Again, I apologize for the delay this month! But alas, the Lamb is up and running and here’s some news from the past week!

Malajube will be back in town for a free show at Lee’s on June 12th, with openers Hollerado. According to Rootsmeansquare, tickets are available now at Rotate This and Soundscapes, so grab one now! If not, tickets will also be at the door. This is a 19+ show. As to why it’s free, I don’t know but I’m not one to refuse a free show.

Other show announcements:
Maps & Atlases @ El Mocambo (June 7th, $10.50, 19+)
Sonic Youth @ Massey Hall (June 30th, $36.50-48.50, ALL AGES *On sale Saturday; presale on now)
Torche, Harvey Milk @ Lee’s (July 23rd, $13.50, 19+)
Fleet Foxes, Dungen @ Massey Hall (August 4th, $32.50-38.50, ALL AGES * On sale Friday, presale on now)
Casiokids @ El Mocambo (August 5th, 19+)
John Vanderslice, Cotton Jones @ Horseshoe (July 10th, 19+)
Deer Tick, Dawes @ Horseshoe (July 17th, 19+)
Elvis Costello @ Massey Hall (August 28th, ALL AGES)
Maximo Park @ Lee’s (September 18th, 19+)
Kylie Minogue @ Air Canada Centre (October 9th, ALL AGES)
Place Hands, The Guest Bedroom, The Rescue, Fall of Heroes @ the Matty Eckler CRC (June 12th, $5.00, ALL AGES)
Apostle of Hustle, CCMC @ The Music Gallery (May 28th, $33.33, ALL AGES, *as part of The Music Gallery’s 33 1/3rd Birthday Fundraiser)
Evening Hymns, The Youngest @ Tranzac Front Room (June 5th, PWYC, 19+)

This year’s Pride Week is shaping up quite well, musically-speaking. Artists, including Islands, Gentlemam Reg, Esthero, OPOPO, Mansion and more will be performing free sets during the festivities at various stages in the city. For full listings and schedules, click here.

Regina Spektor’s new album Far is set to be released on June 22nd.

The Beastie Boys have a new song out called “Lee Majors Come Again” Listen to it here.

Bat For Lashes recently performed “Daniel” from her latest release Two Suns on Letterman. Watch it here.

Kids on TV, Gentleman Reg and Katie Stelmanis will all be playing short sets at the Inside Out Film Fest: Local Heroes Party on May 20th. This will be taking place at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

For those dying to pick up The Dirty Projectors’ new album Bitte Orca on June 9th, your fantastic choices of formats are CD, LP, MP3 and now cassette! Both cassettes and LPs will include codes for mp3s downloads.

Also, stream Deradoorian’s Mind Raft EP on Muxtape now!

And to cap things off, Gonzales will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for playing the longest concert ever; 27 hours on May 18th. You’ll be able to stream the whole show on his website here. Good luck, Gonzo!

Happy Listening!

Musically,
Melody