Sled Island

Hey All,
LV is proud to announce they'll be playing Sled Island again this summer. The initial line up was released last week and includes Andrew W.K., Malajube, Holy Fuck, Woodhands, and Final Fantasy. Anyone want to meet up for lunch at Buddha's Veggie?

Above photos are a fairly accurate depiction of what happens in the van.

On the road again...

There's something to be said for being a travelling band. You inevitably find yourself emerged in scenarios that would just never occur in your day to day life. You find yourself plugging dozens of quarters into an arcade game you don't even really care for just to pass the time. You're forced to visit gas station washrooms that use paper filters full of used coffee grinds as an air freshener. You spend (literally) hours playing the "Name Game" with movie titles as if you were competing for your life. You listen to Joe Cocker's Live album atleast once a day.

Thanks for everyone who came out to show in Saskatoon on Saturday and to everyone in Alberta who made it out to the K-os dates. It was great to see some old friends and meet some new ones. We just wanted to take a moment to let everyone at the Calgary show know that despite the terrible tumble he took off of the barricade, our beloved robot Emiglio is healing quickly from his injuries and we expect him to make a full recovery in time for our tour in July. Oh yea, by the way, we're headed back out on the road for the better part of July.

Our beloved friend Chris Graham took the above photo at some salt flats. We'll be posting his photos from the trip all week!

LV featured in The New Yorker.

Well hot damn! Library Voices found their way into the New Yorker today. Now I can confidently reply yes when all the hillbilly's in my hometown ask "you're one of them readin' types ain't you?"
Read here.

New dates with K-os

Dear Albertan friends,
We're coming to visit. It won't kill you to put down your steak and wash the oil off your hands for one night...

May 3 - Edmonton, Ab - k-os Yes! Karma Tour
Edmonton Events Centre

May 4 - Calgary, Ab - k-os Yes! Karma Tour
MacEwan Hall

Sleater Kitty

Toronto!
It's nice to finally be back in the big city. With the recent arrival of lead guitarist Brett Dolter - recently flown in from Regina to play the rest of the shows with us - we are off to Port Hope for a show tonight and then tomorrow is the big day at El Macombo at 10:00pm with Young Rival to follow. We are also playing the after party, where ever that is. We spent the afternoon at the Steam Whistle brewery downtown next to the CN Tower and Skydome. More on that to follow. We had a write up in a Globe and Mail blog:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/blogs/popculture/2009/03/canadian_music_week_2009_kicks.html

Special thanks to Lish who's putting us up while we're in the city and to her wonderful cat Sleater Kitty.

Carl

Toronto Bound

Hello Friends,
A couple updates from the road:

-Thunder Bay, played at the Apollo with the fantastic We Were Lovers from Saskatoon. The hospitality as always was amazing; Shelia the venue owner and her mother Konstentina cooked the bands up a feast and even though it was a Sunday night the turnout was great and the dancefloor was even better.

-Sudbury, played in a garage with some rad teens and the best dad ever. (I think it's officially called "the garage") He was pretty much a wicked tough hockey dad except into music and the result was the best jam spot / small venue ever. The garage was sound proofed and had a better PA than half of the venues we've played in. Paul fell and broke his elbow on the 3 feet of ice covering every inch of Sudbury and we lost Mike in a pothole somewhere on the highway. All things considered it was one of the most satisfying shows we've played. Huge thanks to the Millard family for putting us up and allowing us to feed their prehistoric dog some blueberries.

-Guelph, played the ebar last night with Hollerado who killed it, as did the venue. Everything was great from the food to the stage (which is seldom big enough for us) to the sound and most of all the people. The four hour drive from Sudbury provided us with plenty of time to ease in to the night allowing for a less rushed more enjoyed evening. The pool table was fed around thirty loonies which was a bargain for the enjoyement it provided. Paul made a three quarter table jump shot to defeat the combo of squirrel and baby duck, aka Aj and Mike. To finish the night off our good friends Mike and Brad let us stay in the attic, guelph's prize alternative venue that has housed shows for the likes of attack in black, jon rae and more as well as being a welcoming floor to crash on. we are currently enjoying some potent coffee and prepairing to take toronto by storm.

Eoin!

Library Voices Factoid #84

Bryce Cessalman is a great photographer from the Sunshine Coast. He was kind enough to take some photos of us while we were out that way.
http://www.brycecasselman.com
http://brycecasselman.blogspot.com/