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I think I might be one of Sean’s biggest fans. I think he is so great in such an indescribable way. I played a show with him in Montreal last year and that was my first time seeing him...it was unlike any live experience I’ve had before, his performance feels like a Lynchian dream...

In the new video for Lydia Ainsworth's "White Shadows", director and animator Tara Dougans utilizes "a series of hand-painted motion sequences, animated frame by frame and stitched together digitally" to create a soothing, darkly whimsical visual that mirrors the track's beautiful otherworldly vibe...

"It's the end of the year, so to commemorate the global underground touring we did— to all the people who were interested in coming to and putting on a Blue Hawaii show in Bangkok or Vilnius— we decided to put together a free mixtape of edits — somewhere between the dreamy record and the banging live show...

(๑ ऀืົཽ₍₍ළ₎₎ ऀืົཽ)✧ 'Get Happy' is a song we recorded one day in January 2014 but laid to rest as we got lost in the commotion of touring and moving to separate cities. As the year progressed, we found our live show intensify but still had all these softer recordings which would never be released. Hence we present Get Happy / Get Happier, where we explore both sides: the original demo and a fun, d

Extremely psyched to have one of our favorite pop bands in the world right now taking over the site today: say hi to TOPS, whose new LP Picture You Staring -- easily one of the best records of the year -- is out this week on Arbutus. You can listen to that here, and stay up on all of the sweet posts TOPS have planned for you throughout the day here...

TOPS' Picture You Staring is out next week on Arbutus

Montreals TOPS unveils the softest, most pillowy of jams, our current favorite from their stellar new album (although it could just as easily have come from the Top Gun soundtrack). Picture You Staring is out September 2 via our friends at Arbutus...

"Way To Be Loved" is the opening track from TOPS' excellent new LP Picture You Staring, out September 2 on Arbutus.

Yumi Zouma is coming to America this week, and in anticipation of their first ever US shows, the group is giving away this subtle up-tempo edit of their Air France collab/cover "It Feels Good To Be Around You". YZ's label Cascine has also hooked us up with 3 signed copies of the group's stellar, very sold-out debut 10" EP (pictured, click for larger image) to give away, plus 2 pair