Los Straitjackets | Complete Christmas Songbook
Yes, Los Straitjackets are doing some regifting. But at least they're being up-front about it. Complete Christmas Songbook, the holiday collection from everyone's favourite wrestling-masked surf-rockers, compiles both of...
Peter Bjorn & John | Darker Days
You know things are getting rough when even Peter, Bjorn and John are bummed. After all, these Swedish indie-popsters are the guys who scored their biggest hit on these...
Bob Moses | Battle Lines
Countless electronica duos write good music. Far fewer know how to write good songs. Bob Moses clearly don't have that problem. But there's no big mystery behind it. The...
Ty Segall | Fudge Sandwich
Ty Segall is not wasting time. His or yours. The prolific Los Angeles garage-rocker has been especially productive this year — he's already released five albums, including one with his...
The Monkees | Christmas Party
You don't have to be a Yuletide believer to get into this holiday offering from surviving Monkees Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork. But it would help if...
Indie Roundup | Nine New Numbers For Your Weekend
The Hawk flies solo, Alexis Taylor gets suspicious, Fifth Angel share a secret, Munua hits the midway, Soilwork shoot the moon and more in today's outsized Roundup. Light ’em...
Nao | Saturn
Everybody can't be a chart-topping pop singer. Nor should they. The music world also needs its share of auteurs, eccentrics, iconoclasts, rule-breakers and free-spirited musical individualists. Which is pretty...
The Struts | Young & Dangerous
You know what they say: There are no coincidences. And when it comes to the timing of this album, they're right. In what can only be described as one...
John Legend | A Legendary Christmas
Goodwill toward men is a fine thing. But honestly, sometimes it's hard to extend that feeling to John Legend. Not that he doesn't deserve it; dude is clearly on...
Robyn | Honey
Life turns a lot of folks hard and bitter. It does not make most people soft and sweet. Good thing Robyn is not like most people. In the eight...
David Crosby | Here If You Listen
"I've been thinking about dying and how to do it well," David Crosby croons with surprising sweetness a few songs into Here If You Listen. Well, fair enough, I...
DIY Discovery | Joe Kane / Radiophonic Tuckshop
Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there's nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome to the latest instalment...
Indie Roundup | Eight New Entries to Embrace Today
Accept string it out, Favours see the sights, Korpiklaani get wordy, White Lies write code, Folly & The Hunter see the doc and more in today's Roundup. Make it...
Steve Harris | The Tinnitist Interview
Steve Harris and British Lion are roaring across the pond for their first tour of Canada — but it won't really be the band's maiden visit to the Great White...
Indie Roundup | Eight Tracks You Need to Hear Yesterday
I was working at a polling station for a local election Wednesday, so I wasn't able to post these videos and tracks. But they're too good to let slip...
