The Woodhands are releasing the ‘Dancer’ EP on March 3rd. Dancer will be a “collection of remixes, restylings and reworkings of the killer track ‘Dancer’ from their album ‘Heart Attack’” You can go hear bits of what might be on that right now at myspace.com/woodhands but before you do that: You can go right now…
New Downloads: Woodhands, Peter Project, Prairie Cat & More
Added to the podsafe downloads: Paperjack, Peter Project, Prairie Cat, Proffessor Undressor, Recoilers, Rhume, Woodhands. That brings the total number of artists available for downloading and podcasting to 80. Hopefully I’ll have more for you soon!
Halifax: Ruby Jean CD Release Jan. 16
On Friday, January 16 at the Marquee Club in Halifax Ruby Jean (aka Rebekah Higgs) and the Thoughtful Bees will unveil their new CD with support from Woodhands and Tomcat Tomcat. And there will be limited edition, hand made CDs available for the debut. The initial response to Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees has…
Laura Barrett at Concerts on Demand
If you weren’t able to make Laura Barrett‘s CD launch for the (soon to be Polaris nominated) Victory Garden now you can be (kinda). The show has been uploaded to CBC Radio 2’s Concerts on Demand! Both of the opening acts for the release were also included! So first have a listen to Dan Werb…
Laura Barrett shows off her Victory Garden on Sunday
This Sunday at the Tranzac in Toronto, Laura Barrett will unveil her new album “Victory Garden” over brunch. People will gather at 11:30 a.m. for a brunch catered by Barrett herself and then at 1:30 the music starts. Dan Werb of the Woodhands and Halifax’s Ghost Bees will be joining Laura for the CD release.…
Do You Want Your Paper Bag Digital (and DRM free)?
Paper Bag Records home of, among many others, the Woodhands, Laura Barrett, the Acorn, You Say Party, We Say Die, Slim Twig, and Tokyo Police Club is launching it’s own, DRM Free, digital music store on June 17. From Exclaim: “Paper Bag plans for the new shop and its 320k/DRM-free files to complement and enhance…
Woodhands Bring Back Love From Beijing
The Woodhands China Blog The Woodhands recently visited China along with Daniel Wesley, You say party! We say die! (who can’t get into the US but can tour more open countries like China), Buck 65 and Champion. The Woodhands kept a blog of that visit, cataloguing some of their interesting findings which you can check…
Go Over the Top in Toronto This Weekend
The Over the Top Festival is coming to Toronto this weekend. “April 30 through May 4th at select venues, which includes film premieres, rare musical performances and exciting theatrical productions. Each year the festival continues to grow, having started with just three events seven years ago and now it numbers nearly three dozen.” Many of…
Reviews are in for the Woodhands ‘Heart Attack’
From the Woodhands Myspace Blog: The reviews for ‘Heart Attack’ are in – well some of them anyway. http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-previews/very-good-dancers/ http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=162394 http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2008/04/0101.cfm http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/040308/disc.html http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/ondisc/article/22916
Here Come the Woodhands
Thursday night I watched Toronto’s Wrongbar overflow with people for the Woodhands CD release party. I think it is safe to say that Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt are destined for larger venues. If everyone at the Wrongbar had changed their minds and left, there were enough people waiting outside to fill it up again.…