Swirling, whirling and hypnotically lush, the music of the Besnard Lakes beckons listeners to be swept away into an ocean of sound and promises to sonically smash them against the most knifelike of ...

Naming your album …Are the Dark Horse is probably not the best way to inspire confidence in your band, but in the case of the Besnard Lakes, no other description is more apt. Hailing from Canada—the ...

BESNARD LAKE is located in the far north of Saskatchewan and is covered by ice much of the year, but when the season is right it is a fisherman’s paradise. The Montreal band that takes its name was ...

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we're featuring two bands from Sweden that make gorgeous, otherworldly music: the duo known as jj and a band called Fredrik. We've got selections from both on ...

It’s a whopper of a week, release-wise, and I review 10 albums, including The Besnard Lakes, The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Beatie Wolfe & Brian Eno, Club 8 and more, plus ...