Yukon Rockers Speed Control Release New Album 'F.A.B.' on October 1st

For Immediate Release:

September 12th, 2013

 

TOUR DATES IN WESTERN CANADA STARTING ON OCTOBER 3rd,
INCLUDES BREAKOUT WEST SHOWCASE DATES!

Watch Speed Control - 'Because I Can' Video

 

(Vancouver, BC) - It's not everyday that you hear about a band that hails from The Yukon - but today is THAT DAY. Straight out of -40 degrees in Whitehorse, the power trio Speed Control are getting set to independently release their 2nd album 'F.A.B.' on October 1st and will kick off a string of Western Canadian Tour Dates starting on October 3rd in Cranbrook, BC. The tour also includes 2 showcase dates in Calgary for Breakout West! Speed Control will showcase at Dickens Pub on October 4th and The Palamino on October 5th.

 Speed Control, made up of brothers Graeme (guitar/vox) and Jody Peters (bass/vox), and drummer Ian March, is known for their live show and their passion for playing hard and fast! All 3 members come from a jazz and classical music background but they're now all focused on their true passion – ROCK. Speed Control's music has been described as a combination of pop punk, math rock and high-energy rock 'n roll fused with the incredible intensity of their live show. Their new album 'F.A.B.' was produced by David J. Taylor (Despistado, Geoff Berner) and upon seeing Speed Control play for the first time, Taylor was amazed by the energy of the band.

“It was like seeing the Police before they broke in ’77," said Taylor.  "A band with this much drive is unstoppable!”

 

Often called the hardest working band in the Yukon, Speed Control is not only a hard-hitting rock trio. They have also dedicated themselves to furthering music education in Canada and bringing music back into lives of kids nationwide. In the summertime, between club and festival shows, Speed Control teach “RAWK Camps” which are partnered with Yamaha Canada, giving the kids brand new instruments to play and equipment to run the camps. This allows Speed Control to visit many remote communities, some of which do not have a music store. Singer Graeme Peters describes the camps as "a miniature version of Jack Black's School of Rock...but better."

 

"Obviously our RAWK Camps are better because there's 3 of us," explains Graeme. "It's a great experience! We teach them instruments throughout the week or three days, however long we're there. And we have a big rock concert at the end.” 

 

Speed Control will be playing dates live across Western Canada this fall and look for their new album 'F.A.B.' out on Tuesday, October 1st. The album will be available for purchase on iTunes and other fine digital retailers. More tour dates in November & December will be announced soon. For more information and the most up-to-date tour schedule, please visit: speedcontrol.ca

 

 SPEED CONTROL - 'F.A.B.' TRACK LISTING

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 1st,  2013 (Independent)

1. Because I Can

2. Coming Home

3. Breed

4. All My Songs

5. On Your Own

6. Up And Everything

7. Koontr

8. Seeing Blue

9. You Don’t Know Me

10. I Could Write A Song

11. Kick And Drag

12. Tent City

 

SPEED CONTROL WESTERN CANADIAN TOUR DATES

October 3 - Cranbrook, BC - Dewey's Pub

October 4 - Calgary, AB - Dickens Pub (Breakout West Showcase)

October 5 - Calgary, AB - The Palamino (Breakout West Showcase)

October 9 - Golden, BC - The Rockwater Grill

October 10 - Kimberley, BC - TBD (All Ages Show)

October 11 - Vancouver, BC - The Fairview Pub

October 12 - Sechelt, BC - The Lighthouse Pub

October 13 - Surrey, BC - Olympia Pizza (All Ages Show)

October 18 - Drayton Valley, AB - Drayton Valley Max Theatre (All Ages Show)

October 19 - Prince George, BC - Riley's Pub

November 13 - Edmonton, AB - DV8

November 14 - Saskatoon, SK - The Fez

November 15 - Regina, SK - McNally's Pub

November 16 - Winnipeg, MB - The Cavern

 

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Pet Shop Boys Release New Single & Play 4 Dates In Canada

For Immediate Release:
September 5, 2013

 

Listen To New Pet Shop Boys Single 'Love Is a Bourgeois Construct' (Claptone Vocal Remix)

 

(Toronto, ON) - Pet Shop Boys released their new single 'Love Is a Bourgeois Construct' in Canada & the US this week just ahead of the start of their North American Tour on September 12 in Miami. This is the 2nd single from the British duo's new album 'Electric' (produced by Stuart Price) which was released on July 15th through their own label x2 (via Kobalt Label Services). The group’s first single off the album, 'Vocal,' is currently at number three on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs chart.

