Whitehorse releases sheet music for their debut self titled album and Polaris Prize short listed album, The Fate of The World Depends on This Kiss.

Watch the brand new video for Amelia Curran’s song “I Am The Night” (from They Promised You Mercy, out November 4, 2014), filmed on location in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Bonus points for anyone who has actually had a pint at The Ship!

Tanya Tagaq – Animism   / USA / 01.20.2015 Upcoming US Tour Dates: PLATTSBURGH, NY: State University of New York, Nov 10 NEW YORK, NY: Joe’s Pub, Jan 12, 7.50pm HANOVER, NH: Dartmouth College – Hopkins Center, Jan 23 LEWISBURG, PA: Bucknell University, Jan 28 DAVIS, CA: UC Davis – Mondavi Center, Mar 14 & 15

Austin’s most famous one-man-band, Shakey Graves, takes his show on the road with the official release of And the War Came, only the second album of his short but vertically-oriented musical career. The album, out today on Six Shooter Records in Canada, bursts out of the gates bolstered by national radio play, a strong review in Exclaim and a sold out string of Western Canadian dates, not to mention an upgrade from The Horseshoe Tavern to The Phoenix in Toronto

We are so pleased to finally announce details of They Promised You Mercy, the fourth Six Shooter Records album from Amelia Curran, songwriter extraordinaire and pride of Newfoundland. They Promised You Mercy will be out on November 4, 2014. We decided to celebrate the songwriting on They Promised You Mercy by first sharing the complete album lyrics (music will come soon!)

“Canadian scientists recently found the so-called “lost” Franklin expedition in the Arctic. Turns out, it was exactly where the Inuit have been saying it was, all along. Who would have thought?

Animism by Tanya Tagaq was voted as the winner of the 2014 Polaris Music Prize tonight at The Carlu in Toronto. The winner was decided and announced during the 9th annual gala event. Tanya Tagaq was awarded a cash prize of $30,000. The winner was announced by the gala host, actor Jay Baruchel.

Thus proclaimed NPR Music of the one-man-band known as Shakey Graves in 2012. The lo-fi vibe of Shakey Graves’ bluesy debut, Roll the Bones, immediately attracted the attention of tastemakers who pegged the Austin artist as a Next Big Thing faster than you can say longhorn.

2014 Polaris Short List nominee Tanya Tagaq announces performances across Canada this fall, including a rare and intimate club show in Toronto at The Rivoli. Tickets are now on sale for most of the shows listed below.

The Polaris Music Prize today announced the Polaris Cover Sessions. Recorded at Revolution Recording in Toronto, and mastered by João Carvalho Mastering, the cover sessions feature previously nominated Short List artists’ reinterpretations of a fellow Short List artist’s song. These Cover Sessions include Great Lake Swimmers doing I’m A Mountain by Sarah Harmer, Sarah Harmer reimagining Odessa by Caribou, and a new version of The New Pornographers’ Bones Of An Idol by Whitehorse

Whitehorse goes back to basics on a brand new live, stripped-down session for iTunes Canada that captures the duo’s essential sounds – blistering guitars and vocal harmonies.

There are many reasons why today should be declared CORB LUND DAY. Extreme weather forced Interstellar Rodeo to cancel the opening night of this year’s festival, and it was Corb Lund and his band’s willingness to play a Monday night make-up show which set in motion a flurry of phone calls and planning, and a full lineup came together in a matter of hours.