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It’s our busiest year at SXSW! Be sure to check out our newest signings The RAA and Born Ruffians!

YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE!

March 17
5:00 pm – Canadian Blast Party @ Under the Big Top at Brush Square (Across from the Hilton)
11:00 pm – SXSW Showcase @ Elysium
12:15 am  – PureVolume Party @ PureVolume House

March 18
4:00 pm – The Hype Machine’s Lose Control 2 Party @ Vice
1:00 am – Paper Bag Records Showcase @ Speakeasy

March 19
2:30 pm – Consequence of Sound Party @ Republic Live

WOODHANDS

March 17
3:45 pm – The Hype Machine’s Lose Control 2 Party @ Vice
2:00 am – PureVolume Party @ PureVolume House

March 18
11:00 pm – Paper Bag Records Showcase @ Speakeasy

March 19
12:45 pm – WOXY / Music by the Slice Party @ Home Slice Pizza

March 20
12:10 pm – OMDC Showcase @ Paradise on 6^th (Canada House)
4:00 pm – Rolling Stone Party @ Peckerheads

BORN RUFFIANS

March 17
10:00 pm – Warp Showcase @ The Phoenix

March 18
3:35 pm – Schubas / Lincoln Hall 14^th Annual SXSW Round Up @ Yard Dog Gallery

March 19
10:00 pm – Windish Agency Showcase @ Emo’s

THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE

March 17
12:45 pm – Brooklyn Vegan Party @ Emo’s (main stage)
3:00 pm – The Hype Machine’s Lose Control 2 Party @ Vice
5:30 pm – Force Field / Terrorbird Party @ Red 7

March 18
12:55 pm – Schubas / Lincoln Hall 14^th Annual SXSW Round Up @ Yard Dog Gallery
3:40 pm – Soundcheck Magazine Party @ Emo’s Annex
5:40 pm – Consequence of Sound / Sled Island Party @ Republic Live
1:00 am – Saddle Creek Records Official Showcase @ Maggie Mae’s

March 19
3:00 pm – The Onion / Canvas Media Party @ Mohawk
5:30 pm – Muzzle of Bees Backyard BBQ

CFCF

March 17
12:45 pm – Austin Pet Care Awareness Stage @ Epoch Coffee

March 18
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The Fader Magazine Stage
8:00 pm – 2:00 am – Paper Bag Records Showcase @ Speakeasy

March 19

1:30 pm – Dub Frequency Presents: The Loft Thursday Day Party @ Malverde
5:30 pm – Vice Magazine Party

March 20
9:00 pm – Nylon Magazine Party

LITTLE GIRLS

March 18
10:00 pm – Paper Bag Records Showcase @ Speakeasy

March 19
12:25 pm – M for Montreal @ Paradise on 6^th (Canada House)
2:10 pm – Rooftop Riot @ The Blind Pig
11:00 pm – Epicsauce.com / Neon Reverb Party @ Music Gym

March 20
4:00 pm – Ballistic Missile / Parade of Flesh @ Club Primos

WINTER GLOVES

March 18
1:30 pm – AFM Canada / ACTRA Showcase @ Paradise on 6^th (Canada House)
12:00 am – Paper Bag Records Showcase @ Speakeasy

March 19
3:00 pm – University of Texas Radio KVRX Party @ Okay Mountain (ALL AGES!)

March 20
1:30 pm – WOXY / Music by the Slice Party @ Home Slice Pizza

We are incredibly pleased to announce the Canadian release of Born Ruffians‘ second album, Say It, due June 1st on Paper Bag Records. If Born Ruffians’ 2008 debut album Red Yellow and Blue was the result of a talented and precocious gang of freshmen, their 2010 follow-up, Say It, would be the project they left school to finish – a declaration that they’re smart and ambitious enough to make it on their own, and furthermore, that they’re in it for the long haul.

Taking two weeks to record the album, the band finds itself teaming up again with producer Rusty Santos. The Ruffians and co. holed up at Mississauga’s Metalworks studio and loosed the reins on their ambitions, experimenting with Minimoogs and saxophones ebfore eventually scaling much of it back in the mixing process.

