new music from The Wooden Sky this August

I just caught wind of possibly the best news I've heard all Summer. One of my personal favorites, the Toronto band, The Wooden Sky have a new album hitting stores this Summer titled,
If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone. The album is out this August 25th, and if your not familiar with the band now is your chance to get more acquainted with their music. With the plethora of great Americana based music coming out of Canada these days it's easy for some bands to slip under the radar, but were predicting that these guys will be getting some well deserved hype with this release. You might want to go back and check out their 2007 disc, When Lost at Sea also, which was one of the finest albums of '07.

Two new songs off the forthcoming disc, "Something Hiding For Us In The Night", and "Bit Part", are currently streaming over on their myspace page now.

Something Hiding For Us In The Night. - The Wooden Sky

check out The Wooden Sky on myspace.

This Weeks 'New Releases' (WK 7/14)

This weeks short list features new releases from Jack White's latest project, The Dead Weather, along with new singles from Yo La Tengo, and A Fine Frenzy.


This Weeks 'New Releases' (WK 7/14):

A Fine Frenzy- Blow Away (single)
Baby Teeth- Hustle Beach
Cassius- Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes EP
Dandy Warhols- The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
Daughtry- Leave This Town
The Dead Weather- Horehound
Fink- Sort of Revolution EP
Ingrid Michaelson- Maybe (single)
Junior Boys- Hazel
The Killer and The Star- self titled
Lightning Dust- I Knew (single)
Love is All- Last Choice EP
Magnolia Electric Co.- Josephine
Martin Carr- Ye Gods
The Minus 5-Killingsworth
The Most Serene Republic- ... And The ever Expanding Universe
Neko Case- iTunes originals
New Roman Times- On the Sleeve
Nurses- Caterpillar Playground (single)
Owl City- Ocean Eyes
The Penelopes- Stuck in Lalaland
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll (remixes EP)
Yo La Tengo- Periodically Double or Triple (single)

'Song of the Week': We Were Promised Jetpacks- "Roll Up Your Sleeves"

You can't read an article about the Glasgow band, We Were Promised Jetpacks without hearing the names of their fellow countrymen Frightened Rabbit, and The Twilight Sad mentioned in the same breathe. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the comparisons as long as they see the same success and impact that both those bands have had in Europe and overseas. WWPJP just released their full length debut, These Four Walls, which features the track, "Roll Up Your Sleeves."

Roll Up Your Sleeves - We Were Promised Jetpacks

We Were Promised Jetpacks on myspace.

new video: Blitzen Trapper-"Black River Killer"

Having released one of the finest albums of 2008 (Furr), Portland band, Blitzen Trapper have many including us looking forward to new material from the group. Anxious fans got a bit of good news a few weeks back when the band announced plans for a new EP, Black River Killer which drops August 25th via Sub Pop Records. The forthcoming EP will feature six unreleased songs plus the title track, which is taken from the aforementioned '08 disc, 'Furr'. Besides appearing on the EP, the band just released a new video for the track "Black River Killer" that was directed by Daniel Elkayam.



Blitzen Trapper on myspace.

More than 'Once'-Swell Season prep new album

With an Oscar now in their back pocket, the duo of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, The Swell Season, are readying their follow up to their critically acclaimed soundtrack for the movie, 'Once'. The new 12 song LP, titled, Strict Joy hits store shelves on Sept 29 on Anti- Records, and was co-produced by Hansard and hot producer, Peter Katis, who seems to be everywhere lately (The National, Frightened Rabbit, Fanfarlo), with recording taking place at Katis’ Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT. In addition to the pair, the album features Hansards Frames bandmates Colm Mac Iomaire (violin), Joe Doyle (bass), Rob Bochnik (guitar), Graham Hopkins (percussion) plus guitarist Javier Mas (Leonard Cohen), and pianist Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) among the group. The duo is currently touring across Europe, with more dates expected to follow shortly.

