Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Tis a beautiful day so let’s all pray to Mother Nature that this will hopefully stick around for a while (although forecasts for this week is still quite iffy). If not, I’ve still got some news that’ll hopefully brighten your day quite a bit!

A biography of Toronto collective, Broken Social Scene will be released on May 16th. Written by journalist Stuart Berman, This Book is Broken will chronicle the life of the band, drawing from numerous interviews with band members and will also feature various photographs and past gig posters. Pre-order the hardcover bookonline now and you can recieve a limited-edition, autographed copy and a bookbag.

The Sounds have announced that they will be releasing a new album, entitled Crossing the Rubicon, on May 26th. As promotion for said release, the Swedish rockers will be making a tour stop at the Mod Club on April 28th.

Death Cab For Cutie will release a new EP (digitally on March 31st) entitled The Open Door. Catch Death Cab at the Sound Academy on April 5th with Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot; tickets are $40.50. Here’s the tracklisting for the EP:

The Open Door:
01. Little Bribes
02. A Diamond and a Tether
03. My Mirror Speaks
04. I Was Once a Loyal Lover
05. Talking Bird (Demo)

The Constantines also announced an EP (available today, digitally). Too Slow For Love consists of many stripped-down versions of already released material, accompanied by a cover of Jon Langford & the Sadies’ “Strange Birds”. Catch them with The Weakerthans and The Waking Eyes at the Phoenix from March 31st to April 2nd; tickets for the April 2nd show are still available for $25.00 (the other two nights are sold out). Here’s the tracklisting:

Too Slow for Love:
01. Young Lions (Stripped-down Version)
02. Shower of Stones (Stripped-down Version)
03. Conductor (Stripped-down Version)
04. Our Age (Stripped-down Version)
05. Strange Birds (Jon Langford & the Sadies cover)
06. Do What You Can Do (Stripped-down Version)
07. I Will Not Sing a Hateful Song (Stripped-down Version)

Happy listening!

Musically,
Melody