Kristy Sparow, Getty Images Those "musical history gods" that Justin Vernon so infamously dissed were clearly smiling down on Bon Iver at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards as his group walked away with the Best Alternative Music Album for their self-titled record. Though Vernon declined to perform at Sunday's ceremony and was oh-so-publicly ...

Black Box Recordings This week Canadian rapper Shad got a taste of what Polaris Prize jurors went through when debating the merits of his Juno Award-winning album when 'TSOL' went head-to-head with 10 other Canadian albums back in 2010. "It does give a little bit of insight as to what happens in the Polaris backroom," Shad tells Spinner ...

Courtesy of Secretly Canadian Clavicyclette. Say it three times fast if you can. Most folks might get a little tongue tied but Montreal singer and multi-instrumentalist Little Scream has it down pat after using the fantastical piano-bicycle in her new video for 'Boatman (Live With The Clavicyclette).' "My friend Ian had come across the ...

Martin Sanmiguel | Joel Saget, AFP With Leonard Cohen fans poring over his just-released 'Old Ideas' album (which you can stream here), we knew it was just a matter of time before more Cohen covers came in. New York indie darlings Cults were quick on the draw here, too -- though they opted for an older track from the legendary ...

YouTube Here at Spinner, we feel like we've done a pretty good job of documenting the whole Lana Del Rey debacle (even asking, can artifice survive in the age of Adele?). But we've been one-upped by Taiwan's Next Media Animation studio. No amount of jazzy alliteration or hilarious hyperbole can compare to their kooky CGI Lizzie Grant news ...

AFP, Getty Images Bryan Adams is coming home -- well, at least for the duration of his long-overdue coast-to-coast Canadian tour this spring. The longtime Vancouverite, now living abroad in England, will bring his classic rock anthems back to his homeland on April 11, kicking off the 20-date arena tour on the far side of the country in St. ...

Larry Busacca, Getty Images Being a coffee connoisseur has become all the rage among the creative set with folks like Bonnie Prince Billy and David Lynch getting their brew on. Now former LCD Soundsystem main man James Murphy wants in on the coffee craze so he's developing his own signature espresso blend. "I make a lot of coffee," Murphy ...