In support of their debut album Life Under the Gun, the buzzy Los Angeles band Militarie Gun have announced a headlining North American tour...

Sean "Diddy" Combs has announced that he's temporarily stepping down as chairman of Revolt, the music-oriented digital television network he...

The New Year will mark four decades of music-making for the Jesus and Mary Chain, and the anniversary celebrations will also see brothers Ji...

The High Llamas are due to make their long-awaited return to music with forthcoming album Hey Panda, set to arrive on March 29 via Drag City...

Godsmack have announced an intimate, "stripped-down" North American tour that'll see the alt-rock juggernauts playing acoustic/electric sets...

Now that Ed Droste has left music to be a therapist, Grizzly Bear can focus on reissuing their past works. The band are releasing a 20th-ann...

Montreal's PHI Centre has been bringing immersive audio to the city for over a year via its Habitat Sonore immersive listening room — and ha...

It's officially giving season and, in the music world, there's no better gift giver than Nardwuar the Human Serviette. In his new interview...

Toronto's own hometown heroes Good Kid have announced their biggest headlining tour yet, taking place across North America next year. Joined...

Mariah the Scientist is embarking on a 2024 world tour behind her new album, To Be Eaten Alive, which will bring her to Canada for a couple...

Nick Cave's second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro, is being adapted into a limited TV series by actor Matt Smith (House of the Dragon, Doct...

Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they'll hit the road for the third time behind their ninth studio album Life Is But a Dream... which a...

After supporting 50 Cent on his Final Lap Tour, accused molly water drinker Busta Rhymes is hitting the road for headlining shows next year...

Step aside, Tool. The flute-obsessed André 3000 has surpassed the alternative metal band for the longest Hot 100 hit of all time.  As rep...

Kevin Drew's latest solo album Aging has inspired a North American tour of the same name — taking place across North America in early 2024....

It's almost that time of year again, if you can believe it. Sure, the holidays are great, but the bleakness of a resolution-ridden January l...

There is only one band in the world that can dial it up to 11 — and they're back. A sequel to 1984's This Is Spinal Tap is in the works to c...

Happy Cyber Monday! While the entirety of the internet tries to sell you useless stuff you don't need, consider buying an absolute essential...

Sabrina Carpenter has never been one to shy away from controversy — she even earned herself some censorship by the BBC back in February for...

Jimbo Hart — co-founding bassist in Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit — has confirmed his departure from the band.  "I am no longer a member...

Real Estate are back today with news of Daniel, the band's sixth full-length album. The album is arriving February 23 on Domino, and it's be...

The SOCAN Songwriting Prize has announced the winners for its annual honours, voted for by fans from an industry panel-curated selection of...

Brussels electro post-punks TUKAN have commemorated their time in Quebec this summer with a new single. A staple track from their live set h...

London, ON, punks and Exclaim! New Faves album Mvll Crimes have released a remastered version of their 2020 debut EP ROVDSIDE VTTRVCTIONS, a...

Like many of us, Neil Young has loads more time on his hands now that he's not doomscrolling X (formerly Twitter). He's just released a new...

Dan Mangan has shared "All My People (Elsewhere Version)," a reimagined version of the track originally featured on his sixth album, Being S...

Toronto DIY-rock band the Effens have collaborated with local punk trio the OBGMs on a new song "Someone's Gonna Get You," out today. The...

Although it would be impossible to replicate the chokehold that Mariah Carey has on the holiday season, Michael Bublé might be her CanCon co...

Somehow, Dolly Parton has more energy at 77 years old than I do at 25. The absolute legend performed at the Thanksgiving NFL game between th...

Happy Black Friday, fellow dwellers of whatever late-stage capitalism we're under now! This is a day dedicated to hot deals, but why not pun...

Atlanta's lo-fi pop duo Coco & Clair Clair are celebrating the holiday season with the release of "Last Christmas." The pair — consisting...

Last night, Charly Bliss and Peach Fuzz released their inhibitions, felt the rain on their skin and covered Natasha Bedingfield.  At a jo...

With frigid winter weather slowly creeping toward us, Winnipeg folk musician William Prince stopped by the NPR office to play a warm, cozy a...

