Currently Listening To
‘Blood on the Snow’ by Portland’s Horse Feathers
‘Blood on the Snow’ by Portland’s Horse Feathers
I never listen to the radio anymore.
While driving my brother home tonight, I forgot to bring music in the car. I spent 40 minutes ‘scanning’, couldn’t find anything. Maybe I need to try satellite radio….
I normally just stream music from my computer, or run audio from Youtube videos. Today I was listening to online content from Detroit’s The Silent Years.
They just put out a self-titled debut on Noalternative Records two weeks ago. From what I’ve heard, they write good songs. What do they sound like…… hmmm. So far I’ve got a mix between Doves and The French Kicks with a lot more going on than I’d ever be able to get into in this here post.
A couple of their tracks can be found on their myspace page. ‘No Secrets‘ will show you their rock edge, ‘Someone To Keep Us Warm‘ will show a softer side.
Also, they’ve got a homemade video for the latter here. What could he be saying to that cave dwelling penguin?
Isn’t this a wonderful family photo?
I attended Now Magazine‘s 25 anniversary last night at the Phoenix. It passed all my qualifications for a good industry party.? Some free booze, interesting entertainment, and live bands. When you came into the venue, they had these photo areas set up where you could get your picture on the cover of Now. Here’s what Ian, Steve, myself and someone who would like to remain anonymous looked like….
One of the bands playing last night was Holy Fuck. Sadly, I spent most of their set in line, only caught the tail end of their set. I’ve seen these guys on numerous occasions in Toronto and at music festivals. One of the most captavating live shows you can see these days, mainly because when you are dancing to the beat, you wonder who is making what sound, and what kind of instruments are they playing?
Holy Fuck are ‘Toronto’s Evil Super Group‘, currently comprised of Brian Borcherdt, Graham Walsh, Mike Bigelow and Loel Campbell. Expect to see a drummer, a bass player, and two guys attempting to land a space shuttle on mars using their electronic consoles.
Here’s a track called Casio Bossa Nova from their new record. Two others can be found on their myspace.
Here’s another.
I was one of 30 or so lucky people to have caught this show at Revival. Fields (UK) with Toronto’s The Coast opening. At the show, I finally met Frank from Chromewaves. He was taking some pictures for his site. If you haven’t seen his blog yet, take a look and I dare you to find someone who goes to more shows then he does.
What stuck with me last night was the lead off track that Fields smacked us with. Its called ‘Song For The Fields‘. It is massive. A sweet melody dancing through a ‘blistering wall of death noise.’ You can hear it on their myspace page, or better yet, check out the video.
If you’re not mouthing ‘you’re not the only one’ 36 minutes from now, then I’m obviously losing my grip.
Here is another solid track ‘Heretic‘.
I’ve invented a new word. Bluzz. It’s a combination of the words ‘Blog’ and ‘Buzz’. That way, when I mention a band that’s made a couple rounds through the Blogosphere, I say Bluzz band.
not a bad ring to it.
Growing up studying classical and jazz piano in a family of pilots may label you the black sheep of the family. Meet Patrick Watson, a black sheep that grew up in Hudson, a small town just west of Montreal.
Patrick Watson focuses on engineering his own music with a ‘fanatical attention to details, incorporating genres and styles from contemporary classical to modern electronica, at once both pop-oriented and improvisational.’
He’s got the ball rolling on this newest work. A full length called ‘Close To Paradise‘ was recently put out on my favourite small Montreal label Secret City Records. He has shared the stage with the likes of James Brown, The Dears, Feist and The Stills.
A bunch of his tracks can be heard on myspace, or try these on for size. Luscious Life and Giver are great examples of his work.
Check out the video for ‘Drifters‘ by Brigitte Henry. Patrick Watson has collaborated with Brigitte for many years, providing music to her exhibition/book/CD ‘Waterproof9’, a collection of underwater photographs.