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You can call it the post NXNE show for Photogmusic Live on CHUO FM . Played tracks from the acts that I saw at the festival. Around 3:30pm I had John Brooman who is the CEO & President of Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival . Have a listen to the show . Playlist & Interview with John from @OttDragonBoatFest on Photogmusic LIVE by Photogmusic on Mixcloud [...]
By Tiffany Yam And with great anticipation, NXNE 'ers packed the small basement level Comfort Zone. Paula kicked off the night with the classic beats of new-wave pop synth mixed with the groovy edge of lead singer David Carrier's voice. His high hitters shook the stage followed by intermittent shout-outs to James Brown. Second up was Montreal native dream-pop band Braids . If you weren't won over by Raph's sweetheart smile, her heavenly falsettos melting [...]
BRAIDS has been reborn. This much is obvious in 2013, both superficially and on a deeper thematic level. On the surface, the former foursome is now a three-piece outfit, having lost member Katie Lee to the charming Port St. Willow . Now consisting of lead singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston, multi-instrumentalist Taylor Smith, and drummer Austin Tufts, the Montreal group has evolved past its old incarnation in another key way: electronically. For those that fell in love with the band's 2011 debut Native Speaker , this gives new BRAIDS material a [...]
Blue Hawaii 's " Reaction II " — one of many exceptional tracks that's gripped us since the band dropped their Untogether LP in February — gets a video from director Melissa Matos that sends Carola Wisny through a ghostly, fittingly impressionistic reality. Untogether is available through Arbutus Records . The post video: Blue Hawaii — "Reaction II" appeared first on Soft Signal .
It's in a reprehensibly roundabout way we this afternoon come to Paula – not some Abdul regeneration, but instead the tangential endeavour of TOPS' David Carriere – for Totally Nice is the bonus bit to the vinyl reissue of last year's Relaxed Fit LP. So whilst that one blew clean under the radar, it's this lonesome straggler which got snagged on our attention this afternoon. And we're thanking twinkly things it did, for it's a wistful, disco-gilded composition of stainless guile suitably evocative of a more introspective take on TOPS: Carriere croons of an infamous "drug that [...]
i canadesi Braids li seguiamo da diverso tempo, e con l’occasione del nuovo singolo In Kind // Amends , in uscita la prossima settimana ad anticipare l’album Flourish // Perish, che sarà pubblicato da Arbutus Records , Full Time Hobby , e Flemish Eye il prossimo 20 Agosto, ed è ora disponibile in streaming via Pitchfork Advance , vale la pena ripercorrere velocemente il loro percorso, che inizia con un altro nome, Neighbourhood Council - e con un lungo brano, incredibilmente bello, come Liver and Tan , incluso nel [...]
Although his name may be relatively unknown, Sean Nicholas Savage has been a focus of Montreal’s underground music scene for some years now. In fact, his new album Other Life is his tenth, following three delightfully eccentric albums Flamingo , Won Ton Jaz and Trippple Midnight Karma released in 2011. However, it is Other Life that presents Savage at his most accomplished. [...]
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by Tiana Feng Rating: Release Date: May 28, 2013 Label: Arbutus Records From a distance, Sean Nicholas Savage's tunes sound like the 80s classic played on your mother's AC radio station. Those songs usually need memorable song craft and Savage delivers in his latest album Other Life . [...]
Grimes’ pal breaks her laptop but creates something amazing in the process. Arbutus Records, 2013 8.1 / 10 After already captivating early adopters with his EP Empire Sound, Airick Woodhead’s debut long-player as...
Preposterously prolific Montréal oddball Sean Nicholas Savage may now be on his umpteenth full-length release and indeed sprouts from Canadian soils so culturally fecund currently that it's a thing of wonderment that there's yet enough moisture to water such a burgeoning alternative music scene. But unlike any other to have traversed the Atlantic, Savage is not only a rarity in that he's an inimitably eccentric individual but can be considered more idiosyncratic still by the fact that he goes about his craft in a commensurately outré way. And whereas his previous recordings have favoured any and indeed seemingly [...]
“I think that reluctance I felt toward the guitar in a way rendered it something really beautiful" Raphaelle Standell-Preston recently informed when we spoke some weeks ago , and her increased presence since has certainly been something of a joy to the discerning listener. Blue Hawaii had washed up on British shores for a first time, going on to enthral live not once but twice , and she here returns to BRAIDS with what sounds a guitar in tow. In Kind is in fact the flipside to the previously experienced Amends , and has [...]
