Canadian rock super group Hedley is proud to release their US debut CD, Never Too Late, on May 19th!
“Old School” Audio Stream:
http://fontana.edgeboss.net/wmedia/fontana/old_school.wax
and Video Stream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYx8dPFR588
Hedley Official Site:
http://www.hedleyonline.com
and MySpace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/hedley
Fontana International is poised to reveal Canada’s best kept music secret to fans stateside. On May 19th, Canadian Pop/Rock sensation, HEDLEY, will unleash their US exclusive masterpiece, NEVER TOO LATE. This US debut includes, among others, HEDLEY’s 7 consecutive #1 singles from their two double platinum Canadian releases: HEDLEY (2005) and FAMOUS LAST WORDS (2007).
The majority of the songs on NEVER TOO LATE were produced by Greig Nori (Sum 41); Brian Howes (Hinder, Daughtry) produced “321,” “On My Own,” and “Trip” and GGGarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Rise Against, Red Hot Chili Peppers) takes production credit for “Gunnin’.”
In three short years, HEDLEY has reached superstar status in Canada
• two double platinum albums, seven consecutive #1 singles, and seven #1 videos
• #2 on Nielsen’s 2008 year end BDS Top 10 Artist Airplay with 88,000 detections- just behind Rihanna with 91,000, and surpassing other Canadian superstars such as Nickelback and Avril Lavigne
• Swept 2009 Radio Music Awards: Song Of The Year, Chart Topper & Fan’s Choice Awards and are nominated nominated for 3 2009 JUNO Awards: Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Fan Choice Award. Won in all major categories at the Much Music Video Awards in 2008
• Supported BON JOVI, the 3rd highest grossing touring band (following Rolling Stones and U2) , on a 12-date fall 2007 stadium tour, putting them in front of 200,000 people. Extensive headline and support touring with Nickelback, Sum 41, Yellowcard, 3 Days Grace, Finger Eleven, and many others
• Nearly 1.5 million MySpace hits, more than 2.5 million song plays, and millions of YouTube hits and views
The HEDLEY story has ignited in the US virally and as a result of what started as unsolicited airplay at US stations along the Canadian border who recognized the demand for HEDLEY stateside.
“Old School,” HEDLEY’s 1st single from NEVER TOO LATE impacts at US POP & HOT AC radio 3/30. “Old School” has over 1 million views on YouTube, not of a music video, but simply scrolling lyrics to the song fast becoming the American prom and graduation soundtrack for 2009: youtube.com/watch?v=UYx8dPFR588.
Besides the Red Wings, Detroit has it pretty rough. Canadian Sam Roberts manages to capture the feel and look of the city in one rollicking retro tune. Check it out:
Our sister site WatchMojo.com had the chance to speak with Lead Singer/Drummer Matt Wood of the critically acclaimed Rock band out of Vancouver, Canada:
Canadian melodic-rockers State of Shock will be digitally releasing their album, Life, Love & Lies on December 23rd. Already a headlining act up north, the band have set their sites on the States with a supporting slot on Staind’s current U.S. tour. State of Shock have also just re-released their track “Rollin” which was originally released on their Canadian debut album. The slow-burning track will also be available on Life, Love & Lies when hits all digital outlets.
“ROLLIN” Audio Streams:
Here’s the band performing their biggest hit “Money Honey”:
Life, Love & Lies is out 12/23 on Universal Records
*all dates with Staind, Seether, and Papa Roach
11/18/2008 Hammerstein Ballroom - New York, NY
11/19/2008 Wicomico Civic Center - Salisbury, MD
11/20/2008 Big Sandy Arena - Huntington, WV
11/22/2008 Hara Arena - Dayton, OH
11/23/2008 Pepsi Coliseum - Indianapolis, IN
11/25/2008 Ford Park - Beaumont, TX
11/26/2008 Freeman Coliseum - San Antonio, TX
11/28/2008 Midland Horshoe Arena - Midland, TX
11/29/2008 Amarillo Civic Center - Amarillo, TX
11/30/2008 County Coliseum - El Paso, TX
12/2/2008 The Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
12/4/2008 Brown County Arena - Green Bay, WI
12/5/2008 McElroy Auditorium - Waterloo, IA
12/6/2008 The Venue at Horseshoe Hammond Casino - Hammond, IN
12/8/2008 Sound Academy -Toronto, Ontario, CA
12/10/2008 The Fillmore Detroit - Detroit, MI
Experimental Indie electronica band Hercules and Love Affair announce new Canadian dates:
Saturday, October 18, 2008 Toronto ON Opera House
Sunday, October 19, 2008 Montreal QC Les Saintes
Hercules and Love Affair announce Canadian live dates in support of
their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album (released June 24
on Mute/DFA). After hitting some of Europe’s largest festivals this
summer (Glastonbury, Sonar & Pukkelpop), they also met with stellar
reviews and a rapturous audience at their sold-out US live debut at
Brooklyn’s Studio B. TheFader.com declared, “[People] love Hercules
and Love Affair the same way rabid Japanese teens must have loved
Bruce Springsteen in 1986, crush the barricades and cry at the sight
of an icon style love.”
