Andrew Bird landed at the Opera House last night, touring in support of his critically acclaimed, brand new full-length, Armchair Apocrypha. Clad in denim and rainbow socks, Bird was the consummate showman as songs and stage banter all melted into one under multi-coloured lights. The crowd was treated to a farm animal Speak’n’Say demonstration, followed by stories of Andrew’s breakfast, and an introduction to his newfound sock monkey puppet friend, whose shoes had to......

Finally, another excuse to write about La Blogothèque's Take-Away Shows. The last time we covered the France-based music filmmakers, they were psyching us up for the Arcade Fire's May concert with the best concert footage we've ever seen of the band. Before that, they won us over with The Hidden Cameras parading along boardwalks. Now they've given us Owen Pallett plucking away at two songs––"Your Light Is Spent" (above) and "Horsetail Feathers"––in Paris. If......

Final Fantasy alert! Over the past week, the always-lovely Good Hodgkins has twice graced us with new Owen Pallett tracks. First came a grand total of six tracks from Owen Pallett and rapper Cadence Weapons's CBC Radio session in mid-April. Pallett is featured on three of Cadence's tracks (check out "Sharks," in which Pallett incorporates some sweet Andrew Bird into the mix) and then has three of his own songs: "What Do You Think......