Aimee Mann

The veteran singer/songwriter returns this week with sixth solo set, @#%&*! Smilers. Download album track "Thirty One Today," and watch the music video for "Freeway."

What? Heartbreak chatter, specifically stories told about our last doomed relationship (and the exes that remain on our couches), sound like lyrics penned by Aimee Mann -- caustic, clever, with a pervading undercurrent of thoughtful sensitivity.

Spiritualized

Blast off with Spiritualized's sixth album, Songs in A&E, inspired by near-death of both band and bandmates.

What's the Deal? Space rock was born in Rugby, England in 1990 with the demise of Jason Pierce's previous band, Spaceman 3.

Kassin+2

Brazilian trio mash '60s flower power with traditional tropicialia and samba, upping the summer time chill factor ten fold.
Kassin+2

What? The sun-spattered, psychedelic swathes of Brazilian tropicalia featured on Kassin+2's Futurismo (available now on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label) might be the ideal sound to hit it poolside with a cold cerveja this summer.

Peter and the Wolf Cap Toronto’s Over the Top Fest

Filling in for Of Montreal’s inexplicably absent Kevin Barnes, the Austin-based outfit unveil tunes off their new album, The Ivori Palms.

After a last-minute cancellation by Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, Austin, TX’s Peter and the Wolf took the stage last night (May 4) at Toronto’s Sneaky Dees venue and concluded the four-day Over the Top festival at the notorious PWYC (Pay What You Can) indie showcase, Wavelength.

Crystal Castles Bring It Home

TORONTO: The cyber-punk duo spark a Hogtown grindathon.

Awaiting a set from local heroes Crystal Castles, fans were content to thrash out their anticipation in a sweaty cluster of keffiyahs and Kanye shades last night (Feb. 21) at Toronto's Wrongbar until the puckish duo took the stage.

The Teenagers

Parisian popsters rekindle lost youth for those who've forgotten.
The Teenagers

Who? Guitarist Dorian Dumont and lead singer Quentin Delafon aren't lying; they actually met as teenagers in the suburbs of Paris. Bored with their day jobs as promotional call centre employees and under-paid waiters, the two friends created the "Fuck Nicole" single in 2005, an ironic plea to the waifish starlet Nicole Richie.

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