Ottawa Bluesfest, July 14/15, announces first wave of acts – Exclaim!
Saskatoon’s MoSoFest, June 14-16, announces first wave of acts – Exclaim!
Pop Montreal announces the Pop Off Tour, June 15-29, between ON and AB, featuring Parlovr, Hooded Fang and Goose Hut; see dates – Exclaim!
A-Trak and Chromeo confirmed for LA’s HARD Summer festival, Aug 3 & 4; watch teaser - Pitchfork
Grimes, Neko Case, Major Lazer, John Maus, Thee Oh Sees, plus many more, confirmed for Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party, July 20-22 – FACT
Fake Shark Real Zombie sign with Light Organ Records for the release of their upcoming Liar LP, which will see the group take a new direction – Exclaim!
Montreal’s CFCF talks about his latest album, Exercises, and his hometown's inspirational architecture – Exclaim!
Toronto’s Lioness talks about their debut album, The Golden Killer, strange things, dark things and You Say Party’s Devon Clifford – Spinner
Toronto’s Burning Love announces a new EP coming May 8 via High Anxiety, a pre-cursor to their soon to be released sophomore album – AUX
Rolling Stone sits down for a chat with Datsik, back-stage at Coachella. See photos of the Sahara Tent at Coachella where Datsik headlined on a Friday night – Dim Mak
Hear Arkells’ Dan Griffin cover Wolf Parade’s “Yulia” – TO Snobs
Watch the new Joshua Hyslop video for “Do Not Let Me Go” – Exclaim!
Watch Grimes perform “Genesis” on Later with Jools Holland – Prefix
Watch Tyler Connolly from Theory of a Deadman take to Times Square to ask “Do You Know Me?” – Roadrunner
Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber to play aliens in the upcoming Men In Black III film – NME
A night with the world’s most hated bands – Grantland
100 albums every science fiction and fantasy fan should listen to – io9
A new book reveals that music can have the same effect on the body during sports as performance enhancing drugs - NME
The secret world of Warp Records – FACT