Australian singer/songwriter Nicholas Murphy has performed and recorded under the moniker Chet Faker, a crafted pseudonym which is an ode to the singing style of Chet Baker, while incorporating the time he spent producing house […]
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The Montreal, QC-based artist Jef Barbara released his French language debut, The Contamination last year, and the album reportedly employed elements of minimalist electronica, and frank sexual lyrics. He’ll be releasing his (mostly) English language debut, Soft […]
Matt Preston, a.k.a., Phaeleh, the acclaimed Bristol, UK-based released his sophomore effort, Tides earlier this year. The new effort continues Phaeleh’s reputation for crafting an electronica that has an icy sheen, while being incredibly cinematic. “Whistling in […]
Led by the Montreal, QC-based Rishi Dihr, Elephant Stone released their self-titeld, sophomore effort through Hidden Pony Records earlier this year. “Heavy Moon,” one of the singles off the latest album and the song, much […]
Montreal, QC-based band Wake Island is comprised of four musicians who hail from Lebanon, the US and Canada, and much of their work early on has drawn some level of inspiration from the arguments on […]
Moderat is the collaboration between two of Berlin, Germany’s most innovative electronic music artists Apparat (a.k.a. Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (a.k.a. Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary). And as a unit, the trio has managed to […]
Philadelphia, PA-based trio of Lantern consists of two Philadelphians, Zachary Devereaux, Emily Robb and Montreal, QC transplant Christian Simmons (also of Sheer Agony) on drums. And over the course of the past three years, the […]
Alex Zhang Hungtai, writes, records and performs as Dirty Beaches. Originally, the project started as a solo project when he was based out of Montreal back in 2005. Throughout his catalog, Hungtai has developed a […]
The Montreal-based duo of Solar Year recently released “Seeing the Same,” the last single they’re releasing off their much anticipated full-length album, Waverly, which will see a June 25th release through Ceremony Records across North America. Waverly is […]
http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=n37080 Montreal, QC-based label Arbutus Records and many on they’re impressive roster of talent, including Blue Hawaii, BRAIDS and others, all got their start back in 2010. In the case of Blue Hawaii, the duo […]
Bay Area retro-punks Shannon and the Clams latest album, Dreams in the Rat House sees it’s official release through Hardly Art Records today. “Rip Van Winkle” is the second single from the new album, and although […]
New York-based electro pop duo Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow, a.k.a. MS MR will be releasing their debut full-length, Secondhand Rapture on May 14th, and they’ll be touring to support the new effort – it’ll include a […]
2011 saw the release of the Montreal-based act BRAIDS’ critically praised debut, Native Speaker. After 18 months of touring to support their debut and the departure of a band member, the remaining members of the band […]
The Montreal, QC-based duo Solar Year’s much anticipated debut effort, Waverly will see a June 25th release through Ceremony Recordings across North America, and Splendour Records in Europe. Essentially, the album is a re-release of an […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/size=medium/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/notracklist=true/transparent=true/track=677340973/ The Montreal, QC-based Calia Thompson-Hannant writes and performs under the moniker Mozart’s Sister, and she’s developed a reputation for writing and producing slickly produced, shimmering synth-based electro pop and her big, booming voice. Her […]