Twenty-twelve’s already got some new releases, and we play a couple: one by synth-pop duo Chairlift, and another by Calgary’s Rae Spoon. Plus, we peer into a frightening future through an oppressive track from Sleigh Bells’ upcoming Reign of Terror. They’re a duo, too, but apparently of the noise-pop variety (that’s a thing!).
We unapologetically err on the side of the female voice this week, but maybe its because we can’t get enough of Simone Schmidt’s shimmering vocals over-top her raucous band-mates, One Hundred Dollars. Dare I say they maybe give fellow Torontonians The Sadies a run for their money?
A brief tour of Europe yields snow in Sweden, and unfortunately no satisfying stop in Paris. But across the channel, Los Campesinos!, Frank Turner, 2:54 cheer us up in different, moody ways, before the Chemical Brothers promote their new concert-film, Don’t Think. The movie screens in T.O. for just one night on Thursday before a wider release in February, but it will apparently blow your mind if you’re lucky enough to see it.
Nighty night!
- Chairlift – Sidewalk Safari (Something )
- Rich Aucoin – Brian Wilson Is A.L.I.V.E. (We’re All Dying to Live)
- Lou Canon – Heart Of (Lou Canon)
- Taken By Trees – Julia (Open Field)
- Rae Spoon – Promises (I Can’t Keep All of Our Secrets)
- Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid (Reign of Terror)
- Los Campesinos! – Songs About Your Girlfriend (Hello Sadness)
- 2:54 – Got A Hold (Scarlet EP)
- Frank Turner – If Ever I Stray (England Keep My Bones)
- Atlas Sound – Lightsworks (Parallax)
- One Hundred Dollars – Ties That Bind (Songs of Man)
- Jennifer Castle – Way of the Crow (Castlemusic)
- The Elected – Sun, Sun, Sun (Sun, Sun, Sun)
- Midlake – We Gathered In Spring (The Trials Of Van Occupanther)
- The Chemical Brothers – Lost In The K-Hole (Dig Your Own Hole)
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