News JAY-Z Gets Mahershala Ali and Danny Glover for "Adnis" Video Since dropping the release last month, JAY-Z has managed to milk his 4:44 LP for headlines on a regular basis. From conspiracy theories ...
News Matthew Herbert Scores New Film 'Disobedience' While we haven't heard a lot from Matthew Herbert since last year's A Nude (The Perfect Body) album, the UK sound experimenter will soon be ...
News Underworld Announce 'Beaucoup Fish' Deluxe Reissue Underworld delivered Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future last year, but the UK electronic vets are looking further back in their cat...
News New Jersey Prog Band 4:44 Named Their New EP 'JAY-Z' Dreaming up a marketing plan behind a new release is no small task for artists of any stature, but what happens when an album from one of th...
News Ryan Hemsworth Gets E-40 and Yakki for "Hunnid" Having teamed up with RYAN Playground and swim good now for "Holy" before the end of last year, Ryan Hemsworth is keeping the collaborative ...
News Gene Simmons Wants You to Know That He's Not Tommy Wiseau Having given up on trying to trademark a hand gesture, KISS tongueman Gene Simmons has had more time to spend kicking back on Twitter. ...
News Chester Bennington's Widow Shares Heartfelt Tribute to Late Linkin Park Singer Linkin Park fans were shocked by the sad news of singer Chester Bennington's death by suicide last week, prompting an outpouring of grief an...
News Biblical Detail 'The City That Always Sleeps' LP, Share "Mature Themes" Back in February, Biblical announced they had signed to Tee Pee Records to release their sophomore LP The City That Always Sleeps. Now, the...
News Ty Segall Serves Up 'Fried Shallots' EP Having already released a self-titled LP earlier this year, Ty Segall has now whipped up a new six-track EP for the summer. Titled Fried...
News Retired Mohawk Wrestler Billy Two Rivers Sues Van Morrison over Album Cover Billy Two Rivers, a retired professional wrestler and former chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, is suing Van Morrison over the album ...
News Here's Ben Gibbard's Covers Album of Teenage Fanclub's 'Bandwagonesque' After recently letting us in on "The Concept," Death Cab for Cutie main dude Ben Gibbard has fully unloaded his covers album of Teenage Fanc...
News Albert Hammond Sr. Says the Strokes Are Working with "a Great Producer Called Rick Rubin" The Strokes haven't released a full-length album since 2013's Comedown Machine, most recently delivering the Future Present Past EP last yea...
News Watch Mac DeMarco Goof Off on [email protected]' Earlier this month, @Midnight announced that the viral Chris Hardwick-hosted comedy show would be coming to an end after four seasons and 60...
News Watch HAIM Slay Shania Twain's "That Don't Impress Me Much" HAIM are no strangers to covering fabulous pop songs, as demonstrated by a recent "Live Lounge" rendition of Selena Gomez's "Bad Liar." But ...
News Jaden Smith Smashes Shit Up in Fall Out Boy's "Champion" Video Unfortunately, Fall Out Boy have yet to reveal plans for a full-album mashup with Creed, but their latest video does enlist a special guest ...
News Future and Nicki Minaj Join Forces for "You Da Baddest" After long-standing rumours of its release and a leak about a week ago, Future and Nicki Minaj's new team-up "You Da Baddest" is finally get...
News Belle and Sebastian Return with "We Were Beautiful" Belle and Sebastian announced a North American tour way back in February, promising at the time that new music would soon be on the way. At ...
News The Killers Detail 'Wonderful Wonderful,' Share New Song "Run for Cover" After teasing us earlier this week, the Killers have officially released their new single, "Run for Cover," giving us yet another taste of t...
News Apple Discontinues iPod Nano and Shuffle The rise of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch meant the end was near for the rest of Apple's more traditional iPod line. Now, the iPod Nano an...
