Christopher Paul Stelling New Video

Christopher Paul Stelling just released this on his YouTube Channel  a couple of days ago and not nearly enough people have viewed this yet. The man has mad skills. He has just released a new track "Solar Flares" for a name-your-own-price download over at Bandcamp too. He recently did a Daytrotter Session that is also available for download. He's heading out on a small tour of the American north east next month. I guess we'll have to wait a bit longer around here. He's sort of one part Tallest Man on Earth, one part Ray LaMontagne and the rest some sort of gothic minstrel. Take a moment to listen to CPS and his stories.

Times New Viking "Dancer Equired"

Ever Falling In Love by Times New Viking
 Here is the latest single off the upcoming album Dancer Equired from Times New Viking. With the latest tease from Times New Viking also comes with a tour announcement that brings them to Vancouver's Media Club June 22. The album drops April 26th. No matter what happens to lo-fi Times New Viking will survive. The melodies are too beautiful and the song writing just keeps getting stronger. Dancer Equired is a little cleaner and more accessible while remaining completely true to what long time fans have always enjoyed about Times New Viking. Dancer Equired is sure to garner wildly successful reviews and a shit hot live show.

On the Up and Up: French Horn Rebellion

French Horn Rebellion agree to make your summer more fun

This Moment (French Horn Rebellion remix) by French Horn Rebellion

French Horn Rebellion has a new album "The Infinite Music of French Horn Rebellion" dropping April 19th (digitally) and May 24th (physically). They finished touring Europe with Hercules & Love Affair just in time to make an impression at SXSW. They just played Hong Kong with MGMT and they've just announced that they'll be opening for Yelle on her North American tour dates. Which puts them in Vancouver at the Commodore Ballroom on Friday May 13. French Horn Rebellion are performers and they've been known to get the audience to "dance like your favourite animal." If the live show is half as good as the album (I'm betting it's even better) then they are not to be missed. This album is one hell of a way to kick of the summer. Seriously good stuff.

Hear! Unkle feat. Nick Cave

Money And Run (feat. Nick Cave) by UNKLE
This week Unkle released a digital-only five track EP titled Only The Lonely. Unkle collaborated with Nick Cave as you are hearing now on the above track but they also collaborate with Liela Moss, Gavin Clark and Rachel Fannan. Nick Cave is The Man, everything he touches lately just ends up on repeat on my stereo. If you haven't checked out Grinderman yet, do. Nick had this to say about Unkle “I always had a huge soft spot for UNKLE - their pop sensibilities, their hooks, big choruses, their super-treated production - so when they sent me some music to sing over I jumped at the chance. The song they sent was great too - something wonderfully dense about it, like T Rex's Metal Guru or something. I wrote a lyric - something desperate sounding to run counterpoint to the joyful racket of the music. It's a fucking hit.” 

Mindkilla by Gang Gang Dance

Gang Gang Dance has revealed a second track off Eye Contact which will be available in stores May 10. Eye Contact will be their fifth full length album. The track is available as a free mp3 download over on their site http://www.ganggangdance.com/. It's easy to see why Gang Gang Dance was selected to perform at next month's All Tomorrow's Parties curated this year by non other than Animal Collective. If you stare really close at the very middle of your screen for the first minute of this video you can see the future. You may want to crank this up and watch the video full screen for best results.

Julianna Barwick "The Magic Place"

Julianna Barwick's music is built mostly from her own voice multi-tracked through a loop station. For those of you going to the Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus show at the Vogue Theatre June 20th you will get to find out exactly how impressive that is. Barwick has been added to much of the tour making it a "triple threat!" That's right, that means I'll see you there. I'll be the one with the beard holding his iPhone up in the air.

Update: Scattered Trees

Four Days Straight by Scattered Trees Music

Most of you probably remember Scattered Trees from their "depressed hipster stormtrooper" video for Love and Leave. Well the album titled Sympathy dropped this week and can be streamed over a Spinner this week. Scattered Trees are also having a contest where you get to choose their next video. Just head over to Consequence of Sound to choose from one of four film school directed videos.

Owen Pallett "The Great Elsewhere"

Owen Pallett is crazy talented. He is in fact so talented that he has a different way of touring. Instead of playing a series of shows in different places and the usual festival circuit Pallett plays String Theory Festival (in Minneapolis) Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich (in the UK) and the MusicNOW festival (in Cincinnati). If you are lucky enough to be at one of theses or in Europe (where he is doing a somewhat more conventional tour) then you will see first hand what I mean. If not... well get a taste of what you're missing with this latest video.