Toronto – Here are some random music news I have come across today or in the past week or month.
In Canada, the term Local Natives usually carry negative connotations to them because, well, they refer to local natives. I think Vik used to go to reserves to buy cigarettes or something. However, there is a new and exciting band from Los Angeles trying to change peoples perceptive of that term. There’s been a lot of buzz about Local Natives, who released Gorilla Manor in 2009 in the UK, but are only getting around to releasing it domestically on February 16th. You can go to their website here to buy it. Apparently, there’s extra goodies if you buy it off the site. Check out the video.
Irish band Ash is embracing technology and performing live/answering fan q&a on facebook/twitter on Wednesday, February 3rd. You can check out this information on the overly busy Ash website http://www.ash-official.com/ or on facebook. I’ll only attend if they play Jack Names The Planets.
The Shout Out Louds are giving away a free mp3 (as oppose as you downloading the torrent, I guess) on their website http://www.shoutoutlouds.com/. There is also a contest to go see them in NYC. I suggest you DON’T enter this contest, as I have done it and I don’t want to decrease my odds of winning. However, in the interest of karma, I’m just letting you know about it. Here’s a video for their song ‘Fall Hard’ off their new album Work.
Josh approved New Young Pony Club have a new album out soon. Here’s a video for their single Chaos.
Finally, Toronto band Woodhands is also giving away a free mp3, entitled P’iss. You can grab it here Check out their very Toronto-centric music video:
That is all for today.
