Anti New York has played muse to many a musician over the years, so its not surprising that Glen Hansard turned to the city while looking for respite from his increasingly hectic schedule. After five years on the road first touring with his band the Frames and then with Markéta Irglová as Academy Award-winning indie darlings the ...

Steve Gullick It's been eight year since Mark Lanegan's last solo outing, 2004's Bubblegum (credited to the Mark Lanegan Band). But that's not to say that the former Screaming Trees signer has been sitting around twiddling his thumbs. Far from it. The ensuing years have found Lanegan busier than ever, collaborating with a diverse range of ...

Maoya Bassiouni Fans of Vancouver duo Japandroids have a lot to celebrate with the band's latest, Celebration Rock finally available. But the record almost never happened. The duo's debut, Post-Nothing was supposed to be the period, rather than a comma in their career. "By the end of 2008 we had stopped practicing, stopped working on ...

Mike Lawrie, Getty All bands are anxious for the world to hear their latest record. But for Alabama Shakes, April 10, the release date for their much-anticipated debut, Boys & Girls, couldn't have come fast enough. "Finally," says a somewhat exasperated Brittany Howard, the band's front-woman and guitarist. "We've been wanting this ...

Mexican Summer No Joy can seemingly do no wrong: a wave of hype made the Montreal quartet's debut album, 'Ghost Blonde,' one of last fall's most hotly anticipated records. Its release at the beginning of December was met with a wave of praise from critics. And now the band finds themselves the opening act for the one-two indie-rock punch of ...

Chromewaves It's been a few months since Toronto retro-indie rockers the Golden Dogs released their latest album, 'Coat of Arms,' but the band still can't fully believe that the disc even came out. Arriving a whopping four years after their sophomore effort, 'Big Eye Little Eye,' the new record is proof that sometimes all a band can do is ...

Leigh Righton It's been a long rocky road for Toronto indie synth-poppers Small Sins. After receiving rave reviews for their debut, which landed them a deal with Astralwerks, their follow-up, 'Mood Swings,' was met with indifference both from critics and their label. "There's sort of a dark age that happened there for a bit in the Small Sins ...