Two years after their last studio album Why That Doesn’t Surprise Me won the hearts of pop lovers and critics around the world, The Lucksmiths return with Naturaliste - their Canadian debut through Boompa Records.

Available across Canada on March 30th, Naturaliste, the highly anticipated new record confirms the reputation of this Melbourne band, offering eleven examples of instantly memorable indie pop music to win you over.

The Lucksmiths’ fifth studio album in a decade is also their finest hour. Naturaliste represents reassurance that pop music can…

This week, BOOMPA! employee Scott Walker takes time out of his busy day (which today included trying to figure out which stolen coffee mug on his desk needed to be returned to which coffee shop) to answer an e-mail that was submitted to him through the wonders of the internet technologies that power www.boompa.ca.

Hey,

I was wondering when the winner for the competition to win the Sekiden
Prize Pack will be drawn???

Cheers,
 George

Hey George, thanks for the e-mail. You’re right, Sekiden sure is a great band…

There’s a new Salteens video for the song “Thoughts From Sound” that’s available for your viewing pleasure:

Directed by David Winsby and produced by Boompa Productions, the video made it’s debut last Friday on Much Music’s The Wedge. Much will continue to air the video as an “Indie Spotlight”. This translates to once a week so the odds of seeing it are slim. It’s like winning the lottery but without the money. Poor Salteens…

Useless trivia:
- The mechanical bull is the exact same one…

Hey, we’re sending out a bunch of bands to play in Toronto for Canadian Music Week so we decided to give everything away. Click here and sign up for Boompa Fan Central today for your chance to win one of the following prizes:

FIRST PLACE PRIZE PACK:
Salteens custom made t-shirt, “Let Go Of Your Bad Days” CD, stickers, poster
Sekiden t-shirt, “Junior Fiction” CD, “1+1=Heartache” EP, poster, buttons
Girl Nobody t-shirt, “The Future Isn’t what It Used To Be” CD, stickers, poster
Billy and the Lost Boys “Breaking Down the Barriers…”…

Friday, March 5, 2004
The 360 - 326 Queen St. W

THE SALTEENS (Vancouver)
“Vancouver based indie pop outfit, The Salteens, have avoided the traditional sophomore slump by crafting an album of some the happiest pop music to stem from north of the border.”
- Outburn Magazine -

SEKIDEN (Brisbane)
“Combine a love of old school synths, crunching guitars and the most energetic and enthusiastic drummer in the country and you’ve got Sekiden.”
- DB Magazine, Australia -

GIRL NOBODY (Vancouver)
“Marta Jacuibek, the band’s sultry-voiced singer, turns…

For over a decade, Australia’s The Lucksmiths have released too many recordings to list, including five studio albums that have sold over 55,000 copies worldwide. Two years after their last studio album Why That Doesn’t Surprise Me won the hearts of pop lovers and critics around the world, The Lucksmiths return with Naturaliste. The highly anticipated new record confirms the reputation of this Melbourne band, offering eleven examples of instantly memorable indie pop music to win you all over again.

The Lucksmiths’ fifth studio…

We’ve been inundated with emails from people around the world asking us about our favourite things of 2003. A full month into the year and we’re honestly tired of being hounded with this question over and over again. So here you have it - read up and don’t email us about this until next year.

Scott Walker
01. Belle and Sebastian, “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”
02. The Shins, “Chutes Too Narrow”
03. NHL 2004
04. Drinking alone
05. www.homestarrunner.com
06. My new “gel” hockey helmet
07. Reclaimed spaces
08. Arrested Development…

The world of Boompa officially opened its doors in September 2003. However, the idea began to form sometime ago when Scott L.D. Walker decided to become the full-time manager for his band The Salteens. A lot of great things were happening for the band, but something was missing, and trumpet/guitar player Rob Calder agreed that “something” needed to be found. Before long The Salteens, Let Go of Your Bad Days was released spring 2003 by Boompa Records.

It was about that time when Scott and…