‘STRICT JOY’ track listing:
1. Low Rising
2. Feeling the Pull
3. In These Arms
4. The Rain
5. Fantasy Man
6. Paper Cup
7. High Horses
8. The Verb
9. I Have Loved You Wrong
10. Love That Conquers
11. Two Tongues
12. Back Broke

When Your Minds Made Up - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

get to know- The Rural Alberta Advantage

Canadian band, The Rural Alberta Advantage just saw the re-release of their album, Hometowns this week, after signing on with indie label, Saddle Creek. The album, which has been floating around since as early as 2008, being sold at their live shows is finally out to the masses. RAA was born out of singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff's exodus from Edmonton, Alberta to Toronto, Ontario in 2003 that inspired the band's name, and his dealing with his homesickness and loneliness after the move.
The odes to his former hometown have been earning rave reviews since it's initial self-release, with the bands biggest break coming in late '08, when the digital music retailer eMusic.com selected the RAA from a fan recommendation as an eMusic Selects artist, later earning the band new publicity and exposure to over 400,000 music fans and subscribers. 'Hometowns' went on to became the highest-selling Selects album in history and a critical darling overnight. The band also had a breakthrough performance at SXSW in Austin this year, that helped set up more buzz for the discs re-release. Get familiar with the track "Frank,AB" from 'Hometowns' below.

Frank, AB - The Rural Alberta Advantage

Upcoming tour schedule:
Jul 9 The Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, California
Jul 10 The Echo Los Angeles, California
Jul 11 Modified Phoenix, Arizona
Jul 13 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah
Jul 14 Hi-Dive Denver, Colorado
Jul 15 Slowdown Omaha, Nebraska
Jul 25 Hillside Festival Guelph, Ontario
Jul 26 Hillside Festival Guelph, Ontario
Jul 30 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario
Aug 1 Osheaga Music Festival Montreal, Quebec
Aug 3 Kungfu Kecktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 4 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
Aug 5 The Middle East Cambridge, Massachusetts
Aug 6 Mavericks Ottawa, Ontario
Aug 8 Wolfe Island Musicfest Wolfe Island, Ontario
Aug 20 The Intersection Grand Rapids, Michigan
Aug 21 WMSE Radio Summer Camp Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wi
Aug 22 Memorial Union Terrace, U. of Wisconsin Madison, Wi
Aug 24 Pritzker Pavilion Chicago, Illinois
Aug 25 Bear’s Place Bloomington, Indiana
Aug 27 Rubble’s Bar Mount Pleasant, Michigan

The Rural Alberta Advantage on myspace.

Au Revoir Simone live session

All casio's and bangs, Au Revoir Simone recently stopped by the studios of the popular Seattle indie radio station, KEXP, where the dream pop trio performed some tracks off their excellent new disc, Still Night, Still Light. Two tracks included in the brief set were new numbers, "All or Nothing", and "Anywhere You Looked."
'Still Night, Still Life' was released in May via Our Secret Record Company.





visit Au Revoir Simone.com

Win an autographed Paper Route tour poster (contest extended)

If you didn't enter yet, you still have a chance to win and autographed tour poster from the Nashville band Paper Route (image to your right). The contest we were running had an original end date of Weds. July 8th, but now got extended to this Monday the 13th.
All you have to do to enter to win is, submit to us your full name, mailing address, and email address, and two winners will be chosen at random to receive the posters, and they will be mailed out to you ASAP. The (new end date for the contest is Mon. July 13). You can send all your info to burnthebowery@gmail.com to win. Good luck to all!!

Upcoming Tour Dates:
Jul 9 The Basement - Columbus, Ohio*
Jul 10 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, New York*
Jul 11 Jerky’s Live Music Hall - Providence, Rhode Island*
Jul 12 Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, Massachusetts*
Jul 14 The Mercury Lounge - New York, New York*
Jul 15 DC9 - Washington D.C., Washington DC*
Jul 16 Maxwell’s - Hoboken, New Jersey*
Jul 17 Kungfu Necktie - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Jul 18 The Mod Club - Toronto, Ontario*
Jul 19 Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*
Jul 20 Underground Café- South Bend, Indiana
Jul 21 The Intersection - Front Lounge - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jul 22 Schubas Tavern - Chicago, Illinois*
Jul 23 Firebird - St. Louis, Missouri*
Jul 24 Mojo’s - Columbia, Missouri*
Jul 25 Box Awesome - Lincoln, Nebraska*
Jul 26 Marquis Theatre - Denver, Colorado*
Jul 27 Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, Utah*
Sep 18 Pygmalion Music Festival - Urbana, Illinois

