tuesday wake up call

Full set (by hate5six) of Title Fight's 10 Year Anniversary show at American Legion in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania on November 30, 2013!

Title Fight (Full Set) from hate5six on Vimeo.

monday wake up call

"Wildfires" by State Faults, taken from Resonate/Desperate, out now on No Sleep Records.

sunday wake up call

Gnarwolves performing "Limerence" live at BBC Maida Vale.



"Limerence" is taken from the Funemployed EP, one of my favourite releases of 2013!

saturday wake up call

Pretty awesome sci-fi video (directed by Edouard Salier) for Metronomy's "I'm Aquarius".

friday wake up call

New jj song/video entitled "My Boyz".

merry christmas!

tuesday wake up call

Watch this lovely animated video (by Legwork Studio) for Alameda's "New Leaf" ... definitely one of the best videos of the year!

monday wake up call

Jake Bugg covers "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon in Fearne's Christmas Live Lounge.

sunday wake up call

These New Puritans performs "Fragment Two" live at Le Grand Mix back in November.



"Fragment Two" is taken from the band's third (yet another incredible) album, Field of Reeds.

saturday wake up call

Bad Religion performed "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" on Conan.

friday wake up call

M83's "Intro", directed by Nathan Kim.

thursday wake up call

"Born to Die in Suburbia" by Night Birds, taken from the band's second full-length of the same name, Born to Die in Suburbia, out now on Grave Mistake Records.

wednesday wake up call

"Pyre" by Son Lux (directed by The Craig Brothers), from the album Lanterns, out now on Joyful Noise Recordings.

Son Lux - Pyre (Official Music Video) from We Are Films on Vimeo.

tuesday wake up call

Direct Hit! have released "Heaven Is a Black Hole" and "We're Fucked", the 6th and 7th chapter/video from Brainless God, out now on Red Scare Industries.

monday wake up call

Awesome animation by Galen Pehrson for Devendra Banhart's "Mondo Taurobolium".

sunday wake up call

New Tokyo Police Club song/lyric video for "Argentina (Parts I, II, III)".

saturday wake up call

Fantastic animation by Daniel Cordero and Dreambear for Eureka Birds' "Fastest".

friday wake up call

"No, Nothing, My Shelter" by Milk Music, directed by Dylan Sharp, taken from Cruise Your Illusion, out now on Fat Possum Records.

thursday wake up call

New Christmas song by Dropkick Murphys entitled "The Season's Upon Us".

wednesday wake up call

"Tiny Raindrop" by Balance and Composure, from The Things We Think We're Missing, out now through No Sleep Records.

tuesday wake up call

Awesome live performance of "Modern Jesus" by Portugal. The Man.

monday wake up call

Wonderful animated video by Carine Khalifé for Young Galaxy's "Hard to Tell".

sunday wake up call

New Citizen video (directed by Rob Soucy) for "How Does It Feel?"; taken from Youth, out now through Run For Cover Records.

saturday wake up call

"Gay Goth Scene" by The Hidden Cameras, directed by Kai Stänicke, from the band's upcoming album, Age, out on January 21th in Canada and the 24th worldwide.

friday wake up call

The Swellers' new video (directed by Max Moore) for "Got Social", taken from the band's new record, The Light Under Closed Doors, out now through No Sleep Record.

RIP Nelson Mandela

thursday wake up call

Here's the full performance of Jake Bugg live on KEXP back in October.

wednesday wake up call

New This Is Hell video for "The Enforcer", off of The Enforcer 7", out now on I Surrender Records.

tuesday wake up call

I've been waiting a long time for this — Avi Buffalo performs a new song for Jam in the Van entitled "Two Cherished Understandings".

monday wake up call

Here's "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", from Bad Religion's Christmas Songs, out now on Epitaph.

sunday wake up call

Nils Frahm performs line on KEXP back in September.



Be sure to check out his incredible new record, Spaces, out now on Erased Tapes Records.

saturday wake up call

New Night Birds video for "Less The Merrier", taken from the band's awesome second album, Born to Die in Suburbia, out now on Grave Mistake Records.

thursday wake up call

"Love This Town" by Dizzee Rascal featuring Teddy Sky.

wednesday wake up call

Wicked stop motion animation video by Ivan Landau and Webster Colcord for "Beelzebub" by Beats Antique featuring Les Claypool.

tuesday wake up call

"MDIC" by Diamond Youth, from the band's upcoming Shake EP, out on February 4th, 2013 through Topshelf Records.

monday wake up call

"Drop the Game" by Flume & Chet Faker — incredible song/video directed by Lorin Askill.

sunday wake up call

"Loose Your Heart And It's Found" by Sin Fang!

saturday wake up call

Check out this absolutely lovely 4AD session by Indians!



