Pitchfork - Tours — 01-25 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head *01-26 New York, NY - High Line Ballroom *01-27 Boston, MA - Paradise *01-28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *01-29 Norfolk, VA - Norva *01-30 Richmond, VA - The National *02-04 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *02-05 Asheville, NC - ... more info

Addict Music — of Montreal have unveiled details of their forthcoming album, including a collaboration with Solange Knowles. more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: of Montreal have unveiled details of their forthcoming album, including a collaboration with Solange Knowles. Frontman Kevin Barnes revealed the album will be potentially called either False Priest or The Controller Sphere and is set for ... more info

Stereogum — NAME: of Montreal PROGRESS REPORT: Prepping False Priest ("I'm back and forth between The Controller Sphere, and False Priest") the followup to Skeletal Lamping, out sometime in August or September. Engineered by Jon Brion (probably). Featuring cam... more info

Live Daily — After finishing up their in-progress Canadian tour, rock outfit Three Days Grace [ tickets ] will join Breaking Benjamin on a co-headlining run of the US behind the band's recent release, "Life Starts Now."Three Days Grace will spend the remainder of... more info

Stereogum — We've gone on and on and on about how great Apes & Androids' live show is. Well, was. Past tense, because sadly, Apes & Androids are no more. In talking about last year's greatest concerts, I said: "Live A&A are something like of Montreal by way of S... more info

Said the Gramophone — Ola Podrida - "Donkey". Hard-strummed banjo, and David Wingo, one of my favourite songwriters, singing. He strums and sings louder & louder, and yet it's not because of mere urgency, the wish to communicate that he cares. He has to yell because the... more info

Said the Gramophone — Both these songs have unnecessary intros. The Crown Vandals - "Guenevere".You want to go back to the 14th century, to wait in a grove by the walled city. You want to hide your drum-kit beneath under a leafy oak, conceal your guitars in a mulberry ... more info

Altsounds — From the metal loving city of Montreal comes one of the most killer riff machines this side of the 3 headed love child of Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy and Fu Manchu. *Barn Burner* have been cruising around Canada over the past few years spreading their lo... more info

Stereogum — It's been three years since Montreal's Think About Life debuted with the self-titled dance record and hyper-energetic live show that made them one worth watching from the seemingly bottomless scene of Montreal circa 2006. In the interim keyboardist G... more info