![]() ![]() ![]() The NPs cast seems to be static, with eight members (Newman, Bejar, Case, plus Kathryn Calder, John Collins, Todd Fancey, Kurt Dahle, and Blane Thurrier). In this case, overall numbers will be critical. If this feud instigation goes as well as we hope, we could see the action threatening to spill into West Side Story–type street dance-fighting. ![]() Subset to the previous question: Which of the bands’ breakout female solo stars is superior? Case is arguably more fawned over by critics, although Feist has had more iPod commercial and choreographed-dancing success. BSS have Amy Millan’s Stars, Emily Haine’s Metric, Andrew Whiteman’s Apostle of Hustle, and the solo work of Drew, Canning, and Feist. The NPs have Dan Bejar’s Destroyer and the solo work of Carl Newman and Neko Case. If we really had to find an edge, there’s this to consider: Toronto has held on to its NBA franchise, the Raptors, while Vancouver’s former squad, the Grizzlies, are now nonsensically playing in Memphis. Wow, tough one - those are two great cities. The NPs are from Vancouver, BSS from Toronto. One small issue: Drew founded BSS alongside Brendan Canning does that mean there’s always potential for a coup led by a formerly loyal aid? The NPs don’t have to worry about that. Stellar - both bands have recognized captains, with Carl Newman for the New Pornographers and Kevin Drew for Broken Social Scene. But maybe the second-place finisher has to clean the puke off the other guys’ tour bus after a particularly wild night of Canadian indie-rock supergroup debauchery? Now, nobody has to promise to stop releasing albums if they lose, because we certainly do want to keep hearing new stuff from both these bands. These are just suggestions feel free to pick and choose. You hear us, you two? We want the gauntlet thrown down! To help you out, we’ve assembled a collection of categories in which you could potentially quibble. And it’s out of such respect that, with less than a week to go, we now attempt to instigate a sales showdown. So why haven’t we heard of any good-natured beefing from the two rival camps? How are people supposed to know that these albums are coming out if they aren’t made aware of the release dates via a trumped-up, overly publicized face-off? Doesn’t anyone respect the art of record-promotion gimmickry anymore? 50 Cent promised to stop putting out solo albums if he lost Kanye dodged televised debates and all that infighting (both Graduation and Curtis were released by subsidiaries of Universal Music) got them the cover of Rolling Stone and roughly a million-and-a-half combined units shipped.īut why the hell are we talking about this now? Because this coming Tuesday, May 4, the New Pornographers and Broken Social Scene - the two most prominent, critically acclaimed, sprawling Canadian indie-rock collectives on the planet today - are both releasing new albums ( Together and Forgiveness Rock Record, respectively). June 13 - Asheville, NC ExploreAsheville.Back in 2007, when they both happened to be releasing new albums on September 11, Kanye West and 50 Cent engaged in a pseudo-beef over whose first week sales would be higher. June 9 - Dallas, TX - Texas Trust CU Theater Grounds ! June 8 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall * June 6 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre * June 4 - Stanford, CA - Frost Amphitheater at Stanford ! June 3 - Los Angeles, CA - Brookside at the Rosebowl ! June 2 - San Diego, CA - Thrive Park at Snapdragon Stadium ! boygenius will perform at this year's Coachella Music Festival on Saturday, April 15th and Saturday, April 22nd in addition to headlining the inaugural Re:Set Concert Series with stops in Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans and more.Īpril 15 - Indio, CA - Coachella Music & Arts FestivalĪpril 22 - Indio, CA - Coachella Music & Arts Festival Public onsale is Friday, March 31 at 12pm local time.īoygenius announced their long awaited debut album, the record, in January and made global headlines with their Nirvana-nodding cover of February's Rolling Stone magazine. The beloved band will make stops in Phoenix, Toronto, Vancouver, Boise and more before rounding out this leg with a performance at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. ![]() Their first live performance has also been announced for April 12 at The Fox Theater ahead of their appearance at Coachella Music and Arts Festival. In between their dates headlining Re:Set Concert Series in June, the band will set off on a run of their own with support from Carly Rae Jepsen, Broken Social Scene, Bartees Strange, Claud and Illuminati Hotties. (The Oriel Co) boygenius have unveiled plans for a summer North American headline tour. ![]()
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