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Final Fantasy Reveals Heartland is a Concept Album, Tours

By Michael Saba on 1:30 PM on October 6, 2009

Violinist and all-around virtuoso Owen Pallett named his band after something so inordinately nerdy we dare not mention its name. The joke's on you if you thought he'd let those well-burnished geek credentials atrophy in the slightest: His upcoming and much-awaited third LP Heartland is going to be something of a sci-fi concept album....  read more

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Mountain Goats Ponder The Life of the World to Come

By Julia Askenase on 11:05 AM on August 5, 2009

The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle has been lauded by many folks, us included, as one of the best lyricists around. And for his next songwriting subject, he's drawing inspiration from a rather hefty source: the Bible. In fact, each song on his band's October release, The Life of the World to Come, earns its title from a specific verse....  read more

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Leonard Cohen, Wolf Parade, Junior Boys, Many More Make Polaris Music Prize Long List

By Ani Vrabel on 6:00 PM on June 17, 2009

For four years now, the Polaris Music Prize has been honoring the best of Canadian indie music. It has similarly sought to honor one of the truest definitions of "indie music" out there: "creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music...without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation or sales history."...  read more

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Final Fantasy doles out brand-new EPs, Believer advice

By Sara Miller on 10:29 AM on September 12, 2008

Oh, Final Fantasy, née Owen Pallett. How endlessly doth this young Canadian's fanciful plucked and bowed orchestrations stir hearts and minds. After two years of hardcore touring but a pittance of new recordings, Final Fantasy announced a pair of limited-edition EPs due this fall from Blocks Recording Club....  read more

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