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In-Flight Safety show TONIGHT in Toronto @ El Mocambo
Posted by Adam Binet in Uncategorized on October 29th, 2009
Well for all of you who have not had a chance to see a IFS show live, well now is your chance. Sure you’ve heard them all the time on CBC Radio 3 and maybe caught a youtube video or two, but really the live show is where it is at. This Halifax quartet make such good, and awe-inspiring music… from intricate slower songs, to my favorite’s they do which slowly build up on you and explode with sound. The guys formed at Mount Allison University (where I first met/saw them) in and around 2002/2004 and have since moved to Halifax and put out two full length albums (”Coast is Clear” and “We Are An Empire, My Dear”.
If you haven’t had a chance to listen to them, do yourself a favor now. They have literally every track available on their CBC Radio 3 page.
And some great vids:
Toronto Live Shows Tonight: Julie Doiron and The Blakes!
Posted by Adam Binet in Uncategorized on October 27th, 2009
A big toss up for live music tonight in Toronto…
At Lee’s Palace we have the infamous Julie Doiron (formerly of Eric’s Trip) — she is New Brunswick’s sweetheart of indie rock, putting out album after album to critical acclaim. Tickets are $15 at the door… if you have not seen her, my goodness, go. She is simply amazing!
On the flipside we have a grungy rock group from Seattle playing at the Horseshoe for FREE @ 10:50pm. This has been a band we’ve been following for a couple of years and they have just released their second full length album as of October 13th! Take a listen to “Pistol Grip” and I gaurentee you’ll want to go…
Julie Doiron
The Blakes
New Singles Galore! Them Crooked Vultures, LCD Soundsystem and Julian Casablancas
Posted by Adam Binet in Uncategorized on October 27th, 2009
Well the past week has been bountiful for new music to posted online… here’s a good round-up from some highly anticipated new albums.
Them Crooked Vultures
The new super-group featuring Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters); Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age/Eagles of Death Metal) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)’s new album comes out November 17th. This is the first full-length song they’ve released! This should be a beauty of an album.
LCD Soundsystem
Well thank goodness DFA label owner James Murphy is up to it again. His last two albums (Self Titled and Sound of Silver) have been amongst some of the best and faves of critics and hipsters alike for the past few years. The single is called “Bye Bye Bayou” and is being released as a single on November 9th. The full length album is expected in.. March 
what a tease!
Julian Casablancas
Well “The Strokes” lead singer has been working on his solo project for a while… there’s been a few little leaks here and there over the past few months. The album “Phrazes for the Yonge” is coming out November 3rd (but has been leaked online as of Oct 26th). The first single, “11th Demension” is here… sounds pretty catchy!
There’s the roundup for now… keep tuned for more!
/Adam
Band of Skulls: UK’s Beautiful “Dead Weather” Twin
Posted by Adam Binet in Uncategorized on July 28th, 2009
I am not sure about you, but for those of you who were on the White Stripes mailing list you had an avalanche of “The Dead Weather” updates and info piling up during the past few months leading up to their debut release. Now, don’t get me wrong I am a huge Jack White fan and I feel “Horehound” is an awesome disc — one I will probably put up here sometime soon… But this leads me into Southampton’s “Band of Skulls” (FKA “Fleeing New York”). This 3-piece outfit does a lot of what The Dead Weather does; an edgy, heavily blue-inspired sound but with a definite new and aggressive edge.
I too am a fan of a fan of The Black Keys, and as it was reviewed in Now Toronto by Paul Terefenko he opens his review with: “”Band of Skulls will leave Black Keys and Black Mountain fans pretty happy with this gratingly titled but strong classic rock/garage full-length” — and maybe this is why I enjoy this disc so much. Despite “how much it sounds like” the aforementioned bands it’s still a group most certainly worth checking out… but heck, in the words of LeVar Burton “But you don’t have to take my word for it” — decide yourself:
And what appears to be a very positive trend, the band has the whole album streaming online at their website – click here!
Are You Afraid Of? (The Danks)
Posted by Adam Binet in Uncategorized on July 25th, 2009
Well my first album post/review is finally here. I am going to kick off the new home of PrudentMusic. This disc just dropped a couple of weeks ago and it’s from the extremely fun, and highly addictive Danks. Hailing from Charlottetown two of the four members of this group are members of the hugely popular, and Polaris Prize nominated band “Two Hours Traffic“.
After releasing some demos and an EP the boys from PEI have blessed us with a summer gem, “Are You Afraid Of?”. The 12 song full-length debut is every bit as poppy and in your face as the Samples EP. I challenge you to listen to this whole album and not love at least 3-4 songs, if not the whole record. The hooks are catchy, Moore’s voice makes me jealous and the entire package is a firecracker.
I had the pleasure of seeing the boys, on a cold and blustery night in Halifax circa February 2008 at the famed Gus’s Pub opening for one of my Halifax fav’s “The Stance”. Not too often do I immediately fall in love with a band based purely on their live-show but The Danks did it. After a song or two I found myself floating to the front row and got not helped but be sucked in. Well a year and a half later, and alas this beauty has come to fruition. I also helped the guys out with a little website, you can see here.
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