After spending most of the summer playing outdoor music festivals across Canada, Toronto’s instrumental collective The Hylozoists are ready to hit to road again, in an effort to bring their special brand of orchestral-pop to the masses. The Hylozoists are starting things off in London this Saturday, September 22nd at the LOLA Festival before heading off for a proper tour with The Besnard Lakes, beginning in Vancouver on September 27th.

The Hylozoists recently re-released their critically acclaimed and long out of print debut,…

Leeroy will be doing a bunch of touring in the next couple of months, starting tomorrow night in Vancouver when he’ll play in support of Jason Isbell. Check out all the tour dates here.

For those of you who can’t make it out to any of these shows, you can visit Leeroy’s MySpace page where he’s uploaded a new, unreleased song called “Sleep Under the Stars.”

Last but not least, there are tour plans in the works for Europe this fall, so keep checking back…

Although The Last Little Life EP isn’t due out until August 14th, you can buy it digitally through eMusic or Zunior starting today!

The EP features a new version of “Sweetness and Tenderness”, and 3 new songs “Little Bit of You”, “Life Without a Brain” and “Last Romantic Day”, which you can listen to at Pitchforkmedia.com.

The Rentals have a ton of tour dates over the summer and starting with the first show tonight, June 26 is Bakersfield, California, the band will keep a daily video blog…

Sadly The Hylozoists, have had to cancel their appearance at the Shoreline Festival. Sorry PEI… They promise to come back in the fall. For those close enough, the band has picked up a show in Sackville on Saturday, July 14th in support of their friends the Wooden Stars. (Thank you Mr. Jones you are making what would of been a long drive for one show a nice weekend out!) For more info on this and other tour dates click here.

In other…

Leeroy Stagger’s third full-length album, Depression River, is in stores today in the USA. The Canadiana troubadour’s follow-up to 2005’s critically acclaimed Beautiful House, has drawn early comparisons to Steve Earle’s Copperhead Road and Neil Young’s Harvest. Out through Boompa Records, Depression River is a deep and moving album filled with heartfelt confessions and observations shaped by a not-so-idyllic childhood in the rural outskirts of Victoria, British Columbia.

“Depression River is a reference to the town where I grew up. It’s this really small town…

The Hylozoists played a handful of shows in Austin during SXSW, including a set at the beautiful Volitant Gallery stumbled upon by Joey from About, an early morning slot at the Hot Freaks party (thank you Frank), and an early evening set outdoors under a giant white tent that someone from Stereogum caught and said was “Superb”! None of these shows would have been possible without the goodwill of the Golden Dogs, a band that makes such awesome music it will make your…

On Friday March 16th The Hylozoists are playing a free gallery show at Volitant Gallery on 320 Congress Avenue. Their website is volitant.com and the show is at 8pm and the band will play for a little over a half an hour so please come out. Especially if you live in Austin and hate 8000 Ecoline vans blocking your roads, ride your bike over because the band wants to play for people actually from Austin.

Leeroy Stagger, is gearing up to release his third full-length album, Depression River, on Boompa Records. The album, produced by John Ellis (Be Good Tanyas), will be released April 3, in the USA and distributed through Caroline.

“Depression River is a reference to Shawnigan Lake, the town where I grew up. It’s basically this really small town on Vancouver Island,” explains Stagger. “A lot of bad things kind of happened to me when I lived there, the most significant being the death of my…

This fall will see Leeroy Stagger return with Depression River. Stagger’s fourth release in as many years highlights his ability to find drama in the banality of everyday life. From full out broken beer bottle rock to the aching ballad of a broken hearted dreamer, Depression River is a whiskey-soaked, full-bodied recording of a powerful singer-songwriter only just starting to come into his own.

Upcoming Shows

09-05: Vancouver, UBC Live at Lunch
09-16: Tofino, The Legion
09-17: Duncan, The Garage Showroom
09-20: Nanaimo, Queen’s Pub
09-23: Victoria, The…

Run Chico Run are second to none in their interviewing skills — particularly when countering questions posed by the many entertainment weeklies of our fair country. We’d like to share with you some of their words of wisdom now that their tour is almost at a close, and they are probably driving through the Rockies and back into British Columbia as I type.

“Touring is actually way easier as a two piece. There’s more room, more money and more food. Besides, splitting…