*All dates with Audrye Sessions

The Raveonettes announce new album news

The wall of sound that is the Danish duo of Sune Rose Wagner (guitar, instruments, vocals) and Sharin Foo (guitar and vocals), The Raveonettes, announced on their myspace page yesterday that they will be releasing their new album, In And Out Of Control this October 6th via Vice Records. The band wrapped recording on the album and are currently in NYC mastering the disc.
Earlier in the year the band was offering up fans free downloads of some of the albums demos and was asking for feedback during the recording process. You can download the free demos here.

From 2008's Beauty Dies EP:

Young and Beautiful - The Raveonettes

Upcoming dates:
Jul 18 SIREN FESTIVAL Coney Island, NY
Aug 9 LOLLAPALOOZA FESTIVAL Chicago, Ill.
Aug 9 Empty Bottle (Lollapalooza Afterparty) Chicago, Ill.
Aug 15 BEATDAY FESTIVAL Copenhagen
Oct 3 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, Austin, TX

listen to the Raveonettes on myspace

new video: The Twilight Sad-"I Became a Prostitute"

Glasgow band, The Twilights Sad's sophomore full length, Forget the Night Ahead hits shores this Sept. 22nd in the U.S and Sept. 21st in the UK and Europe on Fat Cat records. So far the band has offered up previews of two of the albums new tracks, "Reflection of the Television", and the latest, "I Became a Prostitute", the discs official first single, which was also our 'Song of the Week' just last week. The band have just released a new video for the guitar heavy track, as well as adding some tour dates this September with label mates and fellow Scottish bands, Frightened Rabbit, and We Were Promised Jetpacks.



upcoming Twilight Sad tour dates:
July 09 London, England - ICA
July 12 Balado, Scotland - T in the Park
July 18 Newcastle, England - The Cluny
Sept 14 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge #
Sept 15 Boise, ID - Neurolux #
Sept 16 Seattle, WA - Neumo's #
Sept 17 Portland, OR - Dante's (Musicfest NW) #
Sept 18 San Francisco, CA - The Independent #
Sept-20 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory #
Sept 22 Tucson, AZ - Plush #
Sept 24 Austin, TX - Mohawk #
Sept 26 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree #
Sept 27 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade #
Sept 28 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder #
Sept 29 Orlando, FL - The Social #
# w/ Frightened Rabbit and We Were Promised Jetpacks

The Twilight Sad on myspace.

'Friends in Bellwoods II' coming next month

If your like us and you're a fan of the Indie music scene that's coming out of Toronto, Canada, then you'll be sure not to miss the new compilation CD Friends in Bellwoods II. The album which comes out on August 25, 2009 on Out of this Spark, is a 40-song, double LP of rare, new and unreleased tunes from some of the regions best independent musicians, and follows up the first 'Friends in Bellwoods' compilation that came out back in 2007.
The idea for the discs originated out of Ohbijou’s Casey Mecija and her bandmate, James Bunton deciding to document some of the music being created in their home and around the neighborhood on Bellwoods Avenue in Toronto by friends also based in the area. All proceeds from the original and the second compilation go to The Daily Bread Food Bank. The first edition of the compilation raised over $11,000 since its release two years ago.

Some of the artists contributing to the LP are, Great Lake Swimmers, Forest City Lovers, The Acorn, Basia Bulat, Timber Timber, The Wooden Sky, Evening Hymns, Great Bloomers, and Ohbijou.

'Friends in Bellwoods II' track listing:
Disc One
1. Forest City Lovers – Minneapolis
2. Le Pigeon – Freezing Rain
3. Basia Bulat – My Heart Is A Warning
4. The Acorn – Slippery When Wet
5. Canadian Wildlife – Winter’s Moon
6. Double Suicide – Touch The Sun
7. Great Bloomers – Find My Way
8. Lisa Bozikovic – The Letting Go
9. Bellewoods – Kneel On The Apron
10. Kate Rogers – The Same Party
11. Timber Timbre – Water
12. No Kids – All That Heaven Allows
13. Snailhouse – Don’t Go Anywhere
14. Final Fantasy – Red Sun (Demo Version)
15. Sylvie Smith – On Our Own
16. Bruce Peninsula – In Parallel
17. Gentleman Reg – For Trust
18. Evening Hymns – Cedars
19. Kite Hill – Tom Thumbtack
20. The Bellwoods Crew – Staten Island Waltz

