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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSxZy_7Ps90&feature=youtu.be The sound of Timber Timbre’s latest and greatest LP Hot Dreams calls to mind the visuals of either a Lynchian Western or vintage film noir. This Tyler T. Williams-directed video for album highlight “Curtains?!” delivers on the
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Even though it leaves me starving for more, Timber Timbre’s latest record features some of the best tracks and instrumentation to ever come out of this project.
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Calgary art-rocker Chad VanGaalen will be dropping his follow-up to 2011’s tragically-titled Diaper Island, Shrink Dust, on April 29 through SubPop. Above, check out the fantastic lead single “Where Are You?,” an ambling freak-folkish number laden with the twisted vocal manipulations and trippy sonics that are basically trademark for
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Odonis Odonis are ready to deliver another round of anthemic post-punk on upcoming album Hard Boiled Soft Boiled. However, the LP is apparently split into two halves, with the first being decidedly more hard-hitting than the second. Like the lead single, “Are We Friends,” this new track, “New Obsession,” is
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The eerie Taylor Kirk-led singer-songwriter project Timber Timbre drops a steamy new single titled “Hot Dreams.” The forthcoming album it’s featured on has the same title, too. I love the slow, retro balladry going on here. It’s the perfect setting for Kirk’s voice. He’s always had
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Crashing Diseases and Incurable Airplanes by USA Out Of Vietnam Crashing Diseases and Incurable Airplanes, the latest project from hard-to-explain Montreal act USA out of Vietnam, is capable of scratching many musical itches at once. Here, the band combines elements of drone, doom, prog rock, and psych pop so seamlessly
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Canadian MC Shad’s latest album is one of his most ambitious yet. The guy spits his usual brand of clever, playful wordplay over some pretty bright, uplifting instrumentals, I wish the sadder tracks had more emotional impact, though.
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Earlier this week, Canadian folk artist Basia Bulat dropped her third studio album, Tall Tall Shadow. Give a listen to the LP’s dynamic title track above. The song opens with plinking organ keys and Bulat’s sober croon, but this quickly gives way to a propulsive drum beat and
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Canadian death metal outfit Gorguts return with a comeback record of massive proportions.
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Canadian electronic musician Michael Silver, a.k.a. CFCF, has made a new single titled “Jump Out of the Train” available to stream on Soundcloud. The song is taken from his upcoming sophomore LP, Outside, and is a nearly seven-minute-long new age odyssey. It also features what sounds to be
