While Depression River won’t be available in stores in the USA for another month, you can get it now digitally through iTunes and other fine online retailers. Maybe you saw Leeroy Stagger at one of his recent American shows, but didn’t feel like carrying home that heavy CD. Now you can buy it online in its light-weight format, now with more zeros and ones!

Leeroy Stagger has another few shows in the Mid West, before returning to America’s hat for Canadian Music Week.…

Last month Zed host, Jenna Chow, headed east to Toronto to soak up all the musical goodness of Canadian Music Week. This week’s episode of Zed Tunes is an all-access tour of CMW featuring Boompa recording artist The Hylozoists, along with Holy Fuck, Magneta Lane, Great Lake Swimmers, The Old Soul and Veil Halen. Go watch it online - click here.

Zed Tunes is a half-hour music magazine show featuring the best up-and-coming new music from Canada and beyond. Watch it Thursday…

As you know that The Ladies and Gentlemen are now called Small Sins. The official name change will take place this Friday at 10pm EST at The Horseshoe Tavern, when the Ladies and Gentlemen take the stage for their Canadian Music Week showcase. So if you happen to be in Toronto make sure to go to that show to watch history happen, or to just have a really good time.

Then at midnight, you should go see Boompa’s newest band, The Hylozoists, at…

The Boompa Records SXSW Showcase will be hot on the heels of Canadian Music Week. Here’s a quick hit of where and when you can get your Boompa fix, Toronto-style:

The Ladies and Gentlemen: March 3 at Silver Dollar, 10pm
Run Chico Run: March 4 at The 360, 9pm
Leeroy Stagger: March 4 at The 360, 12am

Between February and May, our bands will be touring all over Canada and the USA.

Boompa’s CMW showcase was a huge success. Thanks to everyone who came out to the show! We’d also like to thank everyone who took the time to sign up for the CMW Prize Pack Contest! And the winners are…

PRIZE PACK #1

1. Meghan Behr - Calgary, AB, Canada
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…

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…