Peaches

Sorry for disappearing yesterday! I was going to post a news update but ended up going to Darrelle London’s CD release party instead. Great artist; definitely worth checking out if you’re into Regina Spektor or just cutesy, piano driven melodies. Check out some tunes on her MySpace now!

Now to make up for yesterday, here’s a super-sized news update!

SHOWS ANNOUNCED:
The Dears @ Mod Club (April 30th, $20)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 @ Mod Club (April 16th, $20)
TV On The Radio @ Sound Academy (June 2nd)
Wavves @ Sneaky Dee’s (March 31st)
The Whip, Late of the Pier @ Kool Haus (April 10th)
Tricky, Natalie Stewart @ Mod Club (April 2nd, $29.50)
Bruce Peninsula @ Lee’s Palace (March 28th, $8.00)
The Prodigy @ Kool Haus (March 25th, $30-40?)
The Constantines, The Weakerthans, The Waking Eyes @ Phoenix *3rd Show Added* (April 2nd, $25)
Rye Rye @ Circa (February 27th)
Gravity Wave, Paul Banwatt @ The Boat (March 3rd)
Damien Jurado, Laura Gibson @ Drake Hotel (April 14th)

Great Bloomers, whose debut album Speak of Trouble will be out on April 21st, will join Sports (The Band)and Boys Who Say No at the Drake Hotel on February 26th as part of the venue’s 5th year anniversary. Doors will be at 8:00 pm and the event will be FREE.

Other shows that’ll be part of the Drake’s anniversary series will be Mike Simonetti, Mikey Apples and Steve Yanko (TOMORROW NIGHT), Bonjay and Young Flux (March 5th), and Lee Douglas and Jaques Renault (March 12th).

Also, opening for Ladytron and The Faint at the Phoenix on April 6th will be Telepathe and a FIGO DJ set.

Opening for Mates of State/The Black Kids at the Phoenix on April 10th will be Sunbears!

Planning on trekking to the Air Canada Centre for Kings of Leon? Well here’s more of an incentive – The Walkmen will be opening for them!

If you’re looking for a show tonight, The Peter Elkas band will be playing with Zeus and The Golden Dogs at the Dakota Tavern as part of “Gods Dogs and Fire Logs” Wednesdays at the venue. Doors are at 10:00 pm!

Wanna just sit at home instead? Well here’s some suggestions of what you can watch and/or listen to:

The big news of yesterday must be the release of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new single, “Zero”. Stream it now on their MySpace! Exciting? I thought so!

Lily Allen was recently on Leno and performed her latest single, “The Fear”. Watch here!

Ra Ra Riot has a new video out for “Can You Tell”. Watch here!

Download and listen to the Air France remix of the Friendly Fires’ “Skeleton Boy” here!

The lovely Deradoorian (from the Dirty Projectors) have a new song out called “High Road”. Download and listen here!

The Decemberists also have a new one out called “The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won’t Wrestle The Thistles Undone)”. You can stream it on their MySpace!

If that’s not enough, Peaches has finally announced a new album entitled I Feel Cream, coming out on May 5th. That sentence sounded weird, didn’t it. Download new tracks from the album here!!!!

Also, here’s the tracklisting:

I Feel Cream:
01. Serpentine
02. Talk To Me
03. Lose You
04. More
05. Billionaire
06. I Feel Cream
07. Trick Or Treat
08. Show Stopper
09. Mommy Complex
10. Mud
11. Relax
12. Take You Out

I think that’ll be it for now!

Happy listening!!

Musically,
Melody

Mates of State

For those looking for something to do tonight, I have two suggestions (three if you count my suggestion to go home, cuddle up in front of a TV and take a nap). First one would be a show at Sneaky Dee’s featuring Tropics, Huckleberry Friends, The Pauls and Wyrd Visions. Doors will be at 9:00 pm and cover will only cost you $5! My alternative option is an art show sponsored by Steam Whistle taking place at where else but the Steam Whistle Brewing. The event starts at 6:00 pm and features works from some amazing photographers (including Zach Slootsky, Corbin Smith, Phil Ogynist and Robert Coilfi) and also a DJ set by Lioness lead singer,Vanessa Fischer.

In other concert news…

Eleni Mandell will be at the Mod Club on March 6th.

Great Lake Swimmers will be at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on April 25th ($20). They have a new album coming out on March 31st entitled Lost Channels. Honestly, how is this venue? There’s so many interesting shows there of late but I have yet to go. I’m hoping to check it out Andrew Bird in April, but I would really like to hear how the venue is like. Because the last time I wasn’t properly warned about a venue, I ended up semi-stranded after a Broken Social Scene gig at the Sound Academy.

Mates of State and Black Kids will be at the Phoenix on April 10th.

The Hylozoists are going to be playing at the Mod Club on February 21st and will also be releasing their new album, L’ile de Sept Villes (Outside Music) on February 3rd.

Bloc Party added a second date at the Kool Haus on March 13th; tickets for the March 14th show are still available but it is close to being sold out.

Speaking of Bloc Party and Canadian Music Week shows, Jon Rae, Herman Dune, Basia Bulat and Cuff the Duke will all be at Lee’s Palace on March 14th. So I guess if you can’t get your hands on March 14th tickets for Bloc Party, you can go to Lee’s instead – I recommend you do.

Handsome Furs (whose upcoming album, Face Control has been pushed back from February 3rd to March 10th) are also going to be in town for CMW on March 13th at the Horseshoe.

The Friendly Fires will be in Toronto on March 31st…it’s just unsure as to whether they will be playing at Lee’s or the Mod Club. Beggars Group Canada has both venues listed.

If you feel like trekking to Guelph for the annual Hillside Fest, then you’re in luck. This year’s line up is starting to shape up really well - Stars, Sam Roberts Band, Bell Orchestre (whose upcoming album, As Seen Through Windows will be out through the band’s new label Arts & Crafts on March 10th), Great Lake Swimmers, Bedouin Soundclash, K’naan, Thunderheist, The Magic and many more (TBA).

Japanther, The Meligrove Band and Ninjasonik will be playing at Wrongbar on April 5th.

Sebastian Tellier will be at the Mod Club on April 8th.

For those hoping to attend the Pemberton Festival this year, it’s been canceled. Organizers do hope to have one for 2010 though.

Bat For Lashes will finally release a follow-up to 2007′s amazing album, Fur & Gold with an album entitledTwo Suns out on April 6th.

Neko Case has just released a new song from her upcoming album, Middle Cyclone, called “People Got A Lot of Nerve”. Listen to it here.

That will be all for now! Happy listening!

Musically,
Melody