Between Thought and Expression — I can't make up for months of blogger's block with one post, but here's a start... Chairlift - Bruises This is the catchy song from that iPod nano commercial. The album is decent, but "Bruises" and "Evident Utensil" are clearly the standouts. In ... more info

Between Thought and Expression — I can't make up for months of blogger's block with one post, but here's a start... Chairlift - Bruises This is the catchy song from that iPod nano commercial. The album is decent, but "Bruises" and "Evident Utensil" are clearly the standouts. In ... more info

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Gorilla vs. Bear — Emily Haines talks about time spent in Buenos Aires recording the new Metric album, and discusses/previews new single "Help, I'm Alive," which, according to CBC, was apparently offered briefly as a free download on the Metric site (it's not there any... more info

Pitchfork — Metric, Tokyo Police Club, the Dears, and Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains will join forces for the "Sounds of Canada" "Jingle Bell Rock" tour of Canadian cities this December. San Francisco DJ Mike Relm will also appear on the tour as its only non... more info

Wired - Listening Post — Listening Post continues its celebration of the Hallo-weird with Metric. Specifically, the Canadian quartet's creepfest video for the rocking "Monster Hospital," which one-ups Roman Polanski's horror classic Repulsion with hard-charging riffage. Alth... more info

The Lemur Blog — You know it's hot, you know it's good. I know what has got, to get you in the mood. I like it a lot, it's the latest mixtape from the Buffetlibre brotherhood!Buffetlibre DJ'S - Verbena No. 5Tracklist1. Sintonia Buffetlibre2. Heads We Dance – T... more info

Discobelle.net — This should have been posted yesterday but, as you might know, I was trapped on a train. So now you get a Mixin’ it up on a Saturday. This time we have invited Alex Metric to do the mixin’. He will be releasing his EP Deadly On A Mission on Marin... more info

Pitchfork — Consider this the capstone on a summer that's seen more music-related political benefits than we can count: A bunch of musicians have painted plain black slogans on white poster boards for a series of charitable eBay auctions sponsored by Under the R... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: Hearts of Palm UK Songs: 'I Flow'Album: 'For Life'Sounds Like: Metric, HeliumDownload: 'I Flow' (MP3)[Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next MP3... Read more more info