Consequence of Sound — Shows planned for Japan, China, and Europe. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor is famous for its collages of doomsaying street sermons and sad-eyed orchestrations. But the website You Are Listening to Los Angeles gives that formula a local and often spooky revamp.  more info

Guardian Music — It's the moment you've all been waiting for – the start of our countdown through this year's best albums. The list has been compiled following an extensive poll of the Guardian and the Observer's music writers – we'll reveal more on Wednesday40 G... more info

Guardian Music — HMV Forum, LondonAs a persistent hum rings out, the eight members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor are drawn to the dark stage. Without a glance, they assume practised positions for this, the first of two nights, as the word "Hope" is projected on to... more info

Guardian Music — Rapper reveals enigmatic YouTube trailer for forthcoming film, featuring bare branches, spectral strings and George H W BushReading on mobile? Watch hereKanye West seems to be following his Cruel Summer mixtape with a Cruel Winter movie. The secretiv... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — After nearly 10 years, two U.S. presidential elections and a near-complete global financial collapse, the Canadian collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a new album last week. Why is that contextualizing necessary? The band’s exquisite br... more info

Guardian Music — (Constellation)One of rock's most emotive collective consciences return, nearly a decade after an indefinite hiatus, with an album that effectively says: we told you so. Allelujah! picks up where Montreal's premier apocalyptic instrumental outfit lef... more info

Guardian Music — (Constellation)A decade on from their split, this Montreal collective still sound like nothing else. Comprising two hypnotic 20-minute epics and two short, drone-based pieces, the reformed band's sixth album continues where 2002's Yanqui UXO left off... more info

Consequence of Sound — It holds little emotional weight, and a lot of political weight. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard releases his solo album Former Lives tomorrow. Other new albums I can recommend include the first Godspeed You! Black Emperor album in ten years ('Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!), Holly Golightly's Sunday Run.... more info