Having spent several years carving their teeth on the Canadian highways with the likes of The Sadies, Sloan, The Weakerthans, Calexico and Nick Cave, Toronto's CUFF THE DUKE have made the jump from indie-scene-darlings to bona-fide Canadian music icons. Their new album, and first scheduled for US release, Way Down Here was co-produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor in rural Ontario and features the band's most mature, captivating and impressive collection of songs to date....

About a year ago, Caribou mastermind Dan Snaith couldnt swim. On a good day, he might get a decent doggy paddle going but, really, he could barely stay afloat. All that changed when his wife got him swimming lessons for Christmas. Then I became completely obsessed with it and now I swim constantly, he says. The only times I really left the house in the past year were either to go out to a club late at night or, in the middle of making music during the day, Id go to swim ...