Toronto’s celebrated Constantines are gearing up to release the long awaited follow up to 2005’s Tournament of Hearts. The band has Kensington Heights in the wings for an April 15th release, their debut for Arts & Crafts. The band kicked things off in January with the Hard Feelings 7″ and are set to keep the fire burning by pairing with Feist on the Islands In The Stream 7″. As we get ready for the release and the band gears up for the road, we’re thrilled to give a pack of Cons swag to lucky reader.

In late April the Cons will hit the road in Canada, playing shows in London, Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal in the course of a week.
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While on family vacation on Florida. the Exclaim! TV crew was paid a visit by No Use for a Name. The end result features members of Exclaim! TV’s family asking the band questions.clips.

No Use for a Name will be releasing The Feel Good Record of the Year on April 1. No joke.

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Portland, Oregon’s The Gossip will be releasing a live CD/DVD set through Columbia Records imprint Music With A Twist. The album is titled Gossip – Live in Liverpool, and will be released on April 15th. Obviously recorded in Liverpool, the show was captured on video during their July 9, 2007 performance by director Lance Bangs (Sonic Youth, Green Day, R.E.M., Death Cab For Cutie, Kanye West, Pavement, Mike Watt and more).

The band previously released Standing in the Way of Control via Kill Rock Stars in 2006.
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Vagrant act A Cursive Memory have announced a co-headlining tour with Modern Art/Epic act The Medic Droid.

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