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There are still some bugs to iron out, but local concert promoter Sealed With a Kiss Presents has launched a Facebook application. Built by Jeremy Holland and Dean Halford of Vancouver’s MOK Agency, the application lets Facebook users stream music by upcoming performers, view photos from past shows, keep track of ticket-sales information, and, yes, network with other concertgoers.

SWAK’s Courtney Ewan told the Straight, “We didn’t want to be another promoter sending spam to anybody and everybody on Facebook, so we wanted something where people could choose whether or not they’d be receiving messages about certain shows. That’s the best part of the app. If you only want information on the Wolf Parade show, then you only get that.”

Ewan added that there are currently about 300 application users, but with over 1,500 group members in SWAK’s Facebook group, that should increase. “And then we’ll all get along, like one big, happy mosh pit,” she said. Grab the app from the Sealed With a Kiss Presents Facebook group. Recent shows by the promoter have included Vetiver, Hot Chip, and Vampire Weekend, plus tonight’s (May 22) sold-out Beirut concert at the Commodore.