Check out the wonderful Best New Music review Pitchfork have just given Broken Social Scene ‘Forgiveness Rock Record’

Album is out now on Spunk, and Broken Social Scene are touring Australia in July/August for Splendour In The Grass. Keep your eyes fixed here for details of side shows in the coming weeks. We can’t wait to welcome them back to Australian soil after so long.

Spoon are on Australian soil this week for the Groovin The Moo Festival and side shows in major cities. Check out the dates and grab tickets before they sell out here.

Tortoise have shows in Sydney and Melbourne this week too, here for the Melbourne Jazz Festival. Grab tickets to their Melbourne show Friday May 7 here, and their Sydney show Saturday May 8 here

Download the O.N.E stems from the Mad Decent website, do with them what you will, and then post your remix back on the website.

Public voting is underway now until May 14 when the winners are announced – First prize wins a Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro, ‘Odd Blood’ on CD and vinyl, and the glory of having your remix featured on the Mad Decent website. Runners-up ‘Odd Blood’ on CD and vinyl, a Yeasayer t-shirt and Beats Earbuds.

You can spend your day either working or remixing one of the best and boldest indie pop songs of the year. I know what I’ll be doing (hi, work) so maybe you can gave some fun with O.N.E for the two of us.

Scottish folk icon Alasdair Roberts is headed to Australia for the first time in support of his latest album Spoils – listed by The Wire as the 4th best record of 2009!
His recorded output, which started as Appendix Out in the late 1990s has born witness to numerous collaborations and productions with the likes of Will Oldham and Sean O’Hagen. For his first tour of Australia, Roberts draws from his vast song book of esoteric ballads, unfolding fables and haunted fingerpicking to present a collection of truly individual and engaged songwriting.

May. Mon 3 – Canberra, The Front Cafe. Thu 6 – Sydney, Raval. Fri 7 – Melb, NSC. Sat 8 – Bne, Judith Wright Centre. *tickets for syd show from moshtix*

‘Wild Smile’

June 4 on Spunk