Indie rock heroes The Weakerthans new DVD-CD Live at the Burton Cummings Theater, set for release on March 23

My Chemical Romance, You Me At Six, Paramore and Gallows have all been added to the bill of Australia's annual Soundwave festival.The five date trek, which kicks off in Brisbane on February 20 and concludes in Perth on March 1, also features HIM, Faith No More, Enter Shikari, Shinedown, Anti-Flag, Anthrax and Placebo.The complete line-up is as f...

Rock Plaza Central is busy preparing for an exciting fall tour with The Weakerthans

Photo by Jason BergmanThe biggest Mountain Goats fan I know, Pitchfork contributor Zach Baron, is also the guy I know who gets the most pissed off whenever lead Goat John Darnielle adds another layer of orchestration to his songs. The Mountain Goats started out as just Darnielle, recording innumerable limited-edition cassette-only EPs on his boo...

Caribou's bedroom-bred Andorra album has won Canada's third annual Polaris Music Prize. Nominees such as Kathleen Edwards, The Weakerthans and Black Mountain all performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre ceremony last night in Toronto. Caribou, real name Dan Snaith, earned $20,000 Canadian (or