New York based DJs Holy Ghost! released their most recent EP, Static on the Wire, today with DFA records. If you enjoyed our feature on Grum, these two are most definitely a pair you should watch out for. In the vein of Cut Copy, The Presets and many more before them, Holy Ghost! have successfully fused a very distinct and danceable pop sound with dreamy synth chords and incessantly catchy hooks. If you like what you hear on the site,…

What a fantastically lazy Sunday we’ve just had. If you haven’t made it outside yet, you are missing the most beautiful day thus far this year. After a late and delicious breakfast, we made our way up to Mont Royal Park for a bit of Tam-Tams. And a bit of Tam-Tams we got: hundreds of chillers, drummers, acrobats, performers and LARPers came out to enjoy the beautiful weather together. At least four distinct drum circles had emerged, each with it’s own…

Born Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson, Fever Ray has been wooing us with her adorable and incredibly versatile voice for almost a decade now. She began her commercial career as guitarist and lead vocalist for alt-rockers Honey is Cool before gaining much noteriety as one half of the explosive (and similarly versatile) electronic duo The Knife. Last year, Fever Ray released her self-titled solo debut to great critical acclaim. But that isn’t much Fever Ray’s style. Notoriously critical of the mainstream music…

Happy Friday everyone. Another week is over and, alas, our time in Montreal is quickly drawing to a close. If you follow hockey at all, you won’t be surprised to hear that  things have been pretty wild around here lately (MTL does not f*ck around when it comes to sports riots.) With the Habs now in the last round of the playoffs before the Stanley Cup finals, we don’t expect things around these parts to calm down any time soon,…

We recently had a chance to talk with Grum about his produciton style, growing up with metal-heads in Scotland, getting love on Hype Machine and the origin of his moniker. We had a good time talking with him, check it out here. Go Back (Le Castle Vania Remix)- Grum [Audio clip: click 'read more' to listen/download] Show Me the Night (Grum Remix)- Jump Jump Dance Dance [Audio clip: click 'read more' to listen/download]

Mike: Hey, thanks for taking some time out to talk to me. Grum: No worries, glad to do it. Mike: We were at the show with the Twelves on Saturday (May 1) and I gotta say, we were blown away. It was really an amazing show. Grum: Oh thanks, I really enjoyed it as well. Mike: We also heard that you just sold out the entire North American tour with the Twelves. That must feel like a pretty big accomplishment….

This Phantogram remix landed in our mailbox this morning, and since we’re still playing Eyelid Movies on repeat, I thought it was worth sharing. Phantogram has essentially exploded in the past few months, and it seems like there are only more good things to come. They’ve been touring nonstop, playing their own gigs as well as opening for indie darlings such as The Antlers and the XX. This Alan Wilkis remix is a nice take on one of my favorite…

It may have taken seven whole days, but we’ve finally reached our goal. We made it though the weekly craze without school crushing our soul. And now it’s Sunday (our day of lazy), and we are ready to rest. We look outside, it’s grey and hazy: snow in May must be a jest! Truthfully, we don’t much care, we’ve trucked through this befores. But it is quite the irritating affair so we’d rather stay indoors. But through the snow and…

Grum and The Twelves threw down for a packed crowd at Le Belmont on Saturday night. With the main acts not coming on until late, opener Le Matos got the audience pumped. It wasn’t too difficult a feat, since everyone has been in full-on party hardy mode since finals ended. Things got into full swing as soon as Grum came on. Playing an extremely danceable set, he was also a fun artist to watch; he was clearly engaged in his…

Happy Friday everyone, we hope you enjoyed the first week of summer as much as we did. With school out of the way, one night just seems to get better than the last, so we’re making the most of our time before we’re forced to leave our beloved Montreal for the summer. TNM will still be going strong over the summer, although we’ll be based out of the New York/Philadelphia area until September. Starting in July we’ll be covering shows…