friday wake up call

Two brand new tracks/one new video from Heights:

"These Streets"




"Gold Coast"



Get both tracks for free over at the band's official site.

thursday wake up call

Here's another new Museum Mouth video, this one is for the track "Blood Hammer":



"Blood Hammer" is from one of my favourite records of the year so far, Sexy But Not Happy, download it for FREE over at the Museum Mouth's Bandcamp page!

wednesday wake up call

Dingo the dog journeys through space and time in this great animated video (directed by Tonda Ros) for Alphanaut's "Back to the Stars":



Download "Back to the Stars" here.

"Back to the Stars" is the first single off of Alphanaut's upcoming LP, Little Sun—an album about Dingo, the artist's beloved dog who tragically passed away from Canine Lymphoma in October 2009.

tuesday wake up call

Here's the debut single/video, "Bury My Bones" from Frank Carter and Jim Carroll's new project Pure Love.

monday wake up call

Iceage preforming "White Rune" at Amoeba Hollywood on July 21, 2011.



The studio version of "White Rune" can be found on the incredible New Brigade—my second favourite record of last year!

Go here for the latest tour dates.

sunday wake up call

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

I've always pay extra attention to bands with nature and earthy subject matter in their songs (as I am a pretty big nature-lover myself); check out some my favourite music + nature projects from the past few years below.


National Parks Project

NPP is a Canadian music and film project created to document the stunning Canadian landscape and to celebrate Parks Canada's 100th anniversary—the world's first national parks system! I absolutely LOVE everything to do with this project: incredible soundtrack, beautiful coin design, and one of the best looking interactive site I have ever experienced!








Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore: Dear Companion / End mountaintop removal

An environmentally conscious and heartfelt record that raises awareness of mountaintop removal coal mining across Appalachia. Please go to iLoveMountains.org to learn more about this issue.





Sun Boxes

Arkansas-based carpenter and sound artist, Craig Colorusso has created a brilliant interactive art installation of music + nature entitled Sun Boxes. Sun Boxes is a sustainable project composed of twenty boxes playing twenty different guitar loops to create a one-of-a-kind experience powered by the sun.

happy record store day!

Happy Record Store Day everyone!!!
Like the past year, there's a huge catalog of records available... but unfortunately, I feel the selection is quite weak this year, there's barely a handful of records that I am really interested in getting. Nevertheless, here's the list:

Bat for Lashes: Strangelove 7" (UK)

Cursive: Burst and Bloom EP

Guided By Voices: Jon The Croc 7" (UK)

Guided By Voices: 3 Single Pack (UK)

Hey Mercedes: Hey Mercedes Ep

The Horrible Crowes: Live at Fingerprints

Mastodon/Feist: Commotion/Black Tongue

Sigur Ros: Hvarf-Heim

Tallest Man On Earth: King of Spain

Zomby: Where Were U In 92?

Now go out and support your local music stores!

saturday wake up call

Stream a previously unreleased Swellers track "Vehicle City Blues":



"Vehicle City Blues" will be on the new 7" record coming out on May 29th, which includes two previously unreleased tracks from the Good For Me album sessions.

Also, check out The Swellers' new video for "Inside My Head":

friday wake up call

New Museum Mouth video for the track "Blood Mountain":



"Blood Mountain" appears on one of my favourite records of the year so far, Sexy But Not Happy, download for FREE over at the band's Bandcamp page!

thursday wake up call

Here's a new Willy Moon video for the upcoming single, "Yeah Yeah":



"Yeah Yeah" will be available digitally on May 6th and 7-inch on the 7th via Luv Luv Luv Records.