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U.S. Tour With Passion Pit
17 March 2010
You may have seen a few dates in Texas and New York pop up recently… but now, the cat’s out of the bag.
We’re beyond excited to let all of you know that we’ll be spending three whole weeks in June on the road with our friends in Passion Pit. The tour will start in Atlanta on June 9th and end with two blowout shows in New York City on June 29th and 30th.
A special fan presale for many of the shows will take place THIS WEDNESDAY (3/17) at Noon. Visit http://tixx1.artistarena.com/tokyopoliceclub for more info.
It’s been too long, we’ll see you soon.
TPC
Written by Rich Cohen
Tokyo Police Club at the WINTER OLYMPICS
9 November 2009
We’re honored and excited to announce that Tokyo Police Club will be a part of the 2010 Winter Olympics festivities in Canada!
The band will be playing two shows during the Olympics in February, one at the Whistler Live! site outside Vancouver and the other at Holland Park in Surrey. We’ll announce more details shortly, but for now you can check out the official webpages for each of the shows below.
We’ll see you soon, dear Canada!
http://whistler2010.com/whistler-live/
http://www.surrey2010.com/lineup.html
Written by Rich Cohen
Listen to a new Tokyo Police Club song!
1 November 2009
Dave plays a new song, and a helicopter drops by to listen— check it out at the blog!
http://lookuptobicycle.wordpress.com/
Written by Rich Cohen
TOKYO POLICE CLUB SIGN U.S. DEAL WITH MOM+POP
17 September 2009
SOPHOMORE ALBUM OUT EARLY 2010
Tokyo Police Club, the Newmarket Ontario quartet hailed by Rolling Stone as “poised to become the biggest Canadian export since Molson,” have signed an exclusive U.S. recording deal with mom+pop. The band is currently recording its second full length album, with an expected release projected for early 2010.
Tokyo Police Club is made up of Greg Alsop (drums), Josh Hook (guitar), David Monks (vocals, bass) and Graham Wright (keys/percussion). The band formed in 2005 and released its debut EP A Lesson In Crime the following year to instant and universal acclaim, with Entertainment Weekly raving “we can hardly wait for the full length.” One more EP, a digital-only single and a few laps around the world later, Tokyo Police Club’s debut album, Elephant Shell was released in April 2008. Elephant Shell’s release was preceded by multiple sold out shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Toronto, and followed by appearances on The Late Show With David Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and, oddly enough, Desperate Housewives. Critical response to the full length was even more enthusiastic and diverse, with the likes of GQ (”Strokes-caliber catchiness”), Elle (”a smart, furiously played sugar-rush debut”) and Men’s Health (”an aural adrenaline rush all the way”) all lavishing praise. The band toured relentlessly to support Elephant Shell, appearing in the U.S. as recently as the August 2009 All points West Festival.
mom+pop was formed in 2008 by Cliff Burnstein, Peter Mensch and Michael Goldstone. Burnstein and Mensch are the owners of Qprime, one of music’s most respected management firms, with a roster featuring the likes of Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol, Muse, Silversun Pickups, and The Mars Volta, among others. Goldstone is a veteran A&R exec whose most recent tenure at Sire saw him sign Regina Spektor and Tegan and Sara. In August 2008, he inked Joshua Radin as the first artist on the mom+pop label. Radin’s album, Simple Times, released 21 days later on September 9, has since sold over 100,000 units and 400, 000 tracks. Other mom+pop artists include An Horse, signed to the label by Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara. mom+pop is a fully staffed label distributed independently by RED.
www.momandpopmusic.com
Written by Rich Cohen
13 August 2009
Just wanted to give you all a friendly reminder – we have an official Facebook page! Check it out and become a fan, to find out all the latest news! Tokyo Police Club on Facebook
Written by Rich Cohen
Graham guest hosting on CBC Radio 3!
2 August 2009
Your local keyboardist Graham (me) will be doing some thrilling guest hosting spots on CBC Radio 3 this week. You can listen in at cbcradio3.com or on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 86, on the following dates at the following times:
Tuesday August 4 – 10am – 2pm EST
Wednesday August 5- 10am – 2pm EST
Thursday August 6 – 10am – 2pm EST
Saturday August 8 – 8pm – midnight EST
Its going to be good times, so stick around.
Written by Graham Wright
Do you want to be an all around great person and feel good about yourself?
24 June 2009
We’re beyond excited to be involved with our Newmarket/Aurora area friends Ruby Coast and The Elwins for a two-part mini-series of shows at the White Rabbit in Newmarket on August 14 and 15. What makes this even better is that the shows are in support of a great local cause, Doane House Hospice, who is in their 20th year of serving our community – absolutely 100% of all ticket sales goes straight to Doane House.
The Doane House Hospice opened its doors in 1989 and they are dedicated to enhancing quality of life through the provision of non-medical support for those affected by or caring for an individual with a life-threatening illness. They serve the communities of Newmarket, Aurora, and East Gwillimbury.
Tickets for this show can be found at a couple places – please be advised of the age differences for each show:
AUGUST 14 (ALL AGES) – TICKETS HERE
AUGUST 15 (19+) – TICKETS HERE
For those familiar with the Newmarket area, the good people at Sunrise Records in the Upper Canada Mall are selling physical tickets in store. Thanks to them for that.
Great.
Let’s do this!
All the best,
Josh
Written by Rich Cohen
Studio, Here We Come!
9 June 2009
So we are going to head into the studio next week and start working on our next record – it’s an exciting process for sure, so if you want to keep up on the latest TPC news, follow our twitter account! twitter.com/tokyopoliceclub
xox
TPC
Written by Rich Cohen
Update
5 June 2009
Run, don’t walk, to the blog to read all about our progress on the new record.
Written by Graham Wright
We Are Home!
31 March 2009
We’re home from an absolutely amazing tour! It was rad but as always it is nice to be home, around friends & family. Plus you can’t beat Canada in the spring!
We’ve still got one more show this week, and then All Points West in the summer, in NYC (okay technically New Jersey)!
If you want more details of our day to day to lives – don’t forget, we are on twitter (twitter.com/tokyopoliceclub)
xoxo
TPC
Written by Rich Cohen