Singing Lamb
As much as I enjoy the fast-paced, crowded environment of downtown Toronto, nothing felt better than walking down the streets of a quiet suburban neighbourhood in the afternoon, listening to one of my new favourite bands, Hooded Fang…that was last week. Now, I sit in my bed, coughing my lungs out, praying for the flames of hell to burn a whole in my throat. Being sick sucks. What also sucked was that the Singing Lamb had to be down for so long! I’m so sorry! But alas, it is back and better than ever! A lot of hard work was put into it by Tech Nerd, so if you see him walking around, give him props. And then punch him (for me) for the embarrassingly bad video of me.
Anyway, I’ve done a lot of searching and listening lately in light of my search of bands for the upcoming launch party in January. Bands of all sorts were asked, and even though the process was/is quite tedious (and heartbreaking at times – rejection is always painful), the silver lining to it all was that I was able to learn more about some amazing bands in town. But let’s just cut to the important stuff here. Here are the three bands that have been confirmed (so far!) for the official Singing Lamb Launch Party!!
- Sports: The Band
- Maylee Todd
- Green Go
We’re still waiting on a response, but there’s a good chance that we’re getting some folks from Montreal to play at the show as well…you’ll just have to wait and see who that is! Quick hint: the two potential bands are both featured in this month’s issue of Chart.
I know there’s been a whirlwind of news last week, so I’ll just sum it up as quickly as possible!
The Pipettes lose yet another member, moving them down to two. Seriously, just stop it with the Pipette-switcheroo and release a new record! Read more here.
The Hives are teaming up with Cyndi Lauper for a Christmas single…strange, but true.
What’s even stranger is the group of people in this holiday ad for The Gap. Stereogum says “Jingle FAIL” but I say fuck it, that’s my new Christmas anthem. Rainn Wilson said so.
Speaking of commercials, this makes me cry.
Not so into holiday jingles or chocolate commercials? Want to just stick to simple children’s tunes? Well Tilly and the Wall have it covered. Here’s the new way to sing “ABC”, kids.
The Handsome Furs are releasing a new LP on February 3rd, 2009 entitled Face Control. Here’s the tracklisting:
Face Control:
- Legal Tender
- Evangeline
- Talking Hotel Arbat Blues
- (Passport Kontrol)
- All We Want, Baby, Is Everything
- I’m Confused
- (White City)
- Nyet Spasiba
- Officer of Hearts
- (It’s Not Me, It’s You)
- Thy Will Be Done
- Radio Kaliningrad
Does anyone else love the steamy new photo on their MySpace? Forget Face Control, these two need to learn some body control.
Final Fantasy also has a new video out for “Blue Imelda”, off of his Spectrum. 14th Century EP. Great EP; I recommend “The Butcher”, but “Blue Imelda” is also great. According to Owen Pallett, he will not be playing any shows in Toronto in the new year until he releases his upcoming LP (still entitled Heartland?). Let’s hope that it comes out soon then.
Broken Social Scene (Presents Brendan Canning) has a new video out for “Churches Under the Stairs”, arguably one of the best songs from Canning’s album, Something For All of Us…
Some upcoming shows to be aware of:
Casiotone For the Painfully Alone @ 6 Nassau (November 15)
Elliot Brood @ Lee’s Palace (December 31)
*Thunderheist & Shad @ Nathan Philips Square (January 31)
*The Stills @ Nathan Philips Square (February 7)
Cut Copy & Matt and Kim @ Circa (March 20)
*WinterCity Festival shows, FREE
As for the opening acts for the Stars gigs, those are as follow:
Dec. 11 – The Russian Futurists
Dec. 12 – Gentlemen Reg
Dec. 13 – The Done Me Wrongs
Phew, I think that’s all for now! Feel free to send comments to our e-mails or just chat about music; that’s always a joy!
Musically,
Melody