The tracks performed above are "I Am Haunted", "Magic Kids" and "New", all taken from one of my favourite records of the year, Somewhere Else, out now via 4AD.

friday wake up call

"No One's Deserving" by Daylight (directed by Alex Henery), taken from the band's debut full-length, Jar, out now on Run For Cover.

thursday wake up call

New Title Fight video (directed by Susy Cereijo) for "Be A Toy", taken from the band's latest EP, Spring Songs, out now through Revelation Records!

tuesday wake up call

New Defeater video for "Bastards", taken from the band's latest record, Letters Home, out now via Bridge Nine Records.

monday wake up call

Trippy video by Grant Singer for Lo-Fang's "Look Away".

sunday wake up call

Wonderful animated video by Gavin C Robinson for Kevin Pearce's "We've Been Lovin'"

saturday wake up call

Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls performed "The Way I Tend to Be" and "Recovery" on Jimmy Kimmel Live.





Both songs are taken from Tape Deck Heart, out now on Xtra Mile Recordings.

thursday wake up call

Brand new video from The Wonder Years for the track "There, There", taken from The Greatest Generation, out now on Hopeless Records.

wednesday wake up call

Excellent cover of Xiu Xiu's "I Luv The Valley Oh!" by Shearwater, taken from Fellow Travelers, a covers album out on November 26 via Sub Pop.

tuesday wake up call

Villagers performing "My Lighthouse" for Gigwise Session.



"My Lighthouse" is from the beautiful record, {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

don't forget to wear your poppy today

monday wake up call

Really love this song — "Lessons" by SOHN, video directed Olivier Groulx.

sunday wake up call

Live video of "Boat Builders" by A Wilhelm Scream, taken from the band's brand new record, Partycrasher, out now via No Idea.

saturday wake up call

Great video directed by Pedro Martín-Calero for TERRITOIRE's "Blanc", from the album Mandorle out on Envelope Collective.

friday wake up call

Portugal. The Man performing "Hip Hop Kids" live at Terminal 5 in New York.

thursday wake up call

Incredible animated video by Picnic Studio for These New Puritans' "V (Island Song)".

tuesday wake up call

Here's Frightened Rabbit new video for "Holy", taken from the band's latest album, Pedestrian Verse.

monday wake up call

Fantastic animated video by Kohei Yoshino for Networks' "Ake-Vono".

sunday wake up call

What a great performance of "Easy Easy" by King Krule on the Late Show With David Letterman.

saturday wake up call

Wicked animated video by Thomas Pons for The Lanskies' "48 Hours".

friday wake up call

The Naked and Famous recently released a new video (directed by Joel Kefali) for "I Kill Giants", taken from the band's second record, In Rolling Waves.

happy halloween!

thursday wake up call

New Los Campesinos! video for "Avocado, Baby", directed by Craig Roberts.

tuesday wake up call

Here's "Slumville Sunrise", the second single from Jake Bugg's high-anticipated sophomore record, Shangri La, out on November 18.

monday wake up call

"Snack Attack" by A Great Big Pile of Leaves, from You're Always On My Mind, out now on Topshelf Records.

sunday wake up call

Beautiful animated video by Laura Sicouri for "Bob" by Saint Michel.

saturday wake up call

Here's a video for "Decade" by After The Fall — one of my favourite songs of the year, off of Unkind, one of best albums of the year!

thursday wake up call

Really great lyric video for "Journey of My Drive" by Sauce McKinley featuring Stalley.

wednesday wake up call

These New Puritans performing "Fragment Two" at the Guardian studio.

tuesday wake up call

Touché Amoré performing "Harbor" live at Converse's Get Loud Hamburg show.



