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‘Troubled’ by Land Of Talk
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Summer Festivals
I’m excited. The Wolfe Island Music Festival just announced their ’08 lineup. Aug. 8th and 9th.
Friday Aug 8th 2008: The Town Hall Hootenanny Returns! 8:30pm start
featuring Carolyn Mark, Jenny Whiteley, Joey Wright, Luther Wright and friends
The Abrams Brothers will be opening up the festivities.
**NEW**Flying V Productions showcase at The General Wolfe Hotel 10:30pm
Featuring The Handsome Furs!! with special guests local heroes Magic Jordan
Saturday Aug 9th 2008: Main Stage at the Marysville Baseball diamond 1pm start
Wintersleep
Cadence Weapon
Land of Talk
Jason Collett
Plants and Animals
Tony Scherr
The Acorn
The Durbervilles
Music Maul
P.S. I love you!
I’m happy with that lineup, surprised there is no Wolf Bands in there….. Always a shame that it is on this weekend, tough decision…
Film School
Been spending my monday here listening to some tracks my San Francisco’s Film School. If you’re a fan of this sort of dark pop (blissed out sweeping guitars and keys, soft unisex vocals overtop), dive in. Did anyone catch them on tour last month with Eulogies and Land Of Talk?? Solid bill.
Take a listen to Two Kinds from 2007’s Hideout.
Side note, if you live in Canada, check out Bravo!’s Live At The Rehearsal Hall on the tube. Went to see an amazing Stars performance last night. That should air in Feb.
SXSW ’07, Day 2: Thursday
Possibly my least productive day bandwise. I saw only 8 of them….. And I still can’t remember what I was doing between noon and 2pm. Everything else has come back to me.
SXSW has always been about meeting people. I met Sue while on the plane from Denver to Austin last monday. We talked for most of the flight, finding striking similarities between me and my twin brother and her two sons (twins as well), both of which were working in the music industry in Austin. As well, one is currently managing the infamous Daniel Johnston. *You might need to go rent this if you’ve never heard of him. Through High Wire Music and the help of a killer street team (nice work kids), they put together a solid showcase in town that day. I saw Daniel play. Great show, the crowd agreed.
Jumping backward, I’d like to mention seeing Loney, Dear perform at the team Clermont party. It was a perfect show for that part in the day. I found a good spot right by a circular fan. The room was dead quiet. I couldn’t help thinking about a folkier version of the Bee-Gees in his sound. Really nice songs, you can find a hell of a lot of them here, check out I Am John.
After dinner a bunch of us jumped around quite a bit. Saw Montreal’s Besnard Lakes at the Mohawk and Lo Fi Fnk from the alley way behind The Beauty Bar Patio. Really liked Cloud Cult‘s performance at Emo JR’s featuring two live painters on stage.
Champion had people dancing like crazy making me wonder if the patio at Maggie Mae’s could support the jumping. Datarock were a nice surprise as well.
Menomena was a highlight as well, but I’m going to hold off on writing about them just yet. Tomorrow night I’m off to see them, Field Music and Land Of Talk at the El Mo. Great lineup.
Loney, Dear – The City, The Airport
Cloud Cult – Chain Reaction
Menomena – Stream their new record here
Canadian Music Week 2007: Part 3
I’m thinking about getting that way tonight….
A couple shows peaked my interest. Chart magazine is throwing another bender at the Horseshoe. Its probably going to be packed all the way from You Say Party, We Say Die! (10pm) and Cadence Weapon (11pm) to Land Of Talk (midnight). Kill The Lights (1am) are also a great live band.
Head a little north to Bloor to catch the Outside Music showcase. Baby Eagle and Woolly Leaves (plus special guests?? could it be more cons?) (9pm), Rock Plaza Central (10pm), The Besnard Lakes (11pm), Pop Levi (midnight), We Are Wolves (1am), Sweet Thing (2am).
Finally, Stars of Track and Field headline a Wind Up Showcase at Revival. Support is The Silent Years.
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