Woodhands
Here’s a quick run-through of news for today!
Need Valentine’s Day plans? Well go and check out a Junior Boys DJ set at The Social! Jeremy Greenspan will be previewing tracks from the band’s upcoming album, Begone Dull Care, out on March 24th. Doors will be at 10:00 pm! For more info, click here. The Boys will also be back on March 28th and 29th, so do not fear if you miss them this Saturday!
Want to stay in and just listen to some good Valentine’s tunes instead? Well Starbucks is offering the perfect compilation that features covers of various artists including Death Cab For Cutie (covering the Cure), She & Him (covering Screamin’ Jay Hawkins), Rogue Wave (covering Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps”) and as mentioned yesterday, A.C. Newman’s cover of A-Ha’s “Take On Me”! Click here to listen to the Department of Eagles’cover of Elvis Presley’s “Love Me”. For more information on the compilation, click here.
AIDS Wolf will be at Sneaky Dee’s on March 7th with U.S. Girls.
The Tranzac Club is introducing a new installment called the Last Thursday of the Month Residency, which is exactly what the title implies. The first show will take place on Thursday February 26th at 10:00 pm and will feature Lisa Bozikovic along with host, Meghan Hamilton. March 26th will feature Jimmy Rose and April 30th will have Eric Welton! Info here!
Alela Diane, who will be opening for Blitzen Trapper at the Horseshoe, will be at Soundscapes on February 21st, at 6:30 pm!
The National will be back in Toronto on May 21st at the Kool Haus, tickets will be $24.50!
Woodhands cover Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue” (click here to download track) which is awesome, and they will also release a digital EP for their track “Dancer” on March 3rd. The Dancer EP will feature various remixes of the track, here’s the tracklisting:
Dancer EP:
1. “Dancer (Extended Mix)”
2. “Dancer (Bit Funk Remix)”
3. “Dancer (DJ Rexford Mix)”
4. “Dancer (feat. Reeseman Kackalak)”
5. “Dancer (Soundsmith Remix)”
6. “Dancer (CFCF Remix)”
7. “Dancer (Instrumental)”
Speaking of downloads, i (heart) music is offering up mp3′s from The Winter Gloves’ live CBC session back in October 2008. The session includes a superb acoustic version of “Let Me Drive”, so click here now to download!
Hooded Fang and Evening Hymns will open for Ohbijou at their CD release show at the Opera House on April 18th. This show just got significantly more exciting.
Also, yet another fantastical update on CMW schedules!
March 13th
Savannah Room – The Weather Station (9:00 pm), Sunshine State (10:00 pm), Ruth Minnikin and Her Bandwagon (11:00 pm), Blue Rabbit (12:00 am), Amelie Lefebvre (1:00 am)
Silver Dollar – People You Know (9:00 pm), The Darling DeMaes (10:00 pm), The Superstitions (11:00 pm), The D’urbervilles (1:00 am), The Ghost is Dancing (2:00 am)
Additional Notes:
- Amos the Transparent will be on at 1:00 am on March 13th at Rancho Relaxo
- The Week That Was will open for The Ting Tings (they will be on at 6:30 pm)
- Will Currie and the Country French will open for Sloan on both March 11th and 12th at the Mod Club, they’ll be on at 8:00 pm
- Hannah Georgas will be at the Library Bar (inside the Royal York Hotel) at 12:30 am on March 13th
- We Are The Take will be opening for Matt Mays & El Torpedo and The Waking Eyes at Lee’s Palace on March 12th; they will be on at 9:00 pm
- We Are Wolves will open for Bloc Party on night 1; they will be on at 9:00 pm
- Emma-Lee will open for The Trews at the Glenn Gould Studio on March 12th; she’ll be on at 8:00 pm
- Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees will be at the Drake Hotel on March 12th at 11:00 pm
- Hey Rosetta! and The Midway State have been added onto the list of performers at the Indies; they will be on at 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm, respectively
- Hell Yeah Fuck Yeah will be at the Black Betty on March 14th at 11:00 pm
Looking for something to do tonight? Go to the Whippersnapper Gallery and check out the Art for Chilled Hearts group show. It’s a great opportunity to see great art from emerging artists and also take a look at the venues “new pimped out look”! Oooh! More information here!
That’s all for now! Happy listening!
Musically,
Melody
