We All Want Someone To Shout For — Wolf Parade’s new album Expo 86 is surely going to be up there when I make my favorite albums of 2010 list. With that said, I found it to be the least instantly gratifying out of their three albums so far. The melodies aren’t as straightforward a... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I got an email yesterday from a few of the dudes from Parlovr pointing me to another project of theirs called Cotton Mouth. They're obviously from Montreal as well, and while their sound matches Parlovr's in energy and drive it's got a bit more of a ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Eirik Lande Memorial Day weekend is here in just a few hours, which means summer unofficially starts right about now. Among many other awesome things, that means we're now heading straight into summer festival season. If you've got the t... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend clips are always fussy, always a little funny, and they hit both with their new clip for third Contra single Holiday. In this clip the band drive around So Cal dressed as 18th century noblemen, partying poolside, eating In-N-Out burge... more info

Pitchfork — The Pitchfork Music Festival, which goes down July 16-18 in Chicago's Union Park, is getting closer every day. But first, we've got a couple of quick changes to the lineup to announce. Unfortunately, Swedish Balearic pop synthesists jj have canc... more info

Stereogum — Members of Wolf Parade have done a bit of explaining about the band’s third album Expo 86. We were told the main criteria Spencer Krug had for the songs was “whether or not [he] would dance to them.” He continued: “You know in Archie comics w... more info

Music For Ants — MP3 Wolf Parade – Yulia I’ve spent the last couple days with Wolf Parade’s newest Expo 86 on repeat and, as to be expected, it’s a freakin’ brilliant album. The song I keep returning to over and over though, is the incredible Dan Boeckner-p... more info

Pitchfork — "Night" is the Best New Music'd opener of goth songstress Zola Jesus's recent chocolate-covered Stridulum EP. And now the gorgeously creepy track has its own gorgeously creepy video, with Zola splashing into an alternate universe where she dons sever... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-17 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dees (NXNE)06-18 Toronto, Ontario - The Garrison (NXNE)06-19 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands Gallery $@06-25 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry &06-26 Madison, WI - Project Lodge &06-27 Chicago, IL - Schubas &07-09 New York,... more info

I Like Music — The Finnish gospel-noise-rock-trio have announced a support tour with Wolf Parade more info