Disc Two
1. The Dinghies – The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
2. Bocce – Inspiration Bellwoods
3. Kids On TV - Poison
4. Katie Stelmanis – Believe Me
5. The D’Urbervilles – Magic Arrow
6. Sebastien Grainger – Home Is The Light
7. Violence – Living Off The Land
8. Ohbijou – An Ode To An End
9. Great Lake Swimmers – Send Me A Letter
10. The Low Notes – Glory Glory
11. Snowblink – When Pushed From A High Branch
12. lice - yggdrasil
13. Emma McKenna - Happiness
14. Richard Laviolette – Media Song
15. The Adam Brown – Joy Rider
16. The Phonemes – April, Let’s Send His Colleagues An Email
17. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Rough And Tumble
18. Tusks – New To Old Money
19. Hooded Fang – Highway Steam
20. The Wooden Sky – My Old Ghosts

Songs from the first 'Friends in Bellwoods' compilation:

The Wooden Sky - The Wooden Sky

Brokered Heart - The Acorn

This Weeks New Releases (WK 7/07)

A small sampling, but some pretty solid releases this week that I'm looking forward to getting more familiar with. This week sees new work from, the Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend collaboration, Discovery, as well as new albums from, Jay Brannan, We Were Promised Jetpacks, and the physical release of The Rural Alberta Advantage's latest, 'Hometowns'.

This weeks New Releases (WK 7/07):

AC Newman- iTunes Live
Air- Do The Joy (single)
Animal Collective- Summertime Clothes EP
Artic Monkeys- Crying Lightning (single)
BLK JKS- Mystery EP
Cass McCombs- Catacombs
Chris Garneau- El Radio
Discovery- LP
Drive By Truckers- Live from Austin,TX
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros- Up from Below
Florence + The Machine- Lungs
Golden Silvers- True Romance
Jay Brannan- In Living Cover
Oneida- Rated O
R.E.M.- Reckoning (Live at the Olympia) EP
The Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns
Son Volt- American Central Dust
Stellastarr*- Civilized
Those Darlins- self titled
Tiny Vipers- Life on Earth
Tobacco- The Allegheny White Fish Tapes
We Were Promised Jetpacks- These Four Walls

'Song of the Week': The Roadside Graves-"Far and Wide"

There's no doubt that New Jersey indie bands often take a back seat in street cred to their neighbors across the river in Brooklyn or NYC. One band that fits into that under looked category is Metuchen, New Jersey's The Roadside Graves. The alt-country, barroom inspired band just released their third full-length LP, the 18 song strong, My Son's Home, which according to the band was inspired from everything from the HBO series, 'Deadwood',and the John Steinbeck novel, 'The Moon is Down', to stories about soldiers in times of war.
Here's a quote from the band about the new disc ...."We wanted our songs to speak to the conflicts- tragic, humorous, absurd- that arise in an individual as one attempts to eke out an authentic existence in the face of the challenges that characterize social life. The songs celebrate and eulogize this process and the costs it exacts on the souls of the characters. They are songs about birth and death , and everything in between."
'My Son's Home' is out now on Autumn Tone Records, you can check out the romping lead track, "Far and Wide" below.

Far and Wide - The Roadside Graves

The Roadside Graves on myspace.

Sharon Van Etten sings"For You"

Local Brooklyn singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten wears her heart on her sleeve on her fantastic debut disc, Because I Was In Love. The new album seems to be putting Van Etten on the map, and it's no wonder, with it's intimate, and deeply personal nature, that sees Van Etten speaking almost directly to the people in her life. One of the discs finest tracks is the lead single, "For You", which Sharon recently performed a cool version for the people at Kevchino, while drifting in a paddle boat in Central Park.

