Watch the NEW Arcade Fire for “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” (above)
Sing It Forward: Hey Ocean!, Aidan Knight, The Zolas, Adaline, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, David Vertesi, Vince Vaccaro, the Belle Game, Aaron Nazrul and members of Said the Whale to perform at the Vogue Theatre to benefit the St. James Music Academy, Dec 21, in Vancouver – Exclaim!
Danny Michel raises $26, 457.10 for his Ocean Academy Fund, which sends kids to school in Belize – Facebook
Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat announces he’s working with Hawksley Workman – Tumblr
Julie Doiron moonlighting as a yoga instructor in Toronto – Exclaim!
Hear/Download a new Memoryhouse track called “The Kids Were Wrong” – The Fader
Hear new music from Slim Twig – Weird
Hear Shad’s new mixtape called “Besides” – AUX
Hear Chains of Love’s Nathalia Pizzaro’s mixtape for Yours Truly.
Watch F*cked Up perform every track from their latest album, David Comes to Life, recorded in the round at West Village venue Le Poisson Rouge – Pitchfork
Watch the Sunparlour Players’ new video for “Runner” – YouTube
Watch Dan Mangan perform “Oh Fortune” in Studio Q – YouTube
Watch Imaginary Cities perform “Hummingbird” for Exclaim! TV
Buck 65 announces NA tour dates – Exclaim!
Nardwuar vs. Cut Copy – YouTube
Touring DJs: watch this – The Daily Swarm
Merry Christmas: Grooveshark now getting sued by Sony, Warner as well as Universal – DMN