News Weezer Do Their Best Guns N' Roses Impression in "Feels Like Summer" Video Weezer returned with yet another sunshine-ready rocker, delivering "Feels Like Summer" to kick off the season, and now they've given the tra...
Streams Kendrick Lamar "Loyalty" (ft. Rihanna) (video) Kendrick Lamar has been steadily rolling out videos for tracks off his latest acclaimed LP DAMN., and the latest album cut to get the visua...
Streams Jaden Smith "Watch Me" (video) A copywriter must've titled Jaden Smith's latest single, because the name is a perfect call-to-action phrase. Who can resist watching a vide...
Streams Allan Rayman "Repeat" (ft. Jessie Reyez) (video) Toronto native Allan Rayman spoke to us about his latest LP Roadhouse 01 earlier this year, and he has now returned with a new video for t...
Streams The Royal Foundry "All We Have" (video) Edmonton folk-turned-electro-pop outfit the Royal Foundry release their debut full-length Lost in Your Head later this summer, but first, th...
Streams Cellos 'The Great Leap Backward' (album stream) Windsor, ON-based noise rockers Cellos' last new release arrived with the "Standard and Poor" 7-inch back in 2014, but the band are back and...
Streams Arcade Fire 'Everything Now' (album stream) After rolling out infinite advertising content, Arcade Fire have finally unleashed their latest studio album — and you can hear Everything...
Streams Jessie Ware "Midnight" Jessie Ware has remained relatively quiet since releasing Tough Love in 2014, but that changes today (July 27) with the arrival of the new...
Streams Steve Aoki "Night Call" (ft. Migos & Lil Yachty) (video) Steve Aoki teamed up with Migos and Lil Yachty for his "Nightcall" single last month, and now the producer has shared a video for the Kolon...
Streams The Roots "It Ain't Fair" (ft. Bilal) Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit is set to chronicle the 1967 12th Street riot when it hits screens next month, and the Roots have leant their mu...
Streams Yukon Blonde "Crazy" Yukon Blonde are at last releasing some follow-up material to their 2015 LP On Blonde. It's not a full-length, however, but rather a two-s...
Streams Action Bronson "The Chairman's Intent" (video) After announcing his Blue Chips 7000 project last month, Action Bronson has delivered another cut from the forthcoming release titled "The ...
Streams The Pains of Being Pure at Heart "When I Dance with You" (video) Indie-pop vets the Pains of Being Pure at Heart are gearing up to release their latest LP The Echo of Pleasure later this summer, and they'v...
Streams Kesha "Learn to Let Go" (video) Kesha is continuing her triumphant return with another new music video. This time, it's Rainbow cut "Learn to Let Go" that's been given some...
Streams Colin Cowan & the Elastic Stars "Cinnamon Fantasy" (video) A member of Dada Plan and a touring member of Black Mountain and Destroyer, Colin Cowan keeps plenty busy. Despite that, he's found time to ...
Streams Counterparts "No Servant of Mine" Counterparts are returning with new full-length You're Not You Anymore this fall, and they've shared another track from the disc before it...
Streams BADBADNOTGOOD "In Your Eyes" (ft. Charlotte Day Wilson) (Nosaj Thing remix) A highlight of BADBADNOTGOOD's Polaris Music Prize shortlisted LP IV is the Charlotte Day Wilson-assisted "In Your Eyes." Now, Nosaj Thing...
Streams Hamilton Leithauser "The Song with No Name" (Shane MacGowan and the Popes cover) Fresh off the release of I Had a Dream That You Were Mine and a subsequent live album with former Vampire Weekend dude Rostam, ex-Walkmen fr...
Streams Chelsea Wolfe "Vex" Last month, Chelsea Wolfe unveiled plans for an upcoming LP titled Hiss Spun and shared its lead single "16 Psyche." Now, the metal-leaning ...
Streams Julia Jacklin "Eastwick" (live video) Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin released her debut LP Don't Let the Kids Win last year, and now she's unveiled a live performance...