"Harbor" is from the band's awesome new record, Is Survived By, out now on Deathwish Inc.

monday wake up call

New one from The Wave Pictures entitled "Lisbon", taken from the band's brand new double album City Forgiveness, out today!

sunday wake up call

Good luck to everyone participating in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon today! Here's "Marathon Runner" by Yellow Ostrich:

saturday wake up call

Stop motion video by Clyde Petersen for Minor Alps' "I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands", taken from the duo's forthcoming album Get There, out on October 29th via Barsuk Records.

friday wake up call

Trippy new video (by Derrick Belcham and Ruby Kato Attwood) for CFCF's "Beyond Light".

thursday wake up call

Awesome animated video by Ben Levin for The Max Levine Ensemble's "Ghost Song"!

wednesday wake up call

Full set video of Title Fight playing at the Royale in Boston, MA. I saw this tour last Tuesday in Toronto and it was by far one of the best concerts I've ever seen!

tuesday wake up call

Here's James Blake featuring Chance The Rapper in this awesome new remix of "Life Round Here".

monday wake up call

New dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip single, "Gold Teeth", taken from Repent, Replenish, Repeat, out now via Sunday Best Recordings.

sunday wake up call

Beautiful animated video by Abandon Buildings for "Until The Colours Run" by Lanterns On The Lake.

saturday wake up call

Jake Bugg performing "What Doesn't Kill You" on Later With Jools Holland, taken from the upcoming album, Shangri La, out on November 18.

friday wake up call

Máni M. Sigfússon has created yet another incredible for Úlfur, this time for the track "Heaven In A Wildflower", enjoy!

wednesday wake up call

New dreamy Poliça song/video entitled "Warrior Lord", taken from the upcoming album, Shulamith, out on October 22nd.

tuesday wake up call

Title Fight is playing in Toronto @ The Mod Club Tonight!

"27", from Shed




"Head In The Ceiling Fan", from Floral Green

monday wake up call

Here's the video for "Country Mile" (directed by Luke Montgomery), the title track off of Johnny Flynn's new album.

sunday wake up call

Great track — "Tuxedos" by Cold War Kids, video directed by Tim Cahill.

saturday wake up call

Fantastic animated video by Agathe Bray-Bourret for Daniel Bélanger's "Je t'aime comme tu es".

friday wake up call

Jake Bugg performing his new single, "What Doesn't Kill You" on Conan.

wednesday wake up call

"No Amount Of Sound" by Into It. Over It., taken from Intersections, out now via Triple Crown Records.

tuesday wake up call

Great looking black and white video directed by Thomas Rhazi for "Your Ways" by Goose.

monday wake up call

Matt Pearson wrote a computer algorithm to create this kickass video for "Prisms" by 65daysofstatic!



"Prisms" is taken from the band's latest/brand new record, Wild Light, out now!

sunday wake up call

Watch this incredible Forest Swords video, featuring dancer Guzman Rosado and directed by Dave Ma, for the track "Thor's Stone".

saturday wake up call

"High/Low" by The Swellers, taken from the band's upcoming record, The Light Under Closed Doors, out on October 29th via No Sleep Records.

friday wake up call

Fantastic animated video by Fabricio Lima for Young Galaxy's "Sleepwalk With Me".

thursday wake up call

"Reflection" by Balance and Composure, taken from the band's new record, The Things We Think We're Missing, out now via No Sleep Records.

wednesday wake up call

Brand new Touché Amoré video for "Harbor"!



"Harbor" is taken from the band's latest record, Is Survived By, which came out yesterday via Deathwish Inc.

tuesday wake up call

New Jake Bugg song/video entitled "What Doesn't Kill You", taken from the upcoming album, Shangri La, out on November 18.

monday wake up call

New Indians video (directed by Ty Olson) for the track "La Femme", taken from the incredible Somewhere Else, out now on 4AD.

sunday wake up call

Looks like the new Static Jacks' video (directed Zak Stoltz) for "Wallflowers" is a homage to the awesome 80s teen sci-fi, Weird Science

saturday wake up call

The new Protest the Hero video for "Clarity" is pretty awesome!

friday wake up call

Fantastic song / video directed by Truman & Cooper for "Hope" by Kid Wise.

thursday wake up call

Badass animated video by Torjus Førre Erfjord for Kvelertak's "Evig Vandrar".

wednesday wake up call

"Low Light Assembly" by The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, taken from one of my favourite records of the year, Whenever, If Ever, out no on Topshelf Records.

tuesday wake up call

New More Than Conquerors video for "Pits of Old", the first single taken from the band's debut album Everything I've Learnt, out now through Smalltown America.

monday wake up call

Pretty cool video for "We Got A Love'" by Shit Robot featuring featuring Reggie Watts.

saturday wake up call

"Enola" by I Can Make A Mess, title track from the band's new record, out now on Rise Records.

friday wake up call

"Can't Say No To Annie" by Jamaican Queens, taken from the band's debut record, Wormfood.

thursday wake up call

Here's "White Robes", the 5th of 12 music video (directed by Dylan Brown) for the new Direct Hit! record, Brainless God, out now on Red Scare Industries.

wednesday wake up call

"Quantum Leap" by Proverbz featuring Devlin, taken for the brand new Proverbz EP.

tuesday wake up call

New Dropkick Murphys video for "Out of Our Heads", from the band's latest record, Signed and Sealed in Blood.

monday wake up call

Wonderful animated video by Robert Wallace and Jonatan Jönsson for Ezra Vine's "Celeste".

