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

Aquarium Drunkard — On Black Friday (November 25th) Light In The Attic Records will release Lagniappe Sessions, Vol. 1, documenting the first five years of the series on gold vinyl. Since launching the series in 2011, the Lagniappe Sessions have come to define the genre... more info

KEXP Seattle — Today, legendary singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen celebrates his 82nd birthday, and we’re the ones who get a present. Check out the title track from his upcoming release, You Want It Darker, out October 21st via Sony. A press release explains, “Co... more info