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    <content>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="../../artists/12-el-boy-die" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El Boy Die&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has been paving a new and unique path for psychedelic folk music for the past few years and his debut full-length album &amp;ldquo;Black Hawk Ladies &amp;amp; Tambourins&amp;rdquo; casts a shadowy cloud of arcane beauty.  A native of France, he&amp;rsquo;s embarked on an ambitious career that&amp;rsquo;s taken him throughout Europe and North America.  Through his vagabond attitude and DIY approach, he&amp;rsquo;s been able to shape a distinctive and cinematic sound palette that draws from medieval ambience, tribal chanting and ethereal instrumentation that deviates from the modern framework of folk.   The album features guest members of &lt;strong&gt;Herman Dune&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Zombie Zombie&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="../../../artists/11-valleys" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Valleys&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and hits the streets in the spring of 2010 on CD, LP and Digital formats.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/elboydie" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El Boy Die Myspace&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Check out his video for &amp;ldquo;&lt;/span&gt;Under My Broken Tree&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 
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    <title>El Boy Die - Latest Semprini Signing!</title>
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    <content>&lt;p&gt;After a recent break up, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../../artists/8-chocolat" target="_blank"&gt;Chocolat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are back together for a free performance on &lt;strong&gt;February 24th&lt;/strong&gt; as part of the &lt;strong&gt;Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics&lt;/strong&gt; festivities at the Live City Yaletown site. The "Chocolat EP" which was originally scheduled for a vinyl &amp;amp; CD re-release last year, finally sees the light of day this spring.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For full concert details, please visit &lt;a href="http://livecityvancouver.ca/en/home.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Live City Vancouver Website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/montrealchocolat" target="_blank"&gt;Chocolat Myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Chocolat Goes For Gold At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics!</title>
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    <content>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/valleysvalleysvalleys" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Valleys&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; critically acclaimed debut album "&lt;em&gt;Sometimes Water Kills People&lt;/em&gt;" has arrived in vinyl format. &amp;nbsp;Limited to only 500 copies, get yours while they last! &amp;nbsp;All LP's come with a free Mp3 download card.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Buy it &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="../../artists/11/products" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"...They utilize any instruments (and collaborators) at their disposal to create haunting, dreamlike mood music [...] it is Perk's whispery, goosebump inducing coo that is especially beguiling and soothing throughout, as demonstrated on the Mazzy Star-ish "Slow Path," and comforting, hypnotic tracks such as "Tan Lines" and "Silent Woods." &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The Big Takeover&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;hellip;somewhere between early '70s Island Records folk, and the Saddle Creek scene. Think hushed vocals, layer upon layer of acoustic guitar, with some droney fuzz in the background. Really nice stuff.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &amp;ndash; Brooklyn Vegan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;&amp;hellip;specializing in haunting folk incantations of a decidely lo-fi and sometimes psychedelic bent. Imagine a melodically-rich melding of Mazzy Star and A Silver Mount Zion and you're halfway there.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &amp;ndash; Textura&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Valleys on Vinyl!</title>
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    <content>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/redmassfce" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Red Mass&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; heads to Ontario for two shows at the end of January. Here's when &amp;amp; where you can catch them:&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;January 21st // Ottawa, ON // Rock n Roll Pizza Party @ The Atomic Rooster&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;January 22nd // Toronto, ON // @ The Silver Dollar w/ Action Makes, Danger! Danger! &amp;amp; Ostrich Tuning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <title>Red Mass: Yours To Discover</title>
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