Polaris Prize Short List Announced
The prestigious Canadian award, The Polaris Prize, shortlist has been announced. The winner will be announced later in September.
Included in the Canadian bands are:
The Besnard Lakes
Album: The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
Broken Social Scene
Album: Forgiveness Rock Record
Caribou
Album: Swim
Karkwa
Album: Les Chemins De Verre
Dan Mangan
Album: Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Owen Pallett
Album: Heartland
Radio Radio
Album: Belmundo Regal
The Sadies
Album: Darker [...]
Video Of The Week: Miike Snow – Animal (Live)
As as writer, I get requests to listen to music and new bands all the time. As you would probably imagine, it’s a mixed bag: some amazing, most not much. And every once in a great while, I get lucky enough to stumble across a great find. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying [...]
The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of Jose Gonzalez
As many of you probably know, I am a fan of Jose Gonzalez, the amazing singer/songwriter/guitarist. Here is a tidbit of news about a new documentary shot about the man himself.
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Sublime w/Rome, The Dirty Heads, and Matisyahu Tour Review
Sometimes things get better the longer they last. It may almost be time for kids to head back to school, but that doesn’t mean that summer or vacation is over…yet. Sometimes things also get better right before they end. Which explains why most of us are trying to squeeze every final moment we [...]
Video Of The Week: Tricky – Murder Weapon
I know Tricky hasn’t really done anything of note lately but I found this track and was instantly blown away. It’s a reworking of a dancehall hit from Echo Minott. Tricky gets Franky Riley (female) to do the vocals. Enjoy!
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Recs from Netherfriends
The Netherfriends is a Chicago based psychedelic pop band who has been around for a few years now. We asked lead man Shawn Rosenblatt what some of his more obscure favorite bands might be. Here’s what he had to say:
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Episode 74: Lost Treasures; Volume 1
Welcome to another edition of Music Emissions’ podcast of the week. This week we will concentrate on lost treasures and guilty pleasures. Rather than admit some of these are my favorites, I think we’ll have some friends and family do that.
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Video Of The Week: Dungen – Festival
Ok so maybe it’s just me. I’ve totally found myself digging rock bands from Sweden lately. It first started with Miike Snow, and now my newest Swedish crush is Dungen. I will be watching them at a live show and writing a review of their performance next month. Dungen has a new record about to [...]
Episode 73: Basically Retro
Hey everyone, welcome to another edition of Music Emissions podcast of the week. This week I ran off some new stuff that has grabbed my attention. Some of these artists are still a bit raw… Progressive Rock and a hint of 60’s Soul exists in almost all of these creatures playing. Some of [...]
Video Of The Week: A Place To Bury Strangers – I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart
While I haven’t given a great listen to A Place To Bury Strangers sophomore album, Exploding Head, I have heard a few tracks. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart is one of them and when I saw this video I was reminded how cool the song is. Check it out…
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