New music from The Arcade Fire

Finally indie Canadian hipsters Arcade Fire have given it's fans new music. After spending the last month teasing with snippets of new music, they have released 2 digital singles "The Suburbs" and "Month of May". My current favorite is 'The Suburbs". To listen to to the tracks, head over to their official site and give their nifty record player a try. If your interested in critical reviews or just want to know what the rest of the web is saying, try The Hype Machine for an assortment of blog links.

12″ Single - Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire / MP3 & Music Blog Songs / The Hype Machine

plumtree - scott pilgrim

After watching the trailer for the new move "Scott Pilgrim vrs the World", I became reminiscent of the song that started it all by Plumbtree. I love the video in all of it's converse wearing, cassette tape listening; 90's Canadian indie-pop goodness.

Swedish Chef Heavy Metal

Some how in the last 3 years I've missed the "Muppet Metal" phenomenon. Well no longer!

And Korpiklaani, Where have you been during all my benders of years gone by? You are my new bender soundtrack!

Wheatus/Girls Aloud - Teenage dirtbag

Take a perfectly kitschy early 2000 one-hit-wonder and combine it with a perky and poppy UK girl-band. What do you get? A pretty terrible but addictive cover song.

Thrush Hermit- French Inhale

What more to say? The song that ignited my love of all things Thrush Hermit and Joel Plaskett! A Canadian indie classic.

RIP Streek: Ministry - Just One Fix

Ministry - Just One Fix

Legendary Toronto DJ Martin Streek passed away on 6 July 09. His live to air broadcasts were legendary. Nowhere else on mainstream radio could you hear 'Just One fix'. I hate when people are affected by death of celebrities. However after 20 years of faithful listening, I am sadden by his death. From earlier 90's red light moshing to 'Self Esteem' to silly drunken slam dancing to 'Break Stuff", Club102 was broadcast and Streek was voice of the night. I like so many others in the blogosphere are mourning his death. Finally, his death should act as a reminder for us all to keep up our mental health and support our loved ones that may be suffering.

Friday Cheese: The Heights - How Do You Talk To An Angel

Hey Kids! After a short hiatus, the cheese has return. This time, featuring a wonderfully cheesy nineties hit. The best thing? On the eve of America's Birthday, It's more then a posting about cheese, it's a posting about the American dream. We present the Heights featuring front man Jamie Walters.

Jamie Walters, where are you now? (Answer). You were once a rising teen idol. You were a teen heart throbe. You had cameos on 90210. You threw donna down a set of stairs. You became FOX's answer to Eddie Vedder. A pretty face with a pretty song.

Soon after it debuted, Fox canceled the Heights. How do you talk to an Angel? shot to #1. It won an emmy, and then the band broke up and Jamie went solo. He released a couple of slightly successful albums and then fell off face of the earth. Like other good teen idols, he recently resurfaced on a reality show.

However, unlike allot of former celebrities, Mr. Walters has done good. He's a Firefighter in LA. According to wikipedia, he hopes to return to performing.

Bonus: The performance from the first episode.