 

'Electric' features nine tracks in total - eight brand new Pet Shop Boys' songs plus a cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'The Last To Die'.  The result is as uncompromising a collection of dance anthems as Pet Shop Boys have ever made. Pet Shop Boys have also released a 'Love is a Bourgeois Construct' remix EP featuring five new full-length remixes of the track by the likes of Dave Aude, Little Boots, the Penelopes and Claptone.

 

Pet Shop Boys said: "'Electric' is very much set on the dance floor.  Our latest album often evolves as a response to our previous album and, whereas 'Elysium' had a reflective mood, 'Electric' is pretty banging! And working with Stuart Price on a studio album is something we have wanted to do for a very long time".

 

Stuart Price said: "Making 'Electric' was an exciting experience. We recorded it between Berlin, London and Los Angeles using various techniques between old school synth and drum machine programming and new school computer mangling. For me it was a chance to work with two people who shaped so much of my musical taste, yet who keep on pushing farther in both a natural and unexpected fashion. 'Disco' (from 1986) was an album that always spoke to me because it blended song arrangements with dance floor mixes, and that is what 'Electric' felt like to make. Allowing songs to be full length without considering the pop rules, disregarding classic structures and instead just working instinctively on what was fun and danceable."

 

The track listing for 'Electric' is:

 

1. Axis

2. Bolshy

3. Love is a bourgeois construct

4. Fluorescent

5. Inside a dream

6. The last to die

7. Shouting in the evening

8. Thursday (featuring Example)

9. Vocal

 

Pet Shop Boys will embark on the 'Electric' North American Tour on September 12th in Miami and it includes 4 Canadian dates in Montreal, Toronto, Windsor and Vancouver. The tour is created in collaboration with Es Devlin (creative director/designer) and Lynne Page (stage director/choreographer), and has already received rave reviews when it debuted in Mexico earlier this year. For tickets, please visit: ticketmaster.ca

 

THE PET SHOP BOYS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

12 Sept - The Jackie Gleason Theatre, Miami Beach, USA

13 Sept - Mahaffey Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

14 Sept - Symphony Hall, Atlanda, Georgia, USA

16 Sept - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA

17 Sept - Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA

19 Sept - Music Centre at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

21 Sept - House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

22 Sept - Mann Centre for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

24 Sept - Olympia Theatre, Montreal, Canada

25 Sept - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada

27 Sept - Caesars Windsor - The Colosseum, Windsor, Canada

28 Sept - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Illinois, USA

2 Oct - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA

3 Oct - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada

4 Oct - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA

5 Oct - Fox Theatre, Oakland, California, USA

8 Oct - Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California, USA

11 Oct - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

12 Oct - Shrine Auditorium, LA, California, USA

 

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Travis Release New Album 'Where You Stand' & Play Show In Toronto on September 25th

For Immediate Release:

August 27, 2013

 

 

WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR CURRENT SINGLE 'MOVING'

 

(Toronto, ON) - Travis, one of the UK’s best known bands, return after a five year hiatus with an impressive new album 'Where You Stand', out last week (August 20th) on their own re-launched label Red Telephone Box via Kobalt Label Services.

 

After an incredible sixteen-year run that includes two number one albums, three Brit awards, five Top 10 singles, 12 Top 20 singles, and countless sold-out shows around the world, the band decided it was time to take a well-deserved break.

 

“It’s a lovely life,” reflects bassist Dougie Payne, “but when you do it relentlessly, there’s a point when it snaps you. We decided to take a break to spend time with our families. You stay away as long as it takes” he says of the well-judged fallow period “so you feel that hunger and desire to get back to it same as you did at the start.”

 

Sounding more invigorated than ever, the multi-million-selling Scottish quartet have delivered a stunning new album full of the cinematic pop and instantly anthemic songs that first caught the attention of critics and music fans on their breakthrough album 'The Man Who'.