In a welcome gesture, Montreal-based experimental rockers BRAIDS have heralded the release of their sophomore album, Flourish//Perish , with a new six-minute single “In Kind.” Last month, we experienced a taste of the band’s first new sounds since Native Speaker when they released “ Amends ,” the mesmerizing B-side on the 12” that also features today’s drop. Both songs deviate significantly from BRAIDS’s earlier guitar-laden sound, but the finely woven dream of looping synths and Dirty Projectors-esque dissonance of “In Kind” are a welcome addition to any oeuvre. Stream [...]
Cela fait maintenant quelques temps que Braids et leur musique envoûtante ont pris d'assaut la blogosphère musicale - rappellez vous, les montréalais mélangeaient electro-pop et ambient sur sur Native Speaker , un premier album à la beauté somptueuse. Leur electro rêveuse avait conquis tous les amateurs d'art rock et avait du même coup commencé à faire parler d' Arbutus Records (label prestigieux qui héberge aujourd'hui Grimes, Doldrums ou encore le side project de la chanteuse de Braids, à savoir Blue Hawaii ). Réjouissez vous, le groupe a récemment annoncé la sortie de son prochain album - il [...]
One month ago to the day, faith was restored to the humanity of music when Canadian four-piece Braids revealed a brand new song from a brand new single from a brand new album. The track was "Amends" , a deep, sparse, resonating track, which was at the time from their untitled album, but today they've announced the album and given us the single's other track. The album is Flourish // Perish and it'll be released on August 20th via Arbutus [...]
Here's the A-side to Braids ' In Kind // Amends 123 that's arriving next month, preceding the release of the band's sophomore LP Flourish // Perish . Like "Amends" before it , " In Kind " is a dizzying 6-minute ride narrated by Raphaelle Standell-Preston , who delivers some of her wildest, most unhinged work to date (which is saying a lot). Flourish // Perish is out August 20 on Arbutus / Full [...]
Saturday begins not so much where Friday left off, as in the excrement of the day's overindulgence as talk of hangovers, hangups, comedowns and all other manner of ill ensures the day can be acutely equated to a more conventional festival malarkey. And Blue Hawaii transpire to be a refreshing tonic to all that inanity, Raphaelle Standell-Preston and Alex "Agor" Cowan putting in an accelerant set on next to no sleep. It begins with perfect respite provided by a gloopy Follow drenched in dark, and the duo sound as though they've come to terms with their live performance [...]
When the defiantly explicit Club Motherfucker first began in this very venue now a decade ago, I wasn't anywhere near old enough to enter into these sorts of wide-eyed, openminded nocturnal shenanigans and nor was either member of tonight's central attraction, Blue Hawaii . Comprising Montréal native speakers Raphaelle Standell-Preston and Alex "Agor" Cowan, this trip represents the very first time the duo have washed up on British shores under this given guise and, having been active for quite some while already, this evening's UK début is long overdue. Their début-slash-sophomore depending on which member you request [...]
Here's the starry-eyed, minimalist cabaret jam/new single from Montreal's Sean Nicholas Savage , taken from his forthcoming Other Life LP that's out May 28 on Arbutus Records . The post listen: Sean Nicholas Savage — "More Than I Love Myself" appeared first on Soft Signal .
I've been quietly saying to myself for months now that it's about time we had new music from Montreal quartet Braids , but I must've been a naughty boy because the music Santa never bore any Braids-related gifts. That is until now, as he just emptied his sack all inside my ears. The band are releasing a new album this Autumn (as yet untitled) via Arbutus Records and on June 11th you can get the below track "Amends" and "In Kind" on some sweet 123 wax [...]
Here's a brand new track from Montreal outfit Braids , who are following up what was one of our favourite records from 2011 with a brand new 123. In Kind // Amends is out June 11, and takes both its sides from the band's forthcoming sophomore LP that's due out later this year on Arbutus Records . A-side "Amends" is a thickly atmospheric series of tightly-knit loops that has quite a bit in common with Raphaelle Standell-Preston's work in Blue Hawaii . Stream it above. The post [...]
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