Ok - we’ve been slacking on our web updates, but we have some really exciting news to share!
The 2010 Juno Award Nominations have been announced, and we’ve got artists with 4 nominations! Ten Second Epic pop their Juno nom cherry with a New Group of the Year nomination, while Classified is nominated for Single, Video and Rap Recording of the Year. Big day for us here at Black Box - Ten Second Epic’s ‘Hometown’ and Classified’s “Self Explanatory” were huge priorities for us this past year. It’s great to see our artists recognized for their accomplishments. Congrats to Andrew, Dan, Sandy, Pat, Craig & Luke for these well deserved honours. We’ll see you in St. John’s for a party! Congrats also goes out to all the other nominees!
On another note, Shad’s new record, titled “TSOL” is now scheduled for release on May 25th. We’ll have new music for you in the next week or two, so stay tuned here or to our twitter (@weareblackbox) to find out how you can be among the first to hear it.
The Wooden Sky are finishing up their coast-to-coast tour this week, and then preparing for the Chartattack CMW Showcase at The Horseshoe on March 13th. All the details for that showcase can be found HERE.
That’s about all for now! Thanks again for your ongoing support!
Big things on the horizon for 2010, including new albums from Shad and Living With Lions! But first things first - we have tours to announced! The Wooden Sky have dates across Canada, including a handful with The Rural Alberta Advantage. Ten Second Epic is heading overseas for the first time for dates in Japan with Senses Fail. Shad has also announced a handful of dates in Ontario in February with Grand Analog, where he’ll be debuting new material - must see! Check the tours section for all the details.
It’s been a while since our last update, so here’s a real quick one
First off, Northcote’s (Matt from Means) new EP “Borrowed Chords, Tired Eyes” is available on iTunes today! It also features a bonus track that you won’t find on the actual CD called “Peacemaker”. You can pick up your copy HERE
You can also purchase a physical copy at any upcoming show, or online at MAPLEMUSIC.COM.
Secondly, The Wooden Sky’s new album “If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone” is now available on 12″ Vinyl! The LP can be purchased at shows, or on MAPLEMUSIC.COM and comes with a high-quality digital download of the full record and a bonus track called “Leave A Light On”. The record will also be available in stores as of December 21st - what a perfect Christmas gift! It’s a really beautiful piece - gatefold, nice stock. Definitely worth checking out.
Lastly, The Wooden Sky will be performing on MTV Live tomorrow! The show airs tomorrow at 6pm (live) and 11pm (taped), and you can get all the info on how to attend HERE!
We’re close to shutting it down for the holidays. So if we don’t span you between now and then, have a happy, safe and enjoyable holiday from Jason, Sarah and myself here at Black Box. We had a great ‘09, and are looking forward to another big year in oh-ten (including Shad and Living With Lions albums!!)
We have a few really important things to share as we approach the weekend, so here it goes…
1) We are very excited to welcome Northcote to the Black Box family! Northcoate is the solo moniker of Matt Goud, former member of Means and The Emerson Letters. Matt has been layign low since Means parted ways at this time last year, and has recorded a phenomenal EP called “Borrowed Chords, Tired Eyes” that will be released for purchase online and off-stage later this month. You can hear the EP in its entirety on the Northcote - MySpace. Also check out the upcoming November tour dates with Andy Shauf.
2) Living With Lions have finally announced more Canadian Dates, after almost a year working hard down in the States. They’ll trek up this way following The Fest 8 in Gainesville, and head across Canada with our good friends/up and comers, Toronto’s Brighter Brightest. Check the tour section for all the details, and keep an eye out for a new Brighter Brightest video coming to your internet/tv very soon.
3) Shad is in Toronto working hard on his follow up to 2007’s ‘The Old Prince’. He is playing some select dates though, including his first headline performance in New York City at Pianos on November 4th. If you’re planning to be in the Big Apple, or have friends in the area please spread the word! And stay tuned for new music!
4) Skate4Cancer is in the Aviva Community Fund competition. We started the competition about 3 weeks late, and about 3000 votes behind. As of today, we have taken the lead by about 250 votes! If you have already voted, thanks for your support - and please keep voting once a day so we can maintain/build our lead! If you haven’t voted yet, WHY NOT?? Do it now! VOTE!
5) The Wooden Sky is home from tour, and gearing up for their next run of dates through Ontario and Quebec in November! Check out all the dates in the tours section, and make sure to pick up your tickets for the Toronto date ASAP - this will not be a show to miss. Info is here!
So when The Wooden Sky embarked on the “Bedrooms & Backstreets” tour last month, they brought along our good friend and world famous (or soon to be) director Scott Cudmore to capture the trip on film. The result is “If I Don’t Come Home, You’ll Know I’m Gone - A Documentary In Pieces”. It’s a dark, weird and beautiful look at some of the unique spaces the band found themselves in, performing songs from the new album as well as “When Lost At Sea”. Part one has just been released. You can view it here, or visit our Vimeo Channel.
Part 2 in the ongoing series will be released on October 14th. Stay tuned, and let us know what you think! The band has also announced their first headline show in Toronto since the release of their album - Friday, November 13th @ Lee’s Palace w/Hooded Fang and Brian Borcherdt. Tickets are available at Rotate This, SoundScapes, The Horseshow and online at ticketmaster.ca. You never know what The Wooden Sky have in store, so make sure you pick up your ticket’s early.
In other news, Ten Second Epic will be on Much On Demand tomorrow prior to their show at Sound Academy with Silverstein! Make sure to check it out. Also tomorrow, Skate4Cancer’s Rob Dyer will appear on LA Ink on TLC - check your local listings for air times.
