The Weakerthans Rolling Tundra Revue Webisode! Tour Dates: March19 Thu: St. John s, NL – Club One [ ticket info ]20 Fri: Halifax, NS – The Palace [ ticket info ]21 Sat: Chalottetown, PEI – The Wave – UPEI Campus [ ticket info ]22 Sun: Sackville, NB – Georges Fabulous Roadhouse [ ticket info ]23…
Herohill’s Great Canadian Mixtape Project
Just in case you don’t read Herohill there’s a Great Canadian MixTape project underway with a Manitoba ‘CD’ ok it’s not really a CD, it’s a bunch of MP3s and album art if you want it. You can download a zip file of the whole thing with songs from from the Western States, Paper Moon,…
Weakerthans Take Home 3 WCMAs
Congratulations to Winnipegs Weakerthans who took home awards for outstanding independent album, songwriters of the year and video of the year at this year’s Western Canadian Music Awards! It’s about time the Weakerthans got some recognition. John K. Sampson is, arguably, the best lyricist in Canada. I imagine that if he, and wife, Cristine Fellows…
Polaris Short List Announced
As just announced live on CBC Radio 3 the short list for this year’s Polaris Music Prize: Plants And Animals:: Parc Avenue Basia Bulat :: Oh My Darling Two Hours Traffic :: Little Jabs Stars In Our Bedroom After the War Shad :: The Old Prince Kathleen Edwards :: Asking for Flowers The Weakerthans ::…
Winnipeg Music
Yesterday I mentioned the Weakerthans new album, just in case you can’t think of anything good out of Winnipeg. I just added Winnipegbands.com to the Music Links, if you’re interested in what’s going on there, you should definitely check that site out. It seems pretty comprehensive. – I’m always looking out for good Can-Con links…
Skip the break up – Go Straight to the Reunion
Via the Radio 3 blog: the Weakerthans new album Reunion tour is due out September 25. From John K. Sampson “Well, Reunion Tour is the name of one of the songs on the record. I wrote it after the Great White tragedy, thinking about old metal bands on reunion tours. But all the characters on…