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

We All Want Someone To Shout For — On September 9, Kevin Barnes and of Montreal returned to New York for a performance at Webster Hall in support of their electronic and dance-friendly new album Innocence Reaches, released earlier in the year via Polyvinyl Records. As usual with Barne... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — There's Beach Slang covering Japandroids, of Montreal covering Jacco Gardner, Braid covering Alvvays, Tancred covering Owen who covers Rainer Maria who covers Owen's cousin/American Football bandmate Birthmark... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — For Polyvinyl Records’ 20th anniversary, the label is putting out a compilation made up of bands on their roster covering other bands on their roster. Back when the set was announced in September, we got a string of them: the Dodos doing American F... more info

Impose Magazine — In 2000, Elsieanne Caplette and Stephane Sotto met in their hometown of Montreal. Caplette’s musician/composer/producer persona blended instantly with Sotto’s drummer side, resulting in the trip hop duo, Elsiane. Their music has touches of essent... more info

Stereogum — Homeshake is the solo project of Montreal’s Pete Sagar, an alumnus of Mac DeMarco’s band with a third LP on the way. This time around, Sagar’s created warm, vapory pop, as evident from “Call Me Up,” the first single from (the perhaps teleco... more info