wednesday wake up call

Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) sings "When I Was Young" at Musee Carnavalet in Paris for Le HibOO.



The song is off of Nada Surf's new record, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, out on Barsuk Records on January 24th, 2012.

tuesday wake up call

Gallows' new single "Mondo Chaos" is out via iTunes today.



Holy shit, I miss Frank Carter already!





Gallows' new/first release since the departure of Frank Carter/addition of Wade MacNeil, Death Is Birth EP will be available new week

monday wake up call

Dreamy video directed by Natalia Stuyk for Echo Lake's "Buried at Sea".

grieves: together/apart

I don't listen to much hip-hop/rap, but every year, I fall in love with at least one or two hip-hop albums. For the past few months, Together/Apart by Grieves has been playing a lot on my ipod (it sounds better through headphones vs speakers.) There is something about Together/Apart that is quite compelling—it's probably the autobiographical aspects in Grieves' lyrics. They are sincere, personal and very relatable. Right from the first track, "Lightspeed" takes the listener to various points of Grieves' childhood/adolesence—some are random and some are significant. I personally like the random narratives: "Back then it was all about laughs / Hit the corner store for the new Fleer packs..."; "Time past and the friends found punk yah / Oh whatever man a lot of it was junk / But we loved it made us feel cool little dumb kids / Running round just for fun doing dumb shit..." Meanwhile, Grieves' tales are backdropped by the smooth and minimalistic production by Budo. The multi-instrumentations of piano, drum machine, trumpet, etc. are absolutely perfect; yet, the album sounds far being overproduced. I discover something new/fascinating every time I listen to Together/Apart, for that, I predict it will have tremendous lasting appeal... and I also predict that Together/Apart will appear again in my albums of the year list!





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sunday wake up call

Here's "Fox" by Millencolin, a classic love song about a scooter!



This awesome song is taken off of one of my favourite records of all time, Pennybridge Pioneers, released back in 2000.

red. blue. where are you tonight...

Well, after a week of mystery tweets, The Promise Ring are back for two reunion shows!

Feb 24, 2012 – Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI
Feb 25, 2012 – Metro in Chicago, IL

saturday wake up call

Post-apocalyptic video for "Shipwreck" by Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke.

friday wake up call

A creepy and bizarre video for the song "All Eyes" by Post War Years.

thursday wake up call

Wild horses and beautiful landscapes in "Get It Right" by Tashaki Miyaki

wednesday wake up call

Here is "Blonde On Blonde" by Nada Surf... because it rained a lot throughout the night/morning in Toronto and I think "Blonde On Blonde" is the perfect rainy day song!