Dawn FM is the upcoming fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, scheduled to be released on January 7, 2022 by XO and Republic Records. Intended to serve as a direct follow-up to his fourth studio album After Hours (2020), Dawn FM will feature guest appearances from Jim Carrey, Tyler, the Creator and Lil Wayne. The album, which will be primarily produced by the Weeknd, will feature additional contributions from Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Quincy Jones and Oneohtrix Point Never, among others.

低处生活
人们开始注意到Feist还是在Kings of Convenience的专辑封面上，在之前的《Quiet Is the New Loud》中，她作为挪威俊男Erik Glambek Boe的“女友”身份出现。而在2004年的最新专辑《Riot on an Em pty Street》的封面上，依然可以看到Feist的身影并且她的声音也出现在唱片中。那么这个有着棕红色头发的美女究竟是谁呢？她是不是真的是Erik的女友呢？其实Feist是一个来自加拿大的女歌手，而她的音乐经历呢，则要比Kings of Convenience的那两个毛头小子丰富的多。
Feist本名Leslie Feist，她于1976年出生在加拿大的一个宁静小城卡尔加利，自幼喜欢音乐，后来她便用自己的姓氏Feist给自己取了这样一个艺名。起初先是在高中，她和几个同样喜欢摇滚乐的朋友组建了一支朋克乐队——Placebo，有意思的是这和现在英国十分走红的那支朋克乐队有着相同的名字。后来Feist率领她的乐队在当地一系列的摇滚比赛中取得了优胜，小有名气的他们后来成为了The Ramones在加拿大演出的开场乐队。也就是在这个时候，Feist选择了音乐作为毕生的事业，她开始艰苦而毫无希望可言的生活，在之后的五年中，Feist开始在加拿大的各个地方演出，也正是这个时候，她结交了很多著名的音乐人士。可是正当Feist准备有更进一步的发展之时，她的嗓子却音乐莫名的疾病不能发声了，面对这个打击Feist几乎放弃了她的音乐人生涯。后来她四处寻医，终于在多伦多找到了一位医生并治好了她的病，于是她决定离开家乡卡尔加利并搬来多伦多开始全新的生活。
在多伦多Feist租来的小小的寝室中，她开始利用一台破旧的四轨机为自己录音，而此时她所演绎的音乐已经有了很多的改变。一把吉他，还有简单的歌声，这就是来自Feist的新尝试，做一个民谣歌手，她开始学会在低处生活。
后来Feist加入了当地的By Divine Right乐队并且开始逐渐被更多的人知道，她和乐队为加拿大老牌摇滚乐队The Tragically Hip做北美巡演嘉宾。在1999年她录制了第一张属于自己的专辑——《Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head)》，清新的民谣歌曲，仿佛重获新生。2000年，她帮助Peaches制作了专辑《Teaches of Peaches》；两年之后她又加入了By Divine Right的后身乐团——后摇滚风格的Broken Social Scene，并且凭借专辑《You Forgot It in People》一鸣惊人。
《Let It Die》是Feist精心打造的一张清新民谣风格的专辑，她找来了加拿大本地电子说唱乐手Gonzales和法国民谣吉他手Manu Chao为她制作这张专辑。Feist带着这些乐手来到巴黎进行录音，而我们听到的则是一张完美的唱片，其中包括了她翻唱本国民谣歌手Sexsmith以及Bee Gees的歌曲。低处生活，聆听Feist和她的吉他一齐歌唱。

