For those of you who don’t know, Metric is a Canadian New Wave/Rock band. They formed in 1998 in NYC and are currently based in NY, LA, Montreal, Quebec & Ontario.
The band are: Vocalist Emily Haines,  guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where are you now?, was released in 2003 and won a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Live it Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the several awards including Polaris Award for Canadian Album of the …

I am loving Vagabond this week, so check them out below. I’d recommend these wonderful guys for fans of Snow Patrol, Maroon 5, Blur and the suchlike…

Their brand new single, which can be heard above, is titled Sweat (Until The Morning) and is out on June 8th. You can pre-order the album here.
And while I’ve got you pre-ordering, don’t forget Jack Savoretti’s second album, Harder Than Easy, which is now available to pre-order at Play, Amazon and HMV.. Here’s a little sample from his fantastic debut album, released a while …

Norwich folkies Adelaide’s Cape have been kind enough to provide us with an exclusive bedroom demo version of a brand new song called Stay, which can be heard below. Formed in 2006, the band are currently playing shows around East Anglia and Cambridgeshire, to critical acclaim from local press and radio. They’re looking for any and all gigs around their local area, so feel free to get in touch with them via MySpace if you know somewhere near you they should play.
Enjoy the track, and don’t forget to let me …

Any readers of The Blue Walrus who are based in London are in for a real treat next Monday 27th April. We’ve gained access to a web exclusive offer, which will allow the first five of our readers that follow the link below to get tickets for the Chris Wood show at The Slaughtered Lamb for just £6 each. Support comes from the uber-talented Stars of Sunday League, who have been kind enough to present us with this offer.
Here’s the link: http://www.wegottickets.com/sct/u2jJCGdJRB – I’ll see you there!
-Lauren Razavi

Anybody who read my interview with folk troubadour Jack Savoretti yesterday, check it out again today as The Blue Walrus now has a web-exclusive track attached to the interview for your listening pleasure!
-Lauren Razavi

Earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to catch up with folk-infused troubadour Jack Savoretti, an artist I feel sure will effortlessly prove himself a pioneer of this year’s latest re-envisioning of the folk genre.
Seated outside a pub in Central London, the city happening around us, the conversation begins with an observance of the paper coffee cup Jack is holding. Normally, this would be quite a mundane topic, but given that Jack’s first tour of the UK took place in Caffè Nero outlets across the country, we launch straight into …