3hive — Happy New Year! In an auspicious start to 2009, I had one of my old musical wishes granted, that is, sharing with you all a free MP3 from Kathleen Edwards. Not exactly new to the scene, this Canadian country crooner's 2003 debut Failer had some of ... more info

JamBase — The last thing we do every year is our annual Best Of list. It's not only our way of reviewing the most gratifying sounds of the past 12 months, but we inevitably always get turned on to something that slipped past our radar. By gathering favorite ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... Kathleen Edwards & John Doe in concert-November 15, 2008. http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com Chris said... Christian hardcore punk thrash metal crossover The Crucified - Pillars of... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info

Paste Magazine — Canadian alt.country queen Kathleen Edwards has spent all year touring in support of her new album Asking for Flowers , also releasing a Live Session EP. Now the singer-songwriter has announced plans to extend her gigs into 2009. more info

Paste Magazine — I spent most of last week in Montreal, and I’ll soon be blogging about Schwartz’s, poutine, graffiti, an amazing beer bar and, most importantly, the M for Montreal festival. But before looking at the next great artists coming out of Canada, I’d... more info

Pitchfork — In the two-and-a-half years since we said goodbye to Sleater-Kinney, we haven't heard a whole lot from Corin Tucker. In addition to a few scattled live shows, the only recorded music we've gotten out of Tucker was her backing vocals on Eddi... more info

Pitchfork — In the two-and-a-half years since we said goodbye to Sleater-Kinney, we haven't heard a whole lot from Corin Tucker. In addition to a few scattled live shows, the only recorded music we've gotten out of Tucker was her backing vocals on Eddie Vedder's... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Shannon McClean Better luck next year, Black Mountain, Stars, Holy Fuck, Plants and Animals, the Weakerthans, Basia Bulat, Kathleen Edwards, Two Hours Traffic, and Shad: Caribou's Andorra has won this year's Polaris Music Prize, aka Canada's... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Tonight is the annual gala to announce the winner of the Polaris Music Prize, the award given to the best Canadian album of the previous year, "judged solely on artistic merit". The winner tonight will leave with their record amongst the likes of p... more info