Laura Marling covers Johnny Flynn

Frank YangI’ve not milked many show reviews more than I have the Johnny Flynn/Laura Marling/Mumford & Sons one at The Rivoli circa October 2008 – as recently as yesterday – and here I go again. But only for a photo and context.

When artists are on the road together and guesting in each others sets, it’s only natural that you’d know each others’ songs almost as well as you know your own, so for Laura Marling to be able to knock off one of Johnny Flynn’s songs like it was her own should surprise no one. I’m not certain when this recording dates from, but I suspect it’s around the same time as this one wherein she did one of Mumford & Sons’ tunes for NPR.

Marling continues her cover-friendly ways this week with the release of a limited-edition 7″ for Jack White’s Third Man Records featuring redos of tunes by Jackson C Frank and Neil Young. She recently announced she wouldn’t be releasing a follow-up to I Speak Because I Can in 2010 after all, instead shelving said record in favour of a new one that would be out next year. Johnny Flynn’s second album Been Listening came out in North America last month and he’s conducting a North American tour to promote – look for him next Sunday at Lee’s Palace in Toronto.

Laura Marling’s year is summed up in the just-released video, Laura Marling: A Short Film.

MP3: Laura Marling – “The Wrote & The Writ”
Video: Laura Marling – “The Wrote & The Writ”
Video: Johnny Flynn – “The Wrote & The Writ” (live on Le Blogotheque)

Frank YangWho: Tokyo Police Club and Two Door Cinema Club
What: Two hot young clubs from either side of the Atlantic team up for a co-headlining tour though in this neck of the woods, at least, the hometowners get their names on top of the marquee. Either way, the kids will bop and lose their shit from start to finish
Why: TPC finally play their first non-support show at home in support of this year’s Champ while TDCC, who were indeed just here last week, continue to eke mileage out of their debut Tourist History
When: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Where: The Kool Haus in Toronto (all ages)
How: Tickets for the show are $21.50 in advance but courtesy of LiveNation, I’ve got a pair of passes to give away for the show. To enter, email me at contests AT chromewaves.net with “I want to join the Tokyo Door Police Club” in the subject line and your full name in the body. Contest closes at midnight, November 12.
What else: Chart and The Elmbridge Guardian talk to Tokyo Police Club.

MP3: Two Door Cinema Club – “I Can Talk”
Video: Tokyo Police Club – “Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)”

Frank YangWho: Johnny Flynn
What: English folker from the same scene as Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling who’s set to achieve the same heights of superstardom as either of them, thus making the triple-bill of the three of them at The Rivoli in October 2008 a true thing of legend. Or that’s the plan, anyways.
Why: His second album Been Listening finally got a North American release last month he’s conducting a solo tour – his band The Sussex Wit are apparently staying home this time out – to promote.
When: Sunday, November 14, 2010
Where: Lee’s Palace in Toronto (19+)
Who else: Jonas and Sylvie from Evening Hymns will open up.
How: Tickets for the show are $12.50 in advance, but courtesy of Collective Concerts, I’ve got two pairs of passes to give away for the show. To enter, email me at contests AT chromewaves.net with “I want to see Johnny Flynn” in the subject line and your full name in the body. Contest closes at midnight, November 10.
What else: Mother Jones and The Dallas Observer have interviews.

MP3: Johnny Flynn – “Kentucky Pill”
Video: Johnny Flynn with Laura Marling – “The Water”
Video: Johnny Flynn – “Barnacled Warship”
Video: Johnny Flynn – “Kentucky Pill”

Timothy MurrayWho: Glasser
What: Los Angeles-based purveyor of dreamy, tribal electro-pop, solo artist Cameron Mesirow’s RIYL’s unabashedly include Bat For Lashes and Kate Bush
Why: Having released her debut album Ring back in September, she’s now ready to take her show on the road.
When: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Where: The Drake Underground in Toronto (19+)
Who else: The equally if not more-buzzy Twin Shadow is also on the bill.
How: Tickets for the show are $13 in advance but courtesy of Embrace, I’ve got three pairs of passes to give away for the show. To enter, email me at contests AT chromewaves.net with “I want to see Glasser” in the subject line and your full name in the body. Contest closes at midnight, November 9.

MP3: Glasser – “Mirrorage”
MP3: Glasser – “Home”
Video: Glasser – “Apply”

A Drummer’s DreamFilmed in Ontario’s cottage country, A Drummer’s Dream is a documentary that gathers seven of the best drummers in the world from all musical styles and a Summer camp’s worth of students and explores the art, spirituality and joy of hitting things to a rhythm. Anyone who’s ever played with a really good drummer – or a really bad one – knows how they can make or break a musical ensemble, and even though they do make for good joke fodder their craft deserves to be celebrated.

The film screened at Hot Docs earlier this year to great reviews and has a week-long run at The Royal in Toronto starting this weekend and courtesy of the film, I’ve got a pair of passes to give away for each of four of the screenings. If you’d like to attend any of the showings on:

Nov. 7th – 7:00 PM
Nov. 7th – 9:00 PM
Nov. 9th – 9:15 PM
Nov. 11th – 7:00 PM

Then shoot me an email at contests AT chromewaves.net with “I want A Drummer’s Dream” in the subject and your full name and preferred times in order in the body, I’ll give away a pair of passes in first-come, first-serve fashion.

The Globe & Mail has a review of the film.

Trailer: A Drummer’s Dream