Watch the new video for Circlesquare’s “Dancers” directed by Bienvenido Cruz — brilliantly translating Robert Longo’s series, Men in the Cities, into motion. The video features dancers Miles Faber and Vincent Noiseux (from So You Think You Can Dance Canada), Julie Chapple and Alison Denham.

From Circlesquare’s new album, Songs About Dancing and Drugs.

Calgary-based recording artists, Woodpigeon return with their sophomore full-length release, Treasury Library Canada, on Boompa Records. Originally a limited release available only online and off-stage, Treasury Library Canada garnered critical acclaim, earning spots on year-end top 10 lists, and ones to watch in ‘09 lists alike. On February 3 Treasury Library Canada will be given a much-deserved official release, repackaged with a new 10-song bonus CD, Houndstooth Europa.

Their Yo Gabba performance might have looked something like this… Minus the vests and that hair.

Scott Walker writes: “The Salteens made a video for a kids show called Yo Gabba Gabba. The song is called “I’m So Happy I Can Dance”. This all happened about a year ago, when our friends from the band Majestic called us and asked us to record a song for their Nick Jr kids show. They sent us a song they had written, we went into the studio with Todd and recorded, they went all crazy for it, and we…

Lullaby Baxter’s new musical, Garden Cities of To-morrow, debuted at Calgary’s Epcor Centre for Performing Arts this past January. The musical tells the story of Dolores Calhoun, a woman only truly happy when doing dishes. Her husband Morton can’t seem to dirty nearly enough dishes. In due course, Dolores takes in orphans, collects dirty dishes from neighbors, and even has strangers send her dirty dishes in the mail. Part fable, part farce, part domestic drama (think Threepenny Opera meets Mary Hartman,…

The Last Little Life EP was officially released on August 14th! This is the first new music from The Rentals in 8 years. You can pick one up at a local record store, or buy it digitally through eMusic, iTunes, or whatever your preference.

The band has been updating their YouTube page daily. In the most recent updates you can see them scrambling to fix a Moog Source, Sara buying very important tour socks, and this newest one with Dan’s wife Zoe. It’s the…

When people think of roots-rock, the Southern half of the USA usually springs to mind. But for the last seven years, singer-songwriter Leeroy Stagger has been spreading his own whiskey-soaked, jean-jacket-sportin’ style of Canuck-bred Americana. Now, as critics and fans gear up for the release of Stagger’s third full-length album, Depression River (Boompa/EMI) in stores today, one thing is evident — Stagger has veered away from his past mainstream pop appeal and run headlong into playing country music with the sweat, tears…

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…

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

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E5PDZ22grRk

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…