Pop vs. Jock: Members of Arcade Fire, The Strokes, plus others, to participate in POP Montreal’s 2nd annual charity basketball game which will take place Sept 22 – Exclaim!
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan to perform a new rock opera at this year’s POP Montreal festival, Sept 21 at Theatre Rialto – Exclaim!
Propagandhi’s Chris Hannah talks about the band’s forthcoming album, Failed States, coming Sept 4 via Epitaph Records – Exclaim!
See the album artwork and tracklisting for Diamond Rings’ upcoming album, Free Dimensional, coming Oct 23 via Secret City Records – Exclaim!
Noisey asks “All Lesbians Really Love Grimes, Right?”
Carly Rae Jepsen lands on Spotify’s most streamed tracks of the summer – NME
Why Canada needs an Idol machine – CBC Pop
Hear the Polaris album stream of the week: Handsome Furs’ Sound Kapital – CBC Radio 3
Hear Shad’s NEW EP called Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness – Chart
Hear a NEW Ten Kens song called "Mousetrap," taken from their forthcoming album, Namesake, coming Sept 4 - RCRDLBL
Hear NEW tracks from Halifax’s Cold Warps – Weird Canada
Watch the NEW Moonface video for “I’m Not the Phoenix Yet” – Chart
Watch the NEW Shad video for “A Milli Vanilli” (Part One) – CBC Hip Hop
Watch the NEW Dirty Ghosts video for “Katana Rock” – YouTube
Watch the NEW Cory Woodward video for "All I Ever Do" - YouTube
Watch the NEW Madchild video for “Jitters” – YouTube
Watch the NEW Muneshine video for “Lower Level” – MM
Watch behind-the-scenes studio footage with Dusted’s Brian Borcherdt – AUX
Watch Gentleman Reg perform “Waiting Around for Gold” for Southern Souls.
The Balconies announce tour dates.
Topanga announces tour dates with The Pack A.D.
Cory Woodward announces tour dates.
Infographic: a look at some of the most popular ways to pay for music – DMN