Rihanna performing Stay ft. Mikky Ekko from her seventh studio album Unapologetic (2012).

The raw, emotional music video directed by Sophie Muller suits this song well.

Chambray by New York based indie band We Barbarians.

In 2007 three childhood friends from Long Beach, Cali formed We Barbarians after their previous group, The Colour, disbanded.

Theirs indie blues rock sound has been compared to early U2 and The Clash.

Float On by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse.

Did you know that the band derived their name from a passage in Virginia Woolf’s “The Mark on the Wall”? “I wish I could hit upon a pleasant track of thought, a track indirectly reflecting credit upon myself, for those are the pleasantest thoughts, and very frequent even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people, who believe genuinely that they dislike to hear their own praises.”

The perfect song to post while relaxing lakeside. Oh sweet vacation how I’ve missed thee.
Turn That Finger Around by Honey Honey off their album Billy Jack.
Honey Honey is Suzanne Santo (vocals/banjo/violin) and Ben Jaffe (vocals/guitar).

Here’s the video for Jack by Breach, produced by Riff Raff.

This video is just weird enough to keep my attention on a Monday morning.

A great song to get your work week going- here’s Little Games by The Colorist off their new E.P. Lido. They’re currently on tour, so check out their tour dates here.

Sick Muse off indie rock band Metric’s album FANTASIES.

Video by Justin Broadbent and Michael Leach (HotDogGarbage).

Full Circle by Canadian band Half Moon Run. They are currently in the home stretch of an 18 month international tour alongside artists such as Mumford & Sons,  Metric, Pat Watson and Of Monsters and Men.

I just got my tickets to see these guys performe at Metropolis in Montreal on Dec. 7. Stoked!

Lullatone – Let’s Split a Banana Split from Lullatone.

The perfect summer song and video- here’s Let’s Split a Banana Split from Lullatone.

 

Stompa by the award-winning, Canadian artist Serena Ryder.

She’ll be in Montreal this summer for the International Jazz Festival, performing July 2nd at Club Soda.