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Another lovely track from one of the most underrated bands in the game, Montreal's TOPS: "Sleeptalker" is the other side of their new 7" (you've seen the perfect video for "Change of Heart" by now, hopefully), out July 14 via our friends at Arbutus:

Montreal's TOPS make their long-awaited return with this fun self-directed video for their breezy, softly shimmering new single. "Change of Heart" is the A-side from the group's new Change Of Heart / Sleeptalker 7", out June 23 on Arbutus. Catch TOPS at one of 3 summer dates, including the Toronto stop of the Cascine & Friends tour along with Yumi Zouma and others; all dates af

We are very honored to help present the Cascine & Friends summer label tour, "designed to shine a light on labels with distinct aesthetics and the artists who embody their focused approaches." Hosted by the lovely luminaries at one of our favorite labels in the world, Cascine, in collaboration with a few of our other favorite labels, 100% SILK, Arbutus and Ghostly International. St

Filmmaking crew BRTHR warps Emily Kai Bock's beautifully shot original "She is the Wave" video into an intensely disorienting, potentially nausea-inducing trip with their brain-melting new video remix. Taken from Doldrums' new LP Lesser Evil, out today on Arbutus; listen to the record in its entirety after the jump...

"Shot on location at Northern Secondary School's dance class for deaf students taught by Tracy Hsu. Using large speakers to transfer vibrations through the dance floor, and a soft glass mirror which mimicked the rhythm of the song visually, the kids in Tracy's class showed us how they like to experience and dance to music...

Here's the new two-part single from Montreal's Blue Hawaii, taken from the duo's dark and beautiful forthcoming full-length Untogether, due early next year (their like-minded Montreal homies Grimes + TOPS are already very fond of the record). The first track to be unveiled from the new album, the otherworldly "In Two" is a stark, coldly enchanting, bass-heavy pop gem that seamlessly set

Grimes turned us on to her Montreal homies TOPS when she took over our blog back in February, and the band has a limited new white vinyl 7" single due next week on French label Atelier Ciseaux. A-side "Diamond Look" is one of the Fleetwood Mac-indebted highlights from the band's excellent/underrated Tender Opposites LP, and now we have the previously unreleased, dreamy soft-psych

TOPS are a bunch of weirdos, and I say this in the most affectionate way possible. Riley drums to a metronome for about 4 hours a day and would probably go for longer if he had his own studio, Jane laughs so loud that I can hear her even if I'm in a different building, usually when I see Tom he's buying weed from my roommates and David is just… indescribable really. Most...