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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)