Noooooo! The Constantines‘ Tournament of Hearts will be the final release from Toronto’s Three Gut Records. While I’m sorry to see one of my favorite labels go, I have to give them props for putting it all to rest when the time felt right. Full story here.

Count up your krona: here’s this comp, Oh, You’re So Silent, Jens, combining Jens Lekman’s Maple Leaves, Rocky Dennis, and Julie EPs, along with non-EP tracks “F-Word” and “The Wrong Hands”.

Let the mp3blogs of the world crap themselves! StG has a new Wolf Parade track up.

We were all wondering: “Featuring Dan Bejar (Destroyer, New Pornographers) and members of The Battles, Bonaparte showcases female vocals a la an eccentric Blondie with touches of 80’s new wave.”

You can preorder Xiu Xiu’s La Foret from Acuarela right now, and receive it weeks before the July release date. Acuarela list members even receive a .50 Euro discount. What is that, like, a dollar? 5 dollars? I don’t really know, but, where I come from, a discount is a discount.

You know, sometimes you need your Hot Hot Heat/Rapture/Communique- style dancey shit sung in French. Yes, it’s only
once in a *greeeeaaaaaaaat* while, but anyway, case in point:
Malajube. I can’t seem to stop listening to their newest, Le Compte Complet (especially the song “Le Metronome”). The problem is, I can’t find any full mp3s around for you to check out, so be resourceful, and go out and find that shit yourself.