Tour Dates

No need to pull down the curtains as yet, or prance around like you're frolicking through the Alps. 

We do however want to hear your best version of doe, errr do, with thanks to the fine folks from The Dø. They're wanting you to record your own do and send it on through. The winning entry will be used by the band and added to a new track. Read all about the ingenious idea here.

The band is also set to embark on a mammoth tour, taking in dates across North America and Canada. We at The Musebox totally endorse the wearing of The Dø merchandise whilst you're at their shows. That said, loads of awesome goodies can be purchased over here. 

TOUR DATES:

09/07  Mercury Lounge, New York  
09/08  The Bell House, Brooklyn   
09/09  La Sala Rossa, Montreal   
09/10  The Envol et Macadam Fest, Quebec City 09/11  The Mod Club, Toronto   
09/13  Schubas Tavern, Chicago   
09/14  7th Street Entry, Minneapolis   
09/17  Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver   
09/18  Crocodile Cafe, Seattle   
09/19  Doug Fir Lounge, Portland   
09/21  Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco   
09/22 Troubadour, Los Angeles

For more info, jump on over their Myspace page. 

Our favorite Piss Drunk Punk Rock Blues Exploders, The Polymorphines  have been named our Canadian Artist of the Week. Their unabashed rock and hard working ethos make them the perfect candidates for such an honor!

Check out their tour dates below or pick up 'Let Love Fly' for free here. 

Starting August 12th… 

8/12 Kinston - The Mansion
8/13 Montreal - Quai des Brumes
8/14 Sherbrooke - Bar Le Magog
8/15 Quebec City - L'Agitee
8/18 Fredricton - Boom Nightclub
8/19 Halifax - Gus' Pub
8/20 Charlottetown - Baba's Lounge 
8/21 TBA
8/22 Moncton - Plan B
8/25 Stephenville - Clancy's
8/26 Grand Falls / Windsor - Kelly's Pub
8/27 St. John's - CGTB's

Without further ado, we introduce you to the Canadian Artist of the Week  - The Polymorphines

Busy week ahead for the chaps and chappette of My Other Friend. They're set to release their album 'Burning Bright Tonight' in New York City at the Mercury Lounge this coming Monday 26th of July.

Venue: Mercury Lounge

Date: Monday 26th July

Album drops on the 27th - look out for more hubub on that here @themusbox shortly.

For more info on My Other Friend's Mercury Lounge, show click here & RSVP.

TOUR DATES:
8/12 Kinston - The Mansion
8/13 Montreal- Quai des Brumes
8/14 Sherbrooke - Bar Le Magog
8/15 Quebec City - L'Agitee
8/18 Fredricton - Boom Nightclub
8/19 Halifax - Gus' Pub
8/20 Charlottetown - Baba's Lounge
8/21 TBA
8/22 Moncton - Plan B
8/25 Stephenville - Clancy's
8/26 Grand Falls / Windsor - Kelly's Pub
8/27 St. John's - CGTB's
8/28 St John's, NL - Distortion

Meaghan Smith
This is a call for all: Toronto friends!
 
Canadian songstress Meaghan Smith is in Toronto as we speak, having recently wooed crowds in Chicago. She's set to woo local audiences this Monday the 26th of July.
 

With super special thanks to our friends at The Drake Hotel and Warner Music we've got a Meaghan Smith prize up for grabs that includes a double pass to the show and a copy of Meaghan's album, The Cricket's Orchestra.

To win, tell us the name of the Pixies' song that Meaghan so famously covered?
*Email answers to contest@themusebox.net to enter. Comp closes: 4pm 26th July 2010.
 

09/07/2010 Mercury Lounge, New York

09/08/2010 The Bell House, Brooklyn

09/09/2010 La Sala Rossa, Montreal

09/10/2010 The Envol et Macadam Festival, Quebec City

09/11/2010 The Mod Club, Toronto

09/13/2010 Schubas Tavern, Chicago

09/14/2010 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis

09/17/2010 Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver

09/18/2010 Crocodile Cafe, Seattle

09/19/2010 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland

09/21/2010 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco

09/22/2010 Troubadour, Los Angeles

Afro-funk bandleader Bibi Tanga and groove-heavy accompaniment The Selenites are excited to be performing at The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and at Joe's Pub, both in New York City, following up on their U.S. debut album release on June 1, 2010, with Dunya (Nat Geo Music).  

Bibi Tanga and The Selenites -- composed of Tanga, Arthur Simonini on violin and keyboards, Rico Kerridge on guitar and Arnaud Biscay on drums -- will be coming to New York City after a show in Paris and will be performing on August 19th, 2010, at 8:30pm during Target Free Thursdays in the David Rubenstein Atrium at The Lincoln Centre. Following Bibi Tanga's Lincoln Centre performance, the band will be showcasing at New York hotspot Joe's Pub as part of Somi's New Africa Live series. This show will be held on August 20th, 2010, and is a chance to hear this unique afro-funk, jazz and rock sound of Bibi Tanga. This is a bass-heavy, yet smooth sound that anyone can groove to.
 
Check out the Myspace page for additional information.

 
Through the years, hip-hop has had more than a few dalliances with surprising musical mistresses. Flirtations with Coltrane and dusty Jazz 45s were the norm in Shaolin, while P Funk party starting reigned supreme on the American West Coast in the 90s. Zeppelin-assisted grandiloquence and Benjamins-obsessed rockers rang in the new millennium, while Will Smith made the Top 40 dial a safe place for squeaky clean boom bap as Y2K loomed. Somehow, in 2010, six jazz students from Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton have managed to assemble all these references, nods and inspirations under one banner: The Consonance.
 
Formed in 2009, the group offered up the short-order More Alive EP, which melded clarinets with consciousness and keys with concrete. But on the six-piece’s full-length follow up, Come The Day, The Consonance further hone their vibrant brand of soulful jazz-flecked hip hop to make a sound all their own. Later this month, the group takes that sound on the road, gigging through cities all across Western Canada in support of the LP.
 
Grab a copy of the track COME THE DAY here
 
TOUR DATES:
7/19 Kamloops BC @ Music in the Park (7pm, Riverside Park)
7/20 Kamloops BC @ Pogue Mahone
7/22 Enderby BC @ Lorenzo's Cafe
7/24 Gibsons BC @ Sea Cavalcade Parade (10am)
7/24 Gibsons BC @ Sea Cavalcade Dance (8pm)
7/24 Gibsons BC @ Private Event
7/26 Victoria BC @ Hermann's Jazz Club
7/28 Salmon Arm BC @ Wednesday's on the Wharf
7/29 Kelowna BC @ Minstrel Cafe
7/30 Vancouver, BC @ Falconetti's
 
Check out the band's Myspace page for more info.

It's here! The Interpol tour starts next week and along for the ride are our very own Twin Tigers!

Unfortunately Interpol have cut their tour short but Twin Tigers are the main support for four shows starting next Monday in Rochester.

Catch them at these dates below:

Jun 21 - Water Street Music Hall - Rochester, NY w/Interpol
Jun 22 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY w/Interpol
Jun 23 - Mr Small's Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA w/Interpol
Jun 25 - Crocodile Rock Cafe - Allentown, PA w/Interpol

"A four piece, the bands live show kills, reminiscent of Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine and Psychocandy era JAMC." - Aquarium Drunkard