To celebrate its seventh birthday, Paper Bag Records has combined two of our favorite things in music: covers and free stuff. The Seven Year Itch, as Stereogum reports, is a new compilation of cover songs performed by twelve of label's artists, and can be obtained right this very second for free. Just click here . Launched in 2002, Paper Bag Records has emerged as one of he premier indie labels, and for good reason. In its first year, the label released the critically acclaimed You Forgot It In People [...]
Toronto's very own Paper Bag Records are celebrating their 7th anniversary, and what better way to celebrate an anniversary (or anything really) than with a covers record. The Seven Year Itch sees great Paper Bag artists like Winter Gloves and Rock Plaza Central cover a scope of songs ranging from Beck to Bob Dyland to Eddy Grant. Download your FREE copy right here. Here's a look at some of
paper bag records are about to turn seven. they're more generous than i was at that age... giving presents out rather than shoveling them in. check their new covers comp the seven year itch for free here. CFCF - How Bizarre (OMC cover) Winter Gloves - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover) Woodhands - Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant cover) Sally Shapiro - Dying in Africa (Nicolas Makelberge cover) You Say Party! We Say Die! - Falling Out (Rikk [...]
Two of the best shows MOKB Presents has ever hosted have involved Paper Bag Records bands. Woodhands , of course, brings the crowd and the party every time we bring them back to Indianapolis, but the most criminally underattended show we've ever hosted was for The Acorn . Of course all this was before Kanye West proclaimed their greatness on his blog . Paper Bag is now releasing a [...]
Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something you think I should list, or you have any comments, let me know. I star (*) shows that most interest me. Like this list? Join my Facebook group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Subscribe to my podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . The latest ones are here . [...]
Review to come. Jen at Narratives has a review of the show. Spot The Groove reviews the show as well and has some photos. Photos: Junior Boys, Woodhands @ Lee's Palace in Toronto (November 6, 2009) MySpace: Woodhands MySpace: Junior Boys
Toronto An interesting, exciting double-billing of electro bands, Toronto's Woodhands and Junior Boys , originally from Hamilton, stopped in at Toronto's Lee's Palace Friday night. Woodhands' energetic, in-your-face electro-pop is a guaranteed party starter; Junior Boys are much more about sexy grooviness. To Woodhands, you jump and scream. Junior Boys call for more restrained behaviour (at least in public spaces). I arrived just shy of 10:30pm. A DJ was on stage amid smoke and the place was already buzzing. And then [...]
Seeing as how this is merely an average Monday morning in November, I'm guessing many of you weren't overly psyched to greet the day. Well, let us turn that around quick fast: with a simple email to us you could win yourself 6 beautiful vinyl albums from Paper Bag Records . Yes friend, you read that correctly, not 1, not 2, and not even 3, but 6 lovely vinyl albums. And I do mean lovely (and somewhat rare): All Paper Bag Records vinyl releases are produced in limited quantities on [...]
Toronto - Courtesy of our friends at Musebox , we have two tickets to an excellent show on Friday November 20. The lineup is presented by Steam Whistle Brewing and features BC's You Say Party! We Say Die! , Montreal's Think about Life , Toronto's Little Girls and the DJ Vaneska . Basically, you will be dancing up a storm for this show. You can probably preview all these bands music on myspace or cbc radio 3 . To enter, send an email with your full [...]
In January of 2009 five of Canada's top young songwriters locked themselves in the Chemical Sound recording studio in Toronto and vowed not to come out until they had written and recorded a five song EP. This Canadian super group has since given themselves the name NOVELS and features Tokyo Police Club's Graham Wright , Will Currie of Will Currie and The Country French, Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians, Dean Marino of Tin Star Orphans / EX~PO and Jason Sadlowski . This NOVELS [...]
This past Wednesday I walked over to the Phoenix for the first time to see Say Anything preform. It was an all ages show and when I arrived one of the opening acts Moneen was just going onstage. Moneen was a band I remember hearing about in Middle School but never fell in love with. Moneen had tons of energy and put on a great performance considering I was unfamiliar with all of their songs. The craziest part of their show was when lead singer, Kenny Bridges jumped into the audience and continued to sing as [...]
Mon 11.02 Atilla at Mavericks Salt the Wound at Mavericks Chelsea Grin at Mavericks And Hell Followed With at Mavericks The Donna Litas at Zaphod Beeblebrox Bloomistry at Zaphod Beeblebrox Tue 11.03 Metallica [...]
tonight in NYC * Maskarave * Tegan & Sara @ Town Hall * Tim Fite, Via Audio @ Union Hall * Thievery Corporation @ Terminal 5 * "The Misfits," Stigma @ BB King's * Junior Boys, Woodhands @ The Bell House * The Long Count @ BAM Gilman Opera House * Fixed w/ Boys Noize @ Santos Party House * Karl Denson's Tiny Universe [...]
Junior Boys Lee's Palace is the place to be next Friday night, at least for those who think the square wave is the sexiest sound out there. First you've got Toronto's Woodhands , who favour the extroverted, in-your-face approach, their mating dance consisting of flailing limbs, showers of sweat and thrusting keytars. And at the other side of the spectrum, the smooth electro-soul sounds of Hamilton's Junior Boys , the aural equivalent of the chilled champagne, the casual-but-deliberate brush against the arm and eyebrow arched just so. Two paths; one destination - "where [...]
Recommended Show: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009 WIZARDRY @ UNION POOL 484 Union Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 FREE, 9PM There are a whole bunch of parties tonight where the location is secret (thanks, VICE), but there are some shows that are just plain weird. For instance, Deer Tick will be performing as The Sex Pistols at Brooklyn Bowl. But there's one band for whom dressing up is an everyday occurrence. Halloween is simply another day for the band Wizardry , and that may just be the reason I recommend seeing them on a night like tonight. [...]
Tonight, Tyvek play at last minute show at the Alf House with B-Lines and Nu Sensae . Entry is by donation, but Tyvek's coming here straight from Denver, so hook them up with some gas money if you can. Twin Crystals and B-Lines play the Biltmore on November 5th. The same night, Memewar celebrates their 10th issue at the Railway with MT-40 , Wintermitts , and the Creaking Planks Boys Noize is at Celebs [...]
DOWNLOAD: Woodhands - "I Kissed A Girl" (Katy Perry cover) Electro-rock duo Woodhands are in the midst of a 17-date tour with Junior Boys and are playing Bell House on Halloween. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 DOS. Woodhands released their debut, Heart Attack , in April 2008 and they are going into the studio after this tour to complete their follow-up Remorsecapade which is due out in early 2010. The band also released a great documentary, where Dan and Paul revisit the site of their [...]
/ / / / / / / / CFCF / / / / / / / / Montreal-based DJ Michael Silver (aka CFCF) has announced the release of his first full-length debut album "Continent"on Paper Bag Records released October 27th. Tracklist: 01 Raining Patterns 02 Big Love 03 Invitation to Love 04 Summerlong 05 You Hear Colours 06 Monolith 07 Half Dreaming 08 Letters Home 09 Break-In 10 Come Closer 11 Snake Charmer 12 Half Dreaming Reprise CFCF's career took off [...]
Beginning this week, Woodhands will hit the road this fall for a 17-date journey through the United States and Canada with Canadian indie/electronic group, the Junior Boys . So, what's the occasion? It's all anticipation of their forthcoming sophomore studio album, of course! According to an issued press release, the duo of Paul Banwatt and Dan Werb plan to unveil its second album, Remorsecapade, on January 26, 2010. The album, a follow-up to 2008's Heart Attack, will be distributed through Paper Bag Records . The band also contributed a remix [...]
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