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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

You Say Party! We Say Die!

You Say Party! We Say Die! is now halfway through their seven and a half week tour of Canada, and busier than ever. The band has appeared in 5 cover stories, their new album XXXX has gone 6 weeks straight at #1 on Campus Radio and they recently made an appearance on MTV live!

They’ll be opening for Phoenix at the Orpheum as part of the 2010 Olympic celebrations on January 22, 2010. For more information and to buy tickets, click here.

Prior to that, they’ll be headlining a show at the Phoenix in Toronto, as presented by the marvelous folks at Steamwhistle Brewery. They will be joined by Think About Life and Little Girls – find more info here, and buy tickets at Rotate This, Soundscapes, or online here.

In the meantime, click here to watch the first of an ongoing series of tour journals as the band hauls ass across the country – from the finer points of corn dogs to the hardships of male oppression.

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, all at the shop.

Slim Twig

Slim Twig just finished up his Spit It Twig! Vol. 2, which is available for free download on Paper Bag Records!

Here’s what Slim has to say about the mixtape:

“Spit It Twig Vol. 2 represents my commitment to the free mixtape format I admire so much in artists like Lil Wayne & the Clipse. This time I decided to stretch out my repertoire in directions both more overtly hip hop (‘This Night’s Untold’ & ‘More Mercy, Miss Percy’), and even more abstract (‘The Pink Room’, ‘Perfect Pitch’). This mix also features more collaboration than any of my other releases with contributions from Dirty Beaches, Onakabazien, D-Sisive and a (one-sided-career-fullfilling) collab with David Lynch. The diversity of Spit It Twig Vol. 2 was meant to reveal my intention & future direction with tapes which is to periodically expose experiments, and spontaneous ideas to those who are curious… all for a great price.”

Click here to download Spit It Twig Vol. 2

CFCF

CFCF’s Continent is now available today on CD and Digital! Click here to order the CD, or to download the album as high quality 320 kpbs DRM-free MP3s.

Continent will soon be available on limited edition vinyl! The album is a gatefold, double vinyl set that is printed using a 4 colour process. It’s available for pre-order at the link above.

Check out the amazing review for the album on Pitchfork here.

You can also view the video for ‘You Hear Colours’ here.

Little Girls

Little Girls is currently on tour with You Say Party! We Say Die! and will head across Canada before heading down the west coast of the United States.

Josh McIntyre was interviewed for this month’s edition of Exclaim!, now available everywhere in Canada. Click here to read the article.

You can pick up the debut album, Concepts, on CD and digital, or pick it up on limited edition vinyl, which is running dangerously close to sold out!

Laura Barrett

Laura Barrett spent some time at the Art Gallery of Ontario with Martin Tielli of the Rheostatics in October.

Directed by Peter Lynch, the occasion was filmed for City Sonics, which you can view here

You’d never guess it by our youthful appearance, but it’s our 7th birthday this month!

Swing by our birthday bash (You Say Party! We Say Die! at the Phoenix on November 20th), dance your face off, and wish us luck in the coming year!

In the spirit of celebration and the holidays, we’ve put together a covers album for you to download for free! The album consists of 12 covers from 12 Paper Bag Artists.

Click here to download The Seven Year Itch

We’re proud and thankful to announce that Paper Bag Records was recently given the title of Toronto’s best label in NOW Magazine’s “Best of Toronto” issue!

Click here to see the article online, and to check out the rest of NOW’s picks.

Our favourite keytar-heroes Woodhands are finishing up working on Remorsecapade, the follow-up to their beloved Heart Attack. The album will be out on January 26, 2010, and in the meantime, they will be heading out on a fall North American tour with the Junior Boys!

Recently, the duo shot a segment, directed by Rob Pilichowski, for City Sonic about their first show ever – an illegal bring-your-own-booze affair in an abandoned Brick Works factory. You can watch the segment here, which features Dan and Paul reminiscing about asbestos and pit-related dangers.

Despite their busy schedule, they managed to find time to contribute a remix to label-mate CFCF’s digital single, The Explorers (feat. Sally Shapiro), which you can find in the shop.

You can dance ‘til you drop with Woodhands at the following dates:

• Oct 21 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
• Oct 22 – Tallahassee, FL – The Engine Room
• Oct 23 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
• Oct 24 – Miami, FL – Vagabond
• Oct 26 – Orlando, FL – The Social
• Oct 27 – Saint Augustine Beach, FL – Cafe Eleven
• Oct 28 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
• Oct 29 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
• Oct 30 – Baltimore, MD – Talking Head Club at Sonar
• Oct 31 – Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
• Nov 2 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East
• Nov 3 – Buffalo, NY – Soundlab
• Nov 4 – Montreal, QC – Le National
• Nov 5 – Ottawa, ON – Ritual
• Nov 6 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
• Nov 7 – Waterloo, ON – Starlite
• Nov 8 – Hamilton, ON – Rokbar

**All dates w/Junior Boys