The Bicycles
Hello!
Hope you all had a fantastic two weeks without the Singing Lamb. Do not fear though, I am back now and new posts will be up! Canadian Music Week was eventful to say the least. Stay tuned for a little review of my two days of action (as I skipped out on Wednesday and Friday) later tonight/tomorrow morning.
I’m not going to run through every piece of news that I missed while on lamb-cation, but here are a few important things to take note of!
Album news:
- Bob Dylan has announced that his new album, Together Through Life, will be out on April 28th. For more info and a sweet photo of the album cover, go here
- Just like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs shortly after the leak of their album, Metric has also pushed up the release date of their upcoming record, Fantasies to March 31st. If you pre-order the album on the band’s website now, you can get a limited edition package with bonus tracks and free posters.
- Regina Spektor has announced a new album entitled Far. A release date and tracklisting has yet to be announced but read more about it in this interview!
- Arts & Crafts have been busy lately with the signing of Years (Broken Social Scene’s Ohad Benchetrit), Zeusand Still Life Still (the latter two of which the Lamb has mentioned already). Years will release its self-titled album on May 5th, Still Life Still’s debut EP is scheduled to be released in June, followed by a full length in August, and last but not least Zeus will have an EP out this spring. To add on to this, long time A&C memberApostle of Hustle has announced a new album entitled Eats Darkness that’ll be released on May 19th. For the tracklisting and mp3 of the new track “Perfect Fit”, go here!
Show announcements:
- The Rosebuds @ Lee’s Palace on April 13th. Tickets are $10.00.
- Ponytail @ DeLeon White Gallery on April 27th.
- A Camp @ Mod Club on June 1st. Tickets are $15.00.
- Beirut, The Dodos @ Phoenix on July 9th. Tickets are $25.00.
- John Doe & The Sadies @ Horseshoe on April 30th. Tickets are $17.50.
- Bowerbirds @ Drake Hotel on May 2nd. Tickets are $11.00.
- MUTEK, Guillaume & the Coutu-Dumonts, The Mole and Pier Bucci @ the Drake Hotel on April 9th.
- The Famines @ Rancho Relaxo on May 15th.
- Cut Throat Britva will be playing a free show at the Horseshoe on March 24th.
- Chester French and Hollywood Holt will open for Lady Sovereign at Lee’s Palace on May 1st.
- Peter Bjorn and John will open for Depeche Mode at the Molson Amphitheatre on July 24th.
- Here We Go Magic will open for Grizzly Bear at the Phoenix on June 5th.
There is some sad news to end this post though. If you didn’t catch The Bicycles at the Horseshoe (as part of Chartattack’s CMW showcase), you may have missed out on their last show…ever. According to a press release on March 11th, the Toronto band will begin an “indefinite hiatus” after that show. They will continue to work on music videos, and film and TV projects, but the band has no plans for the future at the moment. Drummer Dana Snell can still be seen playing for Gentleman Reg, as can guitarist Andrew Scott with Sebastien Grainger’s band and Andy Lloyd on tour with The Born Ruffians. The band will be missed by the Singing Lamb and this blog post is dedicated to you. Best of luck in the future!
Happy listening!
Musically,
Melody
