2011 Polaris Prize Short List Announced Today

Hey Rosetta! at Pianos (03/04/09) Photo: Jon Klemm (more) …and then there were ten. 2011 Polaris Prize Short List Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Austra – Feel It Break Braids – Native Speaker Destroyer – Kaputt Galaxie – Tigre et Diesel Hey Rosetta! – Seeds Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer Colin Stetson –…

Wednesday’s Presales: June 15, 2011

The Kills at SXSW 2011 Photo: Jon Klemm Jul 27 Wed North Highlands / ARMS Mercury LoungeNew York, NY09:00 PM Buy TicketsPresale begins:Wed, 06/15/1112:00 PM Aug 4 Thu Filligar / Hollis Brown Bowery BallroomNEW YORK, NY08:00 PM Buy TicketsPresale begins:Wed, 06/15/1112:00 PM Aug 5 Fri My Pet Dragon plus Little Embers Mercury LoungeNew York, NY09:30…

Toro Y Moi Playing Bowery Tonight, Tour Dates + SXSW Pics

Toro Y Moi @ Pitchfork Offline at SXSW (03/18/11) Photo: D. Caplan Chazwick Bundick, aka Toro Y Moi, is currently on the road promoting his “Best New Music” release, Underneath The Pine. TYM played MHOW last night with Braids and Adventure, they’ll do the same again tonight (4/11/11) at the Bowery Ballroom. More Toro Y…

Drake’s Take: New Releases 1.18.11

While Smith Westerns may be attracting all the attention from P4K and The Decemberists and Tennis are hogging the NPR spotlight, I urge you folks not to overlook the latest record from Eulogies, it’s really worth a quality listen. -ed. Drake’s Take: New Releases 1.18.11 And…. they’re off! The new release season is really under…