BRENDAN CANNING RELEASES SECOND SONG FROM UPCOMING ALBUM 'HOME WRECKING YEARS'

BRENDAN CANNING RELEASES SECOND SONG FROM HOME WRECKING YEARS

 HOME WRECKING YEARS OUT AUGUST 12 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

 LISTEN TO “KEYSTONE DEALERS” HERE VIA AV CLUB

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Brendan Canning, founding member of Broken Social Scene, today released the second track from his upcoming solo album, Home Wrecking Years, out August 12 via Arts & Crafts. The song is available to stream today courtesy of AV Club.

“Keystone Dealers” is a soaring jazz and indie rock-inflected track that echoes melodically out of Canning’s musical imagination in waves of strange, irresistible smoothness. Horns combine with a Casio-samba rhythm while Canning’s dulcet tones stretch over the mix in cool, languid Bacharach-esque fashion.

“Keystone Dealers” is the Bossa Nova moment on the record,” says Brendan. “Justin Peroff came up with the idea for the old-school drum machine and the killer horn section was led by Liam O'Neil who was recently drafted by Kings of Leon. It's one of a few moments on the record that allows the listener some real pause and breath.” 

He continues, “I'm pretty sure the song is me trying to find a correlation between a failed relationship and the destruction big oil leaves behind once the damage is done. Words just pop out sometimes and I'm left to sort through for meaning.”

LISTEN TO “KEYSTONE DEALERS” HERE VIA AV CLUB
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The lead track off his first release since 2013’s You Gots 2 Chill, “Book It To Fresno”, showcased Canning’s penchant for wall-of sound guitars and syrupy vocal melodies. “Keystone Dealers” reveals the depth of Home Wrecking Years, capturing the smart and breezy summertime feel that cloaks the record.

Meanwhile, Canning’s other band, Broken Social Scene, recently played their first full shows in a few years at Pitchfork Festival in Chicago and Panorama Music Festival in New York City, treating fans to old favourites, new music, and a couple tracks played from Canning’s new collection.

Broken Social Scene has announced they are back in the studio working on the follow-up to 2010’s Forgiveness Rock Record.

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HOME WRECKING YEARS TRACKLIST

1. Book It To Fresno

2. Vibration Walls

3. Keystone Dealers

4. Hey Marika, Get Born

5. Once I Was A Runner

6. Nashville Late Pass

7. Work Out In The Wash

8. Money Mark

9. Sleeping Birds Like Lasers

10. Baby’s Going Her Own Way

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WALRUS ANNOUNCES NATIONAL TOUR DATES

HALIFAX PSYCH ROCKERS NEW RELEASE GOODBYE SOMETHING OUT NOW VIA MADIC RECORDS 

“tried-and-true woozy, '60s-psych grooves … like the soundtrack to a lucid dream” Exclaim!

“a modern evolution of surf rock, with trance-inducing jangly guitar chords, Walrus just might be your next favourite group” CBC Music

“sweet and loose … pulls a lot of tricks from the Beatles’ late-60s psychedelia, but filters it through a 90s-indebted love of six-string heaviness” NOW

“an effortless trance-like repetition blended with the chaos of drug-induced frenzy” The East

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It’s been a busy spring and summer for Halifax psych-rockers Walrus. In April the band hit the road with Wintersleep and Evening Hymns, and released their latest EP, Goodbye Something, on Dan Mangan’s Madic Records. The four-piece also performed multiple times at CMW and NXNE and recently finished up a string of dates in Quebec and the East Coast. 

Now they are back on the road beginning with a show this evening in Montreal during Osheaga and will crisscross Central and Atlantic Canada for the duration of the summer sharing the stage with the likes of Wintersleep, Alex Calder, Matt Mays, Plants & Animals and more as well as making an appearance at Supercrawl in Hamilton. Not ones to rest for very long, Walrus will then head west in the fall with stops in Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and more. All tour dates are listed below.

Halifax’s Walrus channels their inner psychedelia with songs that range from trance to surf. Exclaim! writes that “the band somehow mix gentle, Brian Wilson vocal melodies and orchestrations with out-of-the-blue punk thrash parts that keep listeners guessing. The high, winsome vocals and chiming 12-string Rickenbacker certainly conjured late '60s cloudy folk-pop, but the rest of the band infused the songs with sharp edges.” Their music will adhere to all levels of inebriation or consciousness. Walrus takes you swiftly into a dream you'll find yourself never wanting to wake up from.

True DIYers, throughout the last two years Walrus has played over 200 shows in clubs, dive bars, garages, and houses in the U.S. and Canada with the likes of July Talk, Will Butler, Tokyo Police Club, Buck 65, and Zeus.

