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Miguel Mendez, an extremely talented singer/songwriter/musician, recently released his record My Girlfriend is Melting. It is an extremely good record that clearly comes from a very intere...

The Castanets are embarking on a comprehensive North American tour in support of their new album, First Lights Freeze. The album is a shiny mixture of dark folk and country, blustering in...

Hank are a fun indie pop band from Toronto. They have a great albums out on Blocks called How To Prosper In The Coming Bad Years, and every CD features one-of-a-kind handmade covers designed by Pai...

Matthew Bourne is an incredible jazz pianist from England. In addition to his unique solo shows incorporating samples and electronics, he leads the bands The Electric Dr. M; Bourne, Davis, Kane; Dr...

Idiots! are an electronic duo recently relocated from Vancouver to Toronto. Roey Shemesh writes, sings and plays bass. Howard Goldbach produces and plays keyboards and laptop. Their songs are passi...

Left Hip writer Kristen Cudmore speaks with Craig Minowa of Minnesota's Cloud Cult about the bands' new album, Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus, the band's environmentally-friendly record labe...

Van Dyke Parks should need no introduction; his work with Brian Wilson on the legendary, finally-released Smile! is in itself enough to earn the man a place in music history, but Van Dyke has also ...