Vancouver psych-riffers Black Mountain are prepped to release their brand new album Wilderness Heart on September 14th via Jagjaguwar. They’ve already released the first single of the album, “Old Fangs,” a driving, power-swagger rock tune with some deep, gritty organ notes gluing the whole song together.

There’s also a moving picture show to be played in unison with the song, so check it out:

You can catch the Black Mountain gang in Saskatoon at Amigos Cantina this Saturday, June 26th. If you don’t share your home with CFCR, here are some more Canadian dates:

06-24 Calgary, AB @ Republik w/ Lord Beginner

06-25 Edmonton, AB @ Starlight Room w/ Lord Beginner

06-26 Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos w/ Lord Beginner

06-27 Regina, SK @ The Exchange w/ Lord Beginner, Orbital Express

06-28 Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick Centre w/ Lord Beginner, Sleepy Sun

Montreal marine-psych/rock/pop/folk trio Nightwood stopped by the CFCR studio on Thursday to delight the Jay of Spades with a couple live songs on Faster, Leonard Cohen, Die! Die!.

Erin, Amber and Jeremy played acoustic versions of Carta Marina track “Maritimer” and unreleased song “Carve a Path Like a Valley Through the Land,” which was apparently a CFCR-exclusive first public performance!

You can stream them both here:

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Nightwood – Maritimer (Live on Faster, Leonard Cohen, Die! Die!)

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Nightwood – Carve a Path Like a Valley Through the Land (Live on Faster, Leonard Cohen, Die! Die!)

You can catch Nightwood in June if you are close to the following places:

06-12 Kamloops, BC @ The Loft

06-13 Vancouver, BC @ Neptoons (In-Store Performance)

06-13 Vancouver, BC @ Little Mountain

06-14 Kelowna, BC @ Little Gator

06-15 St. Albert, AB @ GFCB

06-16 Calgary, AB @ Broken City

06-17 Regina, SK @ O’Hanlon’s

06-18 Bruno, SK @ All Citizens

06-19 Winnipeg, MB @ Lo Pub

06-21 Thunder Bay, ON @ Black Pirates Pub

06-23 Windsor, ON @ Phog Lounge

06-24 Toronto, ON @ The Boat

06-25 Kingston, ON @ Montes

06-26 Montreal, QC @ L’escogriffe

Saskatoon’s masses descended on Amigos Wednesday night for an electronic treat courtesy of UK-via-Ontario electro-master Dan Snaith aka Caribou. The evening started with a solid opening set by Columbia, South Carolina’s Toro Y Moi, who played a mellow yet spirited selection of songs to the sold-out crowd.

As usual, Caribou’s live show didn’t disappoint, with projected technicolour visuals perfectly complementing the meticulously crafted sonic experience.

Check out some photos from the evening below:

Toro Y Moi

Caribou

All photos (c) 2010 Jason Allen

Two of Saskatoon’s most gentlemanly gentlemen, The Karpinka Brothers dropped by CFCR Headquarters on Tuesday afternoon for a live interview and performance on the Afternoon Buzz. You can stream their performance of a brand new song, “By Your Side” below.

Be sure to go out and see The Karpinkas opening for The Heartstrings at Amigos this Friday. You can also catch them later in the summer at the Ness Creek Music Festival in July. Stay tuned to CFCR for more details.

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The Karpinka Brothers – By Your Side (Live on CFCR)

Saskatoon dance-poppers We Were Lovers have been given the remix treatment from electronic wizard Quadrant Khan, who took WWL track “Wild Fire” and transformed it into an amped-up electro dancefloor rock jam. You can listen to the remix below (or right-click to download it), or stream both versions at WWL’s myspace.

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We Were Lovers – Wild Fire (Quadrant Khan Mix)

Fresh off a stint of recording in New York City, WWL are busy building quite the summer tour, starting with a trek to NXNE in Toronto, and eventually taking them down the west coast of the US-of-A.

Here’s their current tour schedule:

06-10 Regina, SK @ O’Hanlon’s (Free Show)
06-11 Winnipeg, MB @ The Lo Pub
06-12 Thunder Bay, ON @ The Apollo
06-14 Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah
06-15 Montreal, QC @ Le Belmont
06-16 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace (Pre-NXNE Show)
06-17 Toronto, ON @ NXNE (Venue TBD)
06-18 Toronto, ON @ Rear View Mirror (NXNE Showcase)
06-19 Toronto, ON @ NXNE (Venue TBD)
06-24 Saskatoon, SK @ Scratch
06-26 Edmonton, AB @ Haven Social Club
06-28 Nanaimo, BC @ The Queens
06-29 Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar
07-01 Vancouver, BC @ Neptoon Records (Free Show)
07-01 Vancouver, BC @ The Media Club (Canada Day Bash)
07-02 Kelowna, BC @ Scott Hall
07-03 Seattle, WA @ TBD
07-04 Sacremento, CA @ TBD
07-06 San Francisco, CA @ TBD
07-07 Los Angeles, CA @ The Viper Room
07-09 Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar

Quadrant Khan is currently working on a new EP which should see the light of day sometime this summer. If you want to check out the QK live show in the near future, you gotta be here:

06-18 Saskatoon, SK @ The House Tap & Eatery

Update: Quadrant Khan’s EP will be titled My Purest Form Is My Impurest Form. He and his alter ego DJ Chakra Khan have some more shows coming up around Saskatchewan:

06-04 Saskatoon, SK @ 6Twelve Lounge (DJ Set)
06-11 Saskatoon, SK @ 6Twelve Lounge (DJ Set)
06-17 Gravelbourg, SK @ TBD
06-19 Saskatoon, SK @ Manhattan Ballroom (Techno DJ set with Live Vocals)
06-25 Saskatoon, SK @ 6Twelve Lounge (DJ Set)
07-30 – 08-01 Between Caron & Mortlach, SK @ Connect Electronic Music Festival