Hi, So, first off, we’ve got some new releases to discuss:

Bob Wiseman’s new record Theme and Variations is out now! In stores! On Tour! Online! For Ordering!

and:

although available in stores in Toronto, we’re only now actually getting copies of the Blocks/Dead Astronaut Creeping Nobodies/Anagram split 12″ which will be available for ordering, etc. from us within the week hopefully. As well as reaching stores in the rest of the country/world.

Also, coming soon: Re-release of Bob Wiseman’s first CD: “In Her Dream” and Fucked Up’s “Year of the Dog” 12″.

AND! □□□□□□ Recording Club is going to have a big show at the Toronto Public Library’s North York Branch to help announce that the TPL is beginnng to add local music to their collection! We are thrilled and flattered to be invited to perform this public service.

These bands will be playing: Final Fantasy, Ninja High School, Hank, Bob Wiseman, The Creeping Nobodies. Basically, between guest stars and ‘also in that band too’s’ it’s almost all of us at once. We are so stoked to help this worthy public institution.

Bob’s latest record has been a long time brewing, some part were recorded before Bob’s last recording “It’s True” (also on Blocks) was recorded. Featuring guests like James Anderson, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Sarah Harmer, Magali (Phonemes) Meagher, John Southworth, Don Kerr, Julie Penner and Chris Banks this record has a lush filled-out sound that some might have missed on Bob’s last and more intentionally sparse effort.

Bob is touring behind this release RIGHT NOW! ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! LEAVE YOUR HOMES!!!

HEY! Final Fantasy won the Polaris Prize last night! It was weird and hilarious. But it is also nice to receive that kind of recognition etc.

WOW!

Hey!

So Owen got nominated for a Polaris Prize, this is an award that is supposed to be like the Mercury Prize. He’s nominated with Cadence Weapon and Malajube and all kinds of other people.

Next week, we’ll tell you about the awesome free show that Blocks is doing at the Toronto Public Library’s NORTH YORK CENTER branch. A library I remember dearly from my childhood when North York had it’s own seperate library system with an owl logo and everything.

We’ll tell you next week.