Did you know Broken Social Scene hasn’t released a proper album since their self-titled endeavor in 2005? Perhaps the release of both Kevin Drew’s and Brendan Canning’s individual releases helped facilitate the band’s extended leave of absence, but Kevin Drew assures fans in a recent interview conducted with Pitchforkmedia.com that the album’s work is well underway, and can expect a release on May 4th of this year, through Arts & Crafts.
What of course adds to the band’s allure and mystery is their revolving door policy towards the group. …

Dear Alec,
This is not from me, but two others that wanted to share with you some great birthday wishes.
Logan.

After seven years of ass-kickage, These Arms Are Snakes are disbanding.  From their Myspace:
“It’s with a heavy heart we tell you that These Arms Are Snakes is no more. It’s been a great run and we’d like to send out a very hearty “Thank You” to everyone that we’ve worked with or anyone that we’ve toured with; anyone that lent us a floor, towed our van and/or trailer, lent a van, given us a listen, downloaded our records prior to their coming out, bought our shit, or asked us …

Melissa Auf der Maur has released the official music video for the title track to her forthcoming solo album Out of Our Minds.  It is immensely compelling with it’s rich and thought out visuals, and seems to hint at strong potential for the album as a whole.  The video can be viewed at Auf der Maur’s website HERE, where a link for an official download of the MP3 may also be discovered.

Sad news: Memphis garage rocker Jay Reatard was found dead in his house at 3:30 am this morning.
There is no apparent cause for his death right now, but for a more complete report, you can click here.