Here’s the video for New Sum (Nous Sommes) off Hey Rosetta!’s most recent release Seeds.

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Rather than post you some stupidly generic list of albums you are supposed to expect, I think my top 10 is going to be based on the fact I actually listened to these releases the most this year. Come on, if an album is good, it must be one of your top plays right? These are based on stats according to iTunes and Last.fm plays as well as the fact I physically own them. I don’t believe in people’s top lists if they didn’t even bother to PURCHASE the album. Many of these are Canadian titles, but not all of them are! Continue Reading

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Time for another weekly top 10! Here’s your most visited single-song posts of this week. A ton of new and some really random old old tracks. You guys really do some strange digging sometimes.

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Check out Hey Rosetta!‘s new video for Yer Fall. It contains footage from their studio time at Sonic Temple and also shots from shows this past summer. If you’ve seen them live this past summer, chances are there might be a shot or two from that shot. I’m pretty sure I see Downsview Park, and that’s the one I was at!

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Bandages was probably my favourite track off the Hey Rosetta! album Seeds released earlier this year. The intimate song is depicted in this video of snippets of live takes in different places. It’s actually kind of cool. However it ruins the original mood of the song by adding some quite hilarious scenes. Maybe it’s an intended juxtaposition. HEY I HAVE THE SAME ANGEL GLOCK!

Hey Rosetta- Bandages

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The shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize 2011 was announced today. I was way off with my predictions, but here are this year’s top 10. Let me know who you think will be this year’s winner!

Arcade Fire- The Suburbs

I actually didn’t think that they would make the shortlist because it was too popular/predictable.
Arcade Fire- We Used to Wait

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Austra- Feel It Break

Austra- Beat and the Pulse

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Braids- Native Speaker

Braids- Lemonade

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Destroyer- Kaputt
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