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Saturday, June 20th, 2009

CONTEST – Paper Bag Records vinyl giveaway

Image via PBRPaper BagSo hey, did you hear? Vinyl is the next big thing! All the cool kids are doing it, spinning those groovy wax platters on their vintage gramophones and getting down with that analog sound! Digital is for squares!

Do you want to be one of those hep cats with the milk crates full of LPs, but don’t know where to start? Paper Bag Records wants to help! Courtesy of they and Stage Fright Publicity, I’ve got a special set of limited edition vinyl featuring some of Canada’s top up-and-coming acts for you to spin – the pack includes Woodhands’ Heart Attack, Winter Gloves’ About A Girl, Josh Reichmann/Oracle Band’s Crazy Power and Life Is Legal EPs and Slim Twig’s Contempt! and Derelict Dialect / Vernacular Violence EPs. All are limited black label vinyl with custom screen printed sleeves and limited to 300 copies – it’s basically a one-step process to becoming the coolest kid on your block.

To enter, email me at contests AT chromewaves.net with “I want the Paper Bag vinyl” in the subject line and your full name and mailing address in the body. And tell me what kind of turntable you have – I’m curious. Get that in to me before midnight, June 30 and contest is open to residents of Canada only. Sorry Americans, you’ll have to find your own express route to hipsville.

MP3: Woodhands – “Dancer”
MP3: Winter Gloves – “Let Me Drive”
MP3: Winter Gloves – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
MP3: Josh Reichmann Oracle Band – “Agoraphobia”
MP3: Slim Twig – “Young Hussies”
MP3: Slim Twig – “Gate Hearing!”

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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Someday Soon

Wavelength turns nine, throws a party

Photo By Davida Nemeroff Davida Nemeroff Seminal new music showcase Wavelength – across whose stage pretty much every Toronto indie band of note from the last decade or so has passed – celebrates its ninth anniversary next month and as they’ve done pretty much every year that I can remember, they’re marking the occasion with a full weekend of shows at venues all across the city.

The full lineup was announced over the holidays, and the evenings of February 12 through the 15th will look something like this: On the 12th it’s spooky folk at the Music Gallery with Timber Timbre (also playing this Saturday night at the Tranzac and doing an in-store at Soundscapes on January 15 at 7 to mark the release of their self-titled debut on Tuesday), Ghost Bees and Dorit Chrysler followed by an after-party/nightcap at the Cameron House with The Diableros and Loitering Heroes.

Friday’s venue is Wrongbar, and the bill is headlined by the much-acclaimed Slim Twig and also features Bonjay, Child Bite and The Magic. That’s not a lineup that’ll get me out to Parkdale but Saturday night’s soiree is definitely circled on the calendar, and not just because the Polish Combatants Hall is but a short walk from home. No, it’s because the lineup for that night features a number of acts that I’ve heard good things about and am looking forward to checking out. In particular I’m interested in $100, pictured here and recently featured both The Toronto Star and BlogTO – their debut full-length Forest Of Tears reveals a raw and unvarnished country band stuck in the city who do things slow and know a thing or ten about pain. Also playing that evening are Brides, Hooded Fang, The Luyas and The Element Choir.

And finally, things close out at Wavelength’s usual time and channel – Sunday night at Sneaky Dee’s. Theatrical party-pack Foxfire Forest have the honour of closing things out, accompanied by I Am Robot And Proud and a couple of out-of-town guests – Baltimore’s Thank You and San Franciscans Mi Ami.

As with all Wavelength shows, these are pay what you can events though a cover of $10 for these shows is suggested.

MP3: $100 – “No Great Leap”
MP3: $100 – “Forest Of Tears”
MP3: $100 – “Nothing’s Alright”
MP3: The Luyas – “Cats In A Bag”
MP3: The Luyas – “Tantamount”
MP3: The Diableros – “Heavy Hands” (demo)

Liz Powell tells Chart that she’s now officially a member of Broken Social Scene, meaning she now gets the decoder ring and newsletter subscription. Her other gig – Land Of Talk – will be at the Horseshoe on January 15.

NPR profiles Bon Iver, whose Blood Bank EP is out January 20.

Clash profiles Andrew Bird, releasing Noble Beast on January 20 and playing the Queen Elizabeth Theater on April 3.

There’s a video for the title track from M Ward’s forthcoming Hold Time, out February 17.

Video: M Ward – “Hold Time”

Calexico are giving away a free MP3 over at Threadless.

PitchforkTV has a two-part video interview with Okkervil River.

Elvis Perkins In Dearland will release their second album – a self-titled affair – March 10. A handful of new songs are streaming at their website.

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