The live show includes Andy manning keyboards, a horn section, drum
machines and providing backing vocals, Kim Ann and Nomi on lead
vocals, live drums, live bass and even more keyboards.
The album and lead single, “Blind”, debuted in the UK Top 40 and were
ranked #1 and “Track of the Week” by the NME respectively. Hercules &
Love Affair is 2008’s most exciting dancefloor concoction, an arthouse
vision of pure pop by way of futuristic electronica and classic dance
music, where beautiful, bruising harmonies and tensile rhythms collide
in resurgent soundscapes and emotive disco workouts.
Here’s what the press have to say:
“…Butler’s debut album journeys through club music’s bent past with
both universal and timeless results that are as sensual and surreal as
a Jean Cocteau film set to a Giorgio Moroder soundtrack.”
SPIN, June 2008
“It’s a little bit Gamble & Huff, a little bit Caligula.”
Blender, July 2008
Hercules and Love Affair announce Canadian live dates in support of
their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album (released June 24
on Mute/DFA). After hitting some of Europe’s largest festivals this
summer (Glastonbury, Sonar & Pukkelpop), they also met with stellar
reviews and a rapturous audience at their sold-out US live debut at
Brooklyn’s Studio B. TheFader.com declared, “[People] love Hercules
and Love Affair the same way rabid Japanese teens must have loved
Bruce Springsteen in 1986, crush the barricades and cry at the sight
of an icon style love.”
The live show includes Andy manning keyboards, a horn section, drum
machines and providing backing vocals, Kim Ann and Nomi on lead
vocals, live drums, live bass and even more keyboards.
The album and lead single, “Blind”, debuted in the UK Top 40 and were
ranked #1 and “Track of the Week” by the NME respectively. Hercules &
Love Affair is 2008’s most exciting dancefloor concoction, an arthouse
vision of pure pop by way of futuristic electronica and classic dance
music, where beautiful, bruising harmonies and tensile rhythms collide
in resurgent soundscapes and emotive disco workouts.
Hercules and Love Affair live is Andrew, Kim Ann, Nomi, Morgan, Jason,
Carter, Guy, and Andy.
SoundMojo’s sister site WatchMojo had a chance to interview Indie rock’s nicest band, The Weakerthans:
TOKYO POLICE CLUB will play live on MTV’s F’N MTV Friday, July 25, performing “Graves” from its acclaimed debut album Elephant Shell. TOKYO POLICE CLUB’s live performance on F’N MTV marks a logical progression from previous performers and obvious TPC peers Lil Wayne, Maroon 5 and Snoop Dogg, and will school the show’s audience as to why the Newmarket Ontario quartet is “poised to be the biggest Canadian export since Molson” (ROLLING STONE).
Prior to the F’N MTV live performance, TOKYO POLICE CLUB returns to its native Canada this weekend for the Summersonic and Rogers Picnic festivals, while the remainder of July and August finds the band making its way through Australia, Japan and London.
TOKYO POLICE CLUB will continue its relentless touring regimen with another string of U.S. dates beginning September 8 in Baltimore and featuring headline dates at the likes of Los Angeles’ Henry Fonda Theater, as well appearances at the Street Scene, Treasure Island and Voodoo Festivals.
TOKYO POLICE CLUB U.S. DATES FALL 2008
Sept 08 BALTIMORE MD OTTOBAR
Sept 10 ATHENS GA 40 WATT
Sept 12 AUSTIN TX EMOS
Sept 14 DENVER CO MONOLITH FESTIVAL
Sept 16 PHOENIX AZ BRICKHOUSE
Sept 18 LOS ANGELES CA HENRY FONDA THEATER
Sept 19 POMONA CA GLASSHOUSE
Sept 20 SAN DIEGO CA STREET SCENE
Sept 21 SAN FRANCISCO CA TREASURE ISLAND
Sept 26 OMAHA NE SLOWDOWN
Sept 29 LAWRENCE KS JACKPOT
Oct 25 NEW ORLEANS LA VOODOO FESTIVAL
TPC - In A Cave (live)
A great video by a great Canadian songwriter. The people are suitably “un” fashionable and the Robert Palmer dance at the end is pretty awesome, check it out:
“Home By Saturday” is a song off of Hayden’s Elk-Lake Serenade album from 2004 and the last album before his newest, In Field & Town is released in 2008. In my opinion this song exemplifies everything that’s great about Hayden’s music including subdued vocals, haunting guitar lines and interesting songwriting. If you’ve never listened to him before this is a good introduction and it should prime you for his new album, which I’m pretty excited about. Check it out:
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Great Bloomers are a young band out of Toronto, Canada with barely an EP to their name, but lately I’ve been absolutely obsessed with this song. Citing influences ranging from the Beach Boys to Black Flag their music is an creative blend of folky/rootsy rock and the song “Catching Up” is a knockout starting off with harmonized vocals and moving into a full on rollicking guitar based tune with call and response vocals and guitar lines. I can’t get enough of it and can find something new and interesting within the song each time I listen. I’m very excited to hear more from these guys.
Great Bloomers - “Catching Up”
Check them out online at:
http://www.myspace.com/greatbloomers
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