The Grates are coming back to North America in June to jump around and play a few shows....

SOME OF THE GRATES TOUR DATES
Jun 22 2006 Lee's Palce Toronto
Jun 24 2006 Main Hall @ Mainland Cultural Centre Montreal
Jun 27 2006 Mercury Lounge New York City, NY (with Tokyo Police Club)
Jun 29 2006 Popscene San Francisco, CA
Jul 5 2006 Spaceland Los Angeles, CA

All dates below...

Continue reading "The Grates | 2006 Tour Dates: NYC, CA & Canada | Tokyo Police Club too"

DOWNLOAD: Cheer it On (MP3)

Before heading over to Pianos to watch Cold War Kids, I caught Toronto's Tokyo Police Club play their 1st NYC show at Mercury Lounge (May 1, 2006). Part Unicorns, part Thunderbirds are Now!, part Bloc Party, Tokyo Police Club put on a great (but short) show to the appreciative few who showed up.

Continue reading "Tokyo Police Club @ Mercury Lounge, NYC | pics"

Here are two MP3s from Tokyo Police Club's new EP. (courtesy of Paperbag Records)

DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Cheer it On
Nature of the Experiment

...not to be confused with the songs of the same name off their demo, though I do think I posted one of these previously.

Tokyo Police Club is coming here way sooner than I ever imagined.

TOKYO POLICE CLUB 2006 DATES
May 1 2006 The Mercury Lounge New York, NY
May 9 2006 The Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
May 10 2006 The Lager House Detriot, MI

TDOT posted five of their tracks for download.

Toronto's Tokyo Police Club first came to my attention when I noticed they were real friendly-like with Toronto's Magneta Lane. A few days later I found out Magneta Lane's label Paper Bag Records went ahead and signed Tokyo Police Club too. Their EP comes out in Canada on April 27th. Here's hoping they make it to the U.S.A. by C.M.J.

DOWNLOAD Nature of the Experiment (MP3)

Check out the songs streaming at their Myspace and download an MP3 at BSOF too.

MORE TPC
* An article @ Chart Attack
* Blog love from I (heart) Music
* A show review @ Chart Attack