Top Stories of the Week

RIP The White Stripes! This has to be the story of the week. Late 2010 there were rumours of a new album in 2011 and now... they're just done. Now, much like the Hotel Yorba, I have a "vacancy" inside, where The White Stripes once were. I failed to see them live. Epic fail!

Good news this week, Fleet Foxes released a new single and tour dates. Pre-sale sold out fast and general admission tickets go on sale today. Don't delay. The show is at the Vogue April 30. If you're sitting on the fence just check out their new track Helplessness Blues  

Another big story this week is Exclaim Magazine (online edition) a Canada wide publication, reviews Tasty Ears On Location with the SSRIs.Check it!  Okay, maybe not a big story and I really shouldn't toot my own horn (but toot! toot!).

Feb 01, 2011 marks the kick off of a film collaboration between Efterklang and La Blogotheque's Vincent Moon. There are small screenings happening around the globe over the next couple of months (including an already sold out one here). The film is called An Island and is a documentation of Efterklang's musical exploration of an island off the Danish coast.

Another band with ties to Denmark The Raveonettes are releasing a new album in April titled Raven in the Grave. There have already announced some North American tour dates. In further Raveonettes news The Dum Dum Girls have released a new track this week produced in part by one half of The Raveonettes.

The only album release this week that I will address is Young Galaxy's Shapeshifting. Go! Their dreamy, spacey sound fits nicely under the strong, female vocalist. Another gem of a band hailing from Montreal.

Another band from Montreal you may have heard of is The Arcade Fire. I mentioned Vincent Moon earlier in this post (the mastermind behind La Blogotheque) came out this week and called The Arcade Fire and their management "awful, awful people" Pow! The bands manager wrote a letter back accusing Moon of stealing some of their equipment and having a drug problem. Smash! I'm a huge fan of both artists so I'm not going to get involved except to say "Hey Arcade Fire come do a video with Tasty Ears."

The Dodos are back with a new album No Color (their spelling, not mine) on March 14. The Dodos are in Vancouver on March 31, at the Rickshaw. They recruited Neko Case to help out with her amazeballs vocal stylings. Check out the first single Black Night now.

Local indie band Mother Mother are releasing their new album Eureka! Check out their latest Baby Don't Dance. (relax, just give it a sec. it will play eventually) 

Another local band Said the Whale is touring with Tokyo Police Club and Dinosaur Bones. They play the Commodore April 23. Here's the latest from Dinosaur Bones titled Royalty



Upcoming shows:

Pineapple plays at Interurban Feb 18
The Zolas are at Performance Works Feb 25
Zola Jesus is at the Biltmore May 3
Peter Bjorn and John are at Venue May 11

I'll leave you with the latest from The Kills, here's Satellite




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