Comments | onthesneak: the canadian invasion

onthesneak

the canadian invasion

May 18, 2007 15:52

the other day i'm chatting with claire and she mentions that she had been in a store earlier and saw that nme magazine had a canadian music cd on it and she noticed that wintersleep and holy fuck were on it. i was like what the hell??! so i run up to somerfield and pick up the magazine myself. all kinds of canadian goodness!! holy fuck were the ( Read more... )

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jennie May 18 2007, 15:32:10 UTC

The Besnard Lakes = fantastic!

The CBC Radio 3 podcast had them on a few episodes ago!

onthesneak May 18 2007, 22:25:19 UTC

i think i will go!
only thing is the ticket info says doors are at 8:30, and the last bus to edinburgh is at midnight, so i don't know how much i will get to see with 2 openers.

i am going to have to figure out all this podcast business.

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antikarley May 18 2007, 19:38:43 UTC

i like this girl.

onthesneak May 18 2007, 22:30:13 UTC

why am i not surprised? hehe. do you realize that 4 weeks from THIS VERY MINUTE WE WILL BE IN AMSTERDAM?! you will already have been to london and edinburgh! 27 more days baby!!

onthesneak May 18 2007, 22:28:08 UTC

you are so right. well i wouldn't say i fit in anywhere, but i think i would love it and it is easy to visit and i am not tied down and it would be great. we shall see. i feel like i shouldn't leave the uk quite yet, but i also don't feel like i should stay. yarrrr.

ourmovieyear May 18 2007, 16:39:59 UTC

Wintersleep, Land Of Talk, and Dog Day have all had their albums released in the U.S. and are getting a big promotional push, so I'm not surprised to hear that Wintersleep and LOF are also getting attention overseas too.

In Canadian news: The Got To Get Got (new band that features the two Marks and Catano, with mastering done by Jim) finally released their first EP called "Canadian Arts Collective Blues / Huge Zig Zag" and it's as amazing as you'd expect it to be. Every song sounded immediately familiar upon first listen. Assuming all goes as planned, you should be able to download it HERE.

Then I was browsing the Ache Records website the other day when I saw this:
Baby Control - Best War
A debut full length by Vancouver / Seattle band, featuring Zoë Verkuylen (The Red Light Sting), Mark Colavecchia (North Of America), Dan Tompkins (Got To Get Got), and Chris Vanderlaan (Animal Names / Buzzing Bees).
Punk at it's most inspired and charged. Anxious and noisy. More info soon.
Out in the summer.

onthesneak May 18 2007, 22:43:41 UTC

you are pretty much the greatest ( ... )

ourmovieyear May 19 2007, 16:35:21 UTC

What can I say... I like to share!

I didn't think to look for it, but the Baby Control band has a MySpace page complete with a Nirvana cover:
http://www.myspace.com/babycontrol

It's interesting that 3 of the 4 GTGG songs that you listed are not on the EP. How dare they withhold songs from the general public?! Of course, last week on my radio show, I just HAD to use the opportunity to give a North of America history lesson. Who wouldn't want to listen to a show that plays hits like...

North Of America: Essentials of the Knife Fight
North Of America: Built Sought Destination
North Of America: xrxxrxrx
North Of America: Destroy Tambourine
North Of America: Four Pascals
North Of America: Don't Ask Me How I Did It
The Holy Shroud: Say What You Are
The Got To Get Got: Blood Test
The Got To Get Got: No One Riots In The Winter

onthesneak May 20 2007, 08:24:33 UTC

what time / day is your radio show on? all i do at work is listen to online radio, i might as well be listening to something good!
that is one fantastic radio show i missed. mmmmmm norts.
i'm not sure how much i like this baby control.

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crushileptic May 18 2007, 17:33:00 UTC

!!!! Jason Tait + DMST = <3 <3 <3! and I am superglad there is lots of canadian goodness coming your way.

xoxox.

onthesneak May 18 2007, 22:45:18 UTC

so funny i didn't realize the weakerthans connection til you made this comment. i am clueless.
it would be best if there was some jessrawk canadian goodness coming this way!
happy friday in lethbridge!

uniquefergus May 18 2007, 21:17:15 UTC

I should have read your post first, eh?

You were obviously there. I was about three metres west of you, sweating badly!

The CD is truly great!

onthesneak May 18 2007, 22:50:50 UTC

haha. i am only getting to this comment now so it's okay!

i think everyone in that place was sweating badly. when we first walked into the upstairs bar i was wearing a sweater and a jacket and i thought i was going to melt. i didn't put them back on until i was back in edinburgh!

i'm going to be telling everyone i know here to pick up that mag while they can. what day does the new issue come out/this one get removed from stores?

uniquefergus May 18 2007, 22:56:21 UTC

Current mag's dated for tomorrow, so I guess they have a week. I really can't believe the stuff that's on it...including your buddies Wintersleep and Holy Fuck...you are SUPERCONNECTED!

onthesneak May 20 2007, 08:28:06 UTC

heheh. i love that this magazine exists right now. last night i was out and chatting with this guy who was asking about canadian music, and i was able to say oh just go buy nme and you can hear a bunch of sweet canadian bands! nme should be paying me for all this promotion!