Watch the NEW Felix Cartal video for “Don’t Turn on the Lights” (feat. Polina) (above)
30 Songs in 30 Days: Great Big Sea member, Murray Foster, takes on a dare for the Stephen Lewis Foundation and pledges to write and record a new song every day until the end of January in hopes to raise funds for the fight against AIDS – CBC
Nickelback laughs-off Patrick Carney’s diss in Rolling Stone with a tweet – Billboard
Toronto baker’s song gets mistaken for lost Radiohead demo – Globe & Mail
Handsome Furs to do a live interview at the Polaris Record Salon in Toronto, Wed Jan 11 @ the Drake Hotel – Facebook
Montreal’s Mac DeMarco (Makeout Videotape) announces the release of his solo album, Rock and Roll Night Club, coming March 20 via Captured Tracks – Exclaim!
Hear Slim K’s “Chopped & Screwed” mixes of The Weeknd’s 3 mixtapes – Pitchfork
Hear Felix Cartal’s Weekend Workout: Episode 003 – Dim Mak
Watch Solvent's new doc called "I Dream of Wires: The Modular Synthesizer Documentary" - vimeo
Watch Adaline’s new video for “The Noise” – Interview
Watch Bahamas talk about his sophomore album, Barchords, due Feb 7 – Chart
Watch The Barr Brothers perform “Beggar in the Morning” on Letterman, last night – Chart
Watch Siskiyou perform “Where Does That Leave Me” for The Line of Best Fit.
Watch Julie Doiron perform “Last Night” for Exclaim! TV
Watch behind-the-scenes footage of Great Lake Swimmers recording their new album - YouTube
Watch Peaches interviewed on The House of Venus Show.
Watch Gallows perform “Mondo Chaos” live – AltPress
Van Halen announces NA tour dates: Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg – Exclaim!
Rights organization, SoundExchange, experiencing “crisis mode” performance problems with their royalty processing and distribution system – DMN
According to Nielsen Soundscan, cassettes are enjoying sales of somewhere between 0 and 0.1 million units – DMN
Digital music purchases accounted for 50.3% of all music sales in 2011, the first time digital has outpaced physical album sales, ever. – Rolling Stone
Can punk or rock push divas off the top? Reuters