Sunday, March 28th at the Habitat
Tickets available

by Kate Harper
There comes a certain point in life when one becomes less keen on making snow angels. When you’re an adult the idea of plonking oneself down on one’s back, waving ones arms and legs around in freezing snow becomes less appealing then when you were seven.

Hawksley Workman figures that type of thinking is bullshit. It’s time for you to get outside, roll around in the snow and make snow angels, dammit.

Workman is holding a contest to find the best snow angel to celebrate the release of “Snow Angel” from his upcoming Milk album. It’s the latest track — along with “Google Jesus” — from the disc to be digitally released as a single, following “We Dance To Yesterday.”

Workman originally wanted to get some friends together and make snow angels in Toronto, but Toronto was without a blanket of snow, which thwarted his plans. (There’s snow outside now, so there’s no excuse, Hawksley! You better send us a photo of your very best snow angel, stat. We’ll, um, do a story about it.)

As a result, Workman would like you to send a photo of your best snow angel to fire@sixshooterrecords.com by Saturday (Feb. 6). The winner gets a set of tickets to the Workman show closest to their city and a signed copy of Meat, Workman’s most recent release.

We can’t help but wonder if there are bonus points for including things like beer cans or hockey and lacrosse sticks with your snow angels. That’d make it even more Canadian. We all know Workman loves hockey.

You can see Workman here (but first, get outside and make a snow angel!):

Feb. 5 Toronto, ON @ Criminal Records (in-store, 6 p.m.)
Feb. 6 Guelph, ON @ Sleeman Centre (Hillside Inside)
Feb. 16 Whistler, BC @ Whistler Village w/ Jenn Grant (2010 Olympic Winter Games)
Feb. 17 Richmond, BC @ Richmond O-Zone (2010 Olympic Winter Games)
March 5 Courtenay, BC @ Sid Williams Theatre
March 6 Victoria, BC @ Alix Goolden Theatre
March 7 Kelowna, BC @ Community Theatre
March 8 Trail, BC @ Charles Bailey Theatre
March 10 Red Deer, AB @ Memorial Centre Theatre
March 12 Banff, AB @ Eric Harvie Theatre
March 14 Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre
March 17 Calgary, AB @ Jack Singer Hall
March 18 Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon Events Centre
March 19 Regina, SK @ Darke Hall at the University Of Regina
March 20 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
April 7 Saint John, NB @ The Blue Olive
April 8 Fredericton, NB @ Playhouse Theatre
April 9 Halifax, NS @ Rebecca Cohn Theatre at Dalhousie University
April 10 St. John’s, NL @ Holy Heart Auditorium
April 12 Charlottetown, PEI @ The Guild
April 15 Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle
April 16 Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
April 17 Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre
April 20 St. Catharines, ON @ Centre For The Arts at Brock University
April 21 London, ON @ London Music Hall
April 24 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall

The Western Canadian Music Alliance is pleased to announce the dates for BreakOut West 2010. Formerly known as The Western Canadian Music Awards weekend, the newly named BreakOut West will maintain and build on all of the elements and events that have made the past seven years such an overwhelming success, including:

– A re-visioned conference focusing on current industry trends and one-on-one experiences.

– A two showcase per band festival maximizing our artists’ exposure and opportunity.

– The Industry Awards Brunch and of course the Western Canadian Music Awards themselves, celebrating another year of excellence.

Join us at the inaugural BreakOut West in beautiful Kelowna, B.C., October 21st to 24th 2010.

More Info @ www.breakoutwest.ca

Media Inquiries @ media@killbeatmusic.com

with Henry and the Nightcrawlers
$8 (+ $1.50 tx & sc) – Buy your tickets for this event here
$10 at the door
Doors at 7pm for dinner, Show at 9pm

There’s something happening on the west coast. Whether it’s in the air, the water, or the drugs, a pool of talent has formed around the notion that you can have your pop and eat it too, with brainy, prog-influenced weird-beards like Bend Sinister and arcane psycho-confectioners Mother Mother demonstrating that musical complexity can still be hummable. Commercial, even. The Zolas‘ aim to prove this.

It was just announced that Old Man’s Beard is playing the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues festival in August, and you can catch them at an intimate show at the Streaming Cafe this Saturday, Jan. 23rd.

Old Man’s Beard has just completed a three month tour promoting their debut album ‘The River’ that has taken the band from Victoria to Montreal, and has included over twenty-five live performances in cities and towns across the country.  They have given radio interviews on CBC Radio One, Rock 105.3, CKLU 96.7, and their album has reached the #24 spot on CFBX (Kamloops) 92.5’s Top 30 Most Played Album list.  Old Man’s Beard was recently short listed for a B.C. Interior Music Award for New Artist of the Year, and will be performing for the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration in Salmon Arm this coming January.  They are proud to announce that they will be performing this summer as part of the 2010 Roots and Blues Festival in Salmon Arm, in addition to headlining the CONDUIT arts and music festival in Kelowna on February 6th.

It was just announced that Old Man’s Beard is playing the Salmon Arm Roots & Blues festival in August, and you can catch them at an intimate show at the Streaming Cafe this Saturday, Jan. 23rd.

Old Man’s Beard has just completed a three month tour promoting their debut album ‘The River’ that has taken the band from Victoria to Montreal, and has included over twenty-five live performances in cities and towns across the country.  They have given radio interviews on CBC Radio One, Rock 105.3, CKLU 96.7, and their album has reached the #24 spot on CFBX (Kamloops) 92.5’s Top 30 Most Played Album list.  Old Man’s Beard was recently short listed for a B.C. Interior Music Award for New Artist of the Year, and will be performing for the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration in Salmon Arm this coming January.  They are proud to announce that they will be performing this summer as part of the 2010 Roots and Blues Festival in Salmon Arm, in addition to headlining the CONDUIT arts and music festival in Kelowna on February 6th.