As you can see from the above flyer, Newfoundland’s Hey Rosetta! are in town now to play a couple of local gigs. If you’re not busy tonight (March 4), I recommend heading over to Piano’s to check them out, or if you can’t make that, tomorrow they’ll be at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn. I could have sworn I’d written about Hey Rosetta! before in my CMJ coverage, but a quick search of my blog tells me that I haven’t done so (at least not specifically). Anywho, Hey Rosetta!’s Into Your Lungs came out last year in Canada and though it wasn’t eligible for the 2008 Polaris Prize (it came out just after the deadline) more than a few “Bumpershine Polaris Jurists” felt that it should have made the short list, or quite possibly won the whole thing. I’ve actually been listening Into Your Lungs quite a bit lately, and the lead off track, “The New Goodbye”, might just build better than any song I’ve ever heard before.
More Hey Rosetta! tour dates after the jump.
Hey Rosetta! Tour Dates
Mar 4 2009 Pianos NYC, New York
Mar 5 2009 Trash Bar Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Mar 10 2009 Le Cercle Quebec City, Quebec
Mar 11 2009 Le Divan Orange Montreal, Quebec
Mar 12 2009 The Montreal House Peterborough, Ontario
Mar 13 2009 XM The Verge Toronto, Ontario
Mar 14 2009 Royal York Toronto, Ontario
Mar 26 2009 Street Party Vancouver, British Columbia
Mar 27 2009 Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr 01 2009 Habitat Kelowna, British Columbia
Apr 02 2009 Canmore Hotel Canmore, British Columbia
Apr 03 2009 Starlight Room Edmonton, Alberta
Apr 04 2009 The Den Calgary, Alberta
Apr 07 2009 Amigo’s Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Apr 08 2009 Lazy Owl (U of Regina) Regina, Saskatchewan
Apr 16 2009 LiVE Lounge Ottawa, Ontario
Apr 17 2009 Grad Club Kingston, Ontario
Apr 22 2009 The Casbah Hamilton, Ontario
Apr 24 2009 Lee’s Palace Toronto, Ontario
Apr 28 2009 The Capital Fredericton, New Brunswick
Apr 29 2009 Hunter’s Ale House Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Apr 30 2009 George’s Roadhouse Sackville, New Brunswick
May 01 2009 The Paragon Halifax, Nova Scotia
May 02 2009 The French Club (Upstairs) Sydney, Nova Scotia
May 08 2009 The Majestic Theatre St. John’s, Newfoundland