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 — Team B is the musical endeavor of Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire). The majority of their debut album was written and recorded while Kelly was on tour with Arcade Fire and Beirut in 2007 and 2008. Kelly received help from a few of his friends LCD So... more info

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Guardian Music — Union Chapel, LondonThis Canadian four-piece, named after their frontman, are giving fellow Montreal natives Arcade Fire a run for their money. Their exquisite Close to Paradise album, from 2007, was a winning combination of profundity and personalit... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Fermo said...George Duke - Guardian Of The Light (1983)Genre: funkhttp://electronicjazzproject.blogspot.comSakalli said...Rhesus O - Rhesus O (1971) (@256)http://sakalli.blog.hrNazz Nomad said...Bleedin Out celebrates the soon to be rock n roll invas... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — What the hell happened to Annuals? They used to be a band with gargantuan potential, a band that Pitchfork described as being a perfect combination of Animal Collective, Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene. Be He Me was a tremendous debut, a very o... more info

Guardian Music — One of this year's SXSW hits, this 'vocal group' are like Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes and Arcade Fire in one hairy packageHometown: Silverlake, USA.The lineup: Matt Frazier (drums), Andy Hamm (bassist), Ryan Hahn (guitar, vocals), Taylor Rice (vocal... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — With their friendly demeanor, willingness to rock and captivatingly uplifting music, Fanfarlo are fanfuckingtastically enjoyable. Whether the big headed critics will hear too many similarities to Arcade Fire and Beirut is another story (frontman Sim... more info

Nialler9 — Maybe like you, I’ve been hearing the name Fanfarlo for about a year but never really listened to much from them. Now the band are stepping up their game with the release of album Reservoir and on the basis of album opening track ‘Pilot’, it’... more info

Music for Robots — This one is what's come to be known as a "grower", or if you're like me and get half your vocabulary from Coen Brothers movies, a "way-homer". The first time I heard it I thought it was a nice little Arcade Fire soundalike, and now, it&apos... more info