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Coup de Foudre: 30 songs for your summer crush

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Roséwave: Your Summer Soundtrack

Coup de Foudre: 30 songs for your summer crush

August 3, 2022 • Your eyes meet and you know it's too late. The French-speaking Montréalais call it un coup de foudre — love strikes like a sudden thunderstorm. She makes you a playlist of her Canadian faves.

First Listen: Wolf Parade, 'Cry Cry Cry'

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First Listen

First Listen: Wolf Parade, 'Cry Cry Cry'

September 28, 2017 • On its first album since 2010, the Canadian band returns with a rousing, urgent, vaguely hopeful set of songs about modern disconcertment.

Watch Wolf Parade Play 'Mr. Startup' Live At Pickathon

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Watch Wolf Parade Play 'Mr. Startup' Live At Pickathon

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January 17, 2017 • The indie-rock band's Woods Stage performance last summer was its first festival appearance in over five years.

Sasquatch 2011: Wolf Parade, Live In Concert

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Sasquatch Music Festival

Sasquatch 2011: Wolf Parade, Live In Concert

May 29, 2011 • Following a tour in support of its 2010 album Expo 86, the band announced it would be going on indefinite hiatus. Hear its penultimate show from day two of the Sasquatch Music Festival.

Sasquatch 2011: Wolf Parade, Live In Concert

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Song Of The Day

Wolf Parade: The Mamas And The Papas Redux

November 10, 2008 • The inspiration for Wolf Parade's "California Dreamer" comes from exactly where you might suspect it does: The Mamas and the Papas' 1965 hit "California Dreamin'." Singer Spencer Krug's curiosity was piqued by the line, "If I didn't tell her / I could leave today," so he imagined the perspective of the woman left behind.

'California Dreamer' by Wolf Parade

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Music Reviews

Coldplay, Katy Perry and More New Releases

June 17, 2008 • Lizzie Goodman of Blender magazine reviews music from Coldplay, Katy Perry, and Wolf Parade.

Coldplay, Katy Perry and More New Releases

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All Songs Considered

The Music of Sigur Ros, Charlie Chaplin Rock and One Monster of a Guitar

June 16, 2008 • In this edition of All Songs Considered, we get a preview of new music from the elvish band from Iceland, Sigur Ros. Also the music of Sparks, Dandy Warhols and Wolf Parade and more.

The Music of Sigur Ros, Charlie Chaplin Rock and One Monster of a Guitar

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Franz Ferdinand, Wolf Parade, Nada Surf

October 12, 2005 • Better dance music from Franz Ferdinand; Unreleased bonus tracks by Talking Heads; Canada's indie pop quartet Wolf Parade; Ancient China and Appalachia with Wu Man and more.

Franz Ferdinand, Wolf Parade, Nada Surf

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