Spinner.com — Canadian music in 2009 continued to feel the reverberations of the early-decade indie supergroup phenomenon, with Broken Social Scene and Wolf Parade-affiliated acts fully coming into their own with band-defining new albums. They were joined by eager... more info

Perfect Porridge — White Rabbits are coming through Minneapolis on November 9, playing Cedar Cultural Center in support of It’s Frightening. I actually quite like this album. The band calls their sound “honky tonk calypso,” and I suppose that’s fitting. It’s... more info

The Yellow Stereo — After discovering that Afternoon Naps had signed to Athens-based label Happy Happy Birthday To Me last year, I had been quietly awaiting the follow-up to their completely overlooked debut Sunbeamed. It definitely took a while, but completely unbekno... more info

Pasta Primavera — On October 5th Brooklyn’s Suckers will release a new single for “It Gets Your Body Movin’” a stand out track from their debut self titled EP released this past April via IAMSOUND.  On this single they have this blissfully sweet track “Ou... more info

Said the Gramophone — Wild Beasts - "All the King's Men". They're in like a pack of rats, handsome and gray. They weave between the glitter-balls, stalk up and down the bar. They slip a gift into every girl's pocket; flower-petals, pills, heavy gold coins. They never w... more info

Culture Bully — While Spencer Krug's work with the über-hyped Wolf Parade might have garnered him some of his initial notoriety, I would contend that Dragonslayer, the new record released by his Sunset Rubdown project, might just vault him into the musical strato... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Between the Notes, Canada It's difficult to imagine Montreal's Anglo music scene sans Arcade Fire. Before them, the bilingual city's English-language musical legacy consisted primarily of '80s relics Men Without Hats and Corey Hart, alt... more info

Rolling Stone — The Band: Sunset Rubdown The Buzz: A side project of Spencer Krug from the equally buzzy Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown write weird, wobbly rock songs that turn classic rock inside-out, writing big, guitar-driven songs full of y... more info

JamBase — ISLANDS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM - VAPOURS ANTI- TO RELEASE MONTREAL BAND'S THIRD STUDIO ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER 22 Islands After the polymorphous pop band, Islands emerged from the thriving Montreal music scene with their 2006 debut Return to the Sea... more info

Rock Sellout — Behind the Music Well, firstly, apparently Spencer Krug is the busiest man in the biz, but then again so was Dave Grohl back in the day and who really care’s who’s been a bizzy, bizzy bee with so many admittedly fascinating collectives ... more info