Junior Boys Announce Tour
Canada’s synthy exports, Junior Boys, have announced a pretty impressive list of European and North American tour dates via their website.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJunior Boys: It's All True
If Junior Boys’ fourth album It’s All True proves anything, it’s that the Ontarian, indie-electro originals will never be fully defrosted. Their stealthy, dampened beat-work has kept them remarkably suave in a subgenre that generally softens up to a dorkier demographic – and seven years since Last Exit the band is as frigidly unflappable as ever, progressing nicely through their expected idiosyncrasies, while continuing to sound effortlessly and solitarily cool.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThis Week's Album Releases (6/13)
Each week we list what we consider to be the most important albums coming out. Tomorrow, that Jimmy Fallon-look-a-like Neil Young releases archived recordings, Vetiver expands its musical repertoire with a new pop album and Marissa Nadler shows off her psych-folk stylings on a self-titled album.... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFlying Lotus, Caribou, Battles and More at ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas
DrownedinSound reports that more of the lineup for ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas has been revealed, with Les Savy Fav, Battles and Caribou as headliners and curators, as well as the “poster/banner/artwork” for the event.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJunior Boys Release New LP In June
On June 14, electronic duo Junior Boys will release their fourth record It’s All True. The forthcoming record was largely written and recorded during Jeremy Greenspan’s extended trip to Shanghai. The LP will be preceded by the release of a 12” and digital single for the nine-minute album closer “Banana Ripple.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLeonard Cohen, Wolf Parade, Junior Boys, Many More Make Polaris Music Prize Long List
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
Found in: Music, NewsJunior Boys: Begone Dull Care
Credit Canadian studio savants Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didimus... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsJunior Boys to hit the road with Care
Canadian duo Junior Boys are set to head out on tour... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWhoa, We're 8.333% There: The 10 Greatest Musical Things I Experienced in the First Month of 2009
So much for January 2009, huh? That was quick. Seems like only yesterday we had a different president, Valentine's Day was more than a couple weeks off and, um, other vaguely January stuff was happening left and right.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayJunior Boys to release Begone Dull Care in April
Canadian duo Junior Boys are set to release their third collaboration, Begone Dull Care, in the U.S. on April 7. The record will first be released in Canada on March 24 through the pair's label, Domino.... read more
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