Stereogum — In the spirit of the Hallmark season, Amazon is updating their dual original Valentine’s Day playlists, "Love Me" and "Love Me Not." We heard a couple bits from "Love Me" last week via Dan Auerbach and Common Holly (covering Frank Ocean, no less). ... more info

XLR8R — Trace through the musical lineage of Montreal artist Lou Phelps (born Louis-Philippe Celestin) and you'll be hit by obvious cue points leading to a career in music. That's not to say success was handed to him on a platter; rather, Phelps, now 24, act... more info

Stereogum — Kevin Barnes has announced a new of Montreal album called White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood, the follow-up to 2016's Innocence Reaches and last year's Rune Husk EP. According to Barnes, the new LP was heavily inspired by '80s club remixes, and the squ... more info

Indie Music News — One of Montreal’s most reputable and celebrated melodic extreme metal acts KARKAOS is proud to unleash their new video for “Tyrants” off their latest offering “Children of The Void” featuring new vocalist Viky Boyer, drummer … Read More more info

Indie Music News — Extreme bassist Frederick Filiatrault aka ChaotH of Montreal’s VVON DOGMA I has teamed up with GearGods.net for the premiere of his latest playthrough with his 9 string Frankenstein bass for the track “The Mask”. “Most … Read More more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Jacques Greene's live set for Boiler Room last month in his hometown of Montreal has us so psyched to catch him at GvsB VI next month we can barely stand it. #GvsB6 with Washed Out, Jessy Lanza, She-Devils, Sober and Jacques Greene goes down 8/1... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Toronto Star listed must-read Canadian books. Stream a new St. Vincent song. Vol.1 Brooklyn interviewed Hannah Lew of the band Cold Beat. Electric Literature interviewed author Jeff VanderMeer. Paste listed the best of Montreal songs. Stream a ne... more info

Stereogum — Kevin Barnes spent the winter on the verge of a total breakdown while living in Norway. He says as much on "A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger," the jubilant sixth track on Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Released a decade ago today and a decad... more info

Stereogum — of Montreal put out their most recent album, Innocence Reaches , back in August, and today they've dropped a new EP called Rune Husk with very little fanfare. (Some would even call it a ... surprise release.) It's the first release on Kevin Barnes' ... more info

Consequence of Sound — One of the greatest singers of all time and one of Montreal's hottest producers join forces. more info