cool!

Japanther featuring vocals by Spank Rock via LA Weekly:

new los campesinos!!!!!!!

New Los Campesinos! song and video, "The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future" via Stereogum!

happy 9.9.09!

Cuff The Duke—September 8, 2009 @ Criminal Records
Oh, what a great in-store! Check these guys on tour this fall! (dates after the pictures)






see more photos at my flickr page

September
12 Blind Dog in Windsor, Ontario
14 Schuba’s in Chicago
16 The Uptown in Minneapolis
17 Royal Albert in Winnipeg, Manitoba
18 Amigo’s in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
19 Broken City in Calgary, Alberta
20 Broken City in Calgary, Alberta
22 Pawn Shop in Edmonton, Alberta
24 Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver, British Columbia
25 Rifflandia Fest in Victoria, British Columbia
26 Habitat in Kelowna, British Columbia
29 C2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario
30 Loplops in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

October
1 Townhouse in Sudbury, Ontario
2 Grad Club in Kingston, Ontario
3 Call The Office in London, Ontario
15 Casbah in Hamilton, Ontario
16 The Horseshoe in Toronto, Ontario
17 The Horseshoe in Toronto, Ontario
22 Montreal House in Peterborough, Ontario
23 Babylon in Ottawa, Ontario
24 Le Cercle in Quebec City, Quebec
27 The Rock House in St. John’s, Newfoundland
29 Baba’s in Charlottetown, Prince Edward
30 The Paragon Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia
31 The Capital in Fredericton, New Brunswick

cuff the duke at criminal tonight!

Cuff the Duke is playing a FREE in-store at Criminal Records tonight at 7pm!
Their brand new record, Way Down Here is also out today in Canada (Jan 2010 in the US)! You can listen to the entire album over at the band's website.

how will they know just where to find?

This month seems to be the best month of reissues ever:

1) The Beatles digitally remastered mono and stereo CD box sets are out tomorrow! I hope they get a vinyl release in the future!

She's Leaving Home [super-wicked-cool song]



2) Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary and LP2—remastered with rare bonus tracks and newly written liner notes are finally coming out on CD and vinyl next Tuesday!!!!!!!
I am seriously so excited about this! I got Diary on vinyl over the weekend and it sounds AMAZING!!!!! "8" and "9", which were originally released on Thief Steal Me A Peach 7” are the bonus tracks! I can’t wait to hear LP2 on vinyl!!!!! (sorry for exclamation marks overload)

In Circles [wicked-cool song]


3) Finally, one of the most influential British records of all time—The Stone Roses’ The Stone Roses—is available on vinyl (previously available as part of the 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition.) I also got this one over the weekend and cannot stop listening to it; it really sounds incredible on wax! If you live in/near the Toronto area, stop by at Criminal Records (493 Queen St. W) and pick up this limited release!

I Am The Resurrection [wicked-cool song]

let's wrestle: in the court of the wrestling let's

A couple weeks ago, I made a post about my obsession with the song "We Are The Men You'll Grow To Love Soon" by the London band Let’s Wrestle... well, I am still pretty crazy about this track; in fact, I have been listening the band’s debut album, In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's nonstop for about two or three months now! I have only started to post about it recently because much like in the past, I have difficulties writing about something I really love. Actually, I still don’t really know what to write, so I will make this really short...

Let's Wrestle’s brilliant debut is fun, energetic and full of youthful attitude, especially in songs like "I'm In Love With Destruction", "We Are The Men You'll Grow To Love Soon", "In Dreams", and "I Won't Lie To You". In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's sounds like a mixture of Pavement, The Wave Pictures, and The Clean and I would definitely recommend this album to anyone looking for a jolly and youthful indie/punk record!

See, I told you that it'd be short... Happy Labour Day!!!

I'm In Love With Destruction [wicked-cool song]
In Dreams [wicked-cool song]
Song For Old People [wicked-cool song]

visit Let's Wrestle's MySpace here
buy In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's here

this is one of the reasons why criminal records is the best music store in toronto/the world!

The good people at Criminal Records have put together a handful of wicked FREE in-stores in September and October:

Sept 8th—Cuff The Duke @ 7pm
Sept 17th—Julie Fader, Brian Borcherdt, and Jose Miguel Contreras @ 6pm
Sept 24th—The Antlers @ 6pm

Oct 9th—Said The Whale @ 6pm
Oct 16th—Dan Mangan @ 5pm

yes you'll only bleed me dry

WTF?! Michael McDonald sings Grizzly Bear’s "While You Wait for the Others" on the While You Wait for the Others 7"!?!? I don’t know how long the link below will be up for, but I just have to share this weirdness with everyone!

Grizzly Bear feat. Michael McDonald: While You Wait for the Others [WTF?!]

buy While You Wait for the Others 7" here

slow club: yeah so

When my friend introduced me to Slow Club, my first reaction was "oh god... not another cutesy/gimmicky boy-girl two-piece band." However, my opinion of Slow Club quickly changed by the second or third listens of their debut full-length. Yeah So is a joyful folk-pop album full of wonderfully charming and carefree songs about love; it reminds me of Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down by Noah And The Whale. The duo, Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor share the vocal duties in multiple fashions. Not only do they harmonise beautifully with each other throughout the album, there are also some quirky call and response in tracks like "I Was Unconscious, It Was A Dream" and "Because We're Dead". In addition, both members get to display their solo efforts—Charles in "Dance 'Till The Morning Light" and Rebecca in "Sorry About The Doom"—both are gentle and gorgeous tracks! Yeah So is a great little uplifting record; if you are into that UK folk sound like Johnny Flynn and Noah And The Whale, you will definitely dig Slow Club!

When I Go [wicked-cool song]
It Doesn't Have To Be Beautiful
Because We're Dead

visit Slow Club's MySpace here
buy Yeah So here

i want to grow up to be christopher wright

The Daredevil Christopher Wright are playing a FREE in-store this Friday (6 pm) at Criminal Records!

Acceptable Loss
The Daredevil Christopher Wright [wicked-cool song]

visit The Daredevil Christopher Wright's MySpace here