wednesday wake up call

New Chance The Rapper video (directed by Austin Vesely) for "Everybody's Somebody's Everything".



"Everybody's Somebody's Everything" is taken from Acid Rap, download it for free here!

tuesday wake up call

Here's the latest (and final?) video by Sharks for the song, "Gold".



"Gold" is taken from the band's final album, Selfhood, out now on Rise Records.

monday wake up call

Wonderful animated video for "Everything is Fine" by Sothko.



Stream/download "Everything is Fine" over at Soundcloud.

sunday wake up call

Departures performing "21" live at T in the Park 2013.



"21" is from Teenage Haze, out now on No Sleep Records.

saturday wake up call

Here's a video for "Byegone" (directed by Michinori Saigo), the first single from Volcano Choir's upcoming release, Repave.

friday wake up call

"Boston" by Moose Blood ... incredible song!

thursday wake up call

"Are You Getting Enough?" by Professor Green feat. Miles Kane, taken from the upcoming Prof. Green record, Growing Up In Public, out on October 14.

wednesday wake up call

New Front Bottoms video (directed by Mark Jaworski) for the song, "Funny You Should Ask".



"Funny You Should Ask" is off of the band's sophomore record, Talon of the Hawk, out now on Bar/None Records.

tuesday wake up call

"Losing Days" by Frank Turner, off of Tape Deck Heart.

monday wake up call

New Indians video (directed by Miles Langley), for the single, "Magic Kids".



"Magic Kids" is taken from Indians' debut album (and one of my favourite records of the year so far), Somewhere Else, out now on 4AD.

saturday wake up call

Wonderful animation by Yoko Kuno for Cuushe's "Airy Me".

thursday wake up call

Brooklynvegan posted a few videos from Night Birds' record release show at Asbury Lanes, watch them perform "Born to Die in Suburbia" and "Modern Morons" below.



The band just released their awesome secord record, Born to Die in Suburbia, get it here!

wednesday wake up call

Animated video, directed by Donick Cary, for Yo La Tengo's "Ohm".

tuesday wake up call

This Routine is Hell performing "Nostalgia" and "Howl", live on July the 10th, 2013 at the UJZ Kornstrasse in Hannover, Germany.



"Nostalgia" and "Howl" are from Howl, one of my favourite records so far this year, download it for free here or buy it from Cobra Records.

monday wake up call

"Mutual Core" by Björk, directed by Andrew Thomas Huang.



Catch Björk at Echo Beach in Toronto tomorrow!

sunday wake up call

New Wonder Years video (directed by Guise) for one of my favourite tracks of the year so far, "Passing Through A Screen Door".



"Passing Through A Screen Door" is taken from The Greatest Generation, out now on Hopeless Records.

saturday wake up call

Fantastic animated video (created by the art and motion direction studio, Plenty) for the song "Tiki Tiki" by Poncho.

friday wake up call

Villagers performing "Nothing Arrived" at this year's Glastonbury.



"Nothing Arrived" is taken from {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

thursday wake up call

8-bit side-scrollers video for "I Dont Wanna Be Alone" by Masked Intruder.



"I Dont Wanna Be Alone" from the band's S/T debut, out now on Fat Wreck Chords.

wednesday wake up call

New Mount Kimbie featuring King Krule video (directed by Marcus Söderlund) for "You Took Your Time".



"You Took Your Time" is taken from Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, out now on Warp Records.

tuesday wake up call

Great live video (by Beef Videos) of Gnarwolves performing "Tongue Surfer" @ The Luna Lounge in Leytonstone.



"Tongue Surfer" is taken from the band's incredible Funemployed EP.

turf 2013: belle and sebastian, july 7, 2013 @ fort york

Belle and Sebastian finished off the fantastic first edition of the Toronto Urban Roots Festival with "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying" ... just perfect!









See more photos from Belle and Sebastian's set here.

turf 2013: neko case, july 7, 2013 @ fort york

See more photos from Neko Case's set here.

monday wake up call

"Bending" by Cloakroom (directed by Alex Henery), from the record, Infinity, out now on Run For Cover Records.

turf 2013: flogging molly, july 6, 2013 @ fort york

See more photos from Flogging Molly's set here.

turf 2013: the hold steady, july 6, 2013 @ fort york

See more photos from The Hold Steady's set here.

turf 2013: frank turner & the sleeping souls, july 6, 2013 @ fort york

See more photos from Frank Turner's set here.

sunday wake up call

Great animated video by Stephen Tolfrey for Belle and Sebastian's "Crash" (The Primitives cover.)



Belle and Sebastian will be playing at TURF (@ Fort York) today at 8:30pm on the East Stage.(@ Fort York) today at 8:30pm on the East Stage.

saturday wake up call

"The Way I Tend To Be" by Frank Turner, from the album Tape Deck Heart.



Frank Turner will be playing at TURF (@ Fort York) today at 5:30pm on the West Stage.

turf 2013: camera obscura, july 4 @ fort york

See more photos here.

friday wake up call

New Cold War Kids video for the song "Lost That Easy", taken from the band's latest record, Lonelyhearts.

turf 2013

The first edition of the Toronto Urban Roots Festival aka TURF begins today at Fort York: Garrison Common, and goes till this Sunday (July 7th.) Here are some bands that I look forward to seeing during the festival:

July 4th
6:50pm Camera Obscura East Stage
9:30pm She & Him East Stage

July 5th
Taking a break today, but you can see the lineup/schedule here.

July 6th
11:30am Larry & His Flask West Stage

"Call It What You Will"




5:30pm Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls West Stage
8:10pm The Hold Steady West Stage
9:30pm Flogging Molly (these guys are amazing live!) East Stage

July 7th
11:20am The Wooden Sky West Stage
2:00pm Kurt Vile & The Violators East Stage

"Never Run Away"




7:10pm Neko Case West Stage
8:30pm Belle & Sebastian East Stage

thursday wake up call

Happy Independence Day / Fourth of July!

Here's a crazy video, directed by Dave Hughes for Dan Deacon's "USA".

wednesday wake up call

Full set of Converge at Hellfest in France!

tuesday wake up call

A fantastic stop-motion animation video, directed by Peter Baynton of Radish Pictures, for "The Lion" by Escapist Papers.

monday wake up call

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are two of my favourite Canadian bands in the last little while:

White Lung, from British Columbia.

"Glue"



"Take The Mirror" (live @ Hard Luck Bar in Toronto)



The band released their second record last year entitled Sorry.



The Flatliners ... these Ontarians guys are the best!

"Count Your Bruises"



"The Calming Collection" live



The band is set to release a brand new album, Dead Language in September 17th through Fat Wreck Chords ... can't wait!