Calgary’s Woodpigeon are flying their sophomore disc, Treasury Library Canada into town on February 3rd, along with a bonus disc of new material called Houndstooth Europa.  Main pigeon Mark Hamilton’s gift of setting the vistas and grandeur of Canada’s landscape to music is soon to be the gift of three lucky QBiM readers, thanks to Boompa Records.

To enter, just email your name and mailing address to CONTESTS [AT] QUICKBEFOREITMELTS [DOT] COM.  In honour of the album’s title, and in order to make you work for this disc, I want you to name for me either your favourite Canadian novel or author in the subject line of your email.  It would be nice if you’d post your answer in the comments section of this post, too, but I’m not going to make that a requirement for entering the contest.  Contest close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, January 23rd.

MP3: Woodpigeon “Love In The Time of Hopscotch”
Myspace: Woodpigeon

You might recall a post I did awhile back about Swedish band The Sweet Serenades.  They have a new track streaming at Myspace called “Smack You Up”.  I said earlier that I’m really anticipatinh hearing their debut album, and this infectious little ditty doesn’t disappoint.

Myspace: The Sweet Serenades

And while we’re on the subject of Myspace, last week I got a query email from a young man in Seattle named Justin Ripley whose just discovered that he’s released an EP (shocking!)  and it’s actually pretty cool (super shocking!).  I don’t usually have much luck when I delve into the inbox, but I think this guy’s got a unique sounding voice, and decent songwriting ability (I’m really digging “The Guns of Amazon”).  It’s all very lo-fi but that’s part of the charm.  Check his Myspace page out, and get yourself a copy of the disc (he’s giving it away for free it appears).

Myspace: Justin Ripley