Rdio Canada Blog

23-year-old William Sinclair lights up under his stage name of Willy Moon. Born in New Zealand, he’s made his adult life in London, where he’s attracted attention for an infectious brand of retro rock infused with a modern edge. You may have heard his song “Yeah Yeah” shaking up the current iPod commercial, and now you can enjoy his debut full-length album Here’s Willy Moon with this early listen.

Don’t the days seem slower and longer when you’re waiting to go on vacation? No one likes waiting for their time off to hurry up and get here, but luckily The Blank Tapes can sympathize. The Los Angeles-based garage pop band founded by Matt Adams has given Rdio an early listen to his new album Vacation. It’s the first LP with a band to bolster Adams in what was previously a solo venture and also the first to not be recorded on Adams’ eight-track; like the title suggests, it’s a welcome departure.

Canadian electropop band Dragonette teamed up with singer-songwriter Sunshine Jones (best known for her work in Dubtribe Sound System) for the remix of “Run Run Run,” a single taken from the recent album Bodyparts. The song officially comes out next week but there’s no need to wait because Rdio listeners can enjoy it right now.

Dragonette is currently on tour with The Presets, and Rdio is giving away tickets to all North American dates here.

A broken record never evolves — it just keeps playing a sound over and over again. But UK electropop darling Little Boots’ anthem “Broken Record,” taken from the new album Nocturnes, has a fresh lease on the dancefloor with the Chupacabras & JDH Remix.

The “Broken Record” remix track is exclusively available on Rdio, so there’s no need to get stuck on repeat. Listen to Nocturnes with the bonus remix track below and follow Little Boots on Rdio!

One big perk of being on Rdio is that artists often perform intimate, exclusive shows that we record and share with you. We were thrilled to recently welcome one such performance by Tampa singer-songwriter Matt Hires. Compared to the likes of Jack Johnson and Matt Costa, Hires most recently opened for Matchbox Twenty’s North American tour.

The four song set that comprises Hires’ Rdio Session features his 2009 debut single “Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song,” the title track from last year’s Forever EP “Sound of Falling in Love,” and his most recent single “Restless Heart.” As you listen to Hires’ charming creations, please know that it’s okay to swoon.

Fans of indie pop and shoegaze music have found much to adore about Wild Nothing, the project founded by Virginia singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Tatum in 2009. Following two albums and two EPs, the new EP Empty Estate finds Wild Nothing exploring a broader and even more fun sound, as evidenced by “A Dancing Shell,” the bright song and video that leads this release.

Rdio listeners can skip the wait time for next week’s release and listen to these new songs on Empty Estate within microseconds of pressing play below.

New York duo MS MR (Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow) got people buzzing off their gloom ‘n dream pop sound when they dropped the Candy Bar Creep Show EP last year. Now, Plapinger and Hershenow are getting ready to drop the first full-length album Secondhand Rapture on May 14. The pair have blessed Rdio listeners with the first exclusive listen of their latest work so hit play below.

Are you ready to D.A.N.C.E.? French electronic music duo Justice is back! Since their debut in 2007, members Gaspar Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have released both studio and live albums. Their latest, Access All Arenas, returns to the concert stage and captures a performance recorded during the last world tour at Les Arènes de Nimes in France.

The new album hasn’t officially been released yet, but we’ve got it for you to enjoy right now.

Canadian electro pop singer-songwriter Valerie Anne Poxleitner, more commonly known as Lights, released the skillfully chill sophomore album Siberia in 2011, and now unplugs for an even more laid-back version. Lights challenged herself to recreate these memorable tunes with acoustic guitar and piano, and we’re now psyched to share Siberia (Acoustic) with an exclusive bonus track called “Fourth Dimension” just for Rdio listeners.