Check out Whistler - The Soundtrack Vol. 1, featuring songs from the hit CTV original series Whistler. With tracks by Boompa artists Catlow and Small Sins, the Whistler soundtrack was released this past Tuesday through Universal Records and features 13 songs from some of your favourite Canadian bands. Throughout the first season Whistler has featured many tracks by Small Sins and Catlow, and on top of all that, a song Natasha Thirsk of Catlow penned for her old band The…

This Sunday if you happen to be in Toronto you should head down to the Harbourfront Festival for the music of mostly instruments. The mainstage acts will be vibraphone love-fest The Hylozoists and Arcade Fire alumnus Belle Orchestre. The former are on at 3PM, the latter at 4:30. Says Frank of infamous music blog Chromewaves: “It will be epic — a vibraphonic orgy.”

That said, you might be interested in reading this week’s Eye Weekly feature about the Hylozoists so click here.

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Run Chico Run are second to none in their interviewing skills — particularly when countering questions posed by the many entertainment weeklies of our fair country. We’d like to share with you some of their words of wisdom now that their tour is almost at a close, and they are probably driving through the Rockies and back into British Columbia as I type.

“Touring is actually way easier as a two piece. There’s more room, more money and more food. Besides, splitting…

Since the March release of Run Chico Run’s critically acclaimed sixth album, Slow Action, the Chicos have been touring constantly including two ‘cross Canada tours, one west-to-east coast USA tour and a heart-stopping showcase at the legendary South by Southwest Festival in Austin, TX.

The month of June gave the electro-pop duo a chance to cool their jets and take a breather. In that time, the Chicos made some really lovely new friends. So, with Slow Action hanging tight in the Earshot charts…

The Hylozoists’ long-awaited sophomore album La Fin du Monde, released in Canada just a few weeks ago, is out now in the USA where, just like in Canada, it is taking college radio by storm. La Fin du Monde hasn’t left the top 5 on the Canadian college and campus radio charts in well over a month, and this week it entered America’s CMJ charts at #50!

Featuring a rotating cast of exemplary players - a veritable “who’s who” list of Canadian musicians,…

Garden Cities of To-morrow, the long-anticipated return of Lullaby Baxter, is in stores in Canada now, and will be available in America on August 22nd. Lullaby Baxter made her debut with Capable Egg (Atlantic/WEA) in 2000, when her smoky, jazz-tinged alto was hotly-tipped to be a big contender in North America’s music scene. All manner of far-flung tours, critical acclaim, birthing of children, composing of manifestos, and recording of new material has brought Lullaby Baxter to this, her Garden Cities of To-morrow.

Listen to 3…

Seminal neo-new wave pioneers The Rentals are back. They are currently rehearsing in Los Angeles preparing for their first worldwide tour in over ten years and, with only one Canadian date confirmed on July 25th at Vancouver, BC’s Richard’s On Richards, west coast music fans are prepping for one heck of a treat.

Matt Sharp (co-founder and former member of Weezer) is the main thread that runs through the history of The Rentals. It is his leadership and vision that provides the focus through…

Alt-country/Americana rockers Leeroy Stagger and the Sinking Hearts will be performing June 30th in London, England’s Trafalgar Square, celebrating Canada Day alongside fellow Canadians Ron Sexsmiths, Alana Levandoski, the Heavy Blinkers and more. And to top it off, this is a free event! Read all about it at canadadaylondon.com.

While in the UK, Leeroy Stagger and the Sinking Hearts will be performing two exclusive gigs:

June 28: Leystonstone - Sheep Walk
July 2: London (Kilburn) - Luminaire (Oxfam Benefit)

Leeroy Stagger’s new album Depression River in stores September…

One hundred and forty eight performances stretched across four countries on both sides of the Atlantic; the international debut of his sophomore album; critically acclaimed reviews in publications around the world — from Harp, Uncut and Maverick to indie ‘zines, Times and German alt-country websites.

Leeroy Stagger had on heck of a year in 2005.

And just before the 23 year-old Victoria, BC native stops everything to devote his full attention to the finishing touches of his new album, due out September 2006, the road in the UK…

Boompa recording artist Lullaby Baxter is gearing up for the release of Garden Cities of To-morrow on July 18 in Canada and August 22 in the USA. The much-anticipated follow-up to Capable Egg, their critically-acclaimed debut, marks their first release in six years.

A fascinating hybrid of jazz, pop and folk melded with a heavy dose of cabaret, the songwriting duo of Lullaby Baxter and Lutwidge Sedgwick teamed up with the pop collective known as Hercules (Ben Sumner and Peter Baldwin) for this release. “I took risks that resulted…