Braids

The award is given annually to the best album by a Canadian artist.

As vinyl enthusiasts and record store supporters have known for a long time, Record Store day really is every single day.

Montreal’s Braids have gone electronic. That’s not to say synthesizers were previously absent from their sound, but the tribal drumming and coiled guitars that marked their 2011 debut, ‘Native Speaker,’ have been exchanged for drum pads and laptops on the group’s newest offering, ‘Flourish // Perish.’