Finally, we’re stoked to confirm that Crash Parallel has announced tour dates in October with none other than Collective Soul. The dates run across the country, so make sure you check crashparallel.com for more info.
So September is here, and the unofficial summer appears to be upon us. Here’s a real quick run down of what we have going on right now.
1) The Wooden Sky’s new record, “If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone” is out now. Reviews have been great - if you haven’t checked it out yet, make sure you do. We’ll be launching the first in a series of documentary-style videos from their summer tour in the coming week or so. They’ll be busy this Fall on tour with Elliott Brood, and some headline shows to be announced next week!
2) As school and work are back in full session, we’re getting our Black Box Street team back in order. If you’re into our diverse roster, helping out some great artists and getting some cool stuff in return, e-mail Sarah - street@weareblackbox.com. If you are in college or university, we especially need your help, so get in touch!
3) Shad is home from a long but successful haul on the 2009 Vans Warped Tour. He’s got a few shows this fall but we’re especially excited that he will be settling in to record his next album before the year is out. Expect new Shad music sometime in early 2010.
4) Classified hit the road again this week with his new Australian BFF’s, Hilltop Hoods. Check out the dates and make sure to get your tickets early.
5) Ten Second Epic’s video for “Every Day” continues to climb the MuchMusic countdown. Thanks for your continued support on that front. Check them out on tour w/Silverstein and A Day To Remember this fall!
6) Living With Lions album “Make Your Mark” hit shelves in the US at the end of July through Adeline Records. They’ll be heading down to The Fest 8 in October with our good friends in A Wilhelm Scream.
Make sure to check out our tours section for information on:
Classified w/Hilltop Hoods Sept 9-26
The Wooden Sky w/Elliott Brood Sept 25-Oct 22
Ten Second Epic w/Silverstein Sept 16-Oct 3
Living With Lions w/A Wilhelm Scream Oct 9-Nov 7
Shad headline dates!
The day has arrived. The Wooden Sky’s new record “If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone” is available in stores or online. It’s been receiving great reviews, and now you can pick it up to judge for yourself.
Head over to iTunes now to check out the song “When We Were Young”, which is the Single of the Week for this week!
The album should be available in record stores across the country - if they are sold out when you get there, make sure to ask them to order in some more copies for you and your friends. If you’re in Toronto, all the regular indie outlets should have copies, but if they sell out, make sure to visit Sonic Boom on Bloor just East of Bathurst - they have a good stock available.
If you would like to purchase online, here are some links:
iTunes (includes the exclusive bonus track, “Leave A Light On) thenewmusic.ca” to preview the entire record!
Thanks to everyone who joined us at Sonic Boom last night for the in-store album release performance. We had a great time and we hope you did too. Thanks for your support, and please help us spread the word about the new album!
Just a quick update on all the goings-on with The Wooden Sky. Their new record, “If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone” hits stores/online next week. We have a couple of really cool things to tell you about.
1) If you’d like to hear the whole record before you can buy it, the album is being featured on muchmusic.com’s ‘First Spin’ here: thenewmusic.net.
2) Thanks to those first 50 eager beavers who pre-ordered the new record, and picked up some extra goodies for their trouble! The album continues to be available for pre-order at MapleMusic.com, so check it out HERE.
3) The band will be performing a special pre-release in-store at Sonic Boom in Toronto on Monday. They’ll be performing new material from the record, and the album will be on sale there a day early, before you can get it anywhere else. Fore more info on that, visit the event pageHERE.
4) We’ll be announcing the winner of the Exclaim/Fender contest in the next week or so. The winner gets a brand new acoustic guitar for their strumming pleasure. If you haven’t entered yet, make sure to head over to EXCLAIM.CA to get all the details.
5) If you missed it, we’ve announced a fall tour with Elliott Brood. We’re adding a couple more dates in the coming days, and we’ve just posted 10 dates on the U.S. leg of the tour as well up at IFIDONTCOMEHOME.COM so go check it out, and spread the love!
Thats it for now. We’ll have more news next week regarding Ontario shows (including a Toronto headline date) and a special gift from us to you via iTunes!
Let the count down begin, 7 days! Thanks for your ongoing support!
Busy times busy times! A couple of quick things. Firstly, The Wooden Sky’s new album “If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone” is now available for pre-order at maplemusic.com. The first 50 pre-orders will receive an exclusive copy of the “Bedrooms & Backstreets EP” as well as a copy of “The Lonesome Death of Helen Betty Osborne” 7″ and will be entered into a draw for the grand prize - an 8GB iPod Touch loaded with the new album (including a bonus track), the band’s full catalogue and some of their favourite music that they want to share with you. Follow the link below, and place your order now!
In other news, Ten Second Epic’s new single “Every Day” keeps tearing up the MuchMusic Charts. Thanks for your help requesting. Please keep it coming! REQUEST VIEW
Classified’s new video for the song “Up All Night” has just been released as well. You can check that one out HERE.
If you’re heading out to Warped Tour in Calgary or Vancouver next week, make sure to say what’s up to Shad and Rob Dyer/Skate4Cancer!
We’re extremely excited to post the video for Ten Second Epic’s new single, “Every Day”! The song features our good friend LIGHTS, and she was kind enough to join us for the video as well. In my opinion, it’s the best looking TSE video to date - I hope you enjoy it!
It was just added to rotation on MuchMusic today, so keep an eye out for it there too, and start the request party now! REQUEST!
Don’t forget to catch them on tour with Silverstein & A Day To Remember this fall - all that info is available at the band’s myspace as well.
PS - Thanks for all the support for Shad’s new video, “Compromise” (a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TaFqPYLjZw”>HAVENT SEEN IT YET?) - make sure you keep those requests coming as well!