The result is a very mature album, further amplifying the band’s unique voice and sound, ready to take them as far as they want to go. And that includes a very thorough tour of North America including SxSW and CMW. See tour dates below!

CLICK HERE for a free download of ‘Sole Brother‘, a track off the new album!

CLICK HERE to pre-order the album!

Say It tracklisting:

1. Oh Man
2. Retard Canard
3. Sole Brother
4. What To Say
5. The Ballad Of Moose Bruce
6. Higher & Higher
7. Come Back
8. Nova-Leigh
9. Blood, The Sun & Water
10. At Home Now

Tour dates:

March 4 – NYU Kimmel Center w/ Man Man (NYU students only), New York, NY
March 14 – Toronto, ON @ CMW Phoenix Concert Theatre
March 17 – SXSW Warp Showcase @ The Phoenix, Austin, TX
March 18 – SXSW Shuba’s Showcase @ Yard Dog, Austin, TX
March 19 – SXSW Windish Agency Showcase @ Emo’s, Austin, TX

Hot off the release of their latest album, XXXX in the US on February 9th, You Say Party! We Say Die! will be performing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. You can catch them on Saturday February 27^th in Surrey alongside Tokyo Police Club and Wintersleep. If you’re not one of the lucky ones attending these shows, perhaps you caught YSP!WSD! today at Cypress Mountain or at the Orpheum in Vancouver this past January, playing to a sold out show with Phoenix! And if you missed that too, not to worry because the band is coming to a city near you! Tour dates are listed at the end of this post.

Check out their new video ‘There is XXXX (Within My Heart)’ from the album XXXX, directed by Hill Kourkoutis.

You Say Party! We Say Die! “There is XXXX (Within My Heart)” from the album XXXX. from Paper Bag Records on Vimeo.

After a solid year spent on the road in support of the band’s debut album, Hometowns, The Rural Alberta Advantage’s momentum is carrying into 2010 and beyond. The reach of the appeal of the album was reflected on many year-end lists (Pitchfork and iTunes Canada) and will now be available through Paper Bag Records.  The RAA are currently on a cross-Canada tour (dates below).

Paper Bag Records will be issuing a limited version of Hometowns on 180 gram clear-blue vinyl with unique silk screened artwork on March 23rd.  Both vinyl and CD formats are available for pre-order HERE.

The band recently returned from a run through the US East Coast and Mid West which included a sold out show at Terminal 5 in New York City with Passion Pit, followed by 2 additional sold out shows they headlined at the Mercury Lounge in New York City. The band is now heading for an additional series of Canadian dates through to the West Coast with a finale show at the Vancouver Olympics at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre with City and Colour on February 15.

The Rural Alberta Advantage will return to Toronto in time to perform at this year’s Indie Awards during Canadian Music Week on March 13th alongside Constantines, Great Lake Swimmers and Plants and Animals.  The RAA is nominated for an award in the Best Rock Artist category.

Rural Alberta Advantage Tour Dates
02/11/10 – Calgary, Broken City (Sold Out)
02/12/10 – Calgary, Broken City (Sold Out)
02/13/10 – Edmonton, Pawn Shop [Early Show] (Sold Out)
02/13/10 – Edmonton, Pawn Shop [Late Show] (Sold Out)
02/15/10 – Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
02/16/10 – Victoria, The Lucky Bar
03/13/10 – Toronto, Fairmount Royal York – Indie Awards

Denmark’s Under Byen are set to release their new, “cut to the bone”, fourth album Alt Er Tabt (All Is Lost) on April 6th 2010.  The new album is the band’s first studio album since 2006’s internationally-acclaimed Samme Stof Som Stof.  Alt Er Tabt will be the band’s third release on Toronto’s Paper Bag Records.

Alt Er Tabt is Under Byen’s most direct album to date.  It is structured around subtle, minimal and abstract sounds. The music and lyrics are always on the edge of exploding into a new meaning, new complexity and new shades of wealth. The instruments were recorded to preserve their pure unmediated materiality, where music is confused with sounds.  A cello sounds like wood. A guitar sounds like steel.  Alt Er Tabt is the group’s most lively and playful album to date – no matter how alarming the tone might sound.

