The title track from the brand new sophomore album by Tim Vesely’s Violet Archers, “Sunshine At Night” is an excellent indication that the former Rheostatics songwriter is still on top of his game.

As a song it’s melodic and lush with an unassuming drive, but as the figurehead for an album it’s irrefutable evidence as to why Sunshine At Night is currently a mainstay in my headphones.

The Violet Archers - Sunshine At Night

Hear more at the Violet Archers’ Myspace page, or buy the album here.

From the brand new self-titled release by Toronto’s Culture Reject, this song is a clinic in hypnotic melody. Layered and lush, it doesn’t get much more serene than “Inside the Cinema.”

In fact, I’m urging everyone to check out the entire album, as I can’t get enough of it.

Culture Reject - Inside the Cinema

Hear more at the band’s Myspace page or grab a digital copy of the album here.

Seeing as Herohill, i (heart) music and London, On: Burgeoning Metropolis have been all over Entire Cities for a while now, I’m shamefully late to the party. That said, I’ve had “Dancing With My Brother” stuck in my head since I saw the band at Burning Hell’s CD release and now that Deep River is available in hard copy I felt the need to spread the word.

Let me go on record as saying that any previous use of the term “energy” in reference to a song is now forsaken, as I’ll be damned if this tune doesn’t take it to whole new level. Anxious and frenetic with a down home charm, “Dancing With My Brother” is a down right hootenanny from an excellent album!

Entire Cities - Dancing With My Brother

Check out the band’s Myspace page to hear more or buy a digital copy of Deep River from Zunior.

From Expatriate, the highly anticipated debut full-length album from Toronto’s The Coast, this song is a dose of pure pop-tastic gold that will be in your head for weeks.

Serene guitar lines, a driven beat and an unstoppable chorus make “Killing Off Our Friends” the sweetest case of mulitiple homicide that you’re likely to hear anytime soon.

The Coast - Killing Off Our Friends

Hear more from Expatriate at The Coast’s Myspace page or grab a digital copy of the album from Zunior. Also, join The Coast, The Wooden Sky and The Ghost Is Dancing at the Horseshoe on April 18.

Alright, so this song isn’t officially a part of Yellow Jacket Avenger’s excellent debut album 14th release (!), Double Nature, but I can’t stop listening to it anyway.

Flowing like the sly waterway that graces its lyrics ( “The river is following me” ), “Hiding Out” is a smooth and fluid tune complete with a driving rhythm that assures you’ll be carried downstream (cheesy, I know, but I’m too busy enjoying this track to really care).

Yellow Jacket Avenger - Hiding Out

Check out Yellow Jacket Avenger’s Myspace page to hear more or pick up a digital copy of Double Nature (which features “Hiding Out” as a bonus) from Zunior.

As the lead track from Haunting Moon Sinking, the recently released sophomore album by Forest City Lovers, this tune is all class.

Poised and elegant with a killer melody, “Don’t Go” is the sort of plea that makes you want to leave just so you can hear them ask you to stay again and again.

Forest City Lovers - Don’t Go

Check out the band’s Myspace to hear more or grab a digital copy of Haunting Moon Sinking here.

Taking a break from my seemingly never-ending CMW coverage (I’ve still got 3 live reviews in the pipeline), I figured it’d be a nice change of pace to take a look at some music that came out recently.

That said, while I’m still not 100% sure what to make of Afterparty Babies, the sophomore record from Edmonton’s Cadence Weapon, “In Search of the Youth Crew” is simply undeniable. Driven and relentless, this song is the equivalent of an instant party in a can—simply open the lid, press play and hit the dance floor.

Cadence Weapon - In Search of the Youth Crew

Cadence Weapon will be in Toronto with Buck 65 and Skratch Bastid at the Danforth Music Hall on April 25. In the meantime check out his Myspace page to hear more or buy a digital copy of Afterparty Babies here.

Spastic and ridiculously uplifting, this song from the Born Ruffians upcoming debut full-length, Red Yellow & Blue, is the musical embodiment of relentless energy—the sound of a kinetically charged bouncy ball with no choice but to let loose.

Check it out below (right-click, “Save Link As” to download) and do some bouncing of your own:

Born Ruffians - Hummingbird

Red Yellow & Blue is out on Mar. 4, but stop by the band’s Myspace page to hear more in the meantime. Also, catch the Born Ruffians with Miracle Fortress live in Toronto at Lee’s Palace on April 26.

Pounding, seductive and confident, this song from We Are the Hunters, the recently released debut full-length from Toronto’s The D’Urbervilles, is a volcanic march for a cocksure indie rock army.

Check it out below and join the movement:

The D’Urbervilles - Hot Tips

Head to The D’Urbervilles Myspace page to hear more. They’ve also got a whack of shows scheduled—suffice to say that they’ll be in Toronto at the Tranzac on Mar. 14 for a dual CD release with the Forest City Lovers. In the meantime you can grab a digital copy of We Are Hunters here.

Looking for a quick dose of energy to help with your snow-shoveling? Look no further than this latest single from UK indie-pop specialists, Los Campesinos!

As the lead track from their upcoming debut full length, Hold On Now, Youngster…, “Death to Los Campesinos!” is nothing short of the frenetic and palpable energy that we’ve come to expect from these Cardiff kids.

“I invented you and I will destroy you!”

Los Campesinos! - Death to Los Campesinos!

Check out their Myspace page to hear more and look out for the digital release of this anticipated Arts & Crafts album on Feb. 26.