February 7, 2012
COEUR DE PIRATE, MALAJUBE AND SOCALLED NOMINATED AT THE 2012 JUNOS

Nominations for the 2012 Junos are in!

We are proud to confirm nominations for Malajube et Coeur de Pirate in the Francophone Album of the Year category for La Caverne and Blonde. Also, Socalled's Sleepover gets nomintated for World Music Album of the Year.

While waiting for the Junos ceremony on April 1st, go grab these fine albums!

Coeur de Pirate - Blonde via Bandcamp

Malajube - La Caverne on our webstore.

Socalled - Sleepover on our webstore

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February 1, 2012
SOCALLED, QUEBEC TOUR

After the release of the album Sleepover, Socalled has travelled across the United States, Europe and the ROC. He is now ready to present his show to the province of Quebec. These are all the dates:

02/16/2012 // Zaricot, Saint-Hyacinthe
02/17/2012 // L’Anglicane, Lévis
02/18/2012 // Bistro Mouton Noir, Val-David
02/22/2012 // Vieux Clocher, Sherbrooke
02/23/2012 // Salle Anaïs-Allard-Rousseau, Trois-Rivières
02/24/2012 // Maison des Arts, Laval
02/25/2012 // Pavillon Arthabaska, Victoriaville
02/29/2012 // Salle Edwin-Bélanger, Montmagny
03/01/2012 // Cabaret Espace Scène, Rimouski
03/02/2012 // Cabaret des mauvaises habitudes, Rivière-du-Loup
03/03/2012 // Studio Hydro-Québec, Carleton-sur-Mer
04/21/2012 // Auditorium du Cégep de Sept-Îles, Sept-Îles

On Sunday February 5th, Socalled will be at Studio 12 with his new friends, Misteur Valaire. A nice collaboration full of electronic machines and unusual sounds.

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January 24, 2012
LAKE OF STEW, THE END

We are so sad to announce you that the band Lake of Stew is over...
Because of personnal reasons, the members were facing time and distance problems.
We invite you to listen, with nostalgia, their last album Sweet as pie.

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December 22, 2011
TOP 5 2011 FROM DARE TO CARE EMPLOYEES - PART 6

Holidays are coming up real fast but there is still some time left for you to download our free Christmas mix HERE

Here are our last two top 5 albums of 2011 with:

Laurie Boisvert - General Manager

1. Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (RCA)
2. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones (Epitaph)
3. Wavves - Life Sux (Ghost Ramp)
4. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire (Capitol)
5. Lady Gaga - Born this Way (Interscope)

Special mentions :

Katie Moore - Montebello (Purple Cat Records)
Artistes variés - Rave On Buddy Holly (Universal)
Akron/Family II - The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT (Dead Oceans)

Eli Bissonnette - President

1. Philippe B - Variations fantômes (Bonsound Records)
2. Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Anti-)
3. Kandle - EP (Independent)
4. The Hidden Words - Free Thyself From the Fetter of this World (Independent)
5. The Barr Brothers - The Barr Brothers (Secret City Records)