“A lot has happened in the band since we released Samme Stof Som Stof four years ago,” says Nils Gröndahl. “Thorbjørn, who played the piano, has left the band, and being without him has in some way turned us into a new band. He wrote most of the music, but on Alt Er Tabt everyone in the band has contributed to the songwriting.”

Under Byen (Danish for ‘under the city’) broke the music world open with 2006’s North American release of its album Samme Stof Som Stof. The album was performed in such unconventional locations as an 18th-century Belgian house, and a Swedish forest.

Under Byen is:
Henriette Sennenvaldt – vocal
Nils Gröndahl – violin/saw
Sara Saxild – bass
Stine Sørensen – drums, vocals
Morten Larsen – drums
Morten Svenstrup – cello
Anders Stochholm – this and that

VISIT OUR BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW SITE!

In case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve got a brand new design, a brand new shop, brand new content…!

It’s like your best friend that took off her glasses and let down her hair and you realized you were in love with her all this time.

WOODHANDS SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, DROPS VIDEO

Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt are all set to release their sophomore album Remorsecapade on January 26 in Canada!

They’ll be hitting the road beginning in February and debuting their brand new live show!
Word on the street is that it involves lasers. Tour dates are listed at the end of this update.

Catch 4 star reviews of Remorsecapade in Eye Weekly and NOW Magazine.

In the coming days, you can catch the guys as musical guests on Q (CBC Radio) on January 29th, and at MTV Live on February 2nd. If you’re at SxSW this year, you can catch the duo at the Rolling Stone Party!

You can pre-order the CD and Limited Edition Vinyl HERE. The vinyl features a two colour, hand-silkscreened sleeve, and was pressed on 180gram vinyl in an extremely limited quantity of 300.

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LAURA BARRETT TOURS WITH THE MAGNETIC FIELDS

Laura Barrett will be taking her kalimba on tour, opening for The Magnetic Fields! You can catch her unique charm on a string of 11 dates down the Eastern United States – tour dates and details are listed at the end of this update.

Until then, you can watch the video for “The Wood Between Worlds“, directed by Jared Sales.

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YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE! RETURNS TO THE US!

The members of You Say Party! We Say Die! probably haven’t slept since their latest album, XXXX was released.

Since finishing up their seven week tour of Canada, they’ve been busy playing dates in Western Canada as well as hitting up radio stations – just recently they played acoustic performances at Sonic 102.9 in Edmonton and X92.9 in Calgary.

They just opened for Phoenix at a sold-out show for the 2010 Cultural Olympiad. If you missed them there, they will be hitting the road yet again, this time all the way across the United States. Check out a listing of tour dates at the end of this update!

Finally – in preparation for the album release in the US on February 9, 2010 – you can view a video for “Dark Days”, directed by David Vandas, HERE. In addition, keep your eyes peeled for the “Laura Palmer’s Prom” single, which will feature remixes by Los Campesinos and Sally Shapiro!

You can pick up XXXX on Limited Edition Vinyl (300 copies pressed), CD, or digital HERE.

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CFCF ON KEXP + KCRW

Recently, CFCF has been receiving airplay on both tastemaking radio stations KEXP (Seattle) and KCRW (LA) – he’s sitting at #2 on the Electronic charts, and #6 on the top 90 charts at KEXP!

ROCK PLAZA CENTRAL TO TOUR NO LONGER

In light of a recent announcement by Chris Eaton of Rock Plaza Central to stop touring, the Toronto Star published THIS ARTICLE detailing what brought the band to this decision.

Their most recent album, “In the moment of our most needing…” on limited edition vinyl is completely sold out, but you can still grab a copy of “Are We Not Horses” on vinyl HERE. As is standard, 300 copies were pressed on 180 gram vinyl, housed in a hand-silk screened sleeve.

