If you go to only one show this week, make it Next Music fr. Japan tomorrow night at the Waldorf: http://t.co/DJ9sy6JV#Vancouver#9 hours ago
Four bands from Japan tomorrow night in #Vancouver - check out our preview f. videos fr Zazen Boys, Praha Depart, more: http://t.co/YDHOsWvo#11 hours ago
Katie Stelmanis’ band/project Austra is currently on tour. During a Los Angeles stop-over, the Toronto-based outfit stopped in at the Room 205 (an L.A.-based collective) studio to play a song (see below).
In other Austra news, the Polaris Music Prize jury (made up of Canadian music critics!) chose the debut album Feel It Break as one of the 10 best Canadian releases of the last 12 months. Coming soon, Paper Bag Records will release a remix collection called Sparkle, which will include NY duo MNDR’s remix of the song “Spellwork”, July 26. A 6-track vinyl version will follow on Aug 23.
‘I was playing with my old band play in a church and I turned around and he was kind of bathed in this glowing light and I remember thinking, holy shit, that’s Grant McLennan from the Go-Betweens watching me play…’ read more