Pop Headwound — It’s become way too hard (and not as fulfilling) to try to maintain Pop Headwound as I get older. Music is still there, and it still echoes around my car and my headphones and my living room and it is still affecting me in the same ways it al... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — If you missed out on getting tickets in the BV presale for the Alvvays show at Bowery Ballroom, you can get them in the general on-sale, starting today at noon. Tickets for the Iggy Azalea, Nick Jonas and Tinashe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Alvvays at Seaport Music Fest in July (more by Chris La Putt) Tickets for Alvvays' headlining show at Bowery Ballroom during their tour with The Decemberists go on BrooklynVegan presale at noon today (12/17). Get yours using the password ALBVBVAYS...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Canadian indie pop band Alvvays released their debut album this year which has been showing up on a whole lot of Best of 2014 lists. If you haven't checked it out yet you can stream the whole thing below... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As discussed, The Decemberists are returning in 2015 with a new album and tour with Alvvays. Tickets for the NYC show, happening April 6 at Beacon Theatre, are now on AmEx, Chase and Internet presales. Use the password WHATAWORLD... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Alvvays at Seaport Music Fest 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Toronto pop charmers Alvvays are still in the midst of their North American tour with fellow Canadians Absolutely Free (which hit NYC a couple weeks back). They'll have a couple... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for The Decemberists show at Beacon Theatre with Alvvays go on artist presale today at 10 AM (anyone know the password?). Damien Rice is playing Beacon Theatre on April 4. Tickets for that show go on artist presale... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Absolutely Free's debut album is out next week via Lefse and you can stream the whole thing (via Stereogum) below. (Preorder it, too.) In a year that has already given us terrific krautrock-influenced albums by Klaus Johann... more info

NME — Fifteen-track album also features songs from Pulled Apart By Horses, Mystery Jets, Alvvays and Flume more info

Stereogum — “Next Of Kin” is one of the many highlights off of Alvvays’ very pleasant self-titled debut album, and now it has an equally pleasant video to go along with it. Directed by Connor Gilhooly, the clip takes a collage-style approach, filled with w... more info