Peter Elkas has planned a number of residencies to roll-out of his latest LP, Repeat Offender. Watch as Peter is joined by friends Al Tuck, Shotgun Jimmie, on stages in Guelph, Hamilton , and Toronto before launching a cross-country tour.
To be released on Joel Plaskett’s New Scotland Records, Repeat Offender will prove to be a huge hit for the charismatic singer/guitarist.
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Ever since the amazing nomination for this website on Searchlight 2011, we have been blessed by the attention of many ambitious indie rock acts in this country, some of whom are on the verge of a nation-wide break into the scene. Fitting this description is Vancouver’s Waiting For Sunday, a young, but remarkably sincere and musically mature group, making their debut with flair on The Courage, The Strength, The Wisdom, And Doubt. Read more…
From East to Exit Are Ripe With Potential
This intriguing trio definitely has staying power.
From East To Exit
When I asked Colin Harrington of Adverteyes (last week’s album review) “what’s what” in Guelph these days, he mentioned a little, mostly unknown band by the name of From East to Exit, praising their live performances. And I’m glad he did, because these guys are seriously talented and, as luck would have it, recently independently released their debut EP. Read more…
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Myopia is taking the world by storm, but unfortunately, nobody knows it yet.
Hailing from the royal city, Guelph, Ontario, Adverteyes are without a doubt one of my favorite discoveries of 2010, and Myopia, independently released in September, may just be the most overlooked album of the year. Colin Harrington, the lead songwriter, has a keen ear for rhythmic phrasing, haunting melodic lines, and lyrics filled with doubt in society’s current predicament (think early T.S. Eliot) that are both timely and timeless. But Harrington isn’t alone; five other vastly talented musicians who make perfectly balanced contributions to each song join him on Myopia’s sonic adventure. The accompaniment is vast, dense, and stylistically various, yet it never drowns out Colin’s intelligent and catchy songwriting. The band has spent a lot of time (I heard five solid years) defining a sound that is uniquely theirs, which, if I had to categorize it, falls somewhere between Origins of Symmetry-era Muse and Kid A-era Radiohead. Read more…
The Liptonians Are Marching Back Into the Music Scene with a Sophomore Masterpiece
Release Date- February 8, 2011 (Head in the Sand)
You don’t get very far exploring Winnipeg’s independent music scene without some mention of The Weakerthans’ John K. Sampson and his wife Christine Fellows. This record is no exception as John and Christine have the fingerprints all over it; the album is both being released on their label, Head in the Sand, and the bulk of the recording was done at the studio they frequent, Prairie Recording Co., while production was taken care of by Matt Peters, and Mike Petkau. But this is really about a couple lesser-known Winnipeggers named Matt Schellenberg and Bucky Driedger who, along with a talented collective of Manitoban musicians who leave their ego out of their “song first” instrumentations, put together a cohesive and infectious assortment of pop gems on their sophomore effort, Let’s All March Back Into the Sea. Read more…
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Malaparte, bitches!
Did you get the new Destroyer LP Kaputt yet? well, don’t listen to it yet!
Join CIAMM chat all week, 7:00 pm EST, where we will converge for our first ever Live Listening Party.
Meet & Greet with your pals from CIAMM, and BYOB, because we may even attempt to kick off Kaputt with a Destroyer tradition – Drinking Game!!!
Personally, I will play the game with hot chocolate, because that’s how I roll.
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Mike Evin – Good Watermelon(2009, JT014, Just Friends Records)
But first, a note – CIAMM contributor Aaron Thacker‘s recent Album Review contains an ingenious Album Rating System of his own design, that of which I will adopt for this, my first CIAMM Album Review. My regards, good Doctor.
As I look through my stack of as-yet unopened CDs, I am curiously drawn to the artwork of Hamilton, Ontario’s Mike Evin. The friendly offer of something fresh, cool and tasty cannot be denied, so I pull off the cellophane wrapper, and begin, a complete blank slate, ready with my headphones. This review is about a year late in coming, as Evin has a new release, and tour scheduled for 2011, so stay tuned to CIAMM for that info soon. In the meantime Read more…
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The Ruby Spirit- Born Under a Veil
Released on – September 4th, 2010
Available at – therubyspirit.com, bandcamp.com
The Ruby Spirit write pop music from a carnival, or maybe punk rock from a burlesque house, or possibly rockabilly from an abandoned theater, or perhaps, swinging jazz from the mental depths of psyche-ward patient; whatever the case may be, these guys write irresistibly catchy tunes on a foundation that is very much their own. Now, here’s a song-by-song analysis of their début EP “Born Under a Veil” by yours truly. Read more…
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In Medias Res – It Was Warm and Sunny When We First Set Out
Released- January 4th, 2011
Available at Bandcamp
For fans of (IMHO)- Thrice, Hey Rosetta, Radiohead, Refused, Malajube, Brand New, Vancouver, CBC Radio 3
In Medias Res, or IMR, have been around for a while now, which is impressive considering these guys aren’t keen on helping hands. They independently released their début full-length in 2004, selling the first 1000 copies solely at shows. They independently booked a two-month long North American tour, while also embarking on five other cross-Canada tours. They even went as far as to turn down a $10000 demo package from Juice Mix Productions. Needless to say, DIY seems as apt a three-letter acronym to represent this group as IMR. They then took three years to record what is in my opinion, their best work to date. One might speculate that an album that took this long to record might lack cohesiveness and urgency, but frankly, this is not the case. Read more…
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