TOPS

Montreal's TOPS announce the launch of their brand new label Musique TOPS with the release of a sweet new double A-side 7", featuring the beautifully tender love song "Echo of Dawn" and the infectious groove of self-described "imposter syndrome anthem" "Seven Minutes. L…

Patrick Waites shot our favorite band at their GvsB co-presented show over the weekend at the Mohawk in Austin:

Montreal's TOPS finally grace us with a video for the album-closer + one of our favorite tracks from their amazing 2017 record Sugar at the Gate -- only 2 years after release! -- to commemorate their their North American tour that starts next month (including a stop at the Mohawk in Austin on M…

Beacon was recorded and mixed at The Bottle Garden studio in Montreal during the winter of 2016. The Bottle Garden is a gem of a studio, a shrine to analogue tape and equipment hiding just below the noses of passersby on a busy street in the Mile End...

As the internet's collective attention span continues to dwindle away and the clickbait economy slowly ruins everything good, we made a conscious effort this year to spend more time listening to fewer things. Discovering new favorites will always remain a priority around here, but it felt good to de…

TOPS' Sugar At the Gate highlight gets a lovely video, directed by the group's own Jane Penny, and starring Ellise Barbara, Riley Fleck + Jackson MacIntosh:

Our album of the summer is here: Montreal's TOPS drop their best full-length yet, a timeless collection of breezy, instantly familiar pop jams (see "Petals", "Cutlass Cruiser"), intoxicating slow-burners that only reveal their true magic after you've earned it with your time and …

Hear another gem from TOPS' resplendent Sugar at the Gate, finally out next week on Arbutus:

In an insane year of new music (SO FAR), TOPS' Sugar at the Gate remains near the very top of the list of our favorite records of the year. Today, the group shares another single from the album, the gorgeous, soaring, awesomely titled and wonderfully shoegaze-y "Dayglow Bimbo"…

TOPS share the Jane Penny-directed video for the first single from our favorite record of 2017 (so far duh), Sugar at the Gate: