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Or Best Offer Drop New Single 'Jacket' Ahead of Upcoming Album
by Michael Major - December 12, 2023 Or Best Offer announces their debut album, Center, on Ba Da Bing. Their music results from creation, happenstance and improvisation guided by their own rules. On Center, Grace Schmidhauser and Brian Culligan invite us into a world of unstable nostalgia; footsteps, carnival noises, and sludgy guitars... 
Riot Fest Announces Single Day Lineups for 2023
by Michael Major - June 19, 2023 Riot Fest announces the single-day lineups for 2023, featuring headliners Foo Fighters, The Cure, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, and Queens of the Stone Age. This stellar array of top-billed talent will be rounded out by Turnstile, The Mars Volta, Mr. Bungle, Tegan and Sara, 100 Gecs, The ... 
Murray A. Lightburn Releases New LP 'Once Upon A Time In Montreal'
by Michael Major - March 31, 2023 Murray A. Lightburn, the longtime frontman of Montreal’s acclaimed The Dears, returns with his deeply personal new solo album, Once Upon A Time In Montreal, available digitally, along with a vinyl edition available online and in stores via Dangerbird Records. Lightburn will celebrate in his hometown... 
Murray A. Lightburn Shares 'Once Upon A Time In Montreal'
by Michael Major - February 22, 2023 Murray A. Lightburn, the longtime frontman of Montreal’s acclaimed The Dears, returned last month to announce his latest solo album, the deeply personal Once Upon A Time In Montreal, arriving via Dangerbird Records. Murray has shared the title-track single, along with a video created by the product... 
Marisa Anderson Announces International Tour Dates With Charlie Parr, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & More
by Michael Major - February 07, 2023 Following the release of her elemental new album Still, Here last year, luminary guitarist Marisa Anderson has announced international tour dates with Charlie Parr, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Bill Callahan, along with a set at Thing in the Spring Festival with her duo with Jim White. Check out... 
Murray A. Lightburn Returns With 'Dumpster Gold'
by Michael Major - January 19, 2023 The album, which Lightburn jokes is an audio version of a biopic, was inspired by the passing of his father, a jazz musician from Belize who moved to Montreal via New York to reconnect with his teenage sweetheart. The two were married for 56 years, until he passed in April 2020 in a Quebec nursing h... 
Marisa Anderson to Tour With Godspeed You! Black Emperor This Fall
by Michael Major - August 22, 2022 Ahead of the release of new album Still Here, guitarist Marisa Anderson has announced a US tour with Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Anderson is currently touring throughout the UK and Europe, performing duo shows and solo sets with collaborator William Tyler, as well as a series of headlining solo sho... 
Alex Henry Foster Announces New Live Album 'Standing Under Bright Lights'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 16, 2021 The new live album, recorded at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 2019, has footage of previously unreleased track, The Son of Hannah released today. It’s the first track from the live recording heard only by fans who attended this epic show.... 
Alex Henry Foster Shares 'The Son of Hannah' Live Video
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 15, 2021 Standing Under Bright Lights takes place approximately 6 months after the release of Alex Henry Foster's phenomenal first solo album Windows in the Sky, that not only debuted at number 3 on the Canadian top 200, right behind Imagine Dragons and Muse.... 
Experimental Electronic Duo Larch Announces THE WORLD IS DANGEROUS; GO OUTSIDE EP
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 20, 2019 Cardiff-based experimental electronic duo Larch released their new single 'A Mirror in Ultraviolence' via sinc(x) Records on 8 November. The track is lifted from their imminent EP The World is Dangerous; Go Outside, mastered by Rupert Clervaux (Whities, Snow Dog Records, Paralaxe editions) which is ... 
New Installment in Thor Harris Artist In Residence Releases Series is 3rd Thor & Friends Album
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 22, 2019 The latest installment of the Thor Harris 2019 Artist in Residence series is available now through Joyful Noise Recordings! This is a brand new Thor & Friends album and the follow-up to 'The Subversive Nature of Kindness' LP from 2017. Simply titled '3', this album features the core line-up of Thor ... 
BIG|BRAVE Announce Tour Dates With Sunn O))), Deafkids, and More
by Tori Hartshorn - July 16, 2019 Montreal's BIG|BRAVE have announced new tour dates for this summer, including shows with Sunn O))), Deafkids, and more. The band continues to perform in support of their critically-lauded A Gaze Among Them LP, released in May through Southern Lord Recordings. Following recent tour dates in Europe wi... 
