Cloudspeakers

Montreal band’s third lingersin the outskirts Arcade Fire may not sell in the millions, but the fervour surrounding the release of this third album is huge. Just how much the band’s hyped succes... Read more

Canadian electro-pop/indie darlings Stars returns with its fifth full-length album and first on its own Soft Revolution label. Full of catchy choruses, new wave synthesizers and beautiful vocal har... Read more

Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait” video uses Google maps and satellite images to personalize the HTML5 video’s imagery, adding an extra tinge to the song’s bittersweet nostalgia. But there are plenty... Read more

Vampire Weekend’s cover of “I’m Goin’ Down” lacks Clarence Clemens and a little E Street oomph. The guys gave the Born In The U.S.A. track a go in Canada (Malkin Bowl, Vancouver) over the weekend (... Read more

Wolf Parade, especially when it comes to the vocals of Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug, has never been more on the same page as on Expo 86. With Howard Bilerman on the boards, the songs seem played r... Read more

Funny to think that Los Campesinos! has only been releasing music for three years. Since "You, Me, Dancing" went viral in '07, the Welsh octet has, over the course of three increasingly misanthropi... Read more

Here’s the video to the title track MGMT’s Congratulations, which shows the band walking through the desert outside Las Vegas alongside a sad-eyed Duck-dog-o-saurus. Watch:(via Vulture)Congratulati... Read more

James Murphy makes good music. It’s as simple as that. His eponymous 2005 debut self-titled album - I say "his" because you get the impression that the rest of the people named on the album simply ... Read more

When I first heard Arcade Fire's 'Funeral' back in the summer of 2004 I (like most others who struck upon this low-key classic) was instantly floored by just how fucking good it was. With it's cath... Read more

Youth: there's an edgy, exciting energy about it that's undeniable. There are also tendencies towards wearying excess, growing pains and acne; of puppy love becoming dog-eared. Los Campesinos!' two... Read more