Brian Borcherdt (of Holy Fuck fame) has teamed up with producer Leon Taheny (Final Fantasy, Bruce Peninsula) to form Dusted. Their debut album Total Dust will be released July 10th, and the duo has released a teaser video for single “(Into The) Atmosphere,” which you can see above. It’s a serious piece of expansive elation. You can stream the whole track over on Exclaim!, and if you like what you hear, pre-order the album from label Hand Drawn Dracula.

TOTAL DUST Track Listing:

1. All Comes Down
2. (Into The) Atmosphere
3. Cut Them Free
4. Low Humming
5. Bruises
6. Pale Light
7. Property Lines
8. Dusted
9. Long It Lasts
10. There Somehow

Chopped with dirty synths and peering as if through a shady security camera, listeners can at last get a (small) taste of what Toronto new-wave rockers Metric will be putting out on June 12th with new album Synthetica.

Curious minds won’t have to wait until June to hear more music from the quartet though; on May 1st, lead-off single “Youth without Youth” will be released, which is supposed to “tackle the topic of a fraying social state with bristling energy, lyrical complexity and a momentary breakdown guaranteed to get crowds jumping along with the song’s driving rhythm.” Sounds good to me.

S Y N T H E T I C A : TRACKLISTING

1. Artificial Nocturne
2. Youth Without Youth
3. Speed The Collapse
4. Breathing Underwater
5. Dreams So Real
6. Lost Kitten
7. The Void
8. Synthetica
9. Clone
10. The Wanderlust
11. Nothing But Time

Vancouver’s Apollo Ghosts have announced the release of their upcoming album Landmark via You’ve Changed Records. The 4-piece recorded the tracks in their own practice space, and from the sound of single “What Are Your Influences?” (streaming above; download here), the sloppy, fun aesthetic that the band is known for is captured quite well. Landmark will be out in May, and you can see the track list for the album below. 

Apollo Ghosts - Landmark

01. What Are Your Influences
02. American Joint
03. I’m in Love With the USA
04. Why Can’t I be the Man On-stage
05. Violet Margaret
06. So Much Better When You’re Gone
07. Landmark
08. Weekend Fantasy
09. Day of Glory
10. For What They Do, They Do
11. Paralysis of My Long Clerkship
12. I Followed the Rules and I Got Everything
13. Guitar Brother
14. Newcastle
15. Will You Forgive Me

Last weekend I mentioned that Wintersleep have announced the release of Hello Hum, their upcoming full-length. The band has put up single “Resuscitate” for download on Soundcloud, which you can stream above. Below is the track list for the album.

Hello Hum Tracklist

1. Hum
2. In Came The Flood
3. Nothing Is Anything (Without You)
4. Resuscitate
5. Permanent Sigh
6. Saving Song
7. Rapture
8. Unzipper
9. Someone, Somewhere
10. Zones
11.  Smoke   

Whoa— where in the world did these guys come from? Answering my own rhetorical question, Montreal’s Half Moon Run have released the video for single “Full Circle” from their debut LP Dark Eyes. It’s stellar. From the sounds of this, we should be hearing way more from this trio in the future.

Below is the track list for Dark Eyes, which will be released March 27.

1. Full Circle
2. Call Me in the Afternoon
3. No More Losing the War
4. She Wants to Know
5. Need It
6. Give Up
7. Judgement
8. Drug You
9. Nerve
10. Fire Escape
11. 21 Gun Salute

Kalle Mattson - “Water Falls.” A really lovely and lush pop single from the Ottawa-based artist, whose full-length Anchors from last year was an overlooked gem that I regrettably haven’t mentioned much on this blog. That will change with the May 1st release of his EP Lives In Between.

Download “Water Falls” over on Soundcloud.

Mattson will be touring these new songs in some upcoming cross-Canadian tour dates, which you can see below.

Kalle Mattson Tour Dates

March 21 - Toronto, ON - The Rivoli (CMW - Midnight)
March 22 - Toronto, ON - Young Lions Music Club (CMW - 2:30pm)
March 30 - Ottawa, ON - Club Saw (JUNOFest - Midnight)
April 17 - Kingston, ON - The Mansion
April 18 - Ottawa, ON - Zaphods
April 26 - Wakefield, QC - The Blacksheep Inn w/ The Wooden Sky
April 27/28 - Sudbury, ON - Northern Ontario Music Awards
May 9 - Sudbury, ON - The Townehouse
May 10 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Loplops
May 11 - North Bay, ON - TBA
May 12 - Sarnia, ON - Paddy Flahertys
May 15 - Montreal, QC - Le Divan Orange
May 17 - Moncton, NB - Plan B Lounge
May 18 - Sydney, NS - Govenors Pub
May 19 - Fredericton, NB - The Capital
May 20 - Halifax, NS - The Carleton
May 22 - Kingston, ON - TBA
May 23 - Toronto, ON - The Supermarket
May 24 - London, ON - The Brass
May 25 - Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
May 26 - Peterborough, ON - The Spill

Lives In Between Track Listing

1. Someday
2. Sun Is Gone
3. The Shore
4. Water Falls
5. Miles In Between
6. Palm Sunday (Bonus Track – Web Only)

Wow, this is awesome. Kingston’s PS I Love You release the first single from their upcoming sophomore album Death Dreams, named “Sentimental Dishes.” Bright, distorted, shining, cacophonous guitar goodness. Intense yet more accessible than their debut. Death Dreams will be released May 8th in Canada. Stream the song above and grab it for free over at Soundcloud.

Death Dreams Tracklisting:
1. Death Dreams
2. Sentimental Dishes
3. Don’t Go
4. Toronto
5. Future Dontcare
6. Death Dreams II
7. How Do You
8. Princess Towers
9. Red Quarter
10. Saskatoon
11. First Contact

Baby Eagle & The Proud Mothers will release Bone Soldiers on March 6th via You’ve Changed Records. The band consists of Steve Lambke (Constantines) as Baby Eagle and Will Kidman (Constantines), Ian Kehoe and Spencer Burton (Attack in Black), and Nick Ferrio (Nick Ferrio & His Feelings) as the Proud Mothers. Pretty solid lineup, right? Album details and tour dates are below.

Stream single “Brave Women” above and grab the free download over on Soundcloud.

Bone Soldiers track list:

01. Bone Soldiers
02. Strange Bodies
03. Brave Women
04. Rebel Crimes
05. Old Punks
06. Good Times, Bad Times
07. Marching Orders
08. Peace On Earth
09. Hard Truths
10. Hurricane Weather

Upcoming tour dates: