New album “Are’s & Els” featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra to be released June 5 th . +++     Michael Gerard Levasseur of Michael The Blind. Photo Credit: Rachael Renee’ Levasseur. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE “Sympathies” is the latest single and video from the upcoming Michael The Blind album “Are’s & Els”   [VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bno82uSxmMY   [SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/michael-the-blind-sympathies [MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/michaeltheblind/mp3/michaeltheblind-sympathies.mp3 +++ “Michael’s songs create a rare phenomenon. …this cavernous space feels almost too intimate.” – Willamette Week (Portland, OR) “...the velocity of punk rock with mellifluous traditional folk instrumentation... ... one ...

New album “Are’s & Els” featuring Magik*Magik Orchestra to be released June 5 th . +++     Michael Gerard Levasseur of Michael The Blind. Photo Credit: Rachael Renee’ Levasseur. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE “Sympathies” is the latest single and video from the upcoming Michael The Blind album “Are’s & Els”   [VIDEO]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bno82uSxmMY   [SOUNDCLOUD]: http://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/michael-the-blind-sympathies [MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/michaeltheblind/mp3/michaeltheblind-sympathies.mp3 +++ “Michael’s songs create a rare phenomenon. …this cavernous space feels almost too intimate.” – Willamette Week (Portland, OR) “...the velocity of punk rock with mellifluous traditional folk instrumentation... ... one ...

The surprise isn't how charming and singable California Wives ' music can be, it's how easy they make it all sound. Like you can three acquaintances could go down to Guitar Center, learn a few chords, pick up some equipment and then sign a deal with Vagrant Records. On "Marianne", they update their stylistic direction from inheritors to the Stills' throne to something closer to Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - and here it doesn't help that the second word of the first verse is "heartbreak" and fourth, "teenage". The big chiming synthesizers in post-chorus back the band ...

Toronto's Eight and a Half recently released their self-titled, debut album through Arts & Crafts. The group features Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene) as well as Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil (The Stills). Stream "Scissors" and "Go Ego" on Sound Cloud . The full album is streaming on Paste Magazine , for the time being. [ arts-crafts.ca ]

The latest chapter in GrimSkunk's journey is their new album 'Set Fire!', which is slated to be released May 22nd, 2012. 'Set Fire!' was Recorded by Gus Van Go and Werner F (Priestess, the Stills) in Sydney, Australia. In creating their latest opus GrimSkunk set out on a journey to the other side of the world, where spontaneity and instinctiveness were foremost from start to finish of the creative process.

It's a shame when a beloved band breaks up. However, as they say when one door closes another one opens. In this case the door that opened is the Toronto-based Eight And A Half. The band is the new project from Justin Peroff (formerly of Broken Social Scene), and Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil (previously of The Stills). The group release their self-titled debut full length on April 10th. Dreamy and textured is the aura for this record. That tone is set with the opening instrumental "When I Was Twenty Nine", a track that twinkles as it cascades ...

Hyperdub lynchpin Kode9 is collaborating on the new film / performance project 'Her Ghost'. Despite his role at one of the country's most respected electronic labels, Kode9 remains infuriatingly enigmatic. An academic, his thoughtful, exacting approach renders any project he enters worthy of discussion. FACT points us toward a new clip, taken from the upcoming film project 'Her Ghost'. A tribute to Chris Marker's La Jetee, Kode9 is working on the score alongside fellow lecturer - and 'Curious' collaborator - Ms.Haptic. MFO visual artist collective Marcel Weber and Lucy Benson take care of visuals, with the project set to be ...

Eight and a Half, es una banda conformada por Justin Peroff de Broken Social Scene y dos miembros de The Stills: Dave Hamelin y Liam O’Neil. El martes pasado salió su disco debút y hoy nos presentan el video de su nuevo sencillo “Go Ego”. Enjoy.

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Guest Blogger Dave Hamelin Eight and a Half is an indie-rock supergroup made up of former members of the Stills , Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil, and Broken Social Scene drummer Justin Peroff. As the latter is based in Toronto, the two Montrealers decided to relocate from La Belle Ville to the Big Smoke. But, as Hamelin's artist blog below makes clear, it was not an easy decision, especially given his sorta-separatist upbringing. Alors, allons-y! Thirty-one years ago, I was born at Montreal's General Hospital, I took my first breath of fresh air on ...

Eight And A Half Eight And A Half Arts & Crafts Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Eight And A Half have crafted a very good debut which hints at great things to come from the band. Album Review: With their old bands either on indefinite hiatus or officially dissolved, friends Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene and Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil of The Stills, have forged ahead with their new band, Eight And A Half, on their self-titled debut album. Although technically the seeds of Eight And A Half were sown while the three were still active with their ...

All week my earworm was Nick Lowe’s I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass , with ‘glass’ replaced with ‘eggs’, such was the eggcitement about Easter. However, my chocolate was tainted by the death of Jim Marshall, inventor of rock’s greatest amp and the man who shaped the music we love. So, as Easter is a time of resurrection, I went through my record shelf, choccy in hand, honouring the great guitar heroes I’ve idolised over the years. But reminiscing is a false homage. If Marshall had looked backwards, his invention would still be a small town PA ...

The math is simple, even if the equation ends up looking a little complex:  (Justin Peroff – Broken Social Scene) + (Dave Hamelin + Liam O’Neil – The Stills) = Eight and a Half.  It’s a long and complicated story about how the pair of former Stills musicians and the drummer of Broken Social Scene [...]

If there's one thing independent rock musicians do more efficiently than their mainstream counterparts, it's that they don't let little hiccups (like their original band breaking up) stop them from continuing to make good music. 2011 saw the official disbandment of Canadian post-punk act The Stills and the beginning of an indefinite hiatus for iconic north of the border super-group Broken Social Scene (we won't believe they're gone for good until Kevin Drew himself says so). Out of those dissol

Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene + Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil of The Stills, check out the track "Scissors".

Wait, what?!  Drake ’s dropping the video for “Take Care” this Friday?! Oh it’s about to be a wrap! The long awaited video to the Gil Scott-Heron sampled track “Take Care," is set to hit the web this Friday. The GQ don confirmed so via his Twitter account early this morning. VIDEO: Drake Raps A Couple New BARS For GQ The stills of Drake and Rihanna looked very intimate and steamy, letting us know that the chemistry these two maintain off-screen translates very well on-screen. PHOTOS: Drake & Rihanna Stroke Each Other In "Take Care" Video But if that isn ...