Liam Finn releasing new EP

2008 was a breakthrough year for New Zealand singer/songwriter Liam Finn, who happens to be the son of Crowded House's Neil Finn. Finn dropped his eclectic debut, I'll Be Lightning, which saw him taking on most of the instruments and recording himself. For the new 5 song EP, Champagne In Seashells, due out on September 1 via Yep Roc, Finn enlists the help of tour mate and friend, Eliza-Jane Barnes, who if you saw Finn play live, she played with him on most of the dates.
Finn, who also toured alongside the likes of Eddie Vedder, and the Black Keys last year, should be announcing more dates soon, as well as news on a new full-length that is scheduled for release sometime next year.
And you can check out our interview that we did w/ Liam from late last year below.

Champagne In Seashells track list:
01. Plane Crash
02. Long Way To Go
03. Won't Change My Mind
04. Honest Face
05. On Your Side

Discovery streamimg new album for free

The new powerhouse project between the indie duo of Ra Ra Riot crooner, Wes Miles and Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij isn't in stores 'till this July 7 on XL recordings, but the band is currently streaming the LP in full over on their website now. The album as expected is heavy in synth, and breezy melodies, and features guest appearances by Dirty Projectors' Angel Deradoorian and Rostam's fellow bandmate from Vampire Weekend, Ezra Koenig.
You can buy the album a week early for $8 at AmieStreet.com, $2 of which will go to benefit Oxfam America: http://amiestreet.com/music/discovery/lp/

Enter to win a signed Paper Route tour poster!

One of the best young bands to burst out of the Nashville music scene of late, is the electro-rock outfit, Paper Route. The band is about to embark on a new Summer tour with group Audrye Sessions, labeled 'The New Deal' tour, and now you can have a chance to win an autographed silk screened tour poster (the one you see above) signed by the guys in Paper Route. All you have to do to enter to win is, submit to us your full name, mailing address, and email address, and we'll select two winners at random to receive the posters. The end date for the contest is Wednesday July 8th. You can send all your info to burnthebowery@gmail.com, and good luck to all!!

Paper Route's highly anticipated debut full length disc, Absence dropped a few months back on Universal Motown. Take a listen to one of the albums best tracks "Carousel" below.

Carousel - Paper Route

Upcoming Tour Dates:
Jul 4 80/35 Music Festival - Western Gateway Park - Des Moines, Iowa
Jul 6 Southgate House - Newport, Kentucky*
Jul 7 The Garden Bowl @ Magic Stick - Detroit, Michigan*
Jul 8 Grog Shop - Cleveland Heights, Ohio*
Jul 9 The Basement - Columbus, Ohio*
Jul 10 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, New York*
Jul 11 Jerky’s Live Music Hall - Providence, Rhode Island*
Jul 12 Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, Massachusetts*
Jul 14 The Mercury Lounge - New York, New York*
Jul 15 DC9 - Washington D.C., Washington DC*
Jul 16 Maxwell’s - Hoboken, New Jersey*
Jul 17 Kungfu Necktie - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Jul 18 The Mod Club - Toronto, Ontario*
Jul 19 Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*
Jul 20 Underground Café- South Bend, Indiana
Jul 21 The Intersection - Front Lounge - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jul 22 Schubas Tavern - Chicago, Illinois*
Jul 23 Firebird - St. Louis, Missouri*
Jul 24 Mojo’s - Columbia, Missouri*
Jul 25 Box Awesome - Lincoln, Nebraska*
Jul 26 Marquis Theatre - Denver, Colorado*
Jul 27 Club Vegas - Salt Lake City, Utah*
Sep 18 Pygmalion Music Festival - Urbana, Illinois

*All dates with Audrye Sessions

Paper Route on myspace.

new video: Elvis Perkins in Dearland-"Chains, Chains, Chains"

Elvis Perkins latest self titled LP, is one of the hidden jems of 2009. If your not familiar with it yet, it's worth checking out, as Perkins folk based numbers feature some clever and odd arrangements and whimsical lyrics, that can take you on a journey to another place. One of the highlights of the new disc is the track, "Chains, Chains, Chains" which he just came out with a new video for. The video was directed by Sean Pecknold, (brother of Robin from Fleet Foxes) who also directed the Foxes track 'White Winter Hymnal."

Elvis Perkins in Dearland's album is out now on XL Recordings.



Elvis Perkins in Dearland on myspace.