Brooklyn Vegan — The long list for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, Canada's annual award for a great album, has been announced. It includes Drake, The New Pornographers, Death From Above 1979, Caribou, Alvvays, White Lung, Viet Cong, METZ, Cold Specks, Buffy... more info

Stereogum — The Polaris Music Prize, awarded annually to Canada’s best album of the year, has been controversial in recent years. Godspeed You! Black Emperor rejected and criticized the prize in 2013, and at last year’s ceremony, winner Tanya Tagaq proclaime... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P Squared Photography Best Coast / Alvvays / Bully Fresh off two NYC shows this past weekend and with a free 7 PM set at Rough Trade happening tonight (6/15), Bully have extended their tour through October. The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Bill Pearis Best Coast / Built to Spill / Alvvays @ 50 Kent 6/13/2015 Northside Festival was in full swing on Saturday (6/13) with shows happening all over Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick all day... more info

Stereogum — Is Toronto the newest epicenter of enthralling pop music? Last year, the city churned out the debut LP from romantic pioneers Alvvays, and now we’ve got a brand new track from Weaves, whose particularly effervescent brand of pop is super dizzying a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Flaming Lips at Levitation 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Earlier this month, part of the lineup leaked for this year's series free concerts at Montauk's restaurant/hotel/vacation spot The Surf Lodge, and we've now got the full schedule. Some high... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: The Decemberists in Austin, 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Decemberists, Alvvays @ Beacon Theatre The Decemberists' new album may not... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Electric Wizard at MDF 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) photo: Porches at Baby's All Right in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We already discussed Hype Machine's Hype Hotel SXSW lineup this year, but that was before there was a schedule. Now the schedule live, and you can listen to it. Alvvays, Best Coast, Spoon, Twin Shadow, Viet Cong, Natalie Prass,... more info

78s — Pünktlich zum Valentinstag kommt unser letztjähriger Sommerflirt nach Zürich: Am Samstag spielen Alvvays im Bogen F. Auch wenn Alvvays mehr als ein kurzer Romanze zwischen Krokussen und Herbstlaub sind: Die Kanadier vertonen ebendiese Jahreszeit,... more info