Streams Ryuichi Sakamoto "Andata" (Oneohtrix Point Never rework) Oneohtrix Point Never has been enjoying his success in the world of film scoring as of late, but he isn't one to turn down a chance to rewor...
Reviews Arthur Alexander Arthur Alexander Arthur Alexander is not nearly as well known as his influence suggests he should be. His songs have been covered by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, ...
Reviews Alder & Ash Clutched in the Maw of the World Hailing from Montreal, Adrian Copeland makes snarling, feral post-classical music as Alder & Ash. His second full-length release, Clutched i...
Reviews Tyler, the Creator Flower Boy When Tyler, the Creator wasn't bludgeoning listeners with purposefully blown-out production on 2015 LP Cherry Bomb, he was treating them to ...
Reviews Blondie Sony Centre, Toronto ON, July 26 New York City punk and pop icons Blondie brought a taste of their revered catalogue to the Sony Centre last night (July 26), to an absolutel...
Reviews Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs Power-chord driven guitar rock will always be refreshing — especially in the current musical moment, which has mostly left it behind for d...
Reviews Bill Jr. Jr. The Motions EP The Motions is the second EP from Bill Jr. Jr., an indie folk rock band from Vancouver led by vocalist and lead guitarist Russell Gendron. T...
Reviews Mappe Of A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone Though lazy critics will compare him to more established acts, there's plenty of exciting distinctions that set alt-folk newbie Mappe Of apa...
Reviews Manchester Orchestra A Black Mile to the Surface Manchester Orchestra reach new heights on fifth album A Black Mile to the Surface, a powerful, cinematic experience that goes above and beyo...
Reviews Ross From Friends The Outsiders Creators of vapourwave, that micro-genre featuring chopped-and-screwed disco, muzak and other maligned genres accompanied by Windows 95 imag...
Reviews Various / BADBADNOTGOOD Late Night Tales BADBADNOTGOOD have long been known for their innovative approach to jazz, hip-hop and electronic music, so it comes as little to no surprise...
Reviews Spoon Massey Hall, Toronto ON, July 25 Spoon have shown steady, unwavering growth since their inception in the '90s to become one of indie rock's most consistent bands of the last...
Reviews Arcade Fire Everything Now Arcade Fire have variously been hailed for their instrumentation, arrangements and lyrics over their decade-and-a-half existence, but at the...
Reviews Weaves Main Stage, Field ON, July 23 Compared to the languid parade of folk that was the rest of Sunday's (July 23) River & Sky lineup, jangle punks Weaves were the odd ones out...
Reviews The Weather Station Main Stage, Field ON, July 23 Whoever scheduled all the softer folk acts for Sunday morning (July 23) is a genius: They were the perfect balm to soothe the aching heads o...
Reviews PUP Main Stage, Field ON, July 22 Thanks to its family-friendly vibe, sprawling grounds and plenty of downtime built into the schedule, River & Sky is a fairly tranquil festi...
Reviews Casper Skulls Main Stage, Field ON, July 22 There would be no Casper Skulls if not for River & Sky — lead singers Melanie St-Pierre and Neil Bednis began dating at the fest in 2011,...
Reviews Germaphobes Beach Stage, Field ON, July 22 Germaphobes delivered a confident and approachable set that ventured down the path of Talking Heads and their brand of new wave-y art rock. ...
Reviews Jamila Woods The Garrison, Toronto ON, July 21 If you weren't up with Jamila Woods before, best of luck trying to find her debut album now. It appears that the R&B artist's amazing HEAVN ...
Reviews Little Scream Main Stage, Field ON, July 21 Opening with a brief speech expressing her joy at playing a non-corporate music festival, Laurel Sprengelmeyer (better known as Little Screa...
Reviews Corridor Main Stage, Field ON, July 21 Following an ambling set by funk-pop provocateur Un Blonde, fellow Montrealers Corridor stepped up to bring some urgency and purpose to this...