Leonard Cohen releases Can't Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour on May 12, 2015. The ten songs of this hypnotic album are Cohen rarities recorded on his recent, celebrated "Old Ideas World Tour." Remarkably, this is Cohen's third album release since last September's Platinum selling Popular Problems which garnered four 2015 JUNO AWARD nominations and won for the coveted 'Album of the Year'.
The songs on Can't Forget have the immediacy, spontaneity, and thrilling intimacy of the best studio recordings made in the white heat of live performance and Cohen's legendary soundchecks, in which he brings the colors of his virtuoso band to full bloom in harmony with his voice, never more seductive. Here is a full range of Leonard Cohen's work: new songs including, from the realm of blues, the wickedly funny "Got a Little Secret" and "Never Gave Nobody Trouble"; luxurious performances of such Cohen masterpieces as "I Can't Forget," "Light As the Breeze," "Night Comes On," and a sublime "Joan of Arc". Cohen also treats us to a gripping version of the Quebecois love song "La Manic," performed before a captivated audience in Quebec City, and a moving tribute cover of the late country master George Jones's "Choices." These are songs and performances of the first order that you can't forget.
Can't Forget is available for pre-order at all digital service providers, where fans will receive "Never Gave Nobody Trouble" instantly with purchase.
Cohen's live concert tours were met with extraordinary and unanimous accolades as he performed around the world from 2008 through 2013. His mesmerizing performances totaled 470 shows in 31 countries, attended by four million fans. Can't Forget gives listeners an extremely special glimpse into Cohen's intimate rehearsal process, widely known to be in-depth 'concerts before the concert!,' heard by fans for the first time with this new record. Cohen continues to work with vocalists, musicians, producers and engineers who are the best in the business.

Claire Elise Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, composer, and visual artist. Her music incorporates elements of varied styles and genres including dream pop, R&B, electronic music, and hip hop.

The Weeknd release their fourth album album, 'After Hours.'
The Weeknd is the alias of alternative Canadian R&B enigma-turned-pop star A bel Tesfaye, whose aching accounts of emotionally and physically toxic indulgences have translated into mass recognition. The singer and songwriter made his early-2010s breakthrough with morose ballads that seemed to have no designs on mainstream appeal. Within a few years, however, he was at the top of the charts and the rest is history.
Fourteen tracks total, Including 'Heartless', 'Blinding Lights' and 'After Hours'.

Alexandra Stréliski is a Canadian neo-classical composer. She released her debut album, Pianoscope, in 2010. Songs from the album have appeared in several films and movies, specifically those by Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée. This includes the Dallas Buyers Club, Demolition, and Big Little Lies.

Alexandra Streliski is a Montreal-based pianist and composer. Sometimes evoking, Satie, Glass and Nyman, her music is distinguished by its simplicity and the truth of its notes. Her first album, "Pianoscope" is imbued with both melancholy and light and transports its audience into a dreamy and cinematic universe. As of today, her music is part of several film and commercial projects.
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The second album from Montreal's Arcade Fire exceeds all expectations. With string and orchestral arrangements by two of the band members, "Neon Bible" is full of both half-assed punk rock mistakes and meticulously orchestrated woodwinds. Processed strings and mandolin. Quiet rumbles and loud rumbles. But mostly just eleven songs that the band thinks are really good.

莱昂纳德·科恩去世后的首张专辑，也是他的第15张录音室专辑，将于11月22日在全球发行。新专辑叫做《感谢伴我共舞》（Thanks for the Dance)，共9首歌，总时长29分17秒。--- LeonardCohen中文站

