Canadian rock outfit Wolf Parade has just released their third full length album, Expo 86, and so far everyone seems to really like it. If you are unfamiliar with the band, they are a 4 piece indie rock band, whose members are all involved in other projects in addition to Wolf Parade, including Atlas Strategic and the Handsome Furs.

Some of the band’s contemporaries include Arcade Fire, Tokyo Police Club, and Clap You Hands Say Yeah – if you’re into any of them, give Wolf Parade a listen.

Wolf Parade – Expo 86
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Maps & Atlases – Perch Patchwork
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“Maps & Atlases full-length debut, “Perch Patchwork” (Barsuk), opens in heartbreak and closes with a moment of hard-won contentment, with band founder and frontman Dave Davison singing, “With the race over, we’ll take what we can get.” – Full Review

Scissor Sisters – Night Work
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“Equal parts “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Bad Romance,” the new record is dramatic, danceable and definitively cool. The title track is a sonic frappe of electro-dance pop and covert sexual innuendo — “Night Work” being a subtle euphemism for male prostitution — set to quickly paced, expertly executed distorted guitar riffs.” – Full Review

Alejandro Escovedo – Street Songs of Love
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Working again with glam-rock producer Tony Visconti, Escovedo proudly wears his musical influences – the Stooges, New York Dolls, all manner of punk – on his sleeve. Filtered through his scuffling yet tender-hearted persona, the result, yet again, is ageless rock-and-roll – Full Review

Wolf Parade – Expo 86
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“Members of Wolf Parade have done a bit of explaining about the band’s third album EXPO 86. We were told the main criteria Spencer Krug had for the songs was “whether or not [he] would dance to them.” He continued: “You know in Archie comics when there’s a school dance and you see little cartoon music notes floating out of the PA speakers? I like to think this new record sounds like those notes.” – Full Review