Saturday afternoon at the Great Escape 2013 I was at a loss of who to see next and I basically just scoured the programme for a band I'd never heard of and took a chance with it. The band I ended up seeing at the Canada House showcase (yes, I saw bands other than British ones!) at the Blind Tiger was Winnipeg, Canada's Boats , who turned out to be the quirkiest band at the Great Escape this year I would have never had the [...]
Winnipeg, Manitoba's Boats are wicked. With multiple, talented vocalists displayed throughout their music, each song carries a personalized flare as the vocals are packed with an energetic attitude you cannot ignore. Releasing their record A Fairway Full Of Miners in February of this year, AMBY caught up with Boats to chat about having excellent posture, "and hoes", and always liking islands! AMBY: How would you describe Boats' sound to those unfamiliar with your music? Boats: We tell the border guards that we play "noisy obnoxious pop music that you [...]
After a relatively low-key Friday night, I was raring to go on Saturday morning, feeling much better to take on day 3 of the Great Escape 2013. First things first, though. At John's recommendation, he, myself, Braden (who if you recall used to write for us, but has now gone on to become the Live Editor of Sound Influx - this becomes important 2 days later in London), John's PA for the weekend and sometimes TGTF contributor Hannah and Hannah's boyfriend George found ourselves having a very nice breakfast at Giraffe, a [...]
Cloud Boat | Book Of Hours by Lee Adcock * // He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach. \\ That’s not a song lyric – it’s a passage from Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea . [...]
By Kenny McMurtrie May 17, 2013 Anyone in need of a Superchunk fix should wrap their ears around this gem from Winnipeg quartet Boats (& yeah, we know you don't have too long to wait for the real thing now but still ...). Vocally there are a lot of similarities between the two bands but musically Boats carve out their own niche with some spacier, more pop leaning sounds in their repertoire (for example on A Fairway Full Of Miners ' tracks such [...]
Words by Tom Johnson In short and simple terms; Belle Mare are the reason why GoldFlakePaint exists. I don't mean them specifically; more that they embody exactly why running a site like this is worth the effort. I still remember everything about the first time I listened to them. Sitting at my desk on a grey and gloomy afternoon, looking out over the city that sprawls away from my window, and hearing this rich and haunting voice pour out of my shitty little laptop and simply stop time. It filled the room. [...]
First of two nights at the Green Parrot in beautiful Key West! Show starts at 10.
On the night of April 19, when Boston Police captured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev inside of a parked boat found in a Watertown driveway, the Boston bombing suspect scrawled a note on the inside wall of the boat's cabin. CBS News reports that, as police were shooting up the cabin, Sam Peckinpah-style, Tsarnaev took a pen to one of the bullet hole-riddled walls to claim retribution for what the U.S. did to Muslims during the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Tsarnaev called the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing collateral damage, much like how Muslims were [...]
Savages perform first show in Seattle on Tuesday at Neptune / photo by Richard Dumas We start the week with shows from Johnny Marr at Neumos and The Telescopes, LSD & The Search for God, Flavor Crystals, and Black Nite Crash at Comet Tavern. On Tuesday, another much anticipated UK band making their Seattle debut with Savages at Neumos. A little too noisy for you? Bat for Lashes are also at Showbox at the Market. On Wednesday, we keep it cool with The Gaslight Anthem and [...]
Winnipeg’s Boats have been a favorite of mine ever since their 2nd record Cannonballs, Cannonballs . Lead singer/songwriter Mat (far right) looks like an angry civil servant, but he sings like a Muppet . Boats “Haircuts for Everybody!!” This track made me a fan. Boats have just released their latest record A Fairway Full of Miners . When it came time to chat, the entire band and me crowded into their lush half-tour van, half RV. ( Boats lovingly call [...]
BOAT - "Sore Toes and Elbows" Devon and Devin had been dating 6 months before World Mitosis. When the oceans drained like dishwater and got pulled apart in equal halves, the continents cleaved in twain in the great gloomp that took a day. They had been taking it slow and Devon had just got another toothbrush to leave at Devin's apartment. Devin almost typed love by accident in a text. And the Catskills were now their own South Pole and 8 million people had been churned under the sucking mulch of Earth's fiery [...]
As you may already know, but I'll state it nonetheless for those who do not, I have a weekly radio show on KSVR Mount Vernon, KSVU Hamilton and KSJU Friday Harbor. You can tune in via the respective dial pinpoints if you live within those townships, or you can stream from KSVR.org . We will be hosting our pledge drive in April, so I thought I'd kick things off by doing something no other station in Skagit or (to my knowledge) the surrounding areas does: a vinyl only night. My March [...]
photo by Alex Crick Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is “Inside the Aquarium” by BOAT from the 2013 album Pretend to Be Brave on Magic Marker . BOAT - Inside the Aquarium ( MP3 ) [...]
Filed under: Free Downloads , MP3S , Music Tagged: A Tribe Called DEATH , BOATS , K.E.V.O.R.K.I.A.N.
Filed under: Free Downloads , MP3S , Music Tagged: A Tribe Called DEATH , BOATS , K.E.V.O.R.K.I.A.N.
It's hard to believe that Seattle's BOAT have just released their fifth album. I can remember like yesterday when Songs That You Might Not Like came out. In the early days, they wrote songs about centipedes, lobsters and donkeys and had tons of confetti and giant bagels coming out of toasters at their shows. It was fun and a little bit silly. As the years have progressed and the band has evolved they have started to mature a little. Don't let the "M" word scare you off because Boat still know how write a hook and they haven't lost [...]
With hardcore Northwesterner's now back from a cold but successful weekend at Treefort Music Fest in Boise, we have a whole week of great new shows to warm you back in Seattle. On Monday night, we welcome Iris DeMent at The Triple Door, and then on Tuesday we have an exciting night out with Duff McKagan's It's So Easy and Other Lies, A Punk's Revue at the Moore Theatre, Major Lazer, Angel Haze, and Lunice are at Showbox SoDo, and Doldrums and Sean Nicholas Savage are downstairs at Barboza. More surprises on Wednesday [...]
I am going to Toronto for Canadian Music Week / Festival from March 20 to 23 (Leaving on the 24th). So I am going to try and make a list on who to check out for the event. I will hope to hit up any of the shows This is for March 23rd and last day in Toronto. (If I have forgotten someone please make a comment) 12pm-6pm The Aussie BBQ at the Horsehoe Tavern 1:30pm-7pm [...]
At the risk of stating the obvious, I’m going to share something with you. Growing up can be a drag. And it sneaks up on you like a sneaky, sneaky time thief. I’m not even thirty yet, and I recently found myself wondering aloud, “Where did the time go!?” Then, with almost perfect timing, I heard Boats’ new album, A Fairway Full of Miners . It’s not the antidote for the grown-up blues; it’s better than that because it’s commiseration. This album is about life, and not any one part of life in particular. It’s just about life. And [...]
Another week, another Mercury music section with nary a mention of SXSW. Well, after this one mention, I mean. So how are we to tell you about the future of music? Friends, the future of music is not down in Austin, Texas, crowded in with all the other bands and brands. No, the future of music is from Estonia. It is a band called Winny Puhh. And they are what music will sound (and look) like from now on. Welcome to the future, music lovers. • • • Joking aside! Milk Music is an [...]
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