Next week, the Ontario indie rockers Born Ruffians will release Birthmarks, their fourth album. And now the Montreal group Young Galaxy have remixed their single "Needle," turning it into a jittery,…   Read Story »

It's finally come to this: The first straight-to-Spotify Stereogum Monthly Mix. It's the end of an era, and I'm a little sad about it! But it's a necessity in 2013, and one that will serve this…   Read Story »

We heard a new Born Ruffians song at the very beginning of this year, but without many other details. With the release of the new single, "Needle," we now know that the band will be back with a new…   Read Story »

Ontario indie quartet Born Ruffians are returning sometime this year with a new album. Thus far, we don't have a whole lot in the way of details, but we do have a new song: A slippery, sneakily…   Read Story »

Paper Bag Records is celebrating eight years as a label and their new website by releasing a tribute album covering Madonna's 1986 album True Blue. The label asked their roster of artists --…   Read Story »

This track, from Born Ruffians' new tour and digital EP, features Tokyo Police Club's Dave Monks, for what must have been the most polite and self-effacing recording session of all time. It sounds…   Read Story »

"Crossed Wires" is restrained and measured, as if Acorns singer Rolf Klausener is conversing his energy for a bigger fight. "Oh, but you will never ever get to be / One of the unhunted," he sings at…   Read Story »

As mentioned, Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij went and remixed Jack Johnson's To The Sea opener "You And Your Heart" using his Boys Like Us handle. The results? The mellowest electronics ever.…   Read Story »

When Jessica spoke with Born Ruffians’ Luke LaLonde about his band's new album Say It, the singer told her the title referenced being direct with family, friends, and bandmates. ("Just say it.")…   Read Story »

When I talked to Born Ruffians' Luke LaLonde about writing Say It, he said the title referred to being more direct with family, friends, and band mates, saying what he meant and "being a dick." "Sole…   Read Story »