Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot will return to Toronto this fall! The band will play at Lee’s on September 11th; tickets are $13.50 and will go on sale this Thursday. This is a 19+ show.

Pink Mountaintops will be playing an in-store at Sonic Boom this Sunday, June 14th! The in-store will take place at 3:00 pm and is completely free! But if you miss out, make sure to catch his set later that night at the Horseshoe, with openers Great Aunt Ida and Megan Hamilton. Tickets are still on sale right now for $11.50.

Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death, Jesse Malin, and Broadway Calls will be at the Kool Haus on October 3rd Tickets are $21.50 and this will be an all ages show.

A new Yo La Tengo song is out now! “Periodically Double or Triple” (from their upcoming album Popular Songsout September 9) can be streamed and downloaded here.

Great Bloomers will be playing a free show this Saturday at the Audio Recording Academy, as part of AUX TV’s Secret Sessions at Tara! For more information on this event, and many more upcoming shows, click here.

The Entrance Band will open for Sonic Youth at Massey Hall on June 30th.

Amanda Mabro will be at the Rivoli this Wednesday, along with special guest Darrelle London! Tickets are available at the door for $10.00; make sure you check it out!

You Ain’t No Picasso interviews Angel Deradoorian of the Dirty Projectors. Read more here! The band will be in town on June 24th for a show at Lee’s with Skeletons; tickets are still on sale now but hurry, they’re almost sold out!

Tegan and Sara have recently relaunched their website. Check it out here! You can’t actually hear any of their new tunes yet, but you can watch a video of Tegan Quin and album producer Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) listening to it! Their upcoming album will be released in October.

The Rural Alberta Advantage needs your help! The newest Saddle Creek members are looking for donations for an upcoming seven inch record, featuring reworked material from their record, Hometowns (which will be re-released on July 7th via Saddle Creek). Click here to watch a video from the band and donate now!

And finally, congrats to Lisa T. for winning our Yellow Bird Project T-Shirt contest! Our lovely winner walked away with a shirt designed by the National!

Happy listening!

Musically,
Melody