Brooklyn Vegan — Patrick Krief, who was lead guitarist for The Dears during the No Cities Left / Gang of Losers "classic" era of the band, makes music on his own these days simply as Krief.... Continue reading… more info

Sweeping The Nation — If you're a regular reader you'll know that by "other" tracks we mean those from albums that didn't make our top 50 of the year plus anything else that tickled the proverbial fancy. And yes, 200. Because we've been keeping a tally all... more info

DrownedInSound — Murray A. Lightburn talks us through the band's sixth studio album more info

Quick Before It Melts — PHOTO: D. Brian Campbell This month, Quick Before It Melts celebrates 10 years of music blogging and writing by honouring 10 Canadian artists who’ve had the greatest impact and influence on Quick Before It Melts over the last 10 years, and each in ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The Dears / She-Devils / Yonatan Gat @ M for Montreal 11/20/2015 Friday of M for Montreal is when it goes from being an industry-centric confab to a full-blown, multi-venue music festival. Things started, for me, with... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Big K.R.I.T. at ACL 2012 (more by Glen Brown) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Big K.R.I.T, Smoke DZA @ Highline Ballroom Big K.R.I.T.'s an insanely prolific... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The Dears have collaborated again with animator Sinbad Richardson for their new video "Here's to the Death of All the Romance," which is from the Montreal band's new album, Times Infinity Vol. 1. Like "Whose Side Are... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the ferris wheel at Riot Fest Chicago -- check out pictures from that Tickets for the BV-presented Kevin Devine, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Owen, Tigers Jaw, Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) and Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) shows are on KD's artist presale... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The Dears' new album Times Infinity Vol. 1 is out next week (9/25) and the Montreal band recently released a video for single "Whose Side Are You On?" Directed and animated by Sinbad Richardson, it tells the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis It's been four years since we've heard from Montreal mainstays The Dears, but they've got not one but two new albums on the way. Well, two parts of whole, titled Times Infinity. The first volume will be... more info