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Liars: Live EP & Tour

NEW EP FEATURES REMIX FROM THOM YORKE


Live at Shephard’s Bush Empire

Liars are releasing
Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, a new EP consisting of five live tracks from their May 27 2010
show at the renowned London venue. The iTunes exclusive EP is out September 28, 2010.

Liars will also release a new single, “Proud Evolution”, as a six track EP on October 19, 2010. The new EP features a
remix from Thom Yorke, a live
version recorded at Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, plus three exclusive new b-sides “Come Now”, “Total
Frown”, and “Strangers”.

Liars make a long awaited return to Canada, playing Toronto and Montreal for the first time since 2006, and playing
Ottawa and Hamilton for the first time ever! Tracklisting and tour dates are below.

TRACKLISTING:

1. Scissor
2. Proud Evolution
3. The Overachievers

4. Clear Island
5. A Visit from Drum

TOUR DATES

9/29/10 – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON

9/30/10 – Le National – Pop Montreal (Headline)

10/1/10 – Ritual – Ottawa, ON

10/2/10 – This Aint Hollywood – Hamilton, ON

10/3/10 – Roosevelt Park – Detroit, MI

Click here to read Associate Editor Dennis Cook’s
review of Liars’ latest album Sisterworld

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Shania Twain Tell-All Book

Shania Twain — in cooperation with Atria Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster — has inked a deal to bring her “against all odds” rise to fame to the pages of a tell-all autobiography.The Grammy winner — who shot to fame in the 1990s with hits like Man! I Feel Like a Woman! — [...]

Bieber Goes To Hooters

Be still, Beliebers: Your chosen one has copped his first feel at Hooters!The Biebs was back in his native Canada for a show on his sold-out tour when he dropped by the famed Home of Strippers and Hot Wings. OK, so to be fair, Hooters is actually a restaurant chain, not a strip club. But [...]

Marco Benevento: Fall Tour Dates

SOUNDTRACKS, SOLO SHOWS AND TRIOS
KEYBOARD KID HAS A HAND IN IT ALL

Marco Benevento will tour the U.S. and Canada this Fall in support of his latest release, Between The Needles & Nightfall. The run begins with four nights in Canada and five nights in New England. The stretch includes a stop at the Massachusetts Museum Of Contemporary Art where Benevento will reprise his new score to the ’60s cult film House Of Usher that he debuted in August at Celebrate Brooklyn. He’ll also play two rare solo piano shows in Asbury Park and New York City. Benevento rejoins his band in November, heading to North Carolina and Virginia for three shows, including his first headline appearance in Asheville at The Grey Eagle. The tour wraps with five nights on the West Coast, returning to Doug Fir Lounge in Portland for the second time this year, as well as a Saturday night at The Independent in San Francisco.

Marco BeneventoTour Dates

October 14 | Divan Orange | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
October 15 | Elmdale House | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 16 | Casbah | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
October 17 | El Mocambo | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 20 | Stone Church | Newmarket, NH
October 21 | Middle East Upstairs | Cambridge, MA
October 22 | Mass Moca | North Adams, MA (House Of Usher)
October 23 | Black Eyed Sallies | Hartford, CT
October 24 | Fairfield Theatre | Fairfield, CT
October 26 | Chico’s House Of Jazz | Asbury Park, NJ (Solo Piano)
November 1 | City Winery | New York, NY (Solo Piano)
November 4 | The Grey Eagle | Asheville, NC
November 5 | Double Door Inn | Charlotte, NC
November 6 | Capital Ale House | Richmond, VA
November 30 | Doug Fir Lounge | Portland, OR
December 1 | Axe & Fiddle | Cottage Grove, OR
December 2 | The Depot at HSU | Arcata, CA
December 3 | Don Quixote’s | Felton, CA
December 4 | The Independent | San Francisco, CA
December 5 | The Mint | Los Angeles, CA

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Table Tennis Canada announces eight-member team for Delhi CWG

Table Tennis Canada and Commonwealth Games Canada has named the team for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi from October 3-14. Olympians Pradeeban Peter-Paul and Mo Zhang will guide a young Canadian team. Both are Pan American Games medalists (2007, Rio de Janeiro), have previous Commonwealth Games experience (2006, Melbourne) and have [...]

Billie Mae Richards, Voice Of “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Dies

Flags are flying half-staff all over the North Pole as we receive the news that the woman who gave a voice to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has died, after suffering a stroke at her home in Canada. She was 88. Voiceover actress Billie Mae Richards succumbed to a stroke at her home in Canada this week. [...]

Google Maps for Walking with Android

Are you one of those people that need a GPS device simply to get from the front door to your car? If so, this news is sure to make you one happy pedestrian. If you have Google Maps for Mobile 4.5 on Android, you are in luck. As you are likely aware, Google Maps already [...]

