There’s still time to pre-order Die Stadt Muzikanten here, and if you do you’ll not only get the album by January 12, but you’ll also get acoustic versions of each song.

Here are free downloads of the album-track “Empty-Hall Sing-Along”, and to celebrate the holiday season, “xoxmas”.

• Downloads

• “Empty-Hall Sing-Along” from Die Stadt Muzikanten
• “xoxmas” for Christmas

Upcoming shows

Jan 16: Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret
Jan 22: Calgary, AB - Broken City
Feb 11: Toronto, ON - The Drake Underground
Feb 12: Guelph, ON - Jimmy Jazz
Feb 13: London, ON - TBA
Feb 15: Hamilton, ON - The Casbah
Feb 16: Sudbury, ON - The Townehouse
Feb 17: Kingston, ON - The Mansion
Feb 18: Montreal, PQ - La Sala Rossa
Feb 19: Quebec City, PQ  - Le Cercle
Feb 21: Ottawa, ON - The Blacksheep

While Smith’s debut full length release, The Beckon Call, won’t be out until February, you can expect to hear a lot more of him in the months to come, starting with this live recording of “Piece By Piece”.

If you live in Vancouver you should put on your rubber boots and come down to the Grace Gallery tonight to see Christopher Smith and The Beckon Call. Doors are at 8, it costs $5 and Andy Dixon is opening.

Upcoming Shows

Aug 13: Vancouver, BC - Grace Gallery w. Andy Dixon
Sep 24: Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden Hall w. Final Fantasy, Timber Timbre

• Downloads

• “Piece By Piece” from Garage Sessions

Circlesquare: Songs About Dancing And Drugs

Today is the day that Circlesquare’s highly anticipated record Songs About Dancing and Drugs is finally available in Canada. This is the kind of album that comes around once in forever, and we are proud to partner up with electronic label K7! on its release. Visit the Boompa online shop and order it now now or visit your local record store and grab a copy. We also be releasing an amazing video for “Dancers” in the upcoming weeks featuring So You Think You Can Dance Canada top ten finalists Miles Faber and Vincent Noiseux, so keep your eyes peeled.

Boompa.ca: loved and mugged

The Boompa site got a face lift a few months ago, complete with pigeons and watercolours, mountains and rain (very Vancouver). A few days ago the site was included in Smashing Magazine’s Web Design Trends For 2009. The Boompa site was designed by our own Erin Nicholson who reads Smashing daily, and is very excited about all this. The site design has been so well received that it has even been stolen by a music blog. How flattering! The case has been brought to the court of public opinion that is the Beggars Group’s Soundalak Musak: Wordpress Theme Edition. Thanks Adam F, you are the favourite!

Woodpigeon: Treasury Library Canada

Woodpigeon’s double CD Boompa debut, Treasury Library Canada c/w Houndstooth Europa, will be released next week. We love Woodpigeon and think you will too. They make the loveliest orchestral indie folk around and will make you feel good about life. You can order it in advance through the Boompa shop now and you can get a free 7-song Woodpigeon EP called La Commission Scolaire, through emusic. If you happen to be in Vancouver next weekend you can see Woodpigeon perform on Friday night at Little Mountain with Chris Smith and Jody Glenham, and on Saturday at Performance Works as part of the PuSH Festival. If you aren’t in Vancouver, or any of the European cities they stop off in during their February old-continental tour, you can watch the video for “A Moment’s Peace For Mary Christa O’Keefe”. You should just watch it. It’s very, very Canadian.

Coming Up

April: Leeroy Stagger - Everything Is Real
June: Patrick Brealey - Title TK
August: The Scott Walker Band (aka The Salteens) - Title TK
September: Woodpigeon - Die Stadt Muzikanten

• Downloads

• Knock KnockWoodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
• “Lay All Your Love On Me”Woodpigeon - ABBA cover

Video: Woodpigeon - “A Moment’s Peace for Mary Christa O’Keefe” from Treasury Library Canada