This past weekend Laura Barrett held a wonderful afternoon of music and munchies at Toronto's the Tranzac in celebration of the Canadian release of her album Victory Garden. Laura performed with an eight piece band and Dan Werb from Woodhands also started the afternoon off with a piano performance that included both original tunes and some covers of songs from their album Heart Attack. Here's a video from the afternoon of Laura performing her song "Consumption".
Everyone’s favorite bespectacled musical linguist, Laura Barrett, who introduced us to the clocklike tones of her signature kalimba with her earlier "Earth Sciences" EP, has been hard at
work on her debut full- length album. On September 23rd, Laura Barrett's “VICTORY GARDEN” will flourish in all its symphonic majesty.
In celebration of the much anticipated release, Laura will be hosting an early afternoon show- after a healthy and hearty brunch beginning (catered by Ajay Mehre and Laura Barrett themselves)- this coming Sunday, September 21st at the Tranzac (292 Brunswick Ave.) in Toronto. Laura says, “We’re going to harvest the fruits of our labour and my debut album, Victory Garden, shall spring forth into the world, helped out by good friends Dan Werb (of Woodhands) who will be serenading us with sweetly wistful piano melodies, and Ghost Bees, enchanting us with their eerily beautiful harmonies.”
Following brunch served at noon, Laura will be performing with her full band on Sunday at 1:30pm! If you can’t make it out to the celebration this weekend, Laura will be traveling out east in October- initial dates are below and there’s sure to be more in the very near future. Victory Garden is in stores this Tuesday, September 23rd.
‘Victory Garden’ album track listing:
Wood Between Worlds
Consumption
Spoiler Alert
Chidiya
Bluebird
A Certain Major Vinylsky
Ferryland
The Sharper Side
Space Seed: The Musical
Escape to the Sun Dome
Rien À Déclarer
To The Stars!
WOODHANDS HIT THE ROAD WITH CADENCE WEAPON AND RELEASE THEIR FIRST VIDEO!
Woodhands is hitting the road this fall with Cadence Weapon, traveling from Vancouver to Montreal and playing some great shows in between! Dates for all the shows are below, and tickets are available now for most on Ticketmaster or through local ticket retailers.
In other Woodhands news - the new video for the song "I Wasn’t Made For Fighting" is DONE and will debut very soon so keep your eyes peeled on paperbagrecords.com! Also, don’t forget that the new I Wasn’t Made For Fighting digital EP is now available through iTunes featuring the band's club-bumpin' live version of "Under Attack", as well as a "Keytar Hero" remix by the band and additional remix by Mercedeez Bendz.
Woodhands' album Heart Attack is now available everywhere in the US and has been reviewed by Blender Magazine – in what is probably one of the most interesting album reviews ever…
Canadian synth dorks wring laughs out of how much action they’re not getting.
Reviewed by Rob Sheffield
Though they seem like the human equivalent of puppies, nerds are not always lovable. In fact, under the clunky glasses, they can be a bundle of seething rage and hateful desperation. The Toronto twosome Woodhands tap in to that inner sanctum, battering listeners’ brain cells with a keytar and a drum kit. They turn the dirtiest secrets of geek life into wild-humored electro-rock aggression, and they definitely know what they’re singing about—they probably started writing songs because their cable cut out halfway through Battlestar Galactica. The synthesized grunts and squeals of “Sailboats” sound like R2-D2 having angry make-up sex with a couple of lesbian Ewoks. “Dancer” has boy-girl vocals and agitated beats—when they bellow their dumb nightclub pickup lines (“You’re a very good dancer! What is your name?”), they seem fully aware it’s going to be a long drive home alone.
-- TOUR DATES --
LAURA BARRETT
Sept. 20 – London, ON – LOLA Festival
Sept. 21 – Toronto, ON - Tranzac Club (CD Release Show!)
Sept. 28 – Toronto, ON - Word On The Street Festival (Eye Weekly Stage)
Oct. 4 – Montreal, QC - Sport Montreal Benfica - 3pm (POP Montreal)
Oct. 7 – Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
Oct. 8 – Guelph, ON - EBar
Oct. 9 – Peterborough, ON - The Spill
Oct. 11 – Kingston, ON - The Artel
Oct. 16 - New York, NY - Piano's
Oct. 19 – Fredericton, NB - Wilser's room
Oct. 20 – Moncton, NB - Aberdeen Cultural Centre
Oct. 23 – Halifax, NS - Coconut Grove (Halifax POP Explosion)
WOODHANDS
Sept. 19 – London, ON – LOLA Festival **
Sept. 25 – Vancouver, BC – Richard’s on Richard *
Oct. 1 – Montreal, QC – Portuguese Association *
Oct. 2 – Calgary, AB – The Marquee *
Oct. 3 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room *
Oct. 4 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s *
Oct. 5 – Winnipeg, MB – The Lo Pub *
Oct. 8 – Guelph, ON – Van Gogh’s Ear *
Oct. 9 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace *
Oct. 10 – Ottawa, ON – Babylon *
Oct. 11 – Montreal, QC – Zoobizarre *
Slim Twig's latest - Vernacular Violence - was released today in Canada! You can check out some tracks that are making some buzz online like Whiite Fantaseee at Slim's Myspace
And don't forget to download FREE Slim's track 'Birthing & Birthing' right here on RCRDLBL
Laura Barrett and The Acorn's Rolf Klausener both played awesome shows this past weekend at '08 Sappy Fest in Sackville, New Brunswick! Laura will be heading out on the road very soon in support of her new album (more details to follow later this week) and The Acorn will be touring the UK and the US west coast this fall. We'll post the dates as soon as we can!
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