MySpace They never broke up so it's hard for The Weakerthans to fulfill the "reunion" part of their last album's title, but the "tour" part of Reunion Tour ? They've got that down pat. Since its release almost two years ago in September 2007, the Winnipeggers have been on the road relentlessly on their own tours, co-headline tours, one-off shows, festival appearances... put out a stage in your backyard and wait a few days - chances are good the Weakerthans will show up spontaneously and play a few numbers. [...]
Lunchtime post today, as I will be spending my evening watching Jim Cuddy and the rest of Blue Rodeo play downtown Calgary. I re-discovered today's tune on a CD I found while digging through my desk at work this morning; It is a really sick acoustic cover of Gnarls Barkley 's Crazy , done by the always soulful Ray LaMontagne . I did some digging around to try and figure out if this tune was part of some kind of release-proper, but alas I found nothing. So if anyone has any background information on [...]
From the forum users at AltCountryTab , here is their monthly comp. Download the zipped files here , and see here for the original post on the ACT forum. Enjoy! Feel Bad For You Feb 09 1. The Byrds - "Wasn't Born To Follow" From: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968) 2. AC Newman - "There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" From: Get Guilty (2009) 3. Bon Iver - "Blood Bank" [...]
Concert Review: The Sadies , Saturday, October 4, The Horseshoe , Toronto Saturday of Aimz: 1. Wake up at 11, hungover from too much Keith's . 2. Pull it together with the help of coffee and donuts. 3. Drive out to Scarborough to buy a new curling broom. (If this isn't the start of a Canadian country song, then I don't know what is.) 4. Drink 2.5 liters of water, eat half of a large tomato, mushroom, and [...]
Some interesting stuff happening in this city of ours this week. Here are my picks for things to do: Bob Dylan, Aug. 20th, Copps Coliseum (Hamilton) The legendary folky and American music icon hits The Hammer in a rare appearance. www.bobdylan.com Blue Rodeo w. Josh Ritter, Aug. 21st, Molson Ampitheatre Canadian country [...]
Some interesting stuff happening in this city of ours this week. Here are my picks for things to do: Bob Dylan, Aug. 20th, Copps Coliseum (Hamilton) The legendary folky and American music icon hits The Hammer in a rare appearance. www.bobdylan.com Blue Rodeo w. Josh Ritter, Aug. 21st, Molson Ampitheatre Canadian country [...]
The random mix of the day went over really well the last time I put one up so I thought I'd do it again. A small reprieve from all of the year end craziness that's been going on in the blogosphere and in the shopping malls. A mix of new and old and in between. Jason Isbell - Brand New Kind Of Actress Buy Sirens Of The Ditch Blue Rodeo - Til I Am Myself Again [...]
I am a not-so-closeted American Idol fan. I know it's cheesy, I know that no musician I respect would ever make it out of the prelims, I know it's manipulative, crass, cynical, feed-the- money machine commercial television, but I love it. However, I will say that, week in and week out, the song choices made by the contestants are so uninspired and insipid that I sometimes find myself itching to see what the Knicks are doing. So, in the interest of improving the quality of my American Idol-watching experience, and at the same time guaranteeing the wise [...]
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The National - The Rains Of Castamere [Game of Thrones Soundtrack]
