An eclectic concoction of instruments and personalities, SitDownTracy is an energetic indie pop band based in Winnipeg. Besides guitars and drums, the band’s rich sound comes from keyboards, strings and brass. SitDownTracy is recognizable for their intricate vocal arrangements, which combine up to four voices at once. Within their poppy framework, the band infuses bits of classical, jazz and folk influence. The song is the thing, and SitDownTracy creates arrangements that are expansive without sacrificing tightness. This penchant is showcased on the band’s 2012 full-length release Twenty Something Winters, and can be seen by audiences throughout Canada in summer 2012.
Boxer the Horse did a quick in-store show at Back Alley Music in Charlottetown P.E.I. to promote their new album ‘French Residency’ and our Moe was there to capture it.
Jason Ogden, the man driving the vehicle known as Penny Blacks has been restless while the 7-piece band chips away at their debut full-length album. To combat the idle hands and overactive songwriting glands, Ogden has recorded a 5-song EP to tide us over until the fall release of the full-length album. Gold Standards is Penny Blacks’ second EP release, and it continues the tradition of capturing the mid-fi, bedroom-torch-song ethos that began when Ogden started posting home recordings on his MySpace several years ago; yet it does something more. The scope of these songs goes well beyond the isolation of a room, an apartment. There is a traveled maturity to songs like “Socorro” and “Chop Yourself…” that suggests a forlorn goodbye to something as well as a confident welcome. Read more…
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