Ezra Vine - Celeste from Robert Wallace on Vimeo.

sunday wake up call

Love this loud and raw rock n' roll track! — "Face Like A Skull" by Drenge, taken from the band's S/T debut album.

saturday wake up call

Some great live action animation in the new Wiley video (directed by Ruffmercy) for "Flying".

friday wake up call

Here's another awesome animated video by Hannes Elltorp and Johannes Helgelin for Team Spirit, this time for the song, "Phenomenon".

thursday wake up call

Direct Hit! have released the first 4 of 12 music videos (directed by Dylan Brown) created for their killer new record, Brainless God, out now on Red Scare Industries.

wednesday wake up call

Check out this alternate version of "Foundations" by Apologies, I Have None.



The original version of this track is from London, one of my favourite records last year.

tuesday wake up call

Nice time-lapse video for "When We're Together" by MonaLisa Twins.

monday wake up call

Watch this incredible homage to 80's movies, 90's video games, and the city of Dublin for "Your Man" by Sounds of System Breakdown!

sunday wake up call

YES! ... new Dizzee Rascal, "I Don't Need A Reason" directed by Emile Sornin.

saturday wake up call

"Five Doors Down" by River Jumpers, taken from the band's debut album, Chapters.

wednesday wake up call

New TV On The Radio song/video entitled "Million Miles".

tuesday wake up call

yOya's new animated video for "I'll Be The Fire" is made up of 3000 rotoscoped frames by Adam Cole ... very impressive!

sunday wake up call

"Wind Up" by Pity Sex, directed by Alex Henery, taken from Feast of Love, out now on Run For Cover Records.

friday wake up call

Wonderful stop-motion animation video by Jonathan "Dropbear" Chong for Coheed and Cambria's "Number City".

Coheed and Cambria - Number City from Dropbear on Vimeo.

thursday wake up call

Here's "Home Recording" by Mount Kimbie, taken from the new album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, out now on Warp Records.

wednesday wake up call

Touche Amore performing a new track entitled "DNA" live at Bridgetown DIY in La Puente, California.



"DNA" will appear on the band's upcoming record, Is Survived By, out on September 24 via Deathwish.

tuesday wake up call

No Age's fourth album, An Object is out today via Sub Pop! Here's "An Impression", a track taken from the band's new album.

monday wake up call

"If" by Glasvegas (featuring William Shatner), from the band's upcoming record, Later...When the TV Turns to Static, out on September 2nd.

sunday wake up call

Watch the video (directed by Cyrille de Vignemont) for the new Ghostpoet single, "Cold Win" below:



"Cold Win" off of Some Say I So I Say Light, out now via Play It Again Sam.

saturday wake up call

"Angel" by inc., from the album No World, out now on 4AD.

friday wake up call

These New Puritans have released their video for "Organ Eternal" (directed by Willy Vanderperre.)



"Organ Eternal" is off Field of Reeds, of one of the best albums of the year so far!

thursday wake up call

Brand new single/video by Grooms entitled "I Think We're Alone Now".



"I Think We're Alone Now" is from the band's upcoming record, Infinity Caller, out on September 3 via Western Vinyl.

wednesday wake up call

An epic/dreamlike animated video (directed by Stephen McNally) for Youth Lagoon's "Raspberry Cane".

tuesday wake up call

Here's the lyric video for "Drown in Blood", brand new Flatliners track from the band's upcoming record, Dead Language, out on September 17 through Fat Wreck Chords / New Damage Records.

monday wake up call

Excellent animated video (directed by Anthony Salsone and animated by John Grist) for The Jungle Giants' "Skin to Bone".

sunday wake up call

"Limerance" by Gnarwolves, taken from the awesome Funemployed EP!

saturday wake up call

I've been listening to Vance Joy's EP, God Loves You When You're Dancing a lot this week, really love the two singles "From Afar" and "Riptide"!

