Black Kids - Cemetery Lips EP - available now

Last year we remixed "Hurricane Jane" for Black Kids. The remix was released around the world on the Hurricane Jane CD single. Now it's available as part of a killer EP Black Kids have just released. You should check it out.





Get Black Kids - Cemetery Lips EP from iTunes

The Cansecos WIN International Songwriting Competition!

Our song "Raised By Wolves" (Juices!, Upper Class Recordings) has won Best Dance/Electronic song of 2008 in the International Songwriting Competition.  Over 15,500 songs were considered by a judging panel filled with legends (T-Pain, Tiesto, Robert Smith, Ray Davies, Chaka Khan, Tom Waits, Black Francis and Weird Al Yankovic, to name a few).  We are honoured.  Thank you ISC and thank you T-Pain.  If you think our prize should be a collaboration with T-Pain please know that you're not alone in thinking so.

The Cansecos can now be worn!

Our very talented bass guitar master Princely P has designed the first ever shirt for The Cansecos!  It's a 3/4 length retro baseball shirt design and it's available now individually or as part of a CD/Shirt package - get yours at the Upper Class Recordings Store

DJing Montreal After Party @ Tokyo

Short-listed for the ISC Prize

The International Songwriting Competition has short-listed our song "Raised By Wolves" (Juices!, Upper Class Recordings) for the Best Dance/Electronic song of 2008!

This is pretty serious - Over 15,000 songs were considered by a secret judging panel, stacked with legends (last year’s judges included T-Pain, Robert Smith, Tom Waits, Black Francis, Weird Al Yankovic, Tiesto). The admiration bestowed on us Cansecos is a great honour and accomplishment. Thanks ISC. The winner of the 2008 ISC will be announced by the secret panel at the end of April.

THE CANSECOS & SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT TOUR DATES IN APRIL!

The Cansecos spring out of studio seclusion to hit the road with Edmonton scissor kicking, all-rhythm homies, Shout Out Out Out Out, forming a double bill that will have us all locked in bass drenched battles on dance floors from London to Montreal!

THE CANSECOS w/Shout Out Out Out Out

# April 25 – Toronto – Lee’s Palace
% April 27 – London – Call The Office
% April 28 – Kitchener – Starlight Lounge
% April 29 – Ottawa – Babylon
% April 30 – Montreal – La Sala Rosa

# - also with DJ set by DVAS
% - also with DJ set by Smalltown DJs

Cadence Weapon remixes The Cansecos and you can download it

Do you want to hear Cadence Weapon's remix of The Cansecos "Rise Up"?
If so, go to www.cadenceweaponmusic.com and download Cadence's new release Separation Anxiety. The remix is slammin and the whole collection of tracks - available for whatever price you choose from $0.00 to $10000000000000.00 - is killer.

Allmusic 'Showers' us with love

Thanks Allmusic Blog for listening to our SHOWERS mix and putting us alongside Simian Mobile Disco, Diplo/Santogold, Carl Craig and Junior Boys!

The Cansecos mash up Womanizer

The funny thing is, we did this a day before hearing the new Hilary Duff single "Reach Out". That is creepy.

The Cansecos present Womanizer vs Personal Jesus.

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Toronto Film Festival

Here is some video and photographing from the Toronto International Film Festival show we played with Cadence Weapon, Esthero and Midway State.

There are more videos at the UC Youtube