Stereogum — Caribou's reign will soon end as Canada's music insider-voted award for best album has revealed its final nominees, including Fucked Up, Malijube, Metric, Chad VanGaalen, and previous recipient Patrick Wilson. Full list at polarismusicprize.com. more info

Get Weird — So we posted the video for the new Bloc Party single last week and here’s a pretty large remix by British producer and Marine Parade affiliate Alex Metric that makes good use of the Chicago House style keys of the original. Thanks to Merlin a... more info

The Culture Of Me — No lies here, but the turn that Bloc Party have been making since the interim between their smashing debut filled with angular indie rock, Silent Alarm, and the rest of their catalog has always been seen by us with somewhat of a grimace. We lov... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - Call it a Polaris playback: this year's short list for the $20,000 Polaris Music Prize includes six previous nominees, including 2007 winners Patrick Watson. more info

NME - The Daily Download — Just a quick bonus blog today and another Daily Download exclusive: the Alex Metric remix of Bloc Party's forthcoming single 'One More Chance'. The track - incidentally one of their best in recent years - is out on August 10, but if you want the rave... more info

Guardian Music — They made their name with spiky, angry songs perfect for sweaty clubs. Now Metric are finding their lighter side. Will the band's fans go for it?"Let me ask you something," says Jimmy Shaw, leaning across the table. "If the record were called Distanc... more info

Music is Art — After joining Metric on a world tour, Montreal’s The Lovely Feathers had a much needed three year hiatus  filled with new ideas, relationships and opportunities. Now the band is back with a long awaited sophomore album Fantasy of the Lot, soon ... more info

NME — Band embrace hippy spirit by saying musicians should play for love, not money more info

Live Daily — When Emily Haines and James Shaw named their band in 1999, legend has it they decided to call themselves Metric [ tickets ] based on the label of a synthesizer beat, and also--perhaps primarily--as a nod to the pair's exacting standards of musiciansh... more info

Altsounds — METRIC's first US tour in support of Fantasies was a resounding success, with sellout crowds in every city wanting the band back as soon as possible. With close to 3,000 people turning up at NY's Terminal 5, well over 2,000 coming to LA's Wiltern and... more info