Music
This week in new music: June 14 - 18, 2010
by Ciaran Thompson
June 18, 2010
In case you’re tuning in for the first time this week, every Friday we’ll give you a roundup of our top music news stories:
The long list has been announced for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, which includes albums by The Besnard Lakes, Caribou, Broken Social Scene, Frog Eyes, Holy Fuck, Shad, Zeus, Young Galaxy, The New Pornographers and many others.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have put out a new music video for the single “Say No To Love.”
North By Northeast kicked off this past week. Check out the video highlights of Day 1.
Earlier this week AUX became a national TV service by launching on SHAW cable in western Canada.
Check out Diamond Rings’ new video for the track “Show Me Your Stuff.”
Some benefit shows have been announced for Eagles of Death Metal bassist Brian O’Connor who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
Ahead of their gig on Toronto Island this weekend, Broken Social Scene performed the song “Texico Bitches” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
OK Go have made another stunning music video for the song “End Love.”
Gorillaz have debuted their new music video that involves an under the sea adventure for the song “Melancholy Hill.”
Our Download of the week features the Passion Pit remix of Tokyo Police Club’s “Boots of Danger (Wait Up).”
A new Michael Jackson video game is in the works where players can put their dance moves to the test against the king of pop.
The next installment of What We See Is What You Get features Sage Francis.
MGMT have debuted the new video for “It’s Working” off their latest album Congratulations.
In this week’s Throwdown, Gord Downie And The Country of Miracles’ “The East Wind” takes on Wintersleep’s “Black Camera.” Vote for your choice.
Tags: Music, News, broken social scene, Diamond Rings, Gorillaz, mgmt, Michael Jackson, OK GO, Polaris Music Prize, Tokyo Police Club