With 8 awards, Lady Gaga rules MTV Video Music Awards 2010

Pop star Lady Gaga took the MTV Video Music Awards by storm as she won in eight of the 14 categories in this year”s event. The categories in which Gaga took the moon man home are Video of the Year, Female Video, Pop Video, Collaboration, Dance Video, Choreography, Editing and Direction for her album ”Bad [...]

‘Enriched’ Lisa Ray set to re-launch acting career after cancer recovery

Lisa Ray has come out stronger and enriched after recovering from her cancer battle, and is now all set to re-launch her acting career. Ray, 38, an actress and former fashion model, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma on in June last year (09) and started her first cycle of treatment within a month. In April [...]

Scientist offers better ways to engineer Earth”s climate to prevent global warming

A University of Calgary climate scientist has said that there may be better ways to engineer the planet”s climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes. “Releasing engineered nano-sized disks, or sulphuric acid in a condensable vapour above the Earth, are two novel approaches. These approaches offer advantages over simply putting sulphur dioxide gas [...]

Sinochem approaches Temasek on Potash bid: sources

China’s state-owned chemicals group Sinochem Corp has approached Singapore state investor Temasek to join a consortium that may bid for Canada’s Potash Corp (POT.TO), sources with knowledge of the deal said on Tuesday.

The move appeared to underpin Reuters reports that Chinese officials had ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton’s (BHP.AX) US$39 billion ($52.6 billion) bid for Potash Corp.

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Toshiba Satellite Notebooks Recalled for Overheating

Toshiba issues a recall for a series of Satellite notebooks after receiving reports of the notebooks overheating and deforming the plastic casing area around the AC adapter plug. – Technology giant Toshiba, along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission and Health Canada,
announced a voluntary recall of its Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and
Satellite ProT130 notebooks due to overheating that could cause damage to the
notebooks and burn the users.
It is estimate…


Google Gmail Logs 10M Calls in First Week

Google said Sept. 1 Gmail users made more than 10 million calls through its new Call Phones from Gmail feature. The company provided tips on how to use the service with Google Voice. – Google said Sept. 1 Gmail users made more than 10 million
calls through its new Call Phones from Gmail feature since it launched a week
ago.
Launched Aug. 25, Call Phones from Gmail lets users place calls to contacts
directly from Gmail. Calls placed from Gmail in the United States and Canada ar…


Walk Down Memory Lane with Street View

Nostalgia is a normal part of growing up – or getting old, at least for some of us. There’s something satisfying about sitting down and flipping through photo albums filled with images of our youth. We’re sure you know that wistful feeling quite well, and if you live far away from where you grew up, [...]

Canada Goes Crazy For “Jersey Shore”

The Mounties are wild about fist-pumping and spray tans! Canadians are going crazy for MTV’s Jersey Shore. Who knew? The vodka-soaked reality soap that has become a pop culture phenomenon Stateside, is thisclose to edging out The Hills as the most-watched reality series in the history of Canadian broadcasting.Last Thursday night’s episode drew 486,000 viewers [...]

3 Cool ways to call phones from Google Talk

It has only been a few days since Google rolled out computer-to-phone calling on Google Chat. There have already been some suggestions for additions or improvements, but I just discovered some very cool ways to dial phones using Google chat in Gmail. 1. Regular dialing Simply punching in a number in Google chat (let’s call [...]

Canadian MoD in Serbia

Canada sees Serbia as an important part of the region and is willing to promote bilateral military cooperation, Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said. At a joint press conference with Serbia’s Minister of Defense Dragan Å utanovac, Mackay said that Canada believes that the entire region needs to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic institutions.

What Google Voice with Gmail Needs

We all know that VoIP is the way of future voice communications. We also know that players like Skype, Vonage, and Google have all jumped on the VoIP bandwagon. And you may have even figured out that some of us really, really like the idea of the Gmail and Google Voice integration that was recently [...]

Google’s VOIP Challenge to Skype: 10 Reasons It’s a Serious Threat

News Analysis: Gmail now has a VOIP phone-calling option that could pose a serious challenge to Skype’s Internet phone service – at least in the United States and Canada. – Google
unveiled a new VOIP service on Wednesday that integrates directly into
Gmail. The feature is quite simple and allows users to place free calls to
phones in the United States
and Canada. For
now, few folks have been able to fully test out the service, so there’s no
telling if there are a…


Google Gmail Phone Calling Presents Skype Challenge

Google’s new Gmail phone-calling service presents a challenge to Skype, as well as Gmail’s e-mail competitors. Google has been making aggressive plays in the VOIP market. – Google is rolling out a service that makes phone calls through Gmail. Calls
to the United States
and Canada will
be free through at least January 2011, with international calls ranging
between 2 cents and nearly $5 a minute. That presents a challenge not only
to Google’s e-mail competitors, b…