Vancouver's Jay Arner cops to feeling uncomfortable in his hometown on "Midnight on South Granville," the latest stream off of his self-titled solo debut, due June 25 through Mint Records. ...Listen Now
Portland-based rhymer Mic Crenshaw is an avid motorcyclist, and his new video for the Ray Frazier-featuring "Free My Mind" gives him a chance to showcase his passion. ...Watch Now
City and Colour songwriter Dallas Green has given us a few tastes of his latest album, The Hurry and the Harm, and now he's shared the entire thing as a stream on iTunes ahead of the official release date next week. ...Listen Now
Toronto popsters Hooded Fang will release their album Gravez on May 28 via Daps/Full Time Hobby, and as you mull over Exclaim!'s solid 7-out-of-10 review, you can hear a newly unveiled tune from the record in the form of "Bye Bye Land." ...Listen Now
Earlier this week, the Jet Age of Tomorrow previewed a bit of their then-impending The JellyFish Mentality mixtape with a stream of lax future funk track "ON!," but the Odd Future affiliates have now gone ahead and made the whole thing available for free. ...Listen Now
After serving up their The Bulls and the Bees freelease with Scion A/V last year, noise rock legends the Melvins are once again teaming up with the car makers to deliver the downloadable cut "Dr. Mule." ...Listen Now
Minotaurs released their latest album just a few months back, but band leader Nathan Lawr has already turned his attention to a different project: a solo album. Chance Encounter is out on June 4 on Static Clang Records, and the entire thing is already up on Bandcamp. ...Listen Now
This might be disillusioning for Converge fans that though their guest-loaded cover of Entombed's "Wolverine Blues" on last year's split with Napalm Death was an all-out bro-down around the mic, but the hardcore band have revealed multiple takes used to compile the song via Pound for Pound: The Wolverine Blues Sessions. ...Listen Now
The collaborations from Arts & Crafts' compilation album X have been making their way onto the internet in the last couple of days, and this includes the Darcys' team-up with Ra Ra Riot on a version of Constantines' "Time Can Be Overcome." ...Listen Now
Rocko's swervy breakthrough single "U.O.E.N.O." has been a force to be reckoned with these last few months, owing both to Rick Ross' controversial contributions to the original and a flood of high-profile remixes that came in its wake. Next up is a redo with "All Gold Everything" rapper Trinidad James. ...Listen Now
Vancouver post-hardcore combo Needs released their debut EP The Accursed Share via Bart Records last year. Now, they're already planning to follow it up with a sophomore set. New 7-inch Rare Earths offers up three brand new songs from the band along with a new version of the title track from their previous release. In a statement to Exclaim!, frontman Sean Orr explains that the lyrics delve into tops like "returning home from Sled Island during a massive flood, the occupation of Palestine (in which Noam Chomsky himself approved a sample), the economy, and love." The...Listen Now
If you're hemming and hawing over whether to buy a ticket for Queens of the Stone Age's upcoming summer tour, you can sample the band in action now via a full stream of last night's (May 23) performance at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater. ...Watch Now
Last month, Prince road-tested a bunch of new tunes with his latest backup band 3rdEyeGirl, but in case you missed out on those residency dates, you can get an approximation of how things went down in the performance clip for the previously premiered "FIXURLIFEUP." ...Watch Now
Hailing from Charlottetown, PEI, Death Valley Driver will release their sophomore album Graveyard Dead on June 4 via Diminished Fifth Records, but you can give it a listen right now. ...Listen Now
Today we heard a track from Arts & Crafts' collaborations album, X, in the form of the Hidden Cameras' team-up with Snowblink. Now, here's another, as Broken Social Scene and Years' "Day of the Kid" has hit the web. ...Listen Now
The Japanese edition of Ghost B.C.'s new album, Infestissumam, includes a cover of Depeche Mode's "Waiting for the Night," and now that song has hit the web. ...Listen Now
Rick Ross may currently be plotting out his Mastermind LP, but the prolific MMG head is diverting his attention momentarily to drop a reasonably ancient set of unreleased tracks he did with Birdman. Titled The H: The Lost Album Vol. 1, the freelease went up for download today (May 23). ...Listen Now
Better late than never, Iggy Azalea and Angel Haze are plotting a coup to kick Kanye West and Jay-Z off the throne by tackling "Otis." The pair apparently played the song live in London earlier this month, but you can check out a rehearsal recording of the track now. ...Listen Now
Finally it's here: our first proper taste of Boards of Canada's Tomorrow's Harvest. After much lead-up, you can now listen to the album's "Reach for the Dead." ...Listen Now
While UK duo Disclosure have their debut LP Settle dropping June 3 through PMR Records, the house-minded pair are teasing the set early with a stream of the set's "When a Fire Starts to Burn." ...Listen Now
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