as we like to call it, is a weekly segment that reaches back and dusts off older songs that influenced the bands you know and love today, while also highlighting acts you may have missed. Written by Laura Haggard, we hope this column both entertains and enlightens. If you know an artist we should feature, EMAIL US! utgjames@gmail.com / utglaura@gmail.com     So, for those of you whom may have missed this awesome band over the years: Stars are an indie pop band from Canada. Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and …

It looks like Stars">I See Stars will be releasing their new album on March 13th. The band is also preparing to go out on a headlining tour  this January with Stick To Your Guns, Memphis May Fire, Our Last Night, and Make Me Famous. Check out the dates below by clicking “Read More”.   Jan 06 - The Omni - Toledo, OH Jan 07 - Mojoe’s - Joliet, IL Jan 08 - Sunset Hall - Fort Wayne, IN Jan 10 - New Song Church - Windsor, Canada Jan 11 - Ritual - Ottawa, Canada Jan 12 - La Tulipe - Montreal, Canada Jan 13 - Wally’s - Hampton, NH Jan 14 - Gramercy ...

What's black and white riddled with fuzz? No, not Jim James in a tuxedo... It's the Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys, who are spending 2012 together traipsing around North America on an arena tour kicking off March 2nd, a stone's throw away from Dan and Pat's Ohio hood. This union of riff-roaring royalty feels oh-so-right: Both are recent SPIN covers stars, and both debuted rock-steady new albums in 2011 — the Monkeys' Suck It and See and the Keys' El Camino rocked the plaid off the flannel of our reviews staff. But, most importantly in the Internet ...

There is a powerful new voice signed to Arts & Crafts Records (who gave us Feist, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Dan Mangan, The Dears, Apostle of Hustle, and many other of my personal favorites) — and whoa is Cold Specks ever sounding like something to be reckoned with. She’s 23, she’s from outside Toronto, and [...]

Saturday, day three of Le Guess Who? provides probably its most diverse as we run from A (Winged Victory For The Sullen) to Z(omby). Returning to Ekko for the tearjerkingly stunning A Winged Victory For The Sullen , Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O'Halloran exhume "seven songs about dead people and broken hearts." A tripartite Amsterdam ensemble occupy stage-centre, the impetus on the neoclassical nature of the duo's lavish compositional mastery. We soon sit. Not in protest, but in order that we may fully revel in understated grandeur, in deferential appreciation. For every strum of Wiltzie's Thunderbird is ...

Norwegian-based quartet 120 Days have announced their long-awaited return with followup sophomore LP 120 Days II, set for a March 6th release with Splendour (of Montreal/Casiokids, His Clancyness/Stars">Shimmering Stars). The band debuted a new video for their first single "Osaka" as part of Club Mod, a...