Mar 03 2010
March 13th should be marked on your calendar, Real Estate and Woods are playing Club Lambi. Make sure to get there early so you can experience the beautiful musical haunting of the venue by Valleys. If you love ghostly melodies and thickly layered sonic folk you are in for a treat.
Tickets for the show are here.
Pick up Valley’s latest Semprini Records release, Sometimes Water Kills People here.
Feb 11 2010
Vancouver duo Japandroids have had a real busy 2009. Post-Nothing was all over the year end lists whilst King and Prowse hit the road hard. Don’t expect a new album this year, HOWEVER there is a singles collection coming out.
via P4K
Throughout 2010, they’ll release five 7″ singles, each limited to 2000 copies. (They’ll also be for sale as digital downloads, so don’t bug out if you don’t order your copies in time.)
Each single will include two songs: One unreleased jam from the Post-Nothing sessions and one cover. The first of those singles, out April 13 on Polyvinyl, will pair the Japandroids joint “Art Czars” with a cover of Big Black’s pigfuck classic “Racer X” on one clear vinyl platter.
Pre-order here.
The first single from the Post-Nothing sessions is ‘Art Czars’. Its nothing new, but it packs a punch.
Tour Dates
02-11 Munich, Germany - 59to1
02-12 Offenbach, Germany - Hafen 2
02-13 Munster, Germany - Gleis 22
02-15 Paris, France - Le Point Ephemère
02-16 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
02-17 Nijmegen, Holland - Merleyn
02-18 Leuven, Belgium - Stuk
02-19 Diksmuide, Belgium - 4AD
02-20 Lille, France - La Peniche
02-22 Brighton, England - Freebutt
02-23 London, England - ICA
02-24 Leeds, England - Cockpit 3
02-25 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute
02-26 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut’s
02-27 Liverpool, England - Korova
03-17-21 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-24 Oxford, MS - Proud Larrys *
03-25 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree *
03-26 Nashville, TN - The End *
03-27 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor *
03-29 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel ^
03-30 Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary ^
03-31 Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs ^
04-01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
04-02 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore ^
04-03 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern ^
04-05 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig %
04-06 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop @
04-07 Champaign, IL - High Dive ^
04-08 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio @
04-09 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall @
04-10 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry @
04-12 Columbia, MO - Mojo’s @
04-13 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck @
04-15 Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar @
04-19 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space @
04-21 San Diego, CA - Casbah @
04-22 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ~
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Independent @
04-24 Salem, OR - Willamette University @
04-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Lifetime Collective
06-10-13 Manchester, TN - Bonaroo Festival
* with A Sunny Day In Glasgow
^ with Love Is All
# with Best Coast
% with Bear in Heaven
@ with Avi Buffalo
~ with Nobunny
Feb 09 2010
Fucked Up are releasing a new 7″, David’s Plan backed with star studded Do They Know It’s Christmas, and like they promised all proceeds are going to charity.
From Looking For Gold:
Hi, the Davids Plan 7″ is now available for pre-order. It features a new song “Davids Plan” on the aside, and our “Do they Know its Christmas” on the bside. All proceeds go to charity! Insound is the only place to get it right now in North America, so go order it HERE. If you are from Europe or England or something, you can get it from Rough Trade.
We will have these on tour with us next week, so if you live somewhere that we are playing, buy one from us and leave the mail order copies for people who live in the boonies please. CHARITY.
Also, Fucked Up will be playing Montreal Feburary 21st at La Sala Rossa with Kurt Vile and Slobs tickets can be purchased here.
Feb 05 2010
Hey, long time no see. I’ve been contemplating shutting this site down over the past month. I usually get into that mood over New Year’s and by the time February rolls around I finally get the need to bellow my musical opinions to the world. This year was no different. There will be some “changes” around here, that I will outline in a following post but for now, let me get some awesome news off my chest.
Greenland just announced a Bronx/Japanther show for March 30th at Petit Campus which has all the potential to be outstanding. Though I’m not much of a fan of the Bronx’ alter ego and opener Mariachi El Bronx, but I’d suffer though a ‘Celina Dion does all Jane Arden covers for 8-hours’ to get a chance to see Japanther again.
