Showing posts with label free show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free show. Show all posts

Thursday, July 29, 2010

TOUR DATES : Yukon Blonde with The Wooden Sky, coast to coast!


With two Polaris long-listed bands, how can you lose? Vancouver's Yukon Blonde and Toronto's The Wooden Sky team up to tour across Canada, from Vancouver to PEI. Vancouverites willing to brave the fireworks crowds will be able to catch YB play a free show as part of the ShoreFest series prior to the Celebration of Lights fireworks display at English Bay.

To hype you up, here is a track each from their respective Polaris nominated albums; Yukon Blonde's self titled, released back in February, and The Wooden Sky's If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone.

Yukon Blonde - "Wind Blows"



The Wooden Sky - "Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me)"



Yukon Blonde Tour Dates

7/ 31 - Vancouver, BC @ Shorefest
8/14 - Burnaby, BC @ Burnaby Roots and Blues Festival – Deer Lake Park w/ Taj Mahal , Serena Ryder & more
9/22 - Rifflandia @ Alix Goolden Concert Hall Victoria, BC, CANADA

Yukon Blonde Tour Dates with The Wooden Sky

9/25 - Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore
9/26 - Kelowna, BC @ The Habitat
9/27 - Nelson, BC @ The Royal On Baker
9/29 - Canmore, AB @ Communitea Café
9/30 - Calgary, AB @ Republik
10/01 - Lethbridge, AB @ TBA
10/02 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
10/03 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo's
10/05 - Regina, SK @ The Exchange
10/06 - Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cltr Ctr
10/07 - Thunder Bay, ON @ Crock's
10/08 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON @ Lop Lop's
10/09 - Sudbury, ON @ The Townehouse
10/11 - Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle
10/13 - Charlottetown, PEI @ Hunter's
10/14 - Fredericton, NB @ The Capital
10/15 - Halifax, NS @ Seahorse Tavern
10/26 - Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rosa
10/27 - Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
10/28 - Peterborough, ON @ Red Dog
10/29 - Kingston, ON @ The Grad Club
10/30 - Barrie, ON @ At The Five
11/02 - Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah
11/04 - Guelph, ON @ E-Bar
11/05 - London, ON @ Fanshawe College
11/06 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Surrey Fusion Festival-- the little festival that could...



You can think of Surrey Fusion Festival as the suburbs' answer to Vancouver Folk Music Festival. This is the second year I've been aware of it happening, and the second year that it's fallen on the same weekend as the VFMF, this year on July 17-18. If you're not going to be able to make it to Jericho Beach for the Folk Fest, make sure you check out the free events and shows that are happening in Holland Park, which include different food displays and dance performances.

Musical artists that are performing at the Fusion Festival include some BC favourites like Brasstronaut, We Are The City and Headwater. Check out the full line-ups, including various cultural performances, on 4 different stages in Holland Park here.

Monday, June 28, 2010

FREE CONCERT : Canada Day Celebration with Joel Plaskett & Friends

Lucky Nova Scotians. On July 1st, at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, NS, Dartmouth Crossing presents a free show for Canada Day. It’ll be filled to the brim with great music, fireworks... and did I mention it's free?

There will be events all over the Halifax Regional Municipality. Wear your best 'red & white', and enjoy a pancake breakfast, sing Oh Canada from the top of Citadel Hill, watch the Tattoo Parade in Downtown Halifax or go for the Family Picnic on the Commons. Gather the whole family and attend the outdoor concert on the Dartmouth Waterfront featuring Joel Plaskett Emergency and a line-up selected by the Juno award winner himself.

Here's the line-up:

3:45-4:20 Rose Cousins from PEI/ Halifax
4:30-5:05 Steve Poltz from San Diego
5:20-6:00 David Myles from Fredericton/ Halifax
6:20-7:00 English Words from PEI
7:20-8:00 Deep Dark Woods from Saskatchewan
8:30-10:00 Joel Plaskett Emergency from Shannon/Clayton/Creighton/Point Pleasant Park
The fireworks and later show by Telfer will follow.

