RAPID FIRE: Le1f really wants a purple Range Rover

New York's Le1f laughs a whole bunch in this superfastbomb of an interview

UNCHARTED: Halifax’s Monomyth aren’t trying to revive anything

On ripping off your idols to improve your craft, emo guilt, and how, insist you might, they don't really sound like Sloan.

The Word Crimes in Weird Al’s “Word Crimes”

The parodist's "Blurred Lines" parody represents a dangerous approach to language, even beyond the word "spastic."

Polaris Prize Short List: Supplemental Reading & Viewing from All 10 Artists

Features, interviews, reviews and performance videos from each of the short listed artists. Start your argument here.

RAPID FIRE: Against Me! talk Top 40, aliens and true trans soul rebels

In the series premiere of our new show Rapid Fire, Laura Jane Grace and Atom Willard take the heat.

STAFF PICKS: S.H.I.T.’s two 7″ records equal one of the best hardcore albums of the year

The Toronto punk all stars release a pair of caustic, breakneck EPs that make us worry for a generation.

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart on 5 albums unlike anything he’s ever heard

One part dark cabaret, two dashes avant-garde chanteuse, some robo kraut, a little goth rock, and a pinch of ultra-minimalism.