Stereo Subversion lovingly profiles singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens and his music.

Myspace has added music charts.

SEE interviews Charles F of Winter Gloves.

“I don’t think we have this Montreal sound at all,” Charles says. “For me, the Montreal sound a couple of years ago was Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, and a bunch of bands influenced by British music and being dark with a lot of reverb. In Montreal a lot of people like dirty music and I don’t feel like Winter Gloves is a part of that. There are more bands playing with keyboards and vintage loops, so I feel like we belong to the Montreal scene more than the Montreal sound."

The Globe and Mail profiles the rise of The Rural Alberta Advantage into the public eye.

But the intimate and lively music of love and loss, memories of yesterday and imaginations of tomorrow, sparked devotion one person at a time online. Starting with a glowing review on Halifax blog Herohill through to exposure a year ago at music retailer eMusic.com, the band's slow and steady stroll to attention arrived in Austin, Tex., in March at South by Southwest. A deal with a stalwart American indie label, Saddle Creek of Omaha, Neb., followed.

Monitor Mix waxes nostalgic for the music blogs of the '00s and shares screenshots of several in their earlier incarnations (including Largehearted Boy).

Cage the Elephant's 11-track self-titled album is on sale at Amazon MP3 for $2.99.

Singer-songwriter Brendan Benson visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance.

Frank YangQ: Without a new record to promote – Mr. Love & Justice has been out for close to two years – what reason did Billy Bragg have for staging an ambitious cross-Canada tour?

A: Who cares? Any time you get the opportunity to see Billy Bragg live, you take it, no questions asked.

Photos: Billy Bragg, Ron Hawkins @ The Phoenix – November 17, 2009
MP3: Billy Bragg – “I Keep Faith”
MP3: Billy Bragg – “Take Down The Union Jack”
Video: Billy Bragg – “Levi Stubbs’ Tears”

The Telegraph and The Sheaf talk to Dan Mangan.

Rolling Stone talks to Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard about their Jack Kerouac project One Fast Move or I’m Gone.

Drowned In Sound meets We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Matablog has a video teaser trailer for Shearwater’s new album The Golden Archipelago, due out February 23 in North America, a week later than the rest of the world.

Rogue Wave have set a March 2 release date for their new record Permalight.

Mumford & Sons have released a new video from Sigh No More, which will be getting a North American release in the early part of 2010.

Video: Mumford & Sons – “Winter Winds”

Bandstand Busking has session with Micachu & The Shapes.

Self-Titled talks about Bonfires On The Heath’s non-musical inspirations with The Clientele’s Alasdair MacLean.

Vampire Weekend – “Cousins”

Nearly three weeks ago, when Yeasayer dropped news of their new Ambling Alp single, the press materials had also promised to “unleash… a breakthrough video at yeasayer.net on the evening of October 30th.” Well, it’s a little bit late, but that video is now here, and better late than never, right? It’s definitely NSFW (why do I feel like I’m giving this disclaimer all the time now?), and features some trippy interactive video that I can tell you is almost certainly an homage to the early ’70s work of Dan Graham.

Flairs – “Trucker’s Delight”

Fantastic (albeit NSFW) old-school video-game style animated video for the title track from Flairs‘ upcoming 12″, out 11/23 on Third Side Records. (Thx Yewknee))

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