WALRUS ON TOUR                                        
July 28: Montreal, QC - Divan Orange | Osheaga Pre-party
Aug 7: Port Hawkesbury, NS w/ Wintersleep
Aug 13: Montreal, QC - Shifty Bits Circus w/ Alex Calder
Aug 18 -21: Hubbards, NS - Shore Club w/ Matt Mays
Sept 2: Sydney, NS - Embers
Sept 8: Ottawa, ON - Debaser
Sept 9: Hamilton, ON – Supercrawl - Baltimore House
Sept 15: Fredericton, NB - Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival
Sept 16: Sackville, NB - Thunder and Lightning w/ Plants & Animals
Sept 18: Halifax, NS- Seahorse w/ Besnard Lakes
Sept 22: Montreal, QC - Pop Montreal
Sept 28: Toronto, ON - Silver Dollar
Sept 29: Sudbury, ON - Townhouse
Sept 30: Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Lop Lops
Oct 1: Thunder Bay, ON - Foundry
Oct 4: Winnipeg, MB - Handsome Daughter
Oct 5: Regina, SK - O’Hanlon’s
Oct 6: Saskatoon, SK - Vangelis Tavern
Oct 7: Calgary, AB - Broken City
Oct 8: Edmonton, AB - Up+Dt Festival
Oct 13/14: Boston, MA - Converse Sessions
Oct 19-22: Halifax, NS – Halifax Pop Explosion

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CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON ANNOUNCES DEBUT RELEASE, PREMIERES NEW TRACK "FIND YOU"

TORONTO SONGWRITER AND PERFORMER’S CDW, OUT AUGUST 26

FALL TOUR WITH LOCAL NATIVES BEGINS SEPTEMBER 14

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Toronto's Charlotte Day Wilson announced today her much-anticipated debut release, CDW,will be out on August 26. Wilson shared the news along with a dazzling new track "Find You" which Zane Lowe premiered on Beats 1 this morning, followed by an online premiere via Complex who notes that she “writes deeply personal lyrics and delivers them with the expertise of a seasoned vocalist.”

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CDW will include Wilson's breakout singles "After All" and "Work", which can currently be heard in Apple's Shot on iPhone campaign. Wilson is also featured on BADBADNOTGOOD's new album IV, singing on the track "In Your Eyes". Recently, Wilson joined the band for their performances on CBC’s q and CBC Music’s First Play Live at The Hearn Generating Station.

Tour dates with Local Natives begins September 14 with stops throughout the US. Full dates can be found below and Canadian dates will be announced shortly.

CDW TRACKLIST
1. On Your Own
2. Work
3. After All
4. Where Do You Go (produced by River Tiber)
5. Find You
6. Reprise

"'Work' has a soulful ambience that is heightened by Wilson's sighed harmonies and evocative storytelling... For any hustler on the move, 'Work' is an ode to honoring commitment, to the beauty of mastering your own destiny. Wilson is evidently doing just that." - Pitchfork

"'Work' is a song that moves slow as snowfall, a thick layer of organ harmonies are nudged toward crescendo by the lazy shuffle of drums and the quiet flicker of a guitar. For Charlotte, 'Work' isn't about the breathless, anxiety-inducing approach to getting shit done, but the courage that comes through tenacity." - The Fader

"Charlotte Day Wilson is one of those artists that reminds us you don't need to be overpowering in order to command a track. She's a master of understanding when to let her voice be the focal point, and when to let it take the backseat to her smooth, electro-soul production." - Pigeons & Planes

CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON ON TOUR WITH LOCAL NATIVES
9/14: Marquee - Tempe, AZ
9/15: North Park - San Diego, CA
9/16: Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
9/17: Fox Theater - Oakland, CA
9/19: Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR
9/20: Moore Theatre - Seattle, WA
9/22: Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
9/23: Ogden Theater - Denver, CO
9/24: Crossroads - Kansas City, MO
9/26: Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL
9/27: Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI
9/28: First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
9/30: Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, OK
10/2: Austin City Limits - Austin, TX
10/3: House of Blues - Dallas, TX
10/5: The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
10/7: Civic Theatre - New Orleans, LA
10/8: House of Blues - Houston, TX
10/9: Austin City Limits - Austin, TX
10/11: Iron City - Birmingham, AL
10/12: Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
10/14: Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
10/15: The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC
10/16: 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
10/17: 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
10/19: Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA    
10/21: Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel - Providence, RI    
10/22: House of Blues - Boston, MA        
10/25: Terminal 5 - New York, NY    
10/26: Terminal 5 - New York, NY

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