Whitehorse - The Road to Massey Hall

Whitehorse is playing my town tonight. Even if you can't make it like me, you can still revel in their fine tunes. Quite a while back I tried to convince music lovers like you to help make Luke Doucet a household name, and now I think he is doing it with his wife Melissa McClelland in their duo called Whitehorse. Their newest album, the Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss, was recently released in the States, and the duo's newest EP, The Road to Massey Hall, can be bought at the shows and will be available on iTunes on Febuary 15. The Road to Massey Hall will include covers of some icons, you can stream the EP here and watch Strawberry Blonde here:

The Road to Massey Hall tracklist:

Winterlong - Neil Young
Dark Angel - Blue Rodeo
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
It Ain't Me, Babe - Dylan
Strawberry Blonde - Ron Sexsmith
Un Canadien Errant - An old folk song? I don't know the composer, anyone?

It Ain't Me, Babe


Dark Angel


Un Canadien Errant


Devil's Got A Gun


Achilles' Desire


No Glamour in the Hammer


Mismatched Eyes (Boat song)


Out Like a Lion


Emerald Isle


Killing Time is Murder


Broken


I'm On Fire


Whitehorse is in white for this one:


Tour Dates:

WINNIPEG, MB: Burton Cummings Theatre, Feb 8 – tickets
MINNEAPOLIS, MN: 7th Street Entry, Feb 13 – tickets
MILWAUKEE, WI: Shank Hall, Feb 14 – tickets
CHICAGO, IL: Schuba’s, Feb 16 – tickets
PORTLAND, ME: State Theatre, Feb 22 – tickets
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT: Higher Ground, Feb 23
ALBANY, NY: Valentine’s, Feb 24 – tickets
BUFFALO, NY: Ninth Ward, Feb 25
LONDON, ON: Aeolian Hall, Feb 27 – SOLD OUT
WATERLOO, ON: Starlight, Feb 28 – SOLD OUT
TORONTO, ON: Massey Hall, Mar 2 – tickets
MONTREAL, PQ: La Sala Rosa, Mar 22 – tickets
OTTAWA, ON: NAC Theatre, Mar 23 – tickets
MIDLAND, ON: Midland Cultural Centre, Mar 24 – tickets
MEAFORD, ON: Meaford Hall, Mar 26
ST CATHARINE’S. ON: Sean O Sullivan Theatre, Mar 27 – tickets
WASHINGTON, DC: 930 Club, Mar 29, 8pm, w/The Infamous Stringdusters – tickets
RICHMOND, VA: The National, Mar 30, 8pm, w/The Infamous Stringdusters – tickets
BREE, BELGIUM: CC Breughel, May 23
BAKKEVEEN, THE NETHERLANDS: De Slotplaats, May 24
LAGE VUURSCHE, THE NETHERLANDS: Concert In The Woods, May 25
HORST, THE NETHERLANDS: Cambrinus, June 1

New Luke Doucet Video for Thinking People

Luke Doucet has just released a new video for Thinking People from his new record Steel City Trawler. Visually it's okay, but the song is better, methinks.



Here's a bonus live version of Monkeys live at Six Shooter Records.



Of course, you can buy Luke Doucet cds and merch from Six Shooter Records.

Luke Doucet: Let's Make His a Household Name

Every once in a while, I rediscover an artist I like and find that I am head over heels for their music. Luke Doucet is now that guy. His fine new album, Steel City Trawler, will be released August 31 in Canada and September 21 in the USA.

I first got into Doucet through his indie rock band Veal. Listen to Spiderman (2000) below.



The new album showcases Doucet's versatility. You Get It crosses Neil Young & Crazy Horse's fuzzy gee-tar and Tom Petty's roots rock. A cover of Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown sounds like Jim Cuddy fronting Drive-by Truckers. The Ballad of Ian Curtis offers a Hookian melodic bassline, flatly echoing Joy Division drums, and vaguely New Order meets The Cure guitar sounds over hyper-melodic vocals, listen below, then go to Doucet's MySpace and give up an email address for a free download.





Get the low-down on Steel City Trawler from the horse's mouth.



I get the feeling Doucet can do almost anything, alt country or amusing 80's pop. He could play with Sarah McLachlan (which he's done and still doing), produce NQ Arbuckle (did that one, too), or play with Social Distortion (which he hasn't done...yet).

The Lovecats



Broken One

Luke Doucet - Broken One by sikandar

Outlaws

Luke Doucet - Outlaws by TheAgencyGroup

Here's Doucet's Tour Dates. In Winnipeg, he's headlining the River Barge Festival at the Forks, which is really a floating dock with a real stage. Since he's already done cruise ship shows, Doucet is is evidently unafraid of unusual gigs on the water. How about we talk him into playing on an icebreaker in Hudson Bay? He's a former Winnipegger, he can perform in any weather, right?

08.28.10 Winnipeg, MB
River Barge Festival at the Forks 9:30pm
FREE


09.07.10 Los Angeles, CA
Hotel Cafe 8pm
TICKETS

09.13.10 Grand Rapids, MI
One Trick Pony 8pm

09.16.10 Nashvilla, TN
The Basement w/ Deep Dark Woods

09.16.10 - Atlanta, GA
Old Smiths w/ Deep Dark Woods

09.22.10 Buffalo, NY
Ninth Ward, 8pm (doors 7pm)
TICKETS

10.19.10 - WINCHESTER, UK
The Railway
TICKETS

10.20.10 - LONDON UK
Luminaire, 7:30PM
TICKETS


10.21.10 - BRIGHTON UK
The Prince Albert, 8PM
TICKETS


10.25.10 - BRISTOL UK
Bonaventure

10.27.10 - WAKEFIELD UK
Henry Boons, 7:30PM
TICKETS


10.28.10 - SHEFFIELD UK
The Grapes, 8PM
TICKETS

Buy Luke Doucet's music from Six Shooter Records, buy Veal from the same dang place.