Duo extraordinaire VALLEYS will be embarking on their first European tour this November. Be sure to catch one of their shows:

Nov 13 | Paris, FR @ Point FMR
Nov 16 | Warsaw, PL @ Powiększenie
Nov 17 | Krakow, PL @ Rozrywki Trzy
Nov 19 | Prague, CZ @ K4
Nov 23 | Paris, FR @ Espace B
Nov 25 | Bruxelles, BE @ Botanique
Nov 26 | Bruxelles, BE @ Le CHAFF
Nov 30 | Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who? Festival
Dec 1 | Kortrjik, BE @ Sonic City Festival
Dec 4 | Liege, BE @ La Legia
Dec 5 | London, UK @ Village Underground

VALLEYS are busy putting the final touch to their upcoming album but it doesn’t mean they can’t party a little. Catch them at CMJ where they’ll be playing at the Kanine Records party and the Pop Montreal party.

Valleys are just back from the Brussels’ set of Hors les Murs in which their music and themselves will be featured. They are now in their studio putting the final touch to the score. The movie, directed by David Lambert, should hit the big screens in 2012. Here’s a peak of the set:

Duchess Says are back with a vengeance and offer brand new track for free. Download “Time to Reiterate” on their website: www.duchesssays.com. This should get you excited for their upcoming release “In a Fung Day T!” which will hit the streets October 11 2011 on Alien8 Recordings. May the CH.o.B. be with you my friends.

Valleys will be hitting the road with fellow Montrealers SUUNS:

Fri-Sep-23 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
Sat-Sep-24 TBA
Sun-Sep-25 TBA
Mon-Sep-26 Calgary, AB @ The Gateway
Wed-Sep-28 TBA
Thu-Sep-29 Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
Fri-Sep-30 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
Sat-Oct-01 TBA
Sun-Oct-02 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
Mon-Oct-03 Hamilton, ON @ This Aint Hollywood *
Tue-Oct-04 London, ON @ Call the Office *
Wed-Oct-05 Ottawa, ON @ Maverick *
Thu-Oct-06 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore *
Fri-Oct-07 TBA
Sat-Oct-08 Boston, MA @ Great Scott *
* w/ SUUNS & PS I Love You

More dates soon!

For the third year in a row, Duchess Says eclipse the competition as Freakiest Local Act in the 2011 Montreal Mirror’s Readers’ Poll.

Read the sweaty and sticky interview here.

Fiebrige Wände, an exhibition curated by Intro Magazine‘s chief editor Thomas Venker, will feature work from Bobo Boutin. Taking place at the Schau Fenster gallery in Berlin, the Gruppenaustellung will also put the spotlight on a selection of international artists such as Abel Auer, Fehmi Baumbach, Bianca Gabriel and many more.

If you’re in Berlin, this comes highly recommended!

Fiebrige Wände
Eine Gruppenausstellung im Berliner Exil
With the art of: Abel Auer, Fehmi Baumbach, Bobo
Boutin, Bianca Gabriel, Sharmila Banerjee, Meike Wolf,
Kasimir Härle, Elizabeth Skadden und Jonathan Forsythe.
Curated by: Thomas Venker
At: Schau Fenster—Schauraum für Kunst, Lobeckstr.
30–35, 10969 Berlin U8–Moritzplatz, M29
Dates: 23.4.–8.5.2011
Opening hours: Thursday to Saturday, 4pm to 9pm. The exhibition can be seen at anytime from outside.
Opening: Saturday April 23, 7pm, with DJ Alex Bechberger,Severin Most und Thomas Venker.

Don’t miss Valleys at SXSW … there are plenty of shows and parties to catch them:

03.16 – 9pm : Official SXSW Showcase @ St-David’s Historical Sanctuary w/ Low, Vetiver, Memoryhouse, Herman Dune
http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_MS11379

03.17 – Noon : Instore @ Cheapo Records
http://www.cheapotexas.com/

03.18 – Noon : Pop Mtl & BSTB Day Party @ Spill Bar w/ Suuns, Herman Dune, Little Scream
http://popmontreal.com/en/community/events/pop-montreal-sxsw-march-17-19

03.18 – 3pm : Redefine Mag House Party @ House of Commons w/Moon Duo, Starfucker, Brahms, Casiokids and more
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126502974089001

03.18 – 6:30pm : East invades West Party @ Side Bar w/ Cult of Youth, Grimes, Bambara, Twin Tigers & more
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196853857005919

03.19 – 12:30pm : M for Montreal / CBC Radio 3 Day Party @ Red Eye Fly w/ FM Belfast, Buck 65, Cadence Weapon, Pat Jordache & more
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201063709911608

Oui les amis! Bobo Boutin jumps in the 2.0 world of tumblr with his dirty boots. Expect a lot of kicking around. You’ll be able to see part of Bobo’s enormous archive of his own visual art, texts, pics as well as his more current work and thoughts. Save this link, it is ESSENTIAL: http://boboboutin.tumblr.com/