Calgary, Alberta’s Woodpigeon will release their third lp and U.S. debut, Die Stadt Muzikanten, March 9 through Boompa along with their sophomore lp, Treasury Library Canada. Led by prolific songwriter, Mark Andrew of the Hamiltons, Woodpigeon has garnered glowing critical acclaim both in their home country and as well as in Europe, where the band has toured extensively the past two years. Hamilton was inspired to write Die Stadt Muzikanten during one of his European travels to Germany and Austria where is…

Last week Woodpigeon released a holiday song online (get “xoxmas” here). Not to be outdone, label-mate Christopher Smith has not only recorded a Christmas song himself, but has also made a video for it.

While this one-upmanship may suggest that Smith and Woodpigeon’s Mark Hamilton have a competitive relationship (which may well be the case) the pair of them actually get along quite well and are collaborating on not 1 but 2 EPs to be released in 2010. Christopher Smith + The Beckon…

Reverie Sound Revue has released a new video for “You Don’t Exist If I Don’t See You”. The song is the latest from their recent full length Reverie Sound Revue, and the video is a perfect example of how a mess can be truly beautiful.

Watch it here.

We are proud to announce details of the latest full-length album titled, Die Stadt Muzikanten from Alberta-based Woodpigeon (a.k.a. Mark Andrew of The Hamiltons). His third full-length album and follow up to his internationally acclaimed Treasury Library Canada is set for release, January 12, 2010. Produced by Arran Fisher, the fifteen tracks on Die Stadt Muzikanten move and contort like a film soundtrack. Lush, grand moments complement Mark’s signature cinematic “pretty-pretty-pop” sound. The album is currently available for pre-order via the Boompa online store.

Pre-order…

You probably know a Christopher Smith.  There are a lot of them.  There are even a lot of musicians with the name, so there’s bound to be a lot of confusion in the coming months with links to the wrong Smith site.  The Christopher Smith I’m writing you about isn’t much known outside of Vancouver.  While he can be considered a newcomer, he’s been playing galleries and bedrooms around East Vancouver for years and those who do know Christopher (this…

Thanks to Spinner for hosting the latest blog tour video! Lisa Lobsinger and Patrick Walls perform “The Leisure Lost” off Reverie’s debut LP, which Rawkblog recently named one of the top albums of the year, calling it “a flawless summer soundtrack.”

Of the blog tour, Reverie’s Marc De Pape told Spinner:

“The four or so years it took to make the record reflect the distance and time between each of us, but I feel like it also removed certain pressures that go with being in…

Watch the latest video of Lisa and Pat performing “You Don’t Exist If I Don’t See You” right here, and then head over to the new Reverie Sound Revue website and say hello.

Herohill recently reviewed the Reverie LP, calling it his “favourite pop album of the year”. Read the full review here and check out his other favourite albums of the year so far here.

Shining a modern light on the roots of North American popular music, Patrick Brealey blends elements of folk, country, cabaret and blues to deliver lyrically driven songs with a uniquely powerful voice. And on July 14th, in collaboration with Boompa Records, his release of Mercury in Songbirds provides the perfect pairing to this matchless mix. Boompa and Patrick Brealey make for a perfect pairing too. He’s a part of the family, having first met Boompa’s Rob Calder in grade school, and having…

This week Buzzgrinder has been kind enough to host Reverie Sound Revue’s third installment of their video blog tour, “Prelude To A Debut”. Check back next week to find out where and when Part 4 will be posted!

Reverie Sound Revue’s video blog tour continues… Thanks to Ryan Catbird for featuring the second installment of Lisa and Pat’s performances. This week you can head over to MBV to watch “Off Rooftops” off the just released Reverie LP available here, here and here.

And if you haven’t already seen last week’s performance of “Arrows” you should go watch at Chromewaves now.