Feb 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2023. Thanks in part to the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, the week was light on big album announcements, but there were still enough worthy songs to pick from. More

Feb 22, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, is releasing a new solo album, Once Upon a Time In Montréal, on March 31 via Dangerbird. Now he has shared its second single, title track “Once Upon a Time In Montréal,” via a music video. The song features a rousing saxophone solo by Frank Lozano. More

Jan 20, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2023. It was a stacked week for new songs and album announcements. Boygenius alone released three songs to consider! There were enough tracks we liked that we settled on a super-sized Top 13 this week. More

Jan 19, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montreal’s The Dears, has announced a new solo album, Once Upon a Time in Montreal, and shared its first single, “Dumpster Gold,” via a music video. More

Apr 06, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. Here we check in with Murray A. Lightburn of Montreal, Canada’s The Dears. More

Jun 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, released a new solo album, Hear Me Out, back in February via Dangerbird. Now he has shared a video for the album’s “Changed My Ways.” Kevin Drew of fellow countrymen Broken Social Scene directed the video, which features Lightburn in different professional costumes. More

Apr 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sons of An Illustrious Father are a trio comprised of Josh Aubin, Lilah Larson, and acclaimed actor Ezra Miller. They self-released their last album, Deus Sex Machina: Or, Moving Slowly Beyond Nikola Tesla, back in June 2018. Now they have shared a new song, simply titled “Sons of An Illustrious Father.” It features string arrangements from Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears. More

Feb 22, 2019 By Mark Redfern

There were many strong contenders for this week’s Songs of the Week. We could’ve gone as high as a Top 15 instead of the regular Top 10 and as it is there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions, with some good tracks that also almost made the honorable mention list to. More

Feb 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, released a new solo album, Hear Me Out, today via Dangerbird. (You can stream it here.) Now he has shared a video for the album’s title track, “Hear Me Out.” The minimalist video features Lightburn singing the song in sunglasses and also him playing it on piano. More

Feb 22, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, has released a new solo album, Hear Me Out, today via Dangerbird. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Feb 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, is releasing a new solo album, Hear Me Out, this Friday (February 22) via Dangerbird. Now he has shared another song from the album, “Fan Fiction (Ballad of a Genius).” More

Jan 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This was a helluva week for new music. Monday was fairly quiet due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but Foals officially announced two albums and shared a cinematic video for a new song. More

Jan 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, is releasing a new solo album, Hear Me Out, on February 22 via Dangerbird. Now he has shared another song from the album, “To the Top,” via a black & white video for the track. More

Dec 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, is releasing a new solo album, Hear Me Out, on February 22, 2019 via Dangerbird. Previously he shared its first single, “Belleville Blues” (which we premieredand was one of our Songs of the Week). Now he has shared another song from the album, “Changed My Ways.” More

Nov 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

There might still be nearly two months left in 2018, but 2019 album announcements have been coming hard and fast of late. The Top 10 of this week’s Songs of the Week is packed with first and second singles from albums due out next January or February, although not our #1, that album is due out next week. More

Nov 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Murray A. Lightburn, frontman of Montréal’s The Dears, has announced a new solo album, Hear Me Out, and we’re pleased to premiere its first single, “Belleville Blues.” More

Apr 06, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. Here we check in with Murray A. Lightburn of Montreal, Canada’s The Dears. More