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Ready, Set, Go.
July 20th, 2009 / 0 Comments
Tomorrow afternoon, WP leaves the comfy confines of our prairie Canadian abodes for a short string of festivals and shows in UK cities we haven’t made it to quite yet. In preparation, the focus has not stayed on booking the necessary train tickets or filling the gaps left in accommodations. No, instead, it has been the far more important act of filling up one’s iPod touch that has taken up much of this last-minute panic zone.
Just added: Scout Niblett’s This Fool Can Die Now, Quasi’s Field Studies and Featuring “Birds”, Stereolab’s Sound-Dust, and The Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs. These join Coeur de Pirate’s Coeur de Pirate, Do Make Say Think’s You, You’re a History in Dust, and John Cale’s Paris 1919. I’ve been figuring out a perfect time and place to listen to some of these records. Am I alone in thinking Scout Niblett’s simply perfect for an Icelandic sunset? (On second thought — scratch that. The sun doesn’t set in Iceland this time of year. Drat).
Anyway, there’s also a little record on this here iPod we’ve been working on for quite some time now titled Die Stadt Muzikanten. We’ve tweaked the mixes and mastered the mastering. It sounds just about as big as we’d hoped it would, and there’s a few more surprises in store for its…
Read More »When the going gets tough, the tough get going
June 15th, 2009 / 1 Comment
Seriously, if you’d ever told me that we’d someday find ourselves on a list of names alongside Leonard Cohen vying for the same prize title, I’d have laughed in your face. Really close and spitty-like. With deep, throaty guffaws. But, alas, it’s happened, and Woodpigeon’s Treasury Library Canada c/w Houndstooth Europa was named this morning as one of the records on the Polaris Prize’s long list, alongside such personal favourites as Chad Van Gaalen’s Soft Airplane and WOMEN’s self-titled record. And oh. Leonard Cohen.
But where’s everyone else? It’s easy to feel complimented by this sort of thing, but once you realize who didn’t make the list, it’s kind of mind-boggling. Every blogger from here to Halifax has already written on who they think is missing, but here’s a couple of others we really think you should check out: The Blistering Sun, The Pale Moon, Hahahaha by Knots, In Flesh Tones by Azeda Booth, and where the heck is Julie Doiron? Still, despite the omissions, it’s great company to be in and we’re well pleased to be included. Thankyouthankyouthankyou, etc. It’s a real pleasure just to be nominated, and so forth.
But, there’s no time to rest on one’s laurels, so we’re right back at it. Want some new summer tour dates? Well here. Look. We got…
Read More »February 2009 = we take Europa
December 8th, 2008 / 0 Comments
we’re excited to announce the following february 2009 tour dates, including a show at the brussels botanique (as pictured above) that we’re particularly hyped about:
07 February 2009 PERFORMANCE WORKS Vancouver, BC
15 February 2009 BOTANIQUE-ROTUNDE Brussels, Belgium
16 February 2009 PONT EPHEMERE Paris, France
17 February 2009 PARADISO Amsterdam, Nlands
18 February 2009 PRINZENBAR Hamburg, Germany
19 February 2009 SCHOKOLADEN Berlin, Germany
21 February 2009 WESTGARTH SC Middlesbrough, UK
22 February 2009 THE CAPTAIN’S REST Glasgow, Scotland
23 February 2009 THE END Newcastle, UK
24 February 2009 THE DEAF INSTITUTE Manchester, UK
25 February 2009 ICA London, UK
26 February 2009 THE AUDIO Brighton, UK
ALSO:
Coming this February 2009 via Boompa in N. America and The End of the Road in the UK and Europe, we’re happy to announce the release of TREASURY LIBRARY CANADA featuring HOUNDSTOOTH EUROPA. (The UK / Euro pressing will only include Houndstooth Europa with the first 500 copies).
Read More »Iron & Wine in Alberta / Pixie Children Crying at Zunior
August 6th, 2008 / 0 Comments
To celebrate the release of Treasury Library Canada here on our own shores even more, “the Little Digital Music Store” zunior.com is offering the remix + a couple-of-rarities collection Pixie Children Crying for free when you purchase Treasury Library Canada! Check it here.
Th’ Tracklist:
01.
matty-john chyzyk
02.
camera-man
03.
woodpigeon vs. my robot unicorn:
a slight return home (my robot unicorn’s homeless remix)
04.
woodpigeon vs. yuval:
the alison yip school for girls (yuval’s making valentines in the hallway in spring remix)
05.
woodpigeon vs. my robot unicorn:
home as a romanticized concept (i don’t need you, everybody else loves me remix)
06.
woodpigeon vs. vitaminsforyou:
the alison yip school for girls (vitaminsforyou’s alison married my older brother remix 1)
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woodpigeon vs. yuval:
home as a romanticized concept where everyone loves you always and forever (yuval’s fallen asleep in the corner and is dreaming remix)
08.
woodpigeon vs. vitaminsforyou:
the alison yip school for girls (vitaminsforyou’s alison married my older brother remix 2)
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woodpigeon vs. daeus:
jonathan ashworth rollercoaster (daeus is the bad guy)
10.
woodpigeon vs. my robot unicorn:
home as a romanticized concept where everyone loves you always and forever (my robot unicorn’s la da da da [a slight return to the piano part] remix)
Ch-ch-check it out.
We’re also hyped to be opening for Iron…
Read More »New Website! / New Label! / New Releases!
April 24th, 2008 / 0 Comments
It’s been a long time coming, but the new Woodpigeon website is finally here! Take a look around - and be sure to download a free copy of our EP Houndstooth, available in the Music section of the site.
We’re also excited to announce our first UK and Euro releases through The End of the Road Records set for early 2008. While at The End of the Road Festival this past fall, we were lucky enough to not only play alongside folks like Yo La Tengo and Lambchop (and, man-oh-man, David Thomas Broughton and Jens Lekman too!), but to also return to Canada as the newest members of one of England’s most exciting musical families.
First up, a 7” for Songbook’s finale closer ‘That Was Good But You Can Do Better’, backed with the new song ‘Knock Knock’ (featuring our great friends The Neighbourhood Council on backing vocals).
Following shortly behind, Songbook UK featuring all-new artwork by the amazing Sing Statistics!
There’s also a few nice bonuses tucked away inside on the bonus Treasury Library 1: Dewey Does It EP:
01. in the battle of sun vs. curtains, sun loses and we sleep until noon
02. i live a lot of places
03. 7th fret over andres
04. a moment’s peace for mary christa…
