Thanks to everyone who came out to our last round of shows in the UK, Ireland, and Sweden (the very first Woodpigeon shows in Scandinavia, yo). Extra Special Thanks to the great new bands and performers we met and shared the stage with along the way — Music for Dead Birds, Dag för Dag, Beardfish, Stuart Silver, Serafina, Murray Lachlan Young, and on and on … It was great to premiere a couple of new songs for everyone, and collaborate with some new pals too.

I rode my pal Hampus’ bike through Stockholm the other day, and wandered through a children’s library, looking at the best-designed kids’ books I’ve ever seen. We planted potatoes in Hampus’ garden allotment with Phoenix on the portable stereo, and found ourselves dancing until the wee hours of the morning to Daedelus at the Normal … Continue reading

Man, it feels like we’ve only just gotten back from our last tour (and considering that it’s only been a month, that’s pretty accurate), but it’s time to start announcing some more dates for this upcoming summer.

Anyway. On to business: WP’s first proper tour of Ireland, and our first date in Wales, as well as a spot on the annual Phrased & Confused tour, focused on lyric-writing and the collision between words and music. It’s a chance to hit some of the UK’s smaller centers, not to mention an interesting opportunity to premiere some new works. For the first time on a tour longer than 3 days in duration, our producer Arran Fisher will also be coming along, so we’re sure to have some interesting recordings to share with you all at some point in the summer.

But! Before … Continue reading

we’re excited to announce the following february 2009 tour dates, including a show at the brussels botanique (as pictured above) that we’re particularly hyped about:

07 February 2009 PERFORMANCE WORKS Vancouver, BC
15 February 2009 BOTANIQUE-ROTUNDE Brussels, Belgium
16 February 2009 PONT EPHEMERE Paris, France
17 February 2009 PARADISO Amsterdam, Nlands
18 February 2009 PRINZENBAR Hamburg, Germany
19 February 2009 SCHOKOLADEN Berlin, Germany
21 February 2009 WESTGARTH SC Middlesbrough, UK
22 February 2009 THE CAPTAIN’S REST Glasgow, Scotland
23 February 2009 THE END Newcastle, UK
24 February 2009 THE DEAF INSTITUTE Manchester, UK
25 February 2009 ICA London, UK
26 February 2009 THE AUDIO Brighton, UK

ALSO:

Coming this February 2009 via Boompa in N. America and The End of the Road in the UK and Europe, we’re happy to announce the release of TREASURY LIBRARY CANADA featuring HOUNDSTOOTH EUROPA. … Continue reading

The way things go, when someone like Andrew Bird calls and asks you to play with him solo in one of London’s loveliest churches, you don’t say no.

We’ll be adding a couple of other dates between 18 November and 26 November, but for the moment this is what we’re really excited about:

20 November 2008 – St. Giles Church on the Green, London, UK w/ Andrew Bird

See you there!… Continue reading