Speaking of Japanther, they are releasing a new album, “Rock & Roll Ice Cream” March 2nd on Menlo Park Recordings. Here is a taste of what to expect. It’s super poppy (read ‘lovely’) and the girl doo-wop bits grows on you like cute bacteria.
Jan 05 2010
From Matador:
Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement comes out on March 9, 2010. This fully remastered 23-track compilation will be available on MID-PRICED double LP, CD and digital album formats. The tracks span the entirety of Pavement’s career from 1989 to 1999, from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases to the rich, multilayered warmth of their final recordings. Although the compilation does not include any unreleased material, it definitely digs deeper than the hits.
Dec 08 2009
If all goes well, on iTunes tomorrow you’ll be able to purchase Fucked Up’s star-studded cover of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? All proceeds will go to benefit three organizations in Canada working to bring to end to the epidemic of missing and murdered native women.
Nov 27 2009
It’s been a bad week for cafes in this town. Police think all these firebombings are linked, I don’t know what I’d do without those boys in blue. Show breakdown:
Friday the 27th
Marie-Pierre Arthur + Amylie + Brian Borcherdt @ Maison des Arts de Laval [info]
Imogen Heap + Tim Exile + Back Ted N-Ted @ Le National [info]
Apostle Of Hustle + Silver Starling @ Il Motore [info]
Saturday the 28th
The Wooden Sky + Jenn Grant @ Il Motore [info]
Lights + Jets Ooverheard @ Studio Juste Pour Rire [info]
Sunday the 29th
Rob Zombie + Nekromantix + Captain Clegg @ Meteropolis [info]
MP3 of the Week
A new unreleased track from currently one of the best bands in Ottawa, The White Wires off the new Dirtnap Records sampler. Get some White Wires live treatment on Saturday if you are in our nations capital, they are opening for The Action at The DOM.
Nov 25 2009
I like free things, do you?
Dirtnap Records released a free sampler of its current roster, which just happens to include a NEW UNRELEASED WHITE WIRES SONG.
From Dirtnap:
Hey chump – download our 2009 Digital Sampler for free here:
http://www.dirtnaprecs.com/Dirtnap_Records_2009_Sampler.zipSpotlights our current roster with a few select dips into our extensive back-catalog.
Features an unreleased track from The White Wires, as well as Mark Ryan’s (Marked Men) new project, Mind Spiders.
This is very much a work in progress. Expect frequent, relentless updates to the content as new stuff comes in.
Here is the intitial track list.
Mean Jeans – Born On A Saturday Night
Marked Men – Fix My Brain
Impulse International – Hey Girl
Something Fierce – On Your Own
Goodnight Loving – Nothing Conquers Us
The Returnables – What Would Mother Say?
The Raydios – Are You Ready?
The Estranged – Middle Of The Night
Psyched To Die – Conditioned To Fail
Beat Beat Beat – Psycho
The Girls – Transfer Station
High Tension Wires – Tokyo Is Burning Down
River City Tanlines – Black Knight
The White Wires – Did You Forget My Name?
Mind Spiders – Worlds Destroyed (unreleased!)
Do It.
Nov 20 2009
The plane represents shows in Montreal this weekend, Cusak represents you, this page is the helping hand.
Friday the 20th
SMUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR @ WOOF BAR [info]
BRAND NEW + GLASSJAW + CRIME IN STEREO @ L’OLYMPIA [info]
DROPKICK MURPHYS + THE FLATLINERS + THE MAHONES @METROPOLIS [info]
M POUR MONTREAL @ ??? [info]
Saturday the 21st
LESS THAN JAKE + THE CASUALTIES + THE SWELLERS @ LE MEDLEY [info]
KARL WOLF + EMPIRE ISIS @ LE STUDIO JUSTE POUR RIRE [info]
M POUR MONTREAL @ ??? [info]
Sunday the 22nd
THE CRANBERRIES + GRIFFIN HOUSE @ L’OLYMPIA
MP3 of the Week
ahhhhhh yeah….. goes down smoooth doesn’t it?
