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Life's a gas

Read More Amy Campbell Amy Campbell is an acoustic folksy singer/songwriter from Toronto, Canada.

But, it really doesn't matter at all.
No, it really doesn't matter at all.
Life's a gas, I hope it's gonna last.

- T.Rex

AMY CAMPBELL
amycampbell.ca

You might remember Amy Campbell from an old interview. What has she been up to? New album, called Letters Home, coming out July 24th, 2012, apparently. The album was inspired by her visit to Nashville. You can preview song the tracks on her soundcloud page, including the new song "Gasoline". The track features Don on drums, Ben on bass and Aaron on pedal steel.

See her on tour:

Sunday, July 22nd - Halifax, NS
Tuesday, July 24th - Toronto, ON
Saturday, July 28th - Yarker, ON
Friday, August 10 - London, ON
Saturday, August 11 - St. Catherine's, ON
Friday, August 17 - Kingston, ON
Saturday, August 18 - Ottawa, ON

GASLIGHT ANTHEM
gaslightanthem.com

In our chat with Matt Pinfield, he let on that his favorite song at the moment is The Gaslight Anthem's "45". Any band that Matt Pinfield likes has got to be cool, right?

Well, the band is busy. I checked on their tour schedule, it's pretty amazing. When do they sleep?

They're stopping by Minneapolis at the tiny Fine Line Café on Wednesday, July 11th.

The new album, Handwritten , is coming out July 24th via Mercury Records. I'm pretty sure fans who attend a live show can pick up the album before the official release date.

Their never-ending tour dates:

Jul 05 The Independent San Francisco, CA Jul 07 Hawthorne Theater Portland, OR Jul 08 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA Jul 11 Fineline Minneapolis, MN Jul 12 Bottleneck Lawrence, KS Jul 13 Firebird St Louis, MO Jul 14 Bunberry Festival Cincinnati, OH Jul 16 The Opera House Toronto, Canada Jul 18 Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN Jul 19 Cat's Cradle Chapel Hill, NC Jul 20 U Street Washington, DC Jul 22 Middle East Boston, MA Jul 23 Upstate Concert Hall Clifton Park, NY Jul 24 Webster Hall New York, NY Jul 28 Scion’s Bonzai 2012 Rochester, NY Jul 29 WKRL's K-Rockathon Syracuse, NY Aug 13 Villa Manin Passariano Ud, Italy Aug 16 Pukkelpop Festival Kiewit, Belgium Aug 18 Area 4 Lüdinghausen, Germany Aug 19 Highfield Festival Leipzig, Germany Aug 22 Chiemsee Rock Chiemsee, Germany Aug 24 Leeds Festival Leeds, United Kingdom Aug 26 Reading Festival Reading, United Kingdom Sep 11 Agora Port Quebec City, Canada Sep 12 Bell Centre Montreal, Canada Sep 13 Ce Centre Ottawa, Canada Sep 14 Multiple Venues Chicago, IL Sep 15 Riot Fest Chicago, IL Sep 16 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI Sep 17 DeltaPlex Ebeye, Marshall Islands Sep 20 Bayou Music Center Houston, TX

Sep 21 DeLuna Fest Pensacola, FL Sep 22 Riot Fest South Dallas, TX Sep 24 The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO Sep 25 The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO Sep 28 Tempe Beach Park Tempe, AZ Sep 29 Honda Center Anaheim, CA Oct 01 Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas, NV Oct 02 Grand Sierra Theatre Reno, NV Oct 04 Save On Foods Victoria, Canada Oct 06 Stampede Park Calgary, Canada Oct 07 Edmonton EXPO Edmonton, Canada Oct 15 O2 Academy Brixton London, UK Oct 18 O2 Apollo Manchester, UK Oct 19 O2 Academy Glasgow Glasgow, UK Oct 20 O2 Academy Birmingham Birmingham, UK Oct 21 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Belgium Oct 23 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands Oct 25 E-Werk Cologne, Germany Oct 27 Jarhunderthalle Frankfurt, Germany Oct 28 Zenith Munich, Germany Oct 29 Gasometer Vienna, Austria Oct 31 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart, Germany Nov 01 Sporthalle Hamburg, Germany Nov 02 Columbiahalle Berlin, Germany Nov 03 Garage Saarbrücken, Germany Nov 04 La Cigale Paris, France Nov 05 Komplex Zurich, Switzerland Nov 06 Alcatraz Milan, Italy Nov 08 Sala Apolo Barcelona, Spain Nov 09 Sala Cats Madrid, Spain

WAKE UP MADAGASCAR
wakeupmadagascar.com

I have another show the date Wake Up Madagascar is coming to town, so I've asked Dave to cover this show for me.

