I’m just going to point you towards a great blog with a great post on a great band from Queensland called The Middle East. IGIF has two tracks from the band including ‘Blood‘, which is my idea of what they Great Lake Swimmers would sound like if through the song they kept inviting members of the Arcade Fire to join them on stage.
Check out that video below.
‘Blood’ The Middle East
Every wednesday I get The Gum Drop. Its a subscriber-based newsletter from Stereogum that sends out the latest news on their site, including a link to download a featured mp3. Recent features include Swan Lake, Great Lake Swimmers, Marissa Nadler. Today, I got a song called ‘Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh‘ by Say Hi. So far he (Eric Elbogen) is two-for-two here with songs from the upcoming album Oohs & Aahs (Barsuk, March 3rd). Again, we’ve got echoes on the vocals but this time eight ‘Ohs’ at the end of each chorus.
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I guess I’ve been hiding under a rock for the past little while. Never heard about this show, thanks to Frank for mentioning it to me.
Saturday, Nov. 18th. ELLIOTT BROOD, GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, LAL, THE OLD SOUL, SHAD => Toronto Reference Library, doors 7:30 pm, tickets free, but must be picked up in advance
Called the library, they gave out all the tickets. Insert sad face emoticon here.
Cool concept though. The Toronto Public Library is going to have a new local music collection, and to celebrate this, they’re promoting these shows to take place within the libraries.
On Nov. 4th, The North York Central Library hosted a bunch of artists off Toronto’s Blocks Recording Club (Creeping Nobodies, Final Fantasy, Hank, Ninja High School, Bob Wiseman).
What is this saturday’s show going to sound like? You tell me.
Second Son by Elliott Brood. or
I Get Down by Shad K.
**somebody comment, is anyone out there?
I’m off to see this one for the first time. Here’s the lineup:
2:30pm to 3:00pm Lady Racers
3:15pm to 3:45pm Fat Robot
4:00pm to 4:30pm Fembots
4:45pm to 5:30pm Great Lake Swimmers
5:45pm to 6:45pm Chris Brown All Star Band featuring Kate Fenner
7:00pm to 7:45pm Jon-Rae and the River
8:00pm to 8:45pm Holy F*ck
9:00pm to 9:45pm Hidden Cameras
10:00pm to 10:45pm Wintersleep
11:00pm to 11:45pm Constantines
I hope the Cons start with ‘Draw Us Lines‘. Check out ‘Love In Fear‘.
