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To introduce audiences to their new collection of songs, acclaimed art rock band The Dears will play a series of residencies during which they will perform their forthcoming record (coming early 2011) in full. The eight residency shows – three consecutive nights in Toronto and Montreal and two in Brooklyn – will recapture the essence of band’s immensely successful string of shows in Mexico City this past May.

The Dears will be donating proceeds from every merch sale at these residencies to Montreal City Mission and War Child. “Some of the items are rare, might be the wrong size, while some things are out of print and may be sold at ridiculous prices. But this is not just about raising money. People hurt everywhere, all the time, and in so many ways. Essentially, this is what we sing about and sometimes singing just ain’t enough. By taking some of this stuff off our hands, hopefully folks will remember who they’re helping and why,” says the band of the endeavor.

9/29: Montreal, QC at POP Montreal
9/30: Montreal, QC at POP Montreal
10/1: Montreal, QC at POP Montreal

10/13: Toronto, ON at The Garrison
10/14: Toronto, ON at The Garrison
10/15: Toronto, ON at The Garrison

11/3: Brooklyn, NY at Knitting Factory
11/4: Brooklyn, NY at Knitting Factory

Tickets go on sale July 23rd for the Canadian dates, and July 24th for the Brooklyn dates.

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The Dears have announced the new personnel that will carry them into the studio in the coming weeks, re-introducing members from different periods of the bands illustrious history. As recording sessions for their fifth album approach, the band calls on their diverse wealth of experience for one unified purpose: to craft the best album of their lives. The Dears will be bringing these songs to audiences live — not only before the next release, but even before entering the studio during an extended stint in Mexico City this May. For more info on the Mexico City residency, click here.

Montreal-based sextet The Dears will become Mexico City’s Pasagüero’s house band for a three-day residency. The band is emerging from the cold Montreal winter with a collection of almost 30 brand new songs for its upcoming album. The shows will take place May 6, 7 and 8 and will be recorded in HD-video for a special edition pressing of the album for its fall-winter release.

After months holed up in grey, wintry Montreal collaborating on the new album, The Dears are eager to share these adventurous songs with their Mexican audience, who have played a key role in the band’s survival. From being catapulted to international success with 2004’s No Cities Left, to the difficult period of adjustments that followed 2006’s Gang of Losers album, ensuing lineup changes nearly pushed them to consider the band’s permanent dissolution. Yet their 2009 sold-out concert at Lunario in Mexico City helped The Dears find the strength and faith to continue, taking the music to the next level with the aptly-titled most recent LP, Missiles. “The Dears’ heart was beating slowly and was dying”, Lightburn told the Mexican crowd during the show, “but Mexico has injected blood and made it stronger again, beating with more strength than ever. We will never forget this.”

More details regarding the upcoming album and the new line-up of The Dears will be announced soon.

The Dears stopped by the Daytrotter studios on one of their recent tours to record a few songs and talk music with the fine people at Daytrotter. Hear (and download) the results of that session here!

This Saturday, Dangerbird artists the Dears and Eulogies play the Echoplex, several dates deep into their US tour.

The Dears and Eulogies will be the Lounge Act guests on WOXY tomorrow, May 8. The Dears go live at 2PM EST/11AM PDT and Eulogies will be live right after them at 4:15PM EST/1:15PM PDT. Be sure to tune in tomorrow via woxy.com. You can also win a CD of The Dears’ Missiles and Eulogies’ Here Anonymous on vinyl via WOXY’s blog; The Futurist.

The Dears performance for CBC Radio will be broadcast this Saturday night on Canada Live (93.5FM) in Montreal at 8PM EDT. Listen to it HERE.

Murray sat down with the people at Vimby recently after a show at the Key Club in Los Angeles; the above is the resulting interview with live footage from the show that night…

MTVU has thrown The Dears in The Hot Seat. Check out the full interview with Dears frontman Murray Lightburn HERE.

The buzz on Missiles, the latest effort from The Dears, continues to build. This week, the album is the #1 most added at the CMJ and AAA radio formats. The band’s tour with Secret Machines will be passing through Los Angeles this week for a show at Key Club tonight (30 OCT). The Dears played a live session this morning (30 OCT) on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. Click here to listen to the podcast…

With the release date of The Dears Missiles finally upon us, album reviews are streaming in. Check out this review in Guardian UK, and a similar glowing review in The Times UK. Head over to iTunes and check it out for yourself…

In preparation for the 21 OCT release of their new album Missiles, The Dears have released the video from the first single, “Money Babies”, today on Subterranean. Click HERE to check it out.

We are thrilled to announce that we have just signed the critically acclaimed, Montreal band The Dears! Their new album, Missiles, will be released worldwide, starting October 21 in the U.S. and October 20 in the U.K. and Australia. MapleMusic Recordings will release the album in Canada simultaneously with the U.S.