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10 Best Songs of the Week: Wet Leg, Elbow, Courtney Barnett, Coach Party, and More

Plus Field Music, Hovvdy, IAN SWEET, Gone to Color, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Oct 01, 2021

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2021. Old school rock was alive and well this week, with new songs from The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Stevie Wonder, Sting, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie, but none of those tracks made our Songs of the Week list. More

Sep 27, 2021

Toronto-based electronic rock band Holy Fuck has been working remotely over the pandemic, crafting fresh additions to their unconventional genre-blending catalog. Fans last heard from the band with their early 2020 album Deleter, including the singles “Luxe” and “Free Gloss” which were two of our Songs of the Week. Now the band has returned with their first single of this year, “Airport Dreams (feat. Sarah Bonito),” premiering with Under the Radar. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Porridge Radio, Soccer Mommy, Real Estate, Westerman, and More

Plus Moaning, Anna Burch, U.S. Girls, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jan 17, 2020

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a very strong week for new songs, especially as a slew of notable new albums were announced this week. More

Jan 15, 2020

Toronto’s Holy Fuck are releasing a new album, Deleter, this Friday via Last Gang. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Deleters,” which features Liars’ Angus Andrew. More

13 Best Songs of the Week: Jon Hopkins + Kelly Lee Owens, Porridge Radio, Holy Fuck, and More

Plus Rose Elinor Dougall, Caribou, Shopping, Tame Impala, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Dec 06, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s installment covers songs from the last two weeks. Hence we have a Top 13 instead of a Top 10. More

Dec 06, 2019

Toronto’s Holy Fuck are releasing a new album, Deleter, on January 17, 2020 via Last Gang. Now they have shared another song from it, “Free Gloss,” that features the guest vocals of Nicolas Allbrook from POND. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Angel Olsen, Hayden Thorpe, Dry Cleaning, R.E.M., and More

Plus Water From Your Eyes, Holy Fuck, Moon Duo, Tindersticks, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 13, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We knew this week’s #1 song would be our #1 the moment we heard it. It might be the #1 Song of the Year even, we’ll see. More

Sep 13, 2019

Toronto’s Holy Fuck have shared a new song, “Luxe,” that features the guest vocals of Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip. Right now it’s a standalone single on AWAL. More

Watch: Holy Fuck - “Tom Tom” Video

Congrats Due Out May 27 via Innovative Leisure

Apr 27, 2016

Holy Fuck are releasing a new album, Congrats, on May 27 via Innovative Leisure. It’s the first Holy Fuck album since 2010’s Latin. Now the band has shared a video for “Tom Tom.” Michael Leblanc directed the atmospheric video, which takes place in a Romanian town. Watch it below, via Pitchfork. More

Holy Fuck Offers up A Place to Bury Strangers Remix

Proceeds Benefit A Place to Bury Strangers Robbery

Dec 10, 2010

Last week, A Place to Bury Strangers’ van was stolen, mid-tour. Now, Holy Fuck is stepping in to help. More

Holy Fuck Flaunt Their Love of Cats In New Video

“Red Lights” From New Album, Latin

Oct 14, 2010

The cut for “Red Lights” (from recently released Latin) features our furry friends, driving cars, playing guitars—ya know, just hanging. We have the video. More

Jul 12, 2010

Treasure Island has announced its lineup for the 2010 festival, held October 16th and 17th on Treasure Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Split evenly between dance music and indie rockers, headliners includeLCD Soundsystem and Deadmau5 (Saturday) and Belle & Sebastian and The National (Sunday). We have the full lineup. More

Tegan and Sara Announce Alligator Remixes, March 30th

Remixers Include: Passion Pit, Holy Fuck, Ra Ra Riot

Mar 24, 2010

In a continuing quest for Sainthood (or at least album promotion) sisters Tegan and Sara are releasing an iTunes only remix album, available March 30th. We have the track list. More




Reviews

May 14, 2010

Toronto’s four-letter favorites return with another album of instrumental electro-pop. This is the first to feature their consistent touring lineup, rather than the revolving unofficial cast of previous efforts, and the formula remains largely the same: a live take on electronic music, with uptempo, heavily rhythmic backdrops underlying swaths of melody and noise. More