Canada’s becoming known for exporting ferociously huge indie acts. And I’m not talking huge like, popularity. I mean literally — there are eleven members, toting kick drums and an upright bass.
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
Broken Social Scene — which in its off hours breaks up into about six other bands and solo projects — have dropped three tracks off May 4th’s Forgiveness Rock Record: the airy electro-pop thrill “All to All,” the epic “World Sick,” and rousing anthem “Forced to Love.” They’re all available in the player below or to stream free at the band’s site right now.
TRACK LIST
01 World Sick
02 Chase Scene
03 Texico Bitches
04 Forced to Love
05 All to All
06 Art House Director
07 Highway Slipper Jam
08 Ungrateful Little Father
09 Meet Me in the Basement
10 Sentimental X’s
11 Sweetest Kill
12 Romance to the Grave
13 Water in Hell
14 Me and My Hand
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
The cover for Together
Vancouver’s Neko-Case fronted collective is also dropping an upcoming album on May 4th — which record label Matador promoted at SXSW by playing as the soundtrack in a van they ran between the airport and downtown Austin. The album, Together, is dropping one song at a time. Single “Your Hands (Together)” already leaked. And their first official single, “The Crash Years”, is on sale today at iTunes; click here to buy it.
Download MP3:> The New Pornographers: “Your Hands (Together)”
To celebrate its release, they’re launching a huge European tour in the Spring, backed by a North American tour in May — backed by MTV Iggy faves the Dutchess and the Duke and Imaad Wasif. Swoon.
TOUR DATES
05-19 London, England – Electric Ballroom
05-21 Berlin, Germany – Magnet Club
05-22 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow
05-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
05-25 Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
05-26 Paris, France – La Maroquinerie
05-27 Toulouse, France – Cafe Rex !
05-28 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival
05-31 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
06-07 Calgary, Alberta – MacEwan Hall *
06-08 Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Event Centre *
06-09 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – The Odeon Events Centre *
06-10 Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Garrick Centre *
06-11 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue ^#
06-12 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater ^#
06-13 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall ^#
06-15 Toronto, Ontario – The Sound Academy ^#
06-17 Montreal, Quebec – Le National ^#
06-18 Boston, MA – House of Blues ^#
06-19 New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^#
06-21 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre ^#
06-22 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^#
06-23 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club ^#
06-25 Chapel Hill, NC – Memorial Hall at UNC ^#
06-26 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse ^#
06-27 Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom ^#
06-28 St Louis, MO – The Pageant ^
07-15 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Vogue Theatre ^%
07-16 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom ^%
07-18 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater ^%
07-19 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater ^%
07-20 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater ^%
07-21 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre ^%
07-23 Austin, TX – Stubb’s BBQ ^%
07-24 Dallas, TX – The Showroom at Palladium ^%
07-25 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom ^%
07-26 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall ^%
07-28 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre ^%
07-30 Boise, ID – Egyptian Theatre ^%
08-04 Madison, WI – Orpheum Theatre ^
! with Here We Go Magic
* with the Mountain Goats
^ with the Dodos
# with the Dutchess & The Duke
% with Imaad Wasif
Featured Photo Credit: Forgiveness Rock Record