Stereogum — Broken Social Scene returned from a seven year hiatus with a new album called Hug Of Thunder earlier this year. "Skyline" was one of the singles, and today the band debuted a video for the song directed by Kevin Drew. The visual follows Brendan and... more info

KEXP Seattle — Metric frontwoman and Broken Social Scene collaborator Emily Haines is releasing the first Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton album in over a decade on September 15 via Last Gang/eOne. Entitled Choir of the Mind, it follows 2006’s Knives Don’t Have... more info

Stereogum — Stars, the theatrical Canadian indie-pop veterans, came back last month with two new songs, "Privilege" and "We Called It Love." And now NPR reports that the band -- like fellow Canadian mid-'00s indie-pop insurrectionists Broken Social Scene and Fei... more info

KEXP Seattle — Broken Social Scene released their first album in seven years, Hug Of Thunder, a couple of weeks ago and now they’ve shared a video for the track “Vanity Pail Kids.” BSS’s Kevin Drew directed the rather strange video, which seems to be a c... more info

Chorus.fm — Broken Social Scene have released a video for “Vanity Pail Kids.” more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, Broken Social Scene released their first album in seven years, the great Hug Of Thunder , and today they've shared a very weird new video for "Vanity Pail Kids." It was directed by the collective's very own Kevin Drew, and stars ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Has your new summer jam hit the racks? This week, we see new releases from Toronto-collective Broken Social Scene. KEXP Music Director Don Yates notes the group’s fifth album (and first in seven years) is “an often-buoyant set of maximalist, psyc... more info

JamBase — New albums by Broken Social Scene, HAIM and The Trongone Band lead this edition of Release Day Picks. more info

Nialler9 — With so many releases flying at you, here are recommended vetted listens from Nialler9 for you this week, as collated in the Nialler9 New Albums Spotify playlist, updated weekly. 1. HAIM – Something To Tell You Haim’s debut album exceeded e... more info

DrownedInSound — Happily, Hug of Thunder is far from a letdown more info