Stereogum — Toronto’s John O’Regan is the 24-year-old behind Diamond Rings, a project pairing visual verve and theatricality with poised, glam synth pop, and a fairly open door for contributions from some of his similarly ascendant Canadian friends: Damien f... more info

Altsounds — *Secret City Records,* in conjunction with *Pitchfork.TV*, is elated to *announce Ray Concepcion*'s Tunnelvision documentary with fashionista *John O* of *Diamond Rings*. The 10-minute piece features an exclusive interview with John as we'll as some ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-21 St. John's, Newfoundland - Eastern Edge Art Gallery09-25 Victoria, British Columbia - Rifflandia Festival ^09-30 Montreal, Quebec - Pop Montreal^ with Ariel Pink more info

Altsounds — *Secret City Records* is pleased to announce the debut full-length by critical darling *Diamond Rings*. *Special Affections* will be available on *October 26th* in North America. First conceived in the summer of 2009 by Toronto-based multiplat... more info

The Culture Of Me — Toronto based indie-kitchen-sink pop act Diamond Rings are finally ready to drop their first record, a collage of glam and synths and rock dubbed Special Affections. You’ve probably caught one or more of their nostalgic videos of house parties, hig... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir, words by Rachel Kowal Casiotone When I saw a man wearing skin tight gold lamé leggings, a sports jersey, and a jean jacket mingling in the crowd at Monster Island Basement Sunday night, I didn't think... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Diamond Rings sporting peacock feathers @ Wrongbar in Toronto At Wrongbar in Toronto on Friday, 6/18 (before Mudhoney played at Horseshoe Tavern), One Big Silence, the new label from Fucked Up's Mike Haliechuk, hosted an NXNE show... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-25 Cologne, Germany - Cologne Pop 06-28 Manchester, England - Night & Day ! 06-29 London, England - White Heat *06-30 London, England - The Black Heart ^07-01 London, England - The Garage Upstairs + 07-04 Toronto, Ontario - Pride 07-16 Brooklyn, N... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Here's a collection of the 10 best MP3 downloads out there on the Internet this week. 1. Robyn – ‘Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart’ (Alicia Keys Cover) Robyn recorded this chillingly beautiful cover of Alicia Keys’s 2009 single for BBC’s ... more info

Guardian Music — Like the lovechild of Neil Young and Neil Tennant, this newbie's songs are part grunge, part laptop popHometown: Toronto, Canada.The lineup: John O'Regan (vocals, laptop, guitar)The background: Don't know what it says about us, but we love a man in e... more info