To get you in the spirit to celebrate Canada's 143rd birthday, here's a little tune called "True Patriot Love" by headliners Joel Plaskett Emergency:

Friday, June 4, 2010

NEWS BITES : June 4, 2010

FREE STUFF
Audio Blood does North by North East Festival! Get a FREE MIXTAPE including artists such as Dinosaur Bones and Leif Vollebekk.

On top of that, Audio Blood is celebrating NxNE by throwing a free, invite-only party at the top of the CN Tower with The Balconies (one of my favourite finds this year), Hollerado and The Meligrove Band playing. Go to their website to win tickets!


NEW MUSIC
Arcade Fire has The Suburbs, due August 3rd, up for pre-order. All orders, whether digital, CD or vinyl,  come with instant downloads of the two already released singles "The Suburbs" and "Month of May."

Mother Mother is in studio finishing their upcoming album following the huge success of their sophomore album O My HeartIt's due out in early 2011. In related news, they suddenly became a lot more prolific (and friendly-sounding) on Twitter.

Sam Roberts is in studio as well with their upcoming fourth studio release following Love at the End of the World. Unfortunately, some personality conflicts in studio.

St. John's The Mountains & The Trees, otherwise known as Jon Janes, will release his first full-length I Made This For You on August 10 after critical praise for his EP Hop, Skip & A Jump.

Pre-order Stars' upcoming release The Give Ghosts on iTunes in deluxe and you will also get The Séance EP, which includes tracks remixed by the Album Leaf, Montag and Of Montreal - as well as other bonus singles.

REVIEWS
Rah Rah's new album Breaking Hearts is thoroughly enjoyable and all-around stronger than their first release. Their indie pop polish, combined with their tendency of using pop rocks and confetti cannons in their live shows, don't fully conceal their old souls and turns of cynicism. The elaborate album artwork involves some unfortunate passengers falling off the side of a boat and being torn apart by sharks. hmm.

Shad's newest release TSOL sees him solidifying his formidable position in the Canadian hip-hop scene, which involved selling out his (adopted) hometown show in Vancouver last night at the Biltmore Cabaret. The quick rhymes and clever word play, not to mention profound lyrics which touch on everything from politics to the origins of his name, would satisfy the most elitist of English majors. I see it on the Polaris short list.

Jamie Lidell, UK-based soul/funkster loads latest release Compass with grimy, experimental explorations of how technology expresses, however inadequately, sexuality and desire. It leaves you hot and bothered and a bit agitated, kind of like waking up with your lover on a stuffy summer day. This latest effort is joined by friends such as Feist, Beck, Gonzales and members of Grizzly Bear and Wilco. One of my favourite tracks off the album, "I Wanna Be Your Telephone," is below.


I Wanna Be Your Telephone from Jamie Lidell on Vimeo.

TOUR DATES
Two Hours Traffic from P.E.I. have released 2009's Territories internationally, more specifically in Australia and in the U.S. They will be touring Oz with Dead Letter Chorus.

Said the Whale announces all-ages tour dates on top of their Malahat Revue tour dates with Hannah Georgas, Jeremy Fisher and Aidan Knight.





MISC.
Voting is open in NxEW's 2nd Annual Shadow Polaris Prize.

Contribute to the newly established Canadian Music Wiki, brainchild of Amanda Ash working with CBC Radio 3 and the UBC School of Journalism.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Great Lake Swimmers - limited edition The Legion Sessions CD

It is with great pleasure to share with you the release of The Legion Sessions; a limited edition physical CD from Great Lake Swimmers' acclaimed live recordings at the Royal Canadian Legion Pub in February 2009.

While previously released digitally in September, the physical release is slated for April 17th, 2010. In celebration of Record Store Day, the album will be exclusively available at independent record stores only, followed by widespread availability on Amazon and other retail portals in on May 18th. And once the record sells out, it will not go back into reprint.

Further celebration for the album release will take form in a series of Record Store Day week events throughout Canada, where free tickets will be provided to fans who purchase the Legion Sessions CD at their local independent record store. Additional details will be announced shortly.

To support this release, please click here and RSVP to the album event on Facebook for full information on album availability, special event performances, and more.

Below, enjoy the limited edition album packaging layout, and click here to check out The Legion Sessions' micros-site with 9 full videos of each Legion Session performance.