Currently Listening To
Inside The Cinema by Culture Reject. Apparently, a full-length record is due in early 2008.
Inside The Cinema by Culture Reject. Apparently, a full-length record is due in early 2008.
Listen up fans of Maps, Grizzly Bear, Thom Yorke and Caribou. I think you’re going to like the music of Canon Blue.
I regret not going to see this artist (songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Daniel James) play live when he toured here to Toronto this month. I’m loving his dreamy folktronica; blissful melodies backed by electronic beats and loops. The full-length record (Colonies) was mixed by Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear) is available on Rumraket Records.
Check out the first track off Colonies, Treehouse. Head to Who Needs Radio and I Guess I’m Floating to find more.
Check out some footage of Justice at CIRCA from last week.
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If you’ve never heard of CIRCA before, its Toronto’s newest downtown club. Its a beast of a complex; 8 bars, 4 finished floors, touch sensitive light bars, 2,800 capacity, models as mannequins in art displays and 6.3 million to put it all together. And I’ve gotta say, some pretty good sound to see bands/DJs. Read more about CIRCA here.
The Justice show was amazing. Instead of joining the hoards of kids on the floor, we sought out the best balcony spot to get a good look at what Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Auge were up to behind their cross-lit DJ console. They were quite busy. Turning knobs, tweaking effects and controlling samples from their matching laptops…. oh, and chain smoking. As soon as one went out, another was lit.
Huge hits for the crowd were D.A.N.C.E and Phantom after the crowd started off their groove with album opener track Genesis. I think the dance floor totally lost it in a sing-a-long to Justice‘s remix of Simian‘s Never Be Alone. You know, that Virgin ad?
I’m a big fan of Phantom, pt. 2. Amazing track, find it here. **If you can, also look for the Soulwax remix, its solid.
Been looking forward to this show for a while now. If you’re in Toronto tonight, brave the rain and enjoy our last few minutes of semi-warm temperatures. Head to the El Mocambo for a healthy dose of White Whale.
The Mohawk Lodge (11:30pm), Octoberman (10:30pm) and Culture Reject (9:30pm) for the CBCr3’s sponsored ‘Making Music With Your Friends’ tour.
Do some work and hear these songs. Here for Hard Times, here for Inside The Camera and here for No Qualms.