Rock & roll has always been about transcending the banality of your everyday surroundings. Or, when it's good that's what it's about anyway. The Constantines know this; it comes through in their lyrics, in their work ethic, in their performances, and particularly on this, their debut album. When this record was first released on Three Gut Records in 2001, it was only available in their native Canada. It went on to be nominated for a Juno Award and very nearly broke the record for the longest charting album...   [ read more ]

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Last year's self-titled debut landed these Canadians a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album, nearly broke the record for longest charting album in Canadian campus radio history, and placed on the year end top ten lists for both the "Exclaim!" readers' poll and the "Eye" national critics' poll (Canada's equivalent of "The Village Voice"). This is their second full-length and first for Sub Pop; an ambitious record combining a steady diet of '90s DC rock (like a Joe Strummer-fronted Fugazi) with d...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Made famous in 1983 as a duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Islands In The Stream was originally written by the Bee Gees. A favorite of Constantines and Feist, the song was recorded together in Toronto one chilly day in early February following a game of ice hockey and a round of hot chocolates. Their decelerated and intimate version of Islands In The Stream was produced by Jeff McMurrich, who also worked with Constantines on their new album, Kensington Heights.

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