"From Afar" (directed by Charlie Ford & Josh Mckie)




"Riptide" (directed by Laura Gorun)

friday wake up call

Watch Portugal. The Man's new video (directed by AG Rojas) for "Modern Jesus"!



Check out a great behind the scenes article over at Well, Bless My Stars.

"Modern Jesus" is from Evil Friends, one of the best records of the year so far!

thursday wake up call

New King Krule song/video (directed by Focus Creeps) for the song "Easy Easy".



"Easy Easy" is taken from King Krule's highly anticipated debut album, 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, out on August 24th via True Panther Sounds and XL Recordings.

wednesday wake up call

This song/video is pretty awesome: "Freak Out!" by Teenage Bottlerocket.

tuesday wake up call

"Monkey Riches" by Animal Collective, video directed by Jack Kubizne.

monday wake up call

Video (directed by Tom Werber) for "Earthly Pleasure" by Villagers, one of my favourite songs of the year so far.



"Earthly Pleasure" is off of {Awayland}, out now on Domino.

sunday wake up call

"As I Roved Out" by Sam Amidon for this beautiful Sunday morning; taken from Bright Sunny South, out now on Nonesuch Records.

saturday wake up call

Love the song "Build Me Up" by Raffertie, video directed by Vincent Haycoc.





"Build Me Up" is taken from Sleep of Reason, out on Monday (August 5th) via Ninja Tune.

friday wake up call

"Void" by Ivy League, one of many incredible songs off of the band's debut album, Transparency out now on 6131 Records.

thursday wake up call

Here's a brand new track/video by The Naked And Famous, "Hearts Like Ours", taken from the band's upcoming album In Rolling Waves, out on September 16.

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!

sunday wake up call

I never thought I'd see this ... figure skating routine to "Romanticize Me" by Pissed Jeans! (video directed by Joe Stakun)



"Romanticize Me" is taken from Honeys, out now via Sub Pop.

saturday wake up call

SWEET! Hannes Elltorp and Johannes Helgelin teamed up for yet another insane animated video for Team Spirit's "Teenage Love"!

friday wake up call

New Anti-Flag video (directed by Peter Iannacchione) for "Broken Bones".



"Broken Bones" is off of The General Strike, out now on A-F Records.

thursday wake up call

Awesome animated video by Ori Toor for Vial of Sound's "A Lifetime Passed"

wednesday wake up call

Love this track and video (directed by Geoff Hoskinson) for "Picture of a Tree That Doesn't Look Okay" by The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die.



"Picture of a Tree That Doesn't Look Okay" is off of Whenever, If Ever, out now on Topshelf Records.

hawks win!

FUCK YES!!!!!!

monday wake up call

Wonderful animated video created by Awesome and Modest for Pete Van Leeuwen's "Elk Grass".

sunday wake up call

New Sharks video, directed by Sam Crook, for the track "Sunday's Hand".



"Sunday's Hand" is from the band's sophomore full-length, Selfhood, out now on Rise Records.

saturday wake up call

Video for "Broken" by Jake Bugg, taken from his incredible S/T debut and one of my favourite records from 2012.

friday wake up call

Here's a video for Foals' "Bad Habit", directed by Nabil Elderkin.



"Bad Habit" is off of the band's latest record, Holy Fire.

thursday wake up call

Wicked animated video, directed by Chad Van Gaalen for METZ's "Get Off".



"Get Off" is from the band's S/T full-length debut, out now via Sub Pop.

wednesday wake up call

New These New Puritans video for "Fragment Two", directed by Daniel Askill.



"Fragment Two" is taken from the band's 3rd album, Field of Reeds, hands down one of my favourite records of the year so far!

nxne 2013 in photos, part iv

Mickey Avalon, June 16 @ Yonge-Dundas Square

tuesday wake up call

Great live footage of Kids Insane performing "No Place Like Home" at the Abarbanel 5 Club, in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

nxne 2013 in photos, part iii

Villagers (solo show), June 15, 2013 @ Sidedoor in Soho House

monday wake up call

New Zomby 33-track triple vinyl/double CD, With Love, is out in Europe today (US tomorrow.) The video below features the tracks "Ascension", "Sunshine In November", "Overdose" and "Memories".

nxne 2013 in photos, part ii

Dead Bent, June 15, 2013 @ Harbourfront Redpath Stage