What Did My Lover Say? by Wolf Parade

Sub Pop wants to bait you into buying Expo 86 with What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had To Go This Way). It's a great piece of pop rock, but it's not even the best pick of that record.

http://assets4.subpop.com/assets/audio/6910.mp3

Ghost Pressure by Wolf Parade

Ghost Pressure is hooks galore, and they're insanely infectious. Yet another ear catching, head bopping tune from Wolf Parade.

http://assets3.subpop.com/assets/audio/6909.mp3

I'll Believe In Anything by Wolf Parade

I have to confess, the video for I'll Believe in Anything is a distraction, and the cannon shots even intrude into the song. But I love this song so much I can't pass on the opportunity to share.

http://subpop-public.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/video/2979.mov

Call It A Ritual by Wolf Parade

Call It A Ritual is sometimes accused of sounding like Spoon, and that's not too far off. But both Spoon and Wolf Parade know how to build a catchy song from a solid hook.

http://subpop.com/assets/audio/4274.mp3

Language City by Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade is a fun band to watch. Tho two singers both play their instruments like true rock stars, convulsing rhythmically the whole time. Language City is one of my favorite tracks from their new album, At Mount Zoomer.

http://subpop.com/assets/audio/4380.mp3

Shine A Light by Wolf Parade

Dan Boeckner's mumbly delivery get made fun of a few times in Wolf Parade's bio. Hear him mumble something about being buried alive and hearts beating time out slowly in Shine A Light.

http://subpop.com/assets/audio/2363.mp3

You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son by Wolf Parade

If you read my comment about needing even more quirky rock music from Montreal and thought, "but I don't even know of any rock music from Montreal", you need to give a listen to Wolf Parade. They are unusual among my favorite Montreal based acts in actually having music available for download. So go over there and check out You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son.

While you're there, be sure to get a gander at the band's biographic entry. It's the best I've ever read. Any band who describes their music as "like a bullfight, only where the bull is a gorilla and the matador is a robot precariously holding a baby and all the spectators are eagles and whales with laser beams for eyes and everybody cries when the gorilla dies," is worth a good look.

http://www.subpop.com/assets/audio/2362.mp3