The sun is out. It’s still not warm, at least here in Montreal, but finally when you leave work at the end of the day it’s still bright outside. The blistering, warm summer rays are on their way. So, while there is a still that cool, spring breeze in the air, we present to you YBP’s Spring 2012 Playlist:

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This is the greatest day ever! A brand new 50′s pulp comic-inspired t-shirt, comissioned by Emmy the Great and designed by Henry St Leger. And guess what else? IT GLOWS IN THE DARK! Buy this t-shirt, look awesome, and feel good about helping kids in need. All profits will benefit Kids Company; a London-based charity which helps impoverished inner-city kids who struggle to get the practical, emotional and educational support they need from their home environment. Comes in all shapes and sizes too, you can purchase one here!

Photo by Ana Kraš

The good folks at Verbicide Magazine have put on a little competition where you can win BIG! Three prizes up for grabs: an copy of The Indie Rock Coloring Book, The Indie Rock Poster Book, and a band-t-shirt of your choice. Go here to enter. Bonne chance!

Do you recall our first video session we did last year with Dry the River? Today we’re please to announce our next video with another one of our bands, the venerable Yann Tiersen. Yann performs his newest single in the middle of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) office building, while their employees are seen in the background, hard at work saving the world! You may recall that Yann has designated the profits from the sale of his t-shirt to benefit MSF, so this felt like a good way to raise awareness for their organization.

The song which Yann performs, I’m Gonna Live Anyhow, is about the inevitability of life before death and about appreciating the small things in between. As Yann himself describes:

“The song is inspired by the title of the 1959 Alan Lomax album I’m Gonna Live Until I Die. It focuses on the tiny pleasures of life with lyrics like ‘I love the woods after the rain’ and ‘I love the shore after the storm.’ The song grew out of the thought that you have no choice to live before you die it has to happen in that order and the cycle is inescapable.”

You can see the band, pictured above, wearing the TV on the Radio tee, the YBP scarf, the YBP merch tee, the Devendra Banhart tee,  and of course Yann’s own t-shirt that he is wearing, which he designed.

Hello Spring!

And a warm welcome to the newest addition of our YBP Gold range — the YBP Montreal Sweatshirt. Illustrated by Maxime Francout and photographed by Maggie Pelude, this sweatshirt will be the most welcoming addition to your Spring wardrobe. It’s warm, but not too hot… just like Montreal in the Springtime!

Click here to find out more!