Constantines - Kensington Heights

[ersh]

Oh man.... lovin this record. Anyone else hear it yet?

[skelter]

yeah ... it's pretty goddamn incredible. But pretty much everything the Cons do is pretty goddamn incredible.

[DevO]

Yeah, I've been digging it a lot! Most notably "Million Star Hotel" (track 2) which absolutely rocks. Can't wait to see them do these songs live. Although I still prefer Shine A Light most out of all three albums.

[NewRider]

Awesome album. I love it.

[M]

I've been loooooving it too. So, so great. Looking fwd to the Toronto & Montreal shows!

Here's the link to listen to hot-off-the-press Cons / Feist cover of "Islands in the Stream":

http://arts-crafts.ca/constantines/islandsinthestream/

Also, this blog has a link to two more older Cons-related covers....

http://www.catbirdseat.org/archives/000968.php

> the above link contains the Cons' cover of Neil Young's "Don't Be Denied" as well as Cons keyboardist/guitarist Will Kidman;s side project "Woolly Leaves" www.myspace.com/woollyleaves covering INXS' "Never Tear Us Apart"

[M]

btw - I highly recommend people get the Constantines album from a record store as opposed to off iTunes if you can b/c of the cool artwork. Available starting April 15th (this Tuesday) at stores in Canada.

Dallas (the bass player) did the art-work for the album and it's pretty fuckin sweet. The inlay replicates the Cons' practice space and the exterior unfolds to replicate an airplane.

Dallas also has some of his model airplanes on display right now at an exhibit @ the Whippersnapper gallery in Toronto (across the street from Orbit Room).

It's part of a cool exhibit happening right now (ends Monday I believe) that is a bunch of musicians' artwork (including folks like Buck 65, Andre Ethier, Justin Peroff of BSS, Chad VanGaaleen, etc. etc.) more info here:

http://www.whippersnapper.ca/site/index.php