WINTER 2010 TOUR DATES

Laura Barrett

Feb 04 -  Washington, DC – Lisner Auditorium
Feb 06 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
Feb 08 –Toronto, ON  -  Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Feb 10 – Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
Feb 11 – Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
Mar 04 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
Mar 05 – Bloomington, IN – Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
Mar 06 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
Mar 07 – Chicago, IL – Harris  Theatre, Millennium Park
Mar 08 – Chicago, IL – Harri Theatre, Millennium Park
Mar 10 – New York, NY – Town Hall

*All Dates with The Magnetic Fields

Woodhands

Feb 06 – Guelph, ON – The Sleeman Centre (Hillside Festival)
Feb 20 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret
Feb 24 – Edmonton, AB – Pawn Shop
Feb 25 – Calgary, AB – Broken City
Feb 26 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s
Feb 27 – Winnipeg, MB – The Lo Pub
Mar 03 – Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge
Mar 04 – St. Catharines, ON – Level 3
Mar 05 – London, ON – Moon Over Marin
Mar 06 – Hamilton, ON – This Ain’t Hollywood
Mar 11 – Toronto, ON – Opera House*
Apr 08 – Ottawa, ON – Mavericks
Apr 09 – Quebec, QC – Le Cercle
Apr 10 – Montreal, QC – Club Lambi

You Say Party! We Say Die!

Feb 27 – Surrey, BC – Olympics Show ++
Mar 09 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
Mar 10 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Mar 12 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
Mar 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
Mar 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room
Mar 21 – Memphis, TN – Hi Tone
Mar 22 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Mar 23 – Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor
Mar 24 – Baltimore, MD – Ottosbar
Mar 26 – New York, NY – Knitting Factory
Mar 27 – Boston, MA – TT The Bears
Mar 29 – New York, NY – Pianos
Mar 30 – Detroit, MI – Pike Room

Mar 31 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

++ w/ Tokyo Police Club, Wintersleep

Winter Gloves

Feb 04 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda
Mar 12 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace (CMW)
Mar 12 – Toronto, ON – El Mocambo (CMW)

Happy 2010, everyone! The year is shaping up to be a big one for Paper Bag with some amazing releases and exciting tours!

Kicking off the year will be the release of Woodhands’ Remorsecapade, followed up by a state-side release of You Say Party! We Say Die!‘s XXXX.

Remorsecapade will be available on Limited Edition Vinyl, CD and Digital on January 26, 2010 in Canada, and February 23, 2010 in the US (preorder now).To support the new album, the boys will be heading out on a cross-Canada tour in February, so keep your eyes peeled for a date near you!Also if you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out the video for CP24. It’s got robots and destruction and lightning hands and NEWS-ANCHORS.

You Say Party! We Say Die!‘s third album, XXXX is available now in Canada and will see release in the US on Feb. 9, 2010. To support this release, the band will heading out on a long-anticipated tour of the United States after being banned for 5 years post-border troubles. Fans south of the border can finally catch what all the buzz is about as the band tears down the west coast, across the country and right through SxSW before heading back up the east coast.

Prior to hitting the states, they’ll be playing not one, but two dates at the 2010 Olympics – the first on January 22th at the Orpheum, opening for Phoenix, and the second on February 27th with Tokyo Police Club and Wintersleep in Surrey. Buy tickets to the show at the Orpheum with Phoenix now! In addition, the single “Laura Palmer’s Prom” was recently featured on The Peak 100.3 in Vancouver. If you like what you hear, call in and request the song at 604-280-1005!Also, check out the second installment of an ongoing series of tour journals on Youtube.

You can pick up XXXX on Limited Edition vinyl before it sells out (only 300 copies were pressed!), or pick it up on CD or Digital.

The CFCF vinyl is now in house and ready to ship! The album is a limited edition double LP, pressed on 180gram vinyl and housed in full-colour gatefold packaging. Only 500 copies were pressed, so grab one now! Continent is of course also available on CD and Digital. CFCF (aka Mike Silver) has been seeing some fantastic reviews – for a sampling, check out 5 stars from EYE Weekly, 4 stars in NOW and Time Out New York, a 7.7 on Pitchfork, and 81% on Cokemachineglow.

