Let Them Eat Cake

SWAK would like to congratulate THE BESNARD LAKES, OWEN PALLETT, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE and CARIBOU on making the 2010 Polaris Prize Short List. This is going to make for an awesome telecast on September 25th. We might even watch it live...unless there is a show that night, then we'll have to tape it on the PVR. Either way, we're looking forward to watching the Gala. Who doesn't love a good Gala?

Fruit Bats

Sub Pop recording artists Fruit Bats, play the Media Club on August 9th. We realize it's barely even July, but we wanted to give you time to get hooked on The Ruminant Band.

Delorean...and Marty McFly

If you're lucky enough to have a flux capacitor, we suggest setting your coordinates to June 7th, 2010 at the Biltmore. Delorean put on a awesome Monday night dance party. It felt like summer underground! For those that missed the show, we suggest picking up a copy of Subiza. It's instant sunshine.

Joanna Newsom

Joanna Newsom has an opinion. In a May interview with The Guardian,
the harp playing songstress sounds off on Lady Gaga and Madonna.

We however, are more interested in her music than what she thinks of Madge. Checkout the Pitchfork review of her ambitious 3-disc release, Have One on Me.

See Joanna live in Vancouver on August 5th at the Vogue Theatre.

Go Tell It on the Mountain

The Mountain Goats latest release, The Life of the World to Come, is composed of twelve tracks, each one inspired by, and titled after, a single verse of the Christian Bible.

"This film of the same name depicts [John] Darnielle playing these songs to an empty Pomona auditorium (the same place he first played a piano recital at age 8)..."

See The Mountain Goats live in Victoria on June 1st, and in Vancouver on June 2nd.

Welcome to Jamrock

We hope you are one of the lucky people that got tickets for the sold out Nas and Damian Marley concert at The Showbox SoDo in Seattle tonight. The duo are on tour promoting their new album Distant Relatives. Beg, borrow, or steal. Do whatever it takes. This show is not to be missed...okay, okay, maybe don't steal, just beg or borrow.

Caribou

2008 Polaris Prize winner Daniel Snaith, better known as Caribou, released his sixth full-length album Swim, on April 20th. Stereogum says it's, "an ambitious/dense/compositionally rich/well-produced record." Have a listen to Odessa, the first track off the new album. Leave a comment and let us know what you think.

Caribou plays the Rickshaw Theatre on May 29th. Tickets on sale now.