A look at the top ten artists on CBC Music – CBC
Get your first look at the new Dan Mangan documentary called “What Happens Next?” – CBC Radio 3
Arkells to perform on GST on Tuesday, k-os on Wednesday – CBC
Justin Bieber to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman this Wednesday – CBS
The quest for Canada’s new championship anthem is on! Vote now! CBC Music
Stef MacKichan, drummer for Calgary’s Mares of Thrace, leaves the group to pursue her education – Exclaim!
Dan Snaith’s side project, Daphni, announces new album, coming Oct 8– Dummy
Martha Wainwright announces the release of her new album, Come Home To Mama, coming Oct 16; see tracklisting – TO Snobs
Vancouver’s Chains of Love add a new member and begin recording the follow-up to Strange Days – Cargo Records UK
Vancouver punk author, Chris Walter, releases his latest book, “SNFU: What No One Else Wanted to Say” – GFY Press
Devin Townsend Project announces the release of a new album called Epicloud, coming Sept 18– Exclaim!
Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats announces a new super group called Axewound; debut coming Oct. 1 – Punknews
Kitchener’s Exalt signs with Distort Entertainment – Exclaim!
One half of Vancouver’s Humans, Peter Ricq, announces his side project, Gang Signs, will release their self-titled debut, Aug 28 – Exclaim!
Grimes talks about starting a new experimental project, possibly under a new moniker – Pitchfork See photos of A$AP Rocky and AraabMuzik crashing Grimes’ party in Brooklyn – Pitchfork
Blood Diamonds talks about his love for Pop music and Dance Dance Revolution – Creators Project
Hear A Tribe Called Red’s latest mixtape, Ever Sick – AUX
Hear 2 new tracks from Gabrielle Papillon’s upcoming release – TO Snobs
Watch a preview of the new film, Never Destroy Us: The Dears at Pasaguero, directed by Murray Lightburn of The Dears – CBC Rock
Watch the new Bend Sinister video for “Don’t You Know” – YouTube
Watch the new Felix Cartal video for “Higher” (feat. New Ivory) – Noisey
Crystal Castles announces tour dates with HEALTH – Pitchfork
Dragonette announces tour dates with Young Empires and Data Romance – Exclaim!
Devin Townsend Project announces tour dates – Exclaim!
Exalt announces tour dates – Exclaim!
Bend Sinister announces fall tour dates.
Spin magazine lays off a third of its staff and drops the Nov/Dec issue – NY Times
Track this: 70% of all music piracy happens offline – DMN
All three members of Russia’s Pussy Riot plead not guilty in trial – BBC