Coming to a tavern and/or library near you!

It's official. We're headed right, or East, in support of Denim On Denim.

We are also incredible excited to announce we're starting a series of concerts that will take place in actual libraries!

It’s hard to believe that an entire generation has never had to hike down to the library to do research for school reports on tigers or the Canadian Shield. They’ve never had to plagiarize a 1976 Encyclopedia Britannica as if it were the ‘be-all-end-all’ on any subject. Search engines computing algorithms have replaced the card catalogue. Tiny dancing pixels at 72dpi have replaced the tactile experience of sifting through pages. The txt message has even replaced the love letter. The Wiki-generation may single handily be responsible for the extinction of the public library. This concert series is Library Voices modest attempt from keeping their favourite social institution from going the way of the woolly mammoth, the honeybee, and Star Trek TNG. It is our hope that, if even for just one night, communities with gather somewhere besides their local watering hole – that they will converse face to face, that they will share in experiences, and if all goes well maybe even sign out a book or two.

Library Voices would also like to take this opportunity to publicly vow that you won’t find us performing in internet cafes a few years down the road…


LIBRARY TOUR DATES – MAY 2010
Saturday May 1 – Weyburn Public Library (2:30pm) – Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Saturday May 1 – Moose Jaw Library Theatre (7:00pm) – Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Saturday May 15 – Estevan Public Library (6:00pm) – Estevan, Saskatchewan

LIBRARY VOICES – DENIM ON DENIM TOUR – JUNE 2010
Friday June 11 – Winnipeg, MB – Royal Albert Arms
Saturday June 12 – Thunder Bay, ON – Crocks
Sunday June 13 – Sault Ste Marie, ON – Lop Lops
Wednesday June 16 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore w/ The Grates
Thursday June 17 – Ottawa, ON – Maverick w/ The Grates
Friday June 18 – Guelph, ON – Ebar w/ Besnard Lakes & Young Galaxy
Saturday June 19 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern (NXNE)
Monday June 21– Peterborough, ON – Red Dog
Thursday June 24 – London, ON – Call The Office
Friday June 25 – Waterloo, ON – Maxwell’s w/ Off Victoria
Saturday June 26 – Windsor, ON – Phog Lounge
Sunday June 27 – St Catharines, ON – S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival (w/ Shad, Lights, & more)

more dates coming soon....

Photos from UVIC Grad Party @ Element - April 8th, 2010

Our cotton-tech/traveling companion Handsome Joel Hansen snapped these photos.

The trip to this show consisted of a 1863Km drive, a new alternator,2 separate blizzards, pushing the van up the summit of a mountain, 1 lost cell phone, 2 continental breakfasts, 1 new air freshener.

The trip home consisted of 1 smashed drivers window and 9 endless hangovers.





Our cotton-tech/traveling companion Handsome Joel Hansen snapped these photos.

Photos from the Regina CD RELEASE SHOW!

Rae Holtsbaum took some lovely photos at our CD release!
You can view here other work here!

The Georgia Straight gives Denim On Denim 5/5

Taken from The Straight
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Library Voices
Denim on Denim (Young Soul)
5/5
I sure hope the members of Library Voices are New Pornographers fans, because it’s a comparison they’re going to get whether they like it or not. It’s unavoidable, really. Like the better-known Pornographers, Regina’s Library Voices specializes in giddy indie pop layered with electric guitars, analogue keyboards, and multipart vocal harmonies. Heck, the eight-piece band even has a lead singer named Carl (Johnson in this case, rather than Newman).

Hopefully they’ll take it as the compliment it’s meant to be. After all, the New Pornographers are one of the most popular and critically well-regarded acts to ever emerge from this country’s indie milieu. Having already received props from SPIN and The New Yorker, Library Voices looks to be headed for its share of international recognition as well. Based on its debut full-length, Denim on Denim, it’ll be well-deserved.

This is a group that knows its way around a hook but isn’t afraid to offset its bubblegum sweetness with unexpected bursts of noise. Observe the fuzz-skronk guitar that rips through the surface of “Family Night” for an examples, or the swirling feedback and synth oscillations that close out “Haunt This House”. Keyboardist Michael Dawson, who writes Library Voices’ lyrics, also has a few lyrical concerns that add a jagged edge to the otherwise upbeat proceedings. These include, in no particular order: self-medication, the weight of other people’s expectations, and the apocalypse. In fact, Dawson seems particularly obsessed with the end of the world, as it’s the theme of at least two songs—“End Times” and the instantly unforgettable “Party Like It’s 2012”.

One hopes that getting all this dark stuff on record has helped Dawson get it out of his system, and the album’s closing tune, “Hello, Cruel World”, suggests that it has: “I spent a winter indoors just getting to know my new self/I read some books and wrote some songs/And when I emerged I was who I claimed to be.” We should all be so lucky. For the love of God, Michael, please post a reading list on your blog.

Live photos from 560 Seymour in Vancouver.

The incredible Christine McAvoy shot some photos of our show on Saturday, February 10, 2010 in Vancouver. Please visit her site HERE.

Buy Denin On Denim online now!

We are very pleased to announce that Denim On Denim charted at #5 on iTunes Canada on release day!

It is available HERE

Haunt This House

Some time ago we "shot" a music video with Andy Dixon (Chemistry Design, Ache Records, Secret Mommy, The Red Light Sting, etc, etc.). I say "shot" because the video is actually created using countless still photographs and Andy's insane stop-motion editing skills.
We are really excited about it - so excited in fact that we couldn't wait to share some of it with you. Here are a few screen shots from the Haunt This House music video.
Look for the video posted here VERY soon.