The Original Misfits Join Psycho Las Vegas 2019 Lineup
by Tori Hartshorn - July 02, 2019 The Original MISFITS featuring original singersongwriter Glenn Danzig and original bassist Jerry Only, ride again in Las Vegas! The legendary band returns to Sin City to headline PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2019 on Saturday, Aug. 17 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. This all-in move is no bluff, PSYCHO LAS VE... 
PSYCHO LAS VEGAS Announces Daily Lineup and Single Day Tickets On Sale
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 14, 2019 The biggest names in metal and rock come together this August 16-18 for PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2019 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. The daily lineup for this celebration of rock n' roll will feature everything fans have come to know and love. Single day tickets go on sale today at 10 AM PST for $109 pl... 
Megadeth and Opeth Join Electric Wizard to Headline PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2019 at Mandalay Bay This August
by Tori Hartshorn - April 11, 2019 PSYCHO LAS VEGAS continues to make waves as it announces its full artist lineup for this year's festival at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino August 16 – 18, 2019. From Opeth's only U.S. performance of 2019 and Megadeth performing their only Vegas show of the year, to the return of fan favorite Electri... 
Ravens & Chimes Share New Single IRREPLACEABLE ARTIFACTS
by Tori Hartshorn - March 06, 2019 Ravens & Chimes will release their new album The Empty House on March 22 via Better Looking Records (pre-order). This week they shared their new single “Irreplaceable Artifacts” with MXDWN and the track will be available on all digital streaming services this Friday. About the song MXDWN says, 'The ... 
BIG|BRAVE Announce New LP 'A Gaze Among Them'
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 05, 2019 Since their inception in 2012, BIG|BRAVE have explored terrains of experimental rock with a clear focus on the key principles; space, volume, and raw emotion. The essence of BIG|BRAVE's magic has always been the way they balance these dynamics, and particularly how much sheer power comes from the be... 
III Points Reveals Daily Lineup with SZA, Tyler, the Creator, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, James Blake, Beach House, A$AP Rocky & More
by Tori Hartshorn - December 11, 2018 III Points, which is returning for its sixth and largest installment on February 15-17, 2019, reveals its day by day lineup today. Curated with care, III Points continues its tradition of showcasing artists from across genres and the underground for a distinct festival experience.... 
III Points Returns For 2019 with SZA, Herbie Hancock, Tyler, the Creator, James Blake and More
by Tori Hartshorn - September 25, 2018 III Points will return for its sixth and largest installment on February 15-17, 2019 in Miami. SZA, Herbie Hancock, Tyler, The Creator, James Blake, Beach House, A$AP Rocky, Erykah Badu and Blood Orange will headline, with further highlights including Virtual Self, Yaeji, Four Tet, Peggy Gou, Ben UF... 
POP Montreal Announces Final Wave of Artists Including SOPHIE, CupcakKe, Zola Jesus, and More
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 13, 2018 Recognized for its top quality programming and multidisciplinary focus, POP Montreal announces its complete program, spanning 5 days of music, art, talks, cinema, and creativity of all kinds from September 26th to 30th, 2018... 
Seattle's Lost Chocolate Lab Previews 2 Tracks Ahead of 'Lost Landscapes' LP Release
by Tori Hartshorn - August 07, 2018 Seattle-based artist Lost Chocolate Lab has announced the forthcoming release of a new 'Lost Landscapes' album by previewing two tracks - 'Squall' and 'Contents / Weightless'. From soft blankets of distortion to hazy clouds of noise, these tracks are a long-lost love letter to the first wave of shoe... 
Lost Chocolate Lab Announce New Album LOST LANDSCAPES Out August 31
by Macon Prickett - July 03, 2018 Seattle-based artist Lost Chocolate Lab has announced the forthcoming release of a new 'Lost Landscapes' album. The first single 'Squall' can be streamed ahead of this. From soft blankets of distortion to hazy clouds of noise, this is a long-lost love letter to the first wave of shoegaze six-string ... 
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Announces Lineup for 40th Season
by Macon Prickett - May 02, 2018 BRIC, the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, is pleased to announce the lineup and sponsors for its 40th season of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. With 31 performances (June 5 – August 11), BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! launches a yearlong celebration to cap off four decad...
Big/Brave Stream Genre-Defying 40 Minute LP 'Ardor'
by Caryn Robbins - September 13, 2017 Montreal three-piece BIG BRAVE will release their sophomore LP this Friday on Southern Lord. With just three songs that clock in for a 40-minute-long LP, BIG BRAVE have adopted a nearly unbearable level of urgency and intensity that weaves throughout Ardor.... |
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