Record Store Day Saturday, April 20 - Whitehorse, Robyn Hitchcock, Michelle McAdorey, Public Enemy, R.E.M.!

Tomorrow is Record Store Day, a day to celebrate stores where you can buy music, talk to other people that like music, listen to music, buy some music - you know. In Canada go here to find your partipating stores, in the U.S. or other countries go here, where you can also find more videos and extra info on RSD extravaganzas. In Winnipeg, you can go to:

Argy's Collectables

Into The Music

Music Trader

Planet of Sound

War On Music Workers Cooperative

Winnipeg Folk Festival Music Store

This year there are some Canadian artists getting RSD love treatments:

Michelle McAdorey - Leave The Main Road / Line Across My Heart 7" Vinyl


Whitehorse - Devils Got A Gun (live)/ Lipstick (unreleased track) 7" Vinyl (not the live version below - go get the 7"!)


Buck 65 - Wicked and Weird from Talkin‘ Honkey Blues Double LP


Gordon Lightfoot's Sit Down Stranger, LP
Handsome Ned - In Spite Of The Danger 7" Vinyl
Serena Ryder - Harmony LP
Daniel Lanois - Acadie LP
Billy Talent's Stand Up And Run/ Sudden Movements 7“
OLP - Curve LP
Austra + GINA X - Mayan Drums


Of course, there's even more joy for music collectors out there this year, RSD keeps getting bigger and better. Here are some items I am drooling about:

Robyn Hitchcock - There Goes The Ice
The Thermals - Desperate Ground Demos 7" Vinyl
David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 7" Vinyl
Soundgarden - King Animal Demos Vinyl
R.E.M. - Live In Greensboro CD EP
Public Enemy - Planet Earth: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits LP
Phoenix - Entertainment 7"
Mercury Rev - Deserted Songs LP
JD MCPHERSON - Fire Bug 7"
Built To Spill - Live LP
Big Star - Nothing Can Hurt Me Vinyl
Brendan Benson - Diamond / Good To Me (Demo Version) 7"
THE THREE O‘CLOCK - Live At The Old Waldorf Feb. 1982 LP

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