Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - Halifax singer Joel Plaskett, Montreal band Patrick Watson and Calgary indie pop experimentalist Chad VanGaalen are among those vying for the Polaris Music Prize. more info

Altsounds — The newest and previously unheard Metric remix is now available on *The Hype Machine* (http://mailsend.vectorcomp.com/t/r/l/ddikdl/xiittli/r). This is the first time that *The Hype Machine* (http://mailsend.vectorcomp.com/t/r/l/ddikdl/xiittli/y) ha... more info

Live Daily — Indie rockers Metric [ tickets ] have lined up a headlining tour in their native Canada this fall as they continue to push their latest studio album, "Fantasies." The group, which originally formed in Toronto, kicks off the excursion Oct. 15 in Ki... more info

NME — Canadian Indie Rockers add more dates more info

Rollo & Grady — Dead Confederate Monday, September 14th The Icarus Line @ Silverlake Lounge Tuesday, September 15th Arctic Monkeys @ Hollywood Palladium Vieux Farka Touré @ Echoplex Fanfarlo @ Troubadour Ed Helms @ The Coronet at Largo Wednesday, September 16t... more info

Rollo & Grady — Vivian Girls Tuesday, September 8th The Silent Years with Gringo Star @ The Roxy Theatre AC/DC @ The Honda Center Wednesday, September 9th Emily Wells @ Echo Cass McCombs @ Bootleg Theatre Health @ Troubadour Thursday, September 10th Soulsavers @ Tr... more info

Spinner.com — The fourth annual Polaris Music Prize -- a $20,000, critic-voted award celebrating the best Canadian album of the past year -- will be doled out in a few weeks at an invite-only gala on Sept. 21. Ten albums made the shortlist and every nominated act ... more info

Quick Before It Melts — I’m not really a pompous ass who likes to quote himself, but in preparing to write this piece I went back to read my initial review of Fantasies to see if my first reactions still hold true.  Forgive me the length of the following quote, but I t... more info

Rollo & Grady — Emily Haines MP3: Radiohead - Tell Me Why (Neil Young) MP3: Metric - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Bob Dylan) Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Altsounds — Last Gang, the Toronto-based recording, management and publishing outfit responsible for releases by artists including Metric, Death From Above 1979, MSTKRFT and Crystal Castles, is pleased to announce their latest North American release, POWER, by G... more info