Plants and Animals

Plants and Animals to play free show at the Montreal Apple store

Plants and Animals are home for an extended rest after a busy summer of touring, and an even busier fall lined-up (more on that soon...). Before they kick up their feet, though, they'll be busting out one more summer set, this time indoors, at the newly opened Montreal Apple Store. The show is tomorrow (August 19th) at 8:00pm, and is entirely free; first come, first in.

Plants and Animals to open for Gnarls Barkley, the National

Crazy times for Plants and Animals. As momentum continues to swell for Parc Avenue and word of the band's all-out awesomeness with it, bigger and wilder things seem to be coming out of nowhere. The band has just added a last minute gig for this Friday in Columbus, Ohio, where they'll be opening for Gnarls Barkley. The label is currently encouraging them to prepare a Goodie Mob cover. They keep with the grand-company theme through the weekend with their home-town Osheaga appearance on Sunday (before Cat Power and Iggy & the Stooges), and their Central Park gig with the National on August 4th.

Parc Avenue on Pitchfork's Most Overlooked Records of 2008

"ust when we all thought we were sick of indie rock from Montreal (which is pretty odd and unfair in the first place, it's not like the energy in the town builds or falls based solely on the Butler/Boeckner/Krug axis), comes Plants and Animals..."

Parc Avenue short listed for Polaris Prize

Parc Avenue makes Polaris Prize short list

Plants and Animals' much-loved Parc Avenue has made this year's short list for Canada's prestigious Polaris Music Prize. It's the second year in a row Secret City has been represented on the list, after both Miracle Fortress and Patrick Watson (who went on to win the award) showed up on it last year. As always, the list is full of great albums, and we encourage music lovers everywhere to go and check out all of them. If for some reason you haven't heard Parc Avenue in its entirety yet, maybe now's a good time to do so? The band is playing summer festivals throughout its native land through the rest of the summer, with one extra stop in New York at Central Park's summerstage, where they'll be playing with the National and Yeasayer.

Plants and Animals hit the West coast

Fresh off their first European jaunt, Plants and Animals are set to make another round of great first live impressions, this time on the U.S. west coast. The short tour starts next Monday in Seattle, where they'll also be appearing live on KEXP (12 noon Pacific time), performing a few songs and chatting with Cheryl Waters. Do to fan-driven demand, they've also added a show in Phoenix at the tail-end of the tour. They'll be back in Canada in time for Canada Day on July 1st for a gig at Habourfront in Toronto.

PopMatters Review - 9/10

"The Montreal scene has itself a new champion."

Plants and Animals to play Central Park with the National, Yeasayer

Concert in the park! Plants and Animals are adding at least one more fun outdoor show to their summer festival itinerary this summer, and it's a fun one. On August 4th they'll be in some very good company at Central Park's Summerstage, where they'll get things rolling for a night of music that will also feature The National and Yeasayer.

Plants and Animals on the Canadian summer festival circuit

Plants and Animals will be playing on a bunch of big, sunny, outdoor stages across Canada this summer. The quintessential summer festival band? You'll be able to decide for yourself as they hit summer faves like Hillside, Ottawa Blues, Wolfe Island, Salmon Arm, and play some home-province stages at Osheaga, in Quebec City, and at FME Abitibi. They'll also be making the trek all the way up to Yellowknife to get some fresh air at the Folk on the Rocks Festival. More to come, too! The band does part one of their summer U.S. tour starting next week in Philadelphia. All details can be found in the shows section.

Plants and Animals to play a bunch more US dates

Plants and Animals will be hitting both coasts of the USA as the summer months creep in, starting with a string of dates in the North East in May. In June they'll be off to the West Coast for their first ever shows out there, including stops in Seattle, Portland, San Fran and LA.