Sleaford Mods have shared a cover of the Pet Shop Boys classic "West End Girls," giving it their typical lad-like spin. It'll be released as...

Smooth-sounding Vancouver duo Doohickey Cubicle have returned with a new video for the single "Super Smeller" — a nasally invasive single th...

Toronto-based psychedelic collective Hot Garbage has shared their new single "Mystery," the second from their upcoming album Precious Dream,...

Björk and Rosalía have finally shared "Oral," their highly anticipated (and delayed) collaboration that aims to help combat open-pen ocean s...

Even if Geddy Lee is trying to convince Alex Lifeson to play some Rush shows with him, it doesn't mean he's fully off the market. The guitar...

Montreal-based Kandle has just shared her new single "St. Paul's," along with an accompanying music video by Jeffrey Mitchell. The track is...

Just a day after YouTube announced users would be able to create AI-generated songs with John Legend's voice, the R&B stalwart gave them a g...

Serena Ryder is getting us ready for the holiday season with the release of her new single "I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus," a spin on the...

André 3000 has shared his long-awaited debut solo album New Blue Sun via Epic Records / Sony Music today, and fair warning: it might open yo...

Perhaps to tease a North American tour that might be happening next year, PJ Harvey paid a visit to the NPR office to play a Tiny Desk Conce...

After turning looks at this year's GQ Men of the Year party in London earlier this week (and advocating for trans rights in their speech, fo...

Thermal's music feels like a heaving chest, heavy with the weight of thick guitar fuzz, claustrophobic emotional landscapes and a racing hea...

PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love is a career-defining high watermark in a career full of them, but it didn't exactly leave a long sonic shad...

Forty three years since their inception, Depeche Mode still have plenty of life left. The English new wave band — now a duo consisting of su...

After introducing themselves brilliantly on their eponymous 2021 EP, moondoggy have reaffirmed their position at the forefront of Toronto's...

Toward the end of 2022, Boldy James and Nicholas Craven delivered a winning cross-border collaboration in the solemn, wintry Fair Exchange N...

Two years on from 2021's excellent Big Blue and most of a year removed from last winter's The Runaway EP, Vancouver songwriter Kylie V picks...

A name like Cowboy Witchcraft conjures images of gothic country rock — gauzy gowns and black ten gallon hats, tumbleweeds rolling through th...

Recontextualizing one of Bob Dylan's most divisive live albums, The Complete Budokan 1978 proves that "less is more" isn't necessarily alway...

"This rap shit done saved my life / And fucked it up at the same time," Danny Brown states at the top of Quaranta, his ferociously sincere s...

Kirsten Ludwig makes songs that feel small and intimate, but rather than let them drift by in gauzy fabrics and gentle half-light, she plate...

Is star 69 still a thing? At a time when calling someone on the phone feels inherently retro, Born at Midnite release "*69," a yearning pop...

"These recycled riffs ain't going anywhere, anytime soon," stammers Kurt Vile on his latest EP's title track. Riffs, lyrics, melodies — call...

At only 24 years old, MJ Lenderman has accomplished a lot. He plays guitar and sings back-up in Wednesday, the much celebrated (and rightful...

KISS graced Edmonton's Rogers Place with one last performance, and it was hotter than hell. Fans young and old crowded into the downtown are...

Mac DeMarco is one of the best singers in the biz, so his recent focus on instrumental music has been a little frustrating. Just listen to h...

How much art can we chalk up to shitty dads? Like so many from his generation, Brian Jones's parents — particularly his father, Lewis — just...

"This song is about being sexually possessed," Sasami told the crowd at History. "I dedicate it to Karen O."  The song in question was a...

"I am not your internet baby," PinkPantheress sings on her debut album Heaven knows — a repeated refrain in which she explicitly distances h...

The Beaches — Toronto's TikTok-savvy, boyfriend-busting sensations — brought their ground-shaking Blame My Ex tour to Edmonton's Midway Musi...

Chris Stapleton was writing music in Nashville decades before he ventured out on his own in 2015 with Traveller. Since then, Stapleton has e...

Some just pop the balloon, others untie the knot and apply pressure to let the air out slowly. Pony Girl's new album is an exercise in the l...

Almost 60 years after his mythic performance at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, we're still talking about Robert Zimmerman. The infamous aco...