If you were wondering what Wake Up Madagascar is, it's a collection of artists (Razia Said, Jaojoby, Charles Kelly, and Saramba) teaming up to end illegal logging in the rainforest of Madagascar and to bring awareness to the Lacey Act in the US.

Their scheduled tour dates:

FRI-July 13 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
SAT-July 14 - Madison, WI @ La Fête de Marquette
SUN-July 15 - Chicago, IL @ Martyr's
TUE-July 17 - Toronto, ON @ Lula Lounge
WED-July 18 - Montreal, QC @ Festival Nuits D'Afrique
THU-July 19 - Somerville, MA @ Johnny D's
FRI-July 20 - Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse
SAT-July 21 - New York City, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
TUE-July 24 - San Francisco, CA @ Yoshi's Jazz Club
THU-July 26 - Pasadena, CA @ Levitt Pavilion

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W♥M037: The Lucksmiths and Amy Campbell

W♥M037 (53 mins)

PART ONE: THE LUCKSMITHS
thelucksmiths.com.au ♥ myspace.com

Representing The Lucksmiths, a band that needs no introduction, is bassist Mark Monnone, from the Summer-er-ness of Melbourne, Australia (while I'm buried in a blizzard in Minneapolis).

You would think that since I am a longtime Luckies fan and having over 200 of their songs (and knowing most of them by heart), it would be easy. It's not. Add on top of that, 0% preparation time... well a disaster, I tell you.

Also, the audio for this interview is terrible, and it's all my fault. When I couldn't hear Mark's vocals, I had set his audio to maximum and forgot to reset it back - so as a result the audio is extra loud. I tried to fix it as best I could by applying some filters, but I think the audio could be better.

So super apology to Mark and the Lucksmiths.

PS, just to let you know what a dork I am when it comes to this band, if you type in "successlessness" dot vox dot com into your address bar, guess where it takes you? I eventually had to change the name to "we heart music" as no one in the world can spell that 's' word.

Some topics:

• The Lucksmiths' less than thrilling secret origin
• Extra four band member
• MiniDisc!! (the first song I've heard from the Luckies is "Shine on Me")
• The recording of First Frost in Tazmania
• "First Frost" recent tour last November
• The story behind "Young and Dumb" and "Requiem For The Punters Club"
• The Smiths Tribute album
• Thoughts on Tali's Guild League
• About Spring A Leak
• "Transpontine" explained
• Mark's been listening to The Harpoons and The Crayon Fields. Both bands come highly recommended, so I'll be sure to add them to my to-do list for 2009.

Be sure to catch them on December 20^th at the free instore at Pure Pop Records in Melbourne! I would be totally there if I wasn't stuck here.

PART TWO: AMY CAMPBELL
amycampbell.ca ♥ myspace.com/amycampbellsongs

Amy Campbell is an acoustic folksy singer/songwriter from Toronto, Canada. She came on W♥M Radio to talk about her music. You can buy Oh Heart, Oh Highway directly from her website. It isn't so pricey if you consider it's two discs with a book of art and writing from Amy Campbell. Plus it's in knowing the money goes directly to the musician, not some corporation, so it's all good.

Some highlights:

• Canada and Poutine
• Description of Oh Heart, Oh Highway, a 2-disc set with book
• Joni Mitchell-description
• Battleaxe Folk
• Her approach to songwriting
• The recording of Oh Heart... and the musicians involved in the album
• Touring and booking dates
• New songs being written

Also, she'll doing some (public) shows:

Tour Dates
02/07/09 The Cameron House Toronto, Ontario
02/21/09 Lodge On Amherst Island Amherst Island, Ontario
02/22/09 The Black Sheep Inn Wakefield, Quebec
02/27/09 Cafe Ole Pembroke, Ontario
02/28/09 Cafe Ole Pembroke, Ontario

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