Canadian soul-tinged rock n' rollers The Ballantynes will be playing March 26 at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco with power pop tour de force Cocktails, surf punks The Shivas, and snotty power pop outfit Grandma's Boyfriend. The Ballantynes, a Vancouver-based band, are hitting the west coast in a major way. With a slew of tour dates in the good old US of A, the band is traveling to promote their newest EP Liquor Store Gun Store Pawn Shop Church on La-Ti-Da Records. Arguably one of the few acts out there that goes for an unabashed northern soul sound with old [...]