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San Francisco's Wooden Shjips are a beast of a cruising, chugging, space-rock band, and their offspring/side-project Moon Duo (composed of Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson of the Shjips) might be even more beastly.  Their Killing Time EP on Sacred Bones got some heads yakking last year, but they're about to blow the doors wide open with a proper LP, Escape, on Woodsist. Four songs, two sides of wax, and nothing but face-melting, acid-damaged organ/guitar burners. It's trashy, blown-out rock in the tradition of Royal Trux, but switched into the glazed, endless-highway glide mode of classic krautrock, for continuous, slow-motion explosion that'll carry you clear out of whatever zone you're in and onto whatever plane you're aiming at. Deep riffs.

Listen: Moon Duo - stumbling 22nd street

One of the UK's most forward-thinking beat producers is letting you listen to his new his new album for free. Thanks, chap! Click the image to go to the page.

Well, Glory Days and CITR 101.9FM have got you covered! This saturday, Oct. 31st, there's simultaneous parties at The Biltmore and The Astoria, featuring awesome acts like Jeremy Jay, Fan Death, Circlesquare, Bogus Tokus, and No Gold. Guaranteed awesome. More details after the jump.

BONEYARD PARTY 1: GLORY DAYS presents special guests from Los Angeles JEREMY JAY http://www.myspace.com/jeremyjay live

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FAN DEATH http://www.myspace.com/fandeath live

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K7! Recording Artist from Germany CIRCLESQUARE http://www.myspace.com/circlesquare live with GLORY DAYS resident deejays MY!GAY!HUSBAND! SINCERELY HANA & GENIE + $250 GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME! Location: The Biltmore Cabaret 395 Kingsway 9PM-Late $20 Advance tickets for Glory Days Biltmore Boneyard Event available NOW at Zulu Records - 1972 W 4th Avenue Scratch Records - 726 Richards Street Red Cat Records - 4307 Main Street

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BONEYARD PARTY II: GLORY DAYS presents BOGUS TOKUS http://www.myspace.com/bogustokus live

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NO GOLD http://www.myspace.com/goldentombs live with THE NIGHTSHIFT deejays TYLER FEDCHUK + JUSTIN G + $250 GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME! Location: The Astoria 769 East Hastings 9PM-L.A.T.E $15 Advance tickets for Glory Days Astoria Boneyard Event available NOW at Zulu Records - 1972 W 4th Avenue Scratch Records - 726 Richards Street Red Cat Records - 4307 Main Street

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IF YOU WANT TO GO TO BOTH PARTIES AND HAVE A TICKET OR STAMP FROM OTHER BONEYARD EVENT YOU CAN GET INTO THE OTHER GLORY DAYS BONEYARD EVENT FOR 1/2PRICE!!!!! (SUBJECT TO CAPACITY!)

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• CITR101.9FM http://citr.ca/
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• CHALKEDUP http://www.chalkedup.com

This is how you make a video on the cheap, folks. Fan Death know what they're doing. If you're in Vancouver, head to The Biltmore for their Halloween show. Last time they played there, Dandi Wind was walking on the ceiling. SUPERNATURAL POWERS.

Little Girls "Youth Tunes" from the album "Concepts" from Paper Bag Records on Vimeo.

Up-and-coming Toronto band Little Girls just released their first video from their debut album, Concepts, which is out now on Paper Bag records.

Here's a pretty video for Taken By Trees' new single, "My Boys", a cover of Animal Collective's "My Girls". Taken by Trees is Swedish singer Victoria Bergsman, who you might know from her old band, The Concretes, or her turn in Peter Bjorn and John's big hit, "Young Folks". Her new album, East of Eden, was produced by D. Lissvik of the amazing Swedish disco duo Studio, and it was recorded in Pakistan. It's really good.

This year's winner of Canada's Polaris prize, the award given to a Canadian band or artist that the jury judged to have produced the album of "the highest artistic merit", is Toronto hardcore band Fucked Up, for their album The Chemistry of Common Life. They take home $20,000 and the satisfaction of having their unpublishable named reported in major newspapers. Congrats, dudes!

On October 1st and 2nd, Red Bull is throwing a pretty cool event at Studio Juste Pour Rire for Pop Montreal: Red Bull MegaHurtz. It's basically a night of top-shelf electronic music producers, but they're trying to break out of the typical performance mode by going beyond both the typical DJ set and the usual live PA experience. From the press release: "Rather than simply deejay, the acts will introduce their personal studio elements to the stage and perform live for the fans. As hands go up, frequencies will peak. Mix in a few instruments, gadgets and a light show just left of George Lucas, and you have the makings of a Red Bull MegaHurtz." Full lineup after the jump.

Here's the full line-up:

Nosajthing - Los Angeles (Alpha Pup) Megasoid - Montreal (Ninja Tune Records) Grahmzilla – Toronto (Thunderheist) Neighbour – Calgary (Home Breakin Records) Jelo – Toronto (Bugeyed Records) Barletta - Toronto (Tremendous Records) Hovatron – Montreal (Night Trackin) Lunice - Montreal (LuckyMe) GreenMachine - Quebec City (Quebec City)

My favourite Albertan is giving away a B-sides companion to his excellent last album, Soft Airplane, on his website. It's totally free! These aren't throwaway tracks, either -- this is first-rate Chad. Click the tracklist to download.

This album is out tomorrow. Thought you might like to know.