First in our Audio Blood series of minilogues are The Balconies, who just set off on an east-coast tour! So check out the video and hit up the MySpace by clicking their name up there. Keep an eye out for the next installments of the Audio Blood series coming soon!
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Review: Jay Sparrow's "Good Days Gone By"
I like to write album reviews a little differently now. At the core it still is an album review — but after becoming a music promoter/booker and becoming friendly with many of these artists, it is hard to not get a bit into who the people are along with what the music is all about. This is most definitely the case with Jay Sparrow.
Audio Blood + minilogues = lots of videos
We spent last Sunday with Sari and a host of musicians she works with at Audio Blood, her promotions film. Four episodes of minilogues resulted: two bedroom sessions, one basement session and a rather squashed shoot in a Mitsubishi van. You’ll get to see the first result on Wednesday when we upload a video featuring the Balconies, who just set off on an east-coast tour. The rest of February will be filled out with minilogues episodes from Make Your Exit, Clothes Make The Man and Corduroy. We’re excited!
It was something of a comedy of errors, but we finally shot Leif Vollebekk for minilogues, before his CD release show in Toronto at the Cameron House. We found a little stairwell to the side of the back area of the venue. It’s short but, dare I say, sweet.
Jay Sparrow has played more PWYC Wednesdays than any other band or artist to date. For anyone who has yet to make one of his shows, we’re proud to present you our new Jay Sparrow minilogues!
This time we headed down to Castro’s— a really neat little watering hole in the Beaches— for our shoot. After you watch it, be sure to head over to his myspace for more Jay Sparrow tunes! Jay will also be performing at Rancho on Friday, February 5. Save the date!
Four Tet (Kieran Hebden) is set to release his brand new album There Is Love In You on Monday, January 25. Until then, the entire album is being streamed via SoundCloud. Click on the cover art above to head over and listen, or check out the fancy embedded version below!
I’m a huge fan of everything Kieran has done to date, so I can’t wait to check this one out.
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Happy 1st Birthday, indiecredit! - A Benefit for Haiti
The first-anniversary show for indiecredit, a local initiative that raises funds for loans through Kiva, will be held this Thursday, January 21 at Rancho Relaxo (300 College St) in Toronto, with music from the Dreamboats, the Skirt Chasers and Yukon Cigar. We’ve had a lot of success raising money for Kiva, and we are really dedicated to the work that group does…but we’ve decided to do something a bit different with indiecredit this time around.
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Peter Project gets Fresh and Soapy on new EP
The thing I love about EP’s is that they’re the perfect length to introduce an audience to your music. You can get in and get out in only a few songs, without overstaying your welcome. With that in mind, when I heard that I was going to review the new Peter Project Fresh Soap EP, I got pretty jazzed. With an LP and countless remixes— including Woodhands and The Meligrove Band— already under his belt, Peter has solidified himself as one of Canada’s best producers.
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First minilogues of 2010! We’re kicking the year off with a living-room session with the Archives, a band with a relatively short history, but an impressive one nonetheless. They created a cool vibe in their apartment for the shoot, and you should come by the Rancho Relaxo in Toronto on Friday, January 15 to check them out live and in full-force.
Two Way Monologues made one final visit to the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto for 2009 on December 11 for a solid line-up. Locals the Cheap Speakers, Old World Vulture and Bellewoods supported London-based Raised By Swans for the Toronto release of their new album, No Ghostless Place. You can see that band above, and check out the videos below to see a song from each of the other bands, filmed that night.