加拿大独立摇滚乐队拱廊之火(Arcade Fire)即将于8月2日发行专辑《郊外》(The Suburbs)。在推出两张成功的专辑之后，拱廊之火的第三张录音室专辑非常让歌迷期待。
《郊外》华丽的开篇唱到：“当我年轻的时候，希望有个女儿，我想牵着她的手，给她看美好的事物，在一切被破坏以前。”这种闲聊式的独白通常会以民谣来表达，拱廊之火却将它与体育馆摇滚结合起来，鼓点和键盘的旋律就像洪水一样滚滚而来。看来这才是赶时髦和尼尔扬结合的方式。和他们的音乐导师U2、布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀不同，拱廊之火对生活细节不感兴趣。当巴特勒唱到开车去休斯顿时，他只是说“我们听到引擎失灵的声音”，而斯普林斯汀则会告诉你到底是哪个零件出了问题(例如《Racing in the Street》<街头比赛>)。但这正是拱廊之火广受欢迎的原因之一，他们邀您共同体验解决问题的经过和成功后的喜悦。
《郊外》中的很多歌曲描绘了乐队对现实生活的体验。在《洛可可》中，夏莎妮和队友们用和声绝妙演绎了热情消退的过程。《准备开始》是独立乐队为名望所累的写照，巴特勒在歌中埋怨：“生意人，他们喝我们的血/就像艺术学校的孩子们一样。”让他失去信任的不只是艺术学校的孩子们，还有混乱的世界：“他们在70年代建造的所有房屋最终倒塌/毫无意义”。说到70年代，拱廊之火的音乐家们显然是从父辈收藏的德国艺术摇滚唱片中获得了灵感，这使得《准备开始》和《五月》这样的快歌显得格外简洁和均衡。《五月》这样描述那些不买账的摇滚观众：“孩子们紧抱着胳膊站着那里”。这句歌词原本会变成一个类似“滚出我的草坪”的长句，结果只用一个生动的画面就表达出来了。《深蓝》用华丽的钢琴来营造情绪，很像大卫·邦威的《Hunky Dory》(匈牙利渔船)。在那张专辑中，邦威用非常私人的视角讲述了父母和子女的关系。《郊外》的结尾是充满柔情和怜悯的，因为尽管有太多的哀与怒，拱廊之火从来没有远离过那些父母和孩子们。

Reflektor is the fourth studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on October 28, 2013 on Merge Records. A double album, Reflektor was co-produced by former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy, regular Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs, and the band itself.

this, this long-playing record, a thing we made in the midst of communal mess, raising dogs and children. eyes up and filled with dreadful joy – we aimed for wrong notes that explode, a quiet muttering amplified heavenward. we recorded it all in a burning motorboat.
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1. UNDOING A LUCIFERIAN TOWERS – look at that fucking skyline! big lazy money writ in dull marble obelisks! imagine all those buildings much later on, hollowed out and stripped bare of wires and glass, listen- the wind is whistling through all 3,000 of its burning window-holes!
2. BOSSES HANG – labor, alienated from the wealth it creates, so that holy cow, most of us live precariously! kicking at it, but barely hanging on! also – the proud illuminations of our shortened lives! also – more of us than them! also – what we need now is shovels, wells, and barricades!
3. FAM / FAMINE – how they kill us = absentee landlord, burning high-rise. the loud panics of child-policemen and their exploding trigger-hands. with the dull edge of an arbitrary meritocracy. neglect, cancer maps, drone strike, famine. the forest is burning and... more
releases September 22, 2017
PERSONNEL
Aidan Girt: Drums
David Bryant: Electric guitar, MG-One
Efrim Manuel Menuck: Electric guitar, organ, OP-1
Karl Lemieux: 16mm film projections
Mauro Pezzente: Electric bass
Michael Moya: Electric guitar
Sophie Trudeau: Violins, organ
Thierry Amar: Contrebasse, electric bass
Timothy Herzog: Drums
GUESTS ON TRACK ONE
Bonnie Kane (saxophone, flute, electronics)
Craig Pederson (trumpet)
Recorded by Greg Norman at Hotel 2 Tango and The Pines.
Mixed by Greg Norman and GYBE at Hotel 2 Tango.
Masted by Harris Newman at Greymarket.

加拿大独立摇滚乐团 Arcade Fire 于 2004 年携首张专辑《Funeral》登场面世。Win Butler 的声音破碎、脆弱、凶猛而又浪漫，他笔下的《Funeral》有着无数的含义，既是爱与死亡，孤独与聚合，又关乎全体人类的命运，带着寓言式的悲观情绪。无论是《Rebellion (Lies)》对梦境与死亡的探索，还是《Neighborhood 1 (Tunnels)》中唯美清冷的意境，都展现出他们别样的美学观念和艺术气息。