Remember those late night dance parties, stumbling home sweaty and debauched and not really knowing or caring what happened, where you were or who you were? Good news, we’re going for round two!

Toronto’s own Woodhands are back with their second full length album, Remorsecapade, and from the sounds of it, things are only going to get more intense.

‘Remorscapade’ CD Art

After spending the past year and a half touring Canada, the United States, China, and Japan in support of Heart Attack, and delivering a slew of remixes and cover songs that have kept the party going strong, Woodhands is back with a stimulating plethora of darker, energetic dance tracks. Remorsecapade dives deeper into the emotional territory of Heart Attack, painting strangely compelling portraits of lost souls inhabiting the late night abyss of dance clubs (‘I Should Have Gone With My Friends’), sweaty hand-holding (‘Pockets’), and – of course – heartbreak, here described as ‘doubling’. The songs of Remorsecapade run from the deceptive bubble gum pop arrangement of ‘Dissembler’ to the explosive punk rock/electro hybrid of ‘Coolchazine’, and throughout, Woodhands offers listeners a rich journey throughout the scorched landscape of what their sweaty brand of electronic has now become: Risky, emotionally resonant, and dangerously addictive.

The album will be out January 26, 2010 in Canada, and February 23 in the US.

Track Listing:

1. Pockets
2. Talk
3. CP24
4. SLUTS!
5. Coolchazine
6. I Should Have Gone With My Friends
7. Dissembler
8. When The Party Is Over
9. I Want To Be Together
10. How To Survive A Remorsecapade (Outro)

Fall 2009 Tour Dates

Little girls

• Nov 18 – Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge +
• Nov 20 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix ++
• Nov 21 – Sudbury, ON – Townhouse +
• Nov 25 – Winnipeg, MB – Royal Albert +
• Nov 26 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s +
• Nov 27 – Edmonton, AB – New City +
• Nov 28 – Calgary, AB – Hi-Fi +
• Nov 30 – Portland, OR – Holocene *
• Dec 1 – San Francisco, CA – Hemlock **
• Dec 2 – Los Angeles, CA – Bordello
• Dec 4 – Seattle, WA – Vera Project
• Dec 5 – Vancouver, BC – Smileys

+ w/ You Say Party! We Say Die!
++ w/ Think About Life, You Say Party! We Say Die!
*w/ Japandroids & Surfer Blood
** w/ Weekend

You Say Party! We Say Die!

• Nov 18 – Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge **
• Nov 20 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix #
• Nov 21 – Sudbury, ON – Townhouse **
• Nov 25 – Winnipeg, MB – Royal Albert **
• Nov 26 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s **
• Nov 27 – Edmonton, AB – New City **
• Nov 28 – Calgary, AB – Hi-Fi **
• Jan 22 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum +

** w/ Little Girls
# w/ Think About Life, Little Girls
+ w/ Phoenix

Slim Twig

• Nov 18 – Baltimore, MD – Hexagon space
• Nov 21 – Bloomington, IN – The Realm
• Nov 22 – Chicago, IL – Weirder Park
• Nov 25 – Madison, WI – Project Lodge
• Nov 27 – Detroit, MI – Division Street Gallery
• Dec 2 – Guelph, ON – The Attic
• Dec 3 – Montreal, QC – Friendship Cove
• Dec 4 – Ottawa, ON – 443 Kent
• Dec 5 – Toronto, ON – Double Double Land

Winter Gloves

• Nov 17 – Portland, OR – Rotture*
• Nov 18 – Bellingham, WA – Nightlite*
• Nov 19 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey*
• Nov 20 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore*
• Nov 21 – Victoria, BC – Sugar*
• Nov 24 – Edmonton, AB – The ARTery
• Nov 25 – Calgary, AB – Broken City
• Nov 27 – Winnipeg, MB – Lo Pub
• Nov 29 – Madison, WI – Frequency
• Nov 30 – Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
• Dec 1 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

* w/ Thunderheist

Woodhands

• Nov 27 – Calgary, AB – Broken City
• Nov 28 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret