new song: women - bullfight

Despite grave rumors, Calgary's Women continue to release bits of new material following in the wake of last year's incredible Public Strain LP. They've got a new song on a mostly great split EP from Faux Discx along with some very nice music from Cold Pumas, Fair Ohs, and (especially) Friendo. Here Women are in highest form, showcasing their intricate guitar work and taking it to full-on prog territory before a mournful fadeout. If "Bullfight" is the last we'll ever hear from the brothers Flegel, it's a fine outro.

re:2010

Record of the Year :: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today (4AD)

"Round and Round"



----Honorable Mention

• Women - Public Strain (Flemish Eye/Jagjaguwar)
  

"Eyesore"

• Toro Y Moi - Causers of This (Carpark)
  

"Talamak"


Song of the Year :: The Books - "A Cold Freezin' Night" (The Way Out)



----Honorable mention

• Toro Y Moi - "Causers of This" (Causers of This)

• Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - "Beverly Kills" (Before Today)

Video of the Year :: Caribou - "Sun" (dir. Simon Owens)



----Honorable Mention

• Hot Chip - "I Feel Better" (dir.
  Pe­ter Ser­afi­now­icz)

• Beach House - "Walk in the Park" (dir. Allen Cordell)

Live Performance of the Year :: Foals - "Total Life Forever" at Live De Semaine



----Honorable Mention

• Atlas Sound - "Walkabout"/"Please Come Home" on Cemetery Gates

• Neon Indian - "Terminally Chill"/"Ephemeral Artery" on Fallon

sad news: women cancel tour, might break up

Welcome back to Reasons I'm Cursed and Can Never Be Happy with I'm Into C.B.


On this week's episode, we take a look at a very distressing statement released by Flemish Eye concerning my favorite current indie rock band, Calgary's Women, and reflect on how I missed their show at the Echo two weeks ago for no goddamn reason.

With a heavy heart, we regret to say that the band Women is exhausted and are in need of a break from touring. They have experienced a lot of stress recently, and this culminated in a disastrous public conflict on Friday. Band members have been suffering from poor health, and are in near-exhaustion; as of today, all upcoming shows have been cancelled.

We feel that it's necessary to emphasize that this is a very difficult time for the band, and is not a trivial decision for a group that has spent as much time touring as they have. The band is a close-knit group of friends that have known each other since elementary school, and the personal health of these individuals forces this decision.

The band would appreciate some privacy as they sort things out and recover.

:(

off to berkeley for the weekend

Chill on this sick video of Women playing "Eyesore" from their new LP live at the Levi's/Fader party at SXSW 2009. Also, Public Strain is so unbelievably sick, shit. I think I need to put up another song from it too. Peace out.

"Eyesore"


"Can't You See"

unbelievably excited

Next month!

Women - Various Songs live on Pitchfork.tv

Chad VanGaalen-approved Calgary indie pop darlings Women made waves last year with their self-titled debut. Around that time, they played a tantalizingly-short but blistering show at NYC's Cake Shop during CMJ. Pitchfork.tv was there (apparently) and did us all a solid by posting the set up at Pitchfork Live.

"Group Transport Hall," one of their debut's hilights, is given the slow-burn swamp rock treatment we kinda half-knew it was capable of despite the LP version's paltry couple of verses. Enjoy:



A cut from thier debut Women, "Shaking Hands," was featured on last week's Sebastopol Mixtape. Go check it out.

Women Tour dates:
2/13 Birmingham, UK - Hare and Hounds
2/14 Glasgow, UK - Captain's Rest
2/15 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
2/16 Manchester, UK - Night and Day Cafe
2/17 London, UK - White Heat Mayfair @ Madam Jojo's
2/19 Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun**
2/20 Lille, France - L'Aeronef With War on Drugs
2/21 St. Malo, France - La Route Du Rock Festival
2/22 Paris, France - Maroquinerie***
2/23 Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
2/24 Hannover, Germany - Ruby Tuesday @ Cafe Glocksee
2/26 Berlin, Germany - Magnet Club***
2/27 Leipzig, Germany – NATO***
3/1 Lloseta-Mallorca, Spain - Teatre lloseta
3/2 Elche, Spain - Centre Cultural Escorxador
3/3 London, UK - Scala***

** w/ Constantines
*** w/ Deerhunter