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The Weakerthans new live record Live At The Burton Cummings Theatre is available in stores everywhere March 23rd, but starting today you can pre-order the record from the Epitaph Store! Take a look below to see some of the exclusive bundles that are available.

Live At The Burton Cummings Theatre 2x LP/DVD & T-Shirt Bundle

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Indie rock heroes The Weakerthans new DVD-CD “Live at the Burton Cummings Theater,” set for release on March 23, offers a jubilant testament to the Winnipeg band’s considerable creative powers as both literary minded songwriters and charismatic live performers. Founded in 1997 the band has deep roots in the thriving North American indie scene. The band is revered for both their powerfully melodic folk punk sound and the vivid and inspired imagery of the lyrics – their beloved song “Plea from a Cat Named Virtute” is told from the point of view of a depressive’s wise and knowing cat. The live DVD was recorded in April of 2009 as the band toured in support of their triumphant album Reunion Tour with an expanded line-up featuring trumpet, violin and female vocals, playing songs from all four acclaimed releases in front of an adoring and enthusiastic hometown crowd.

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John K. Samson the Lead singer of The Weakerthans’ new EP City Route 85 is available online right now and starting today you can pre-order the EP on 7″ vinyl! Check out all the bundles below, then head over to the Official Epitaph Store to pre-order your vinyl today!

City Route 85 2x 7″ EP & T-Shirt

This bundle includes:

- City Route 85 EP on limited edition white vinyl
- City Route 85 EP on black vinyl
- Limited edition City Route 85 t-shirt

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You can pick up the vinyl digital DL and sweet exclusive tee shirt here http://anti.com/store

John K. Samson, singer/songwriter for venerated literary minded indie rock outfit The Weakerthans, will be releasing a three song solo record this November 3rd on Anti Records. The Weakerthans latest, “Reunion Tour,” garnered praise in publications ranging from The New York Times to Spin to Paste Magazine, who said of the album, “If such a prize existed, it would be the leading candidate for this year’s Punk Pulitzer.” Samson’s solo record entitled “City Route 85” will be the first in a series of recordings exploring the atmospheric streets and highways surrounding the musician’s home in Winnipeg Canada.

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Canada’s favorite indie poet laureates The Weakerthans have announced a string of tour dates that start at the Vancouver Folk Festival on July 17th and travel down the west coast of the US before ending in British Columbia on the 26th. Fresh off the Rolling Tundra Review, an exhaustive Canadian tour with the Constantines that spanned almost two months, The Weakerthans promise to be in fine form.

On June 30th, the band will be releasing a live iTunes session that was recorded at Metal Works in Mississauga Ontario and includes three tracks of their most recent release Night Windows and two off of 1999’s Fallow.

The Weakerthans on tour info:

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The Rolling Tundra Review starts next Thursday…

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The Weakerthans are hitting the road in Canada.  Enter the Exclaim contest, details below!

“Canadian greats The Weakerthans and Constantines are embarking on a long cross-Canada tour beginning March 2 in St. John’s, NL. Exclaim! is a proud sponsor of this national voyage, and we’re teaming up with the artists to give away tickets to the shows, and some sweet prize packs!”

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The Weakerthans and Constantines hit the road on the Rolling Tundra Revue 2009 Canadian Tour.

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This year’s big winners at the Western Canadian Music Awards were The Weakerthans, who swept the awards with Outstanding Independent Album and Songwriters of the Year for Reunion Tour, and Video of the Year for “Civil Twilight.” Add that to the 2008 ECHO Songwriting Prize and XM Satellite Radio’s Verge Music Awards prize for Artist of the Year and it would seem that The Weakerthans are just about to edge out Celine as most popular Canadians. And don’t they deserve it!

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The Winnipeg Free Press

By Bartley Kives

Here’s something that could only happen in Winnipeg: A right-leaning mayor who used to promote rock concerts and a left-leaning rock singer with political inclinations are on the same page.

After three days of perusing Free Press stories filled with slogan suggestions for new welcome signs slated for city limits, Mayor Sam Katz says he’s most impressed with a suggestion from John K. Samson, frontman for The Weakerthans and author of a song named after the soon-to-be-retired slogan, One Great City.

“I’ve got to tell you the truth, I’ve read some really bad ones. But I actually heard a good one: ‘Winnipeg, the centre of it all.’ That has some good meat to it,” Katz said.

By the end of the summer, the city will replace 10 welcome signs bearing the “One Great City” tagline inspired by the 1972 creation of Unicity.

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