Virgin Festival Alberta Announced (Pearl Jam, Metric, TPC)

Virgin Festival Alberta Today marked the announcement of the penultimate Canadian Virgin Festival which will take place at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta on August 8-9, 2009. Here’s what the initial and somewhat promising lineup looks like: Virgin Festival Alberta: August 8-9, 2009 (Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, AB) August 8, 2009 Pearl Jam, K-OS,…

Ra Ra Riot Tour Dates (Webster Hall), New CD Single

Ra Ra Riot at The Wellmont Theatre (12/08/08) Photo: Jon Klemm Ra Ra Riot just announced a massive tour schedule with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club, Passion Pit, Cut Off Your Hands and new Merge signees Telekinesis. In addition to the big tour, they’re also releasing a…

Tokyo Police Club Playing Merc Tonight, Maxwell’s Gig Added

Tokyo Police Club In Session at CBC Studios Download: Audio of the entire session (mp3) As I reported earlier, Newmarket Ontario’s Tokyo Police Club are playing a (kinda secret) show tonight at The Mercury Lounge tonight. Their MySpace page also show that they’ve added a headlining gig (buy tickets) on September 25, 2008 at Maxwell’s,…

Did Tokyo Police Club Play The Merc Tuesday Night?

Odd, very odd indeed. (from their MySpace page) Nothing even remotely like this on the Mercury Lounge’s homepage for tonight. UPDATE: OK, ok, the Mark Knight show is actually on September 7. This makes a lot more sense (and fits into TPC’s tour schedule), must just be a typo on their MySpace page.