Love new wave? It’s hard to listen to single “Never Speak Of It Again” by The Holiday Crowd without immediately conjuring up images of Joy Division and The Smiths. Healthy heaps of melancholy lyrics and vocals, sparkling keys and guitars, recalling that bit of magic from the ’80s.

Grab a free download of “Never Speak Of It Again” over on Soundcloud.

The Holiday Crowd just released their debut Over the Bluffs on January 24th. This track and album will definitely be on repeat on this set of speakers.

More free Canadian Christmas tunes! Boxer the Horse have released single “Material Xmas” that you can take a listen to above and download for free over on Soundcloud.

The Charlottetown quartet released one of my favourite feel-good pop albums of the past year and they’ve got another one up their sleeves, due to drop in early 2012. Keep your eyes peeled here for further news about that!

Toronto trio Elliott BROOD have released their new song “Northern Air” up for free download starting May 1. Have you downloaded it yet?

The track is a teaser for their upcoming third album Days into Years, which is set to be released later in 2011. To download the track, head to Elliott BROOD’s Bandcamp page here.

“Northern Air” will also be available on a limited edition 7-inch vinyl entitled Northern Companion. If you want to grab a copy for free, keep your eyes peeled on the band’s Twitter and Facebook pages.