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| 22 June 2009 - Studio | The boys created a blog about their session in the studio (Water Music studios in Hoboken), recording tracks for their next album. Check it out -here-. "It's an exciting process for sure". And don't forget they will be playing at All Points West (New Jersey) in August.. | |||||||||
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| ELEPHANT SHELL - Album - Out 5 May 2008 | ||||||||||
 
CD1. 01. Centennial 02. In A Cave (CLICK TO LISTEN) 03. Graves 04. Juno 05. Tessellate 06. Sixties Remake 07. The Harrowing Adventures Of... 08. Nursery Academy 09. Your English Is Good 10. Listen To The Math 11. The Baskervilles CD2. 01. Centennial (Dntel Remix) 02. Tessellate by (Tom Campesinos! Remix) 03. Nursery, Academy (Flower Forever Remix) 04. Listen to the Math (The Good Life Remix) 05. Tessellate (Field Music Remix) 06. Friends of P (exclusive UK only track) 07. New New Song (exclusive UK only track) Get from Amazon -- Play -- Memphis -- Norman Records -- Piccadilly Records | ||||||||||
| IN A CAVE - Out 23 June 2008 | ||||||||||
A. 01. In A Cave B. 02. Graves Get the 7" from Memphis here or Norman Records here Get from itunes with exclusive RAC remix from here | ||||||||||
| TESSELLATE SINGLE - Out 21 April 2008 | ||||||||||
A. Tessellate B. Tessellate (Los Campesinos! Remix) Get from: Memphis Norman Records | ||||||||||
| Your English is Good - Single - Out 09 July 2007 on 7" and Digital | ||||||||||
A. Your English is Good B. Swedes in Stockholm Buy from our shop here. | ||||||||||
| A LESSON IN CRIME - Mini Album - Out 12 February 2007 on CD and digital | ||||||||||
01. Cheer It On 02. Nature Of The Experiment 03. Citizens Of Tomorrow 04. Shoulders And Arms 05. If It Works 06. Cut Cut Paste 07. Be Good 08. La Ferrassie Buy from: Memphis Norman Records Piccadilly Records | ||||||||||
| CHEER IT ON - SINGLE - Out 5 February 2007 on 7" and digital | ||||||||||
A. Cheer it On B. Citizens of Tomorrow (Space Ballad Version) US VERSION | ||||||||||
| NATURE OF THE EXPERIMENT - Single - Out 20 November 2006 on 7" and digital | ||||||||||
A. Nature of the Experiment B. Box | ||||||||||
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"This blogger approved Toronto quartet has the potential to become a real five-tool
player in indie for a long time; Pretty Girls Make Graves' agility, Les Savy Fav's
curveball, the Strokes' sweet swing-- there's no questioning the latent talent here." - Pitchforkmedia "Short sharp bursts of nonchallant arrogance. Thrilling." - Guardian "The most perfect weirdly askew band the other side of the pond has produced since pavement" - 8/10 NME 
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2008 18 March - Call The Office, London, Ontario 19 March - Birdy s Bar and GrillIndianapolis, Indiana 20 March - Jackpot Saloon, Lawrence, Kansas 22 March - Kilby CourtSalt Lake City, Utah 24 March - The IndependentSan Francisco, California 25 March - Glass House, Pomona, California 26 March - Troubadour (SOLD OUT)Los Angeles, California 27 March - The Troubadour [2nd night added]West Hollywood, California 28 March - Soma, San Diego, California 29 March - Clubhouse, Tempe, Arizona 31 March - Meridian Red Room, Houston, Texas 01 April - Cambridge Room House of Blues, Dallas, Texas 03 April - Club Downunder, Tallahassee, Florida 04 April - Studio A, Miami, Florida 05 April - Backbooth, Oralando, Florida 07 April - 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia 08 April - Exit/In, Nashville, Tennessee 09 April - The Spot (Case Western University), Cleveland, Ohio 18 April - Barrymore s Music Hall, Ottawa, Ontario 19 April - Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire, Montreal, Quebec 20 April - Bowery Ballroom (SOLD OUT), New York, 21 April - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York 22 April - Bowery Ballroom [2nd night added], New York, 24 April - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Massachusetts 26 April - Pearl Street Night Club, Northampton, Massachusetts 28 April - First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 29 April - Black Cat, Washington, DC, 30 April - Big Orbit s Soundlab, Buffalo, New York 04 May - Magic Stick, Detroit, Michigan 05 May - Metro, Chicago, Illinois 06 May - Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota 08 May - Garrick s Theatre, Winnipeg, Manitoba 09 May - Louis Pub, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 10 May - The Warehouse, Calgary, Alberta 12 May - The Starlite Room, Edmonton, Alberta 16 May - Plaza Club, Vancouver, British Columbia 17 May - Sugar Nightclub, Victoria, British Columbia 18 May - Neumos, Seattle, Washington 19 May - Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, Oregon 22 May - Bluebird Theatre, Denver, Colorado 23 May - Slowdown, Omaha, Nebraska 29 May - Cambridge, Barfly 30 May - Nottingham, Bodega 31 May - Leeds, Cockpit 01 June - Manchester, Night N Day 03 June - Birmingham, Barfly 05 June - Brussels, Botanique 06 June - DEN rburg, Rock Am Ring 07 June - DEN rnberg, Rock Im Park 08 June - Paris, La Maroquinerie 10 June - Glasgow, King Tuts 11 June - Newcastle, Other Rooms 12 June - Oxford, Academy 13 June - Hertford, Marquee 14 June - Den Haag, Music In My Head Fest 16 June - Brighton, Digital 17 June - Bristol, Thekla 18 June - London, Scala 05 July - Roskilde Festival Roskilde 08 July - Ottawa Blues Fest Ottawa, Ontario 09 July - Espace 400 - La Grande Scene Quebec City, Quebec 19 July - Summersonic Festival Halifax, Nova Scotia 20 July - Rogers Picnic Toronto, Ontario 24 July - Hammer Museum Los Angeles, California 29 July - Ding Dong Lounge Melbourne, Victoria 31 July - The Zoo Brisbaine, Queensland 02 August - Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay, New South Wales 05 August - Oxford Art Factory Sydney, New South Wales 09 August - Summersonic Tokyo 21 August - ULU London, London and South East 14 September - Monolith Festival Red Rocks, Colorado 18 September - Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, California 20 September - Street Scene Festival San Diego, California 21 September - Treasure Island Music Festival San Francisco, California 18 October - Webster Hall New York, New York 25 October - Voodoo Music Festival New Orleans, Louisiana 2009 02 April 2009 - Call The Office, London, Ontario 11 July - Salty Jam, St. John Waterfront, New Brunswick 01 August - All Points West Festival Liberty State Park, New Jersey 09 August - V Fest Alberta, Calgary, Alberta 14 August - The White Rabbit, Newmarket, ON 15 August - The White Rabbit, Newmarket, ON 29 August - CNE, Toronto, ON | ||||||||||
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| BIOGRAPHY |
Following on from one of the most well received 16 minutes of music in recent history (2007's A Lesson In Crime EP), Newmarket, Ontario's Tokyo Police Club will be releasing their debut album Elephant Shell, due out 5 May on Memphis Industries. Elephant Shell lands roughly a year and half after the A Lesson In Crime EP and barely three years on from the band's 2005 formation. Said EP A Lesson in Crime was lauded by Rolling Stone: "If only all young guitar bands were smart enough to rock out this fast"; The Guardian: "Short sharp bursts of nonchalant arrogance. Thrilling"; NME: "The most perfect, weirdly askew band the other side of the pond has produced since Pavement"; Pitchfork: "The potential to become a real five-tool player in indie for a long time; Pretty Girls Make Graves agility, Les Savy Fav's curveball, The Strokes' sweet swing-there's no questioning the latent talent here". It would go on to sell over 70,000 copies - probably about 69,000 more than the band were expecting. Not bad for four kids who self taught during senior year at high school. Following the release of A Lesson in Crime the band set about tearing round the world in a beat up transit, touring the US four times in '07 playing variously with Cold War Kids and Bloc Party, selling out two headline shows at El Rey and three nights at the Bowery Ballroom and standing out as highlights of Lollapalooza and Coachella. In the UK they sold out their first headline tour in seconds and owned the John Peel stage at Glastonbury and the new bands tents at Reading/Leeds. David Monks, lead singer/bassist, described A Lesson in Crime at the time of release as "wide-eyed post-punk with a tendency to get over excited" - Elephant Shell is built on the same rapid-fire foundations of their previous work but is now built high with corridors of soaring sonic invention. Elephant Shell delivers on every bit of promise of A Lesson in Crime. The opening one-two rapid-fire salvo of "Centennial" and "In A Cave" barely evaporates before "Graves" and "Juno" pack innumerable hooks and "what-does-that-remind-me-of" glimmers into taut 2-minute-and-change frameworks, while "Tessellate" and "Sixties Remake" encapsulate everything great about the manic Tokyo Police Club live experience: soaring guitar signatures and keyboard figures, driving backbeats and irresistible sing-along's abound. Elsewhere, "The Harrowing Adventures Of..." and the dubbed out standout "Listen To The Math" find our young protagonists stretching out, hinting at a new-found maturity, ably adapting their energy into more subdued structures before the rousing coda of "The Baskervilles" brings the record to a shuddering halt. |
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