 

'Where You Stand' is the sound of a rejuvenated band fearlessly delivering an album that embodies the spirit of their early years. From the album’s opener “Mother,” a bracing rush of harmonic pop with chiming piano, to the nu-wave of “Moving,” the soulful “Warning Sign,” and the cinematic piano ballad “The Big Screen,” 'Where You Stand' captures the urgency and fresh songwriting of four talented musicians.

Written and recorded across London, Norway, New York and Berlin’s legendary Hansa Studios, 'Where You Stand' was produced by Michael Ilbert on the same sound desk used on both'The Man Who' and Radiohead’s 'Ok Computer.'

 

For a group as close-knit as Travis, none of the sales, awards and adulation earned would be worth it if they weren’t still together, let alone in an infinitely stronger, happier place.

 

“When you’re in a band, you’re in a band forever – its a life thing,” reasons lead singer Fran Healy. “For me it’s family.”

 

Travis have spent the summer playing festival dates in the UK & Europe including,  T In The Park and the V Festival (UK).  Their North American headlining tour begins September 19th in Philadelphia and includes a Canadian date in Toronto on September 25th at Sound Academy. Tickets are on sale now at: www.ticketmaster.ca

 

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North American Tour Dates (more to be announced):
September 19 – Keswick Theater – Philadelphia, PA
September 20 - Lincoln Theater – Washington, DC
September 22 - House of Blues - Boston, MA
September 23 - Webster Hall - New York, NY
September 25 – Sound Academy - Toronto, ON
September 26 - Royal Oak – Detroit, MI
September 27 - The Vic – Chicago, IL
September 29 - Harrah’s – Kansas City, MO
October 1 – Gothic Theater – Denver, CO
October 4 – The Wiltern - Los Angeles
October 5 – Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
October 6 – House Of Blues - San Diego, CA
October 10 - Teatro Studio - Guadalajara, Mexico
October 12 - Corona Fest – Mexico City, Mexico

 

The Bros. Landreth Will Release Their Debut Album 'Let It Lie' On September 3rd

For Immediate Release:
July 25, 2013

(Winnipeg, MB) - Winnipeg musicians Joey and David Landreth have spent the last decade supporting some of Canada’s most talented artists, developing a reputation for their exceptional musicianship. They’ve played with everyone from Doc Walker to Imaginary Cities and now they are finally taking the plunge into a project that is uniquely their own, The Bros. Landreth. The band will be releasing their debut album ‘Let it Lie’ on September 3rd with the Album Release Show to follow on September 5th at the West End Cultural Centre (WECC) in Winnipeg. 

‘Let it Lie’ was recorded through the dead of winter in Southern Manitoba with the guidance of friend and producer Murray Pulver (Doc Walker, Tara Oram, Crash Test Dummies). Their studio time happened to land them directly in the middle of the coldest week in January with the temperature hovering below -30C. The heat in the loaned van died on the trip out to the country and they had to borrow a heat gun to defrost a pie shaped circle in the windshield. Despite all of this, The Bros. Landreth are still fiercely proud to call Winnipeg their home.

“We’re at the epicenter of this great artistic hub, smack dab in the middle of the coldest place in the known universe,” David playfully exaggerates. “We have to write and play just to stay warm half the year. It becomes a creative incubator – a survival technique.”  

 Watch The Making Of The Bros. Landreth - ‘Let It Lie’

With their debut album ‘Let It Lie’ The Bros. Landreth leave the esoteric behind in favor of delivering stories simply, never letting their road-proven musicality stand in the way of the songs speaking for themselves. It begins with the upbeat “Our Love”, which tells the story of a relationship at the end of it’s rope. “Runaway Train” features their musician father, Wally Landreth, sharing vocal duties and the guitar driven “Goin’ To the Country” is an opportunity to hear the band dig in. French horn sneaks in beautifully unexpected on the heartbreaking “Greenhouse” - a song tackling the fallout of a tragic suicide. “Nothing” is the truest love song of the bunch and features a lonesome cowboy harmonica solo that will raise the hackles on the back of your neck and make you check your boots for snakes. 

Listen To The Bros. Landreth -  “Our Love” 

Look for The Bros. Landreth’s debut album ‘Let It Lie’ available for purchase at iTunes, Bandcamp & other fine digital retailers on September 3rd and don’t miss out on your chance to see them live in Winnipeg for the Album Release Party on September 5th! The Bros. Landreth will hit the road in support of the album in late September/early October and the tour dates will be announced soon. Check thebroslandreth.com for the most up-to-date tour information.

