The Weakerthans

For those who missed out on the Weakerthans and Constantines tour this past March, you’re in luck! The Weakerthans will be at the Mod Club on September 23rd; details TBA. The Constantines will also be in town to play a free show at Harbourfront on Canada day, alongside Chad Vangaalen.

The new Two Hours Traffic record will be called Territory and as the band said in a Facebook message, “should be finding its way to your local record store in September.” Exciting!

Sub Pop has a free digital sampler right now online, featuring tracks from Vetiver, Handsome Furs, Flight of the Conchords and more! Click here to download!

Patrick Wolf has a new video out for “Hard Times”. Watch here.

Wye Oak has a new song out entitled “Take It In” from their upcoming album, The Know (out later this year).Click here to listen!

Toronto’s Madrid will be opening for M83 at the Phoenix on July 17th. Tickets for that show are still available for $22.50; this is a 19+ show. For more Madrid, the duo will also be at the Supermarket on June 5th with Miike Snow and June 19th with TMDP, Kidstreet and more (as part of YYZ Records’ NXNE showcase).

Valery Gore will be opening for The Sea and Cake at the Supermarket on June 27th, as part of the Toronto Jazz Festival.

BidiniBand will be playing an in-store at Soundscapes on Saturday June 6th at 4:30 pm.

Place Hands, The Guest Bedroom, The Rescue and Fall of Heroes will be playing an all-ages show at the Matty Eckler CRC on June 12th. Proceeds from this show will go to the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre ($5.00 at door), so go out, support a good cause and listen to some good music!

And last but not least, congrats to Toronto’s Ohbijou for signing a North American deal with Last Gang Records (home to Metric, MSTRKRFT, Crystal Castles, etc.). The band will be celebrating their CD release at the Opera House on June 25th, with Great Bloomers and Evening Hymns opening. Tickets are on sale now for $13.00 and this is an all-ages show.

Happy listening!

Musically,
Melody