Hide It Away by Retribution Gospel Choir

Who: Retribution Gospel Choir from Duluth, Minnesota.
What: Coming off the heels of a successful 2008 self-titled release on a label run by Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon), we’ve now got a new record from Sub Pop signee Retribution Gospel Choir. Having grown their profile through extensive touring (with Wilco and the Meat […]

New Chad VanGaalen

Recorded in a basement in Calgary on an old tape machine and a JVC ghetto blaster is Chad VanGaalen‘s upcoming record Soft Airplane. Below is the lead off track, Willow Tree, a folky ballad with a wavering falsetto. Check it out. Record is due on Sept. 9th (Sub Pop (US), Flemish Eye (Can)). Wow, I […]

Gutter Twins

Tonight at the Mod Club in Toronto, Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli will darken the stage under the banner of The Gutter Twins. Lanegan was once the singer for the Screaming Trees, and more recently has done work with Queens of The Stone Age. Dulli was once the front man for the Afghan Whigs, and […]

Handsome Furs

Kind of feels like I’ve been on vacation here. Sporadic posting and dust collecting on the site here. Heard something really nice though that I’d like to get out there. Enter the Handsome Furs. Two-piece from Montreal comprised of Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry. You might recognize his voice if you’ve been listening to music […]

The Album Leaf

Who feels like something in the vein of Boards of Canada? Or Do Make Say Think? Maybe Sigur Ros? In my opinion, music with that kind of sound belongs in everyone’s life. Maybe you don’t know it yet, but this could be that soundtrack you are looking for while riding elevators with headphones or day […]