Fresh off their US tour with The Hold Steady, Halifax rockers Wintersleep have released a video for their single “Preservation” off their fourth album, New Interiors. The band is currently on tour through November with Ra Ra Riot, before hitting the road with The Hold Steady again, this time through the UK.
Dates with Ra Ra Riot
Wed-Nov-17 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
Thu-Nov-18 Edmonton, AB The Starlite Room
Fri-Nov-19 Saskatoon, SK Louis’ Pub
Sat-Nov-20 Winnipeg, MB The Garric
Anya Marina has been quite busy the last couple years. With the release of her second record Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II (2009), Marina gained mainstream attention, along with a song on the New Moon Soundtrack. While working on a new full length album, Marina gives fans something to chew on with a new EP titled The Spirit School.
A slight departure from previous work, School Spirit features five tracks, including a remix of her New Moon song “Satellite Heart” by Sam Fogarino of Interpol. A more stripped down and “less fussed over” approach to recording and songwriting than previous efforts, Spirit School features Marina “having fun with songwriting again.”
Spirit School also touts Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor on the song “Whatsit.” “Busrider” and “You Are Invisible” are home demos made pretty by producer Ken Andrews (Pete Yorn, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, etc).
Look for Spirit School out TODAY on Chop Shop Records/Atlantic Records.
“Whatsit” featuring Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols.
Montreal rockers, The Dears, have made a name for themselves as a band that can move from electrifying pop, to full-on primal screams; grinding guitar solos, to a soulful baroque. With a musical hiatus since their 2008 album Missiles, The Dears look to announce a forthcoming album Degeneration Street. The release date is set for February 15th, 2011 on Dangerbird Records.
Produced by Tony Hoffer (Phoenix, Belle and Sebastian), Degeneration Street is said to be a “return to form” for frontman Murray Lightburn and company. The new material traces back to the band’s previous albums such as No Cities Left (2003) and Gang of Losers (2007).
Check out new song “Omega Dog” live in Mexico City:
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