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News Update!

April 3rd, 2009 | By: Melody Lau

Eric's Trip

Eric's Trip

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, put the blame on those English essays. For those who need their Singing Lamb dose each day, I suggest you check out the Twitter page! It’s mostly mindless ramblings of boredom but every so often, I throw news items up there! Also, I suggest you trek back to read my Juno-live feed – good times were had; and by good I mean drunken and miserable times. If you enjoyed my Juno-tweeting and felt bad for me, you can just make it up to me with a beer the next time you see me at a show. Thanks in advance! (Click on the blue bird on the search bar for more Twitter fun)

Here’s some news for you!

Thunderheist will be at Sonic Boom on April 8th for an in-store performance. It’ll be all-ages, free and from 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Fun times guaranteed.

DD/MM/YYYY will be playing an in-store at Soundscapes on Tuesday April 14th at 7:00 pm.

Another option on April 14th would be Metric and Holy Fuck at the Mod Club as that show has officially been confirmed. The show is all-ages and tickets will go on sale tomorrow via Ticketmaster.

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and Cryptacize will play a show in town on July 8th; a venue has yet to be announced yet.

Attack in Black will return to Toronto for a show at the Horseshoe on May 9th. Tickets are $10.00 and the show is 19+.

As previously reported, Crystal Castles will be at the Sound Academy on July 25th, but it looks like Austrailia’s Cut Copy will join them. This comes as good news who may have missed their recent stint at Circa with Matt and Kim.

Opening for M.Ward at the Phoenix on April 27th will be Chicago’s Joe Pug.

Gooseberry Records will put out an Eric’s Trip tribute album featuring 33 tracks performed by such acts as Dog Day, Rebekah Higgs, Shotgun Jimmy, Laura Borealis and much more. Read about it here!

Download a new track entitled “Land of the Freak” by King Khan & The Shrines (from their upcoming album,What Is?!here. For a good time live, be sure to check them out at the Phoenix on May 12th. Tickets are still available for $15.00 and the show is 19+.

i(heart)music profiles Tune-Yards. Read more about it here or check out her Myspace. Fantastically eclectic and experimental fun for the quirky.

Fiona Apple covers Cy Coleman’s “Why Try To Change Me Now?” Listen to it here.

Click here to listen to the N.A.S.A. remix of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ latest single, “Zero”.

Speaking of remixes, duo Mates of State will release the first in a series of remix EPs, entitled Re-Arranged: Remix Vol. 1.

Another band confirmed for this year’s NXNE is Calgary’s Woodpigeon. Sweet, now I know two…

Happy listening!

Musically,
Melody

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News Update Craziness!

February 18th, 2009 | By: Melody Lau

Peaches

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

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