Upcoming: Steamwhistle Presents: YSP! WSD! w Think About Life and Little Girls

This Friday (November 20th), Toronto’s Steamwhistle Brewery will be presenting a pretty wicked bill at the Phoenix.  On the bill are two of my favourite Paperbag Records bands, B.C.’s You Say Party! We Say Die!, Toronto’s Little Girls as well as my vote for best party band of the year, Montreal’s Think About Life.  In between sets, DJ Vaneska will play some tunes.  Tickets, $12, are available now here as well as in person at Rotate This! and Soundscapes.

I’m pretty excited to see YSP! WSD!, haven’t seen them in a couple years  and have had their new album XXXX on constant rotation since its release.  They have really matured as a band, their new stuff has less of a dance-punk sound and relies more on pop structures and good songwriting.  Think Yeah Yeah Yeah’s slower, more introspective material. I’m sure XXXX will end up on tons of best of 2009 year end lists.

The tour will continue throughout Ontario then head west to ending in Calgary.  Little Girls continues to support for the rest of the tour.  Remaining dates are as follows:

November 21st: Townhouse, Sudbury, ON*
November 26th: Royal Albert, Winnipeg, MB*
November 26th: Amigo’s, Saskatoon, SK*
November 27th: New City, Edmonton, AB*
November 28th: Hi-Fi, Calgary, AB*

*w Little Girls