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You’ve GOT to Hear This: St. Vincent – “Bad Believer”

You've GOT to Hear This!

- January 25, 2015

In terms of output, Anne Erin Clark has had quite a two-and-a-bit years as her pitch-bending alter-ego St. Vincent. Two albums, one with David Byrne and another solo effort has earned her a Guardian No.1 album (for the latter), a string of acclaimed performances and the rise from Pitchfork obscurity

Gimme Your Answers: An Interview w/ Repeater

Interviews

- December 10, 2014

California-based art-rock group Repeater dropped their nineties/electronic-influenced self titled album on November 18th (available for purchase here). In our recent interview, A Music Blog, Yea? spoke with vocalist Steve Krolikowski to discuss his love of New Order, dream collaborations, and being extremely witty. Here's what he had to say: AMBY: Hey

Getting Cozy With: Half Of Me

Getting Cozy With

- November 20, 2014

Hi to everyone at A Music Blog, Yea?! We are Half Of Me, a 3 piece indie band from Dublin, Ireland! We formed in Brooklyn NY in 2012 and have been writing songs ever since. We moved home, put out our first EP, '99' in May this year and have been

Concert Review + Photos: Arcade Fire, Spoon, + Dan Deacon @ Parc Jean-Drapeau

Concert Photos

- September 2, 2014September 2, 2014

On Saturday Night, Montreal-natives Arcade Fire performed at Parc Jean Drapeau to a near capacity of 35,000 fans. The band made the hometown show the last one on this year-long tour, and gave it all they had and more. After many fans in line had been fortunate enough them as

Concert Review + Photos: Xiu Xiu @ Brudenell Social Club

- May 26, 2014

I remember as a kid once sheepishly going to bed after the continuity announcer said the “following programme is not for the faint hearted”. It was a rather tepid production on ITV. However, the announcement scared the death out of me. In much the same way Xiu Xiu also scared

Gimme Your Answers: An Interview w/ Conveyor

Interviews

- March 1, 2014

We're delighted to bring Conveyor's experimental art-rock to AMBY today. The quirky New York foursome is comprised of T.J. Masters (vocals, guitar), Alan Busch (vocals, guitar), Evan Garfield (backing vocals, drums), and Michael Pedron (backing vocals, bass). With a new record currently in the works and their latest single Mammal

Song of the Day: SoftSpot – “You\Yours”

Song of the Day

- February 11, 2014February 11, 2014

SoftSpot recently announced the release of their brand-new album, MASS. The Brooklyn trio are set to drop the record on April 8th, and now share the debut single You\Yours with the world. If you want an excellent sliver of art-rock with an ambient atmosphere and ethereal vocals, look no

Gimme Your Answers: An Interview w/ The Red Paintings

Interviews

- December 10, 2013

The Red Paintings are bringing their fascinating and whimsical orchestral art-rock to Lee’s Palace in Toronto this Wednesday, December 11th (with Spacehog and Sponge). The band recently released their striking new single Wasps from their debut full-length studio album, The Revolution Is Never Coming, and have been touring across Europe.

Gimme Your Answers: An Interview w/ The Darcys

Interviews

- November 28, 2013

Toronto's The Darcys are an indie art rock band comprised of Jason Couse, Wes Marskell, David Hurlow, and Michael le Riche. Releasing their latest album Warring back in September, A Music Blog, Yea? caught up with the quartet to discuss the story behind the title Warring, songwriting inspiration, and an

Gimme Your Answers: An Interview w/ SPEAK

Interviews

- November 27, 2013

SPEAK are an electronic art-rock quartet from Austin, Texas. Comprised of Joey Delahoussaye, Troupe Gammage, Nick Hurt, and Jake Stewart, the band have released two full-length records and an EP titled Girlsongs, which is their great a cappella spin on tracks by women. To know more about SPEAK, we spoke