 The Bros. Landreth ‘Let It Lie’ Album Release Party
w/ special guests Red Moon Road & Daniel Champagne
When: Thursday, September 5th
Where: West End Cultural Centre (586 Ellice Ave, Winnipeg, MB)
Doors at: 7:15 PM
Tickets: $15.00 in advance West End Cultural Centre, Ticketmaster, Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store and Music Trader. Tickets at the door are $20. All Ages.

The Bros. Landreth ‘Let It Lie’ Track Listing
Release Date: September 3, 2013 (Independent)
1. Our Love
2. Firecracker
3. Let It Lie
4. Runaway Train
5. Greenhouse
6. Tappin' On The Glass
7. Nothing
8. Going To The Country
9. Where Were We

The Bros. Landreth is: Joey Landreth: guitars and vocals, David Landreth: bass and vocals, Ryan Voth: drums and vocals & Alex Campbell: piano, harmonica, and vocals.

“The Bros. Landreth put on a performance that made you swell with Prairie pride and hope to God  that they continue with this project for a long time.” - Beatroute

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The Proclaimers To Tour Canada In August In Support Of Their 9th Studio Album

For Immediate Release:
July 18, 2013

 

 (Toronto, ON) - Identical twins Craig and Charlie Reid, aka The Proclaimers are set to return to Canada this August for a string of tour dates in support of their 9th studio album ‘Like Comedy’. The new album was released in North America on April 9th through 429 Records/Universal and is the follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 release ‘Notes & Rhymes’. ‘Like Comedy’ finds the boys back in fine form, having already garnered rave reviews in the UK and Europe upon its release in 2012.

 

 Watch the video for 'Whatever You've Got' from 'Like Comedy'

The Proclaimers’ Canadian Tour begins in Toronto at the Canadian National Exhibition on August 16th and wraps up on August 28th in Vancouver at the Pacific National Exhibition.

 

Strikingly individual, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid have, over the years, enjoyed huge success around the globe as the emotional honesty, political fire, wit and sing-along raucousness of their songs and their extensive touring has enlightened and entertained fans new and old. The Proclaimers have carved out a niche for themselves in the netherworld where pop, folk, new wave and punk collide. In the process they have sold more than seven million albums and enjoyed Gold and Platinum singles and albums in UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

 

The last couple of years have been busy ones for The Proclaimers. The band toured the UK and Europe extensively in support of ‘Like Comedy’.  In April 2013, to coincide with the North American release of the album on April 9, the boys set out on a successful three week USA acoustic tour. After that, they headed back in the UK where they headlined The Acoustic Festival of Britain in May before joining up with their live band for a host of UK festivals and concerts over the summer including their fifth Glastonbury appearance, Cornbury, T In The Park and Camp Bestival.

 

On July 1st, 2013, The Proclaimers released a thirty track compilation (in the UK and Europe) selected by Craig and Charlie, ‘The Very Best of The Proclaimers (25 Years 1987 to 2012)’ (EMI). The album will be available in North America later this year. October 2013 will see the UK release of the movie version of the hugely successful award winning UK musical drama 'Sunshine On Leith', based around songs by The Proclaimers.  Screenplay written by Stephen Greenhorn, directed by Dexter Fletcher, produced by  Andrew Macdonald (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Heartlands, The Last King Of Scotland, 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go, Dredd 3D) of DNA Films & Black Camel Pictures.

 

With nearly three decades of career longevity, The Proclaimers have reached the rarefied status that few have been able to achieve: they are as innovative as ever and with every album and show played, they’ve continued to garner new fans. Don’t miss out on your chance to see them live this August as they tour across Canada!

 

THE PROCLAIMERS CANADIAN TOUR DATES:

August 16 - Toronto, ON -  Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)

August 17 - Owen Sound, ON (Summerfolk)

August 19 - Thunder Bay, ON -  Crocks

August 21 - Winnipeg, MB - McPhillips Station Casino

August 22 - Saskatoon, SK - Odeon

August 23 - Edmonton, AB - Century Casino

August 24 - Calgary, AB - Deerfoot Casino

August 26 - Kamloops, BC - Blue Grotto

August 27 - Cranbrook, BC - Key City Theatre

August 28 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

 

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