Montreal’s Yamantaka // Sonic Titan announce Ontario dates
As brand new members of the Paper Bag Records family, Polaris Music Prize-shortlisters, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, will usher in 2013 with exactly six sensory-attacking dates in Ontario. The multi-faceted in multi-mediums act will pit stop in Peterborough, Ottawa, Kingston, Guelph, Toronto and Hamilton. The complete itinerary is below. ___ Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Ontario...
#PBR10 giveaway: Win tickets, vinyl + more!
We’re celebrating 10 years of Paper Bag Records by giving away a PBR10 prize pack! Who wants in? Simply perform one or both actions in the widget below to be entered. Each action earns one entry. The PBR10 Prizepack includes: 1 pair of tix to see opening night of the PBR 10th Anniversary Concert Series...
A PBR10 Q&A: Amy Cole of The Rural Alberta Advantage
Don’t let their name or the fact they play percussive folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak fool you into thinking that The Rural Alberta Advantage haven’t been making a ruckus. As one-time holders of the “Canada’s best unsigned band” title to to sold-out tours, Juno noms, and international critical acclaim, you could say they’re almost...
Paper Bag Records: Slow and steady wins the race
I first met Trevor Larocque at the big HMV in Toronto. He was the baseball-cap-wearing new guy full of jokes in the Dance department, and I was the busy Marketing Supervisor dabbling in various shades of red hair. He said, “I’m Trevor; I used to be the biggest KISS fan,” and produced an embarrassingly uncool...
New music to love from PS I Love You
It’s here! Take a listen to new single Princess Towers from the Kingston band’s forthcoming sophomore LP, Death Dreams, out May 8th. Pre-order yummy, limited-edition vinyl (that includes CD) or CD sans vinyl online at Paper Bag Records. The band have also announced new tour dates. Be sure to check them out when they pass...
Stream PS I Love You’s debut track from Death Dreams
It’s here! Listen to Sentimental Dishes, the leading track from PS I Love You’s sophomore LP, Death Dreams! The Kingston indie rockers, already well-loved for their frenetic 2010 debut, Meet Me At The Muster Station, will release this anticipated follow-up album on May 8 via Paper Bag Records. Inspired by the real-life, recurring death dreams...
Canadian Exclusive! Download Cuff the Duke’s cover of John Lennon’s ‘Instant Karma’
To commemorate the nearing February 28th U.S. release of their In Our Time EP, Toronto alt-country quartet Cuff The Duke have released the latest in a series of inventive covers, John Lennon’s Instant Karma. Says band member Wayne Petti (lead vocals, guitar, keys): “There aren’t many bands out there that aren’t in some way influenced...
PS I Love You: Inescapable…in a good way
Kingston duo Paul Saulnier (vocals, guitar) and Benjamin Nelson (drums) are PS I Love You, and their music – like their respective personalities – is the harmonious union of brute emotion with a demure pop sensibility. Their debut LP Meet Me at the Muster Station – released this past spring – has left critics starry-eyed,...
Young Galaxy alter course with Shapeshifting
Montreal-based band, Young Galaxy, has set out to take listeners on a whole new aural journey with their upcoming third release, Shapeshifting. Shipped off to Sweden and sonically repackaged by Dan Lissvik of Swedish electronica band, Studio, guitars and drums have been replaced with keyboards and reverb so that their once signature, artful rock sound...