Talk about a solid lineup and a solid venue. Paul Murphy's new personal outlet - Postdata - is locked and loaded on my Polaris ballot, and throwing the engaging Julie Fader and rock steady Brian Borcherdt into the mix makes this one of the best shows that will come out way this year. The three acts are going to spend an intimate evening playing for 60 - that's right, only 60 - people at The Sonic Temple . In such a small space, with a respectful crow you will get to [...]
by cheryl santa maria From rural Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to the bustling streets of Toronto, Ontario, Brian Borcherdt has left his mark in Canada's musical landscape. His career began in the mid-nineties, christened by the establishment of Dependent Music - an artist collective/ label which he founded - as well as his participation in a successful indie outfit known to locals as Burnt Black . Upon moving to Toronto Borcherdt played with By [...]
New Music Canada Track of the Day. Guest Host, Brian Borcherdt from Holy F*ck: "I can request this one because I didn't produce it but a good friend of mine did..."
To be fair, I wouldn't really say we missed this one. When Brian Borcherdt offered up his collection of demos for free earlier this year, we happily hit the old "right-click, Save as" and waited impatiently for the goods to find a home on our hard drive. The thing is, by the time I could load the songs into iTunes, tons of bloggers had already cranked the hyperbole levels up to the gigawatts, professing the greatness of Brian and this collection of songs. It's not that I disagreed with the assessment - obviously, as [...]
It's Thursday, it's raining cats & dogs here in Halifax (and perhaps wherever you are) and so you're trapped inside. That means one thing here at the hill: videos. We've been having some jumbo editions of Video Hits over the last few weeks, and that continues un-abated today, with some fine Canadian musical fair committed to metaphorical video tape. We have a bit of a loose theme with these videos, as we're gonna start things out rather slow & moody, and steadily work our way up into a happier frame of mind. As many of [...]
eveninghymns.com They say you can tell a lot about someone by the company they keep, and nowhere is this more true than in the case of Peterborough's Jonas Bonnetta, aka Evening Hymns , who first earned notice in these parts back in June opening up for Ohbijou . The liner notes of his second album, the just-released Spirit Guides , reads like a who's who of the Bellwoods crew , including members of Forest City Lovers , Ohbijou and The Wooden Sky , to name [...]
Its a fine Friday here in Halifax, and if you are here, you are no doubt busy working out your weekend plans in order to take advantage of the lovely weather we seem to have on tap. Well let's see if we can assist with a quick rundown of some events of interest. I say some events, but really, we all know there's only one can't miss show this weekend: Rob Base at The Palace. I keed, but only slightly. If you know the Ack and I at all, you know very well that [...]
I have been a fan of Borcherdt for a couple of years now. His Coyotes album from last year was my top pick for the year and is still an outstanding album today – I just can't recommend it enough. So when the good folks over at NXEW posted that he released a double album of demos with Hand Drawn Dracula and a new video to boot – I admit I immediately started to sweat and [...]
Frank Yang In leading up to Friday night's show at Lee's Palace, I'd wondered aloud as to why it had taken The Wooden Sky so long to play a proper hometown show, what with their latest record, the ex If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone having come out all the way back in August. Walking into Lee's, I got my answer - they were building their sets. The stage was breathtakingly decorated with all manner of props and sculptures built of paperback [...]
One of the country's top folk rock bands, the Wooden Sky , released their sophomore full-length album--- If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone ---this summer. ( I liked it ; still do.) To celebrate the release, the men went on the road, playing backyards, living rooms, rooftops, and other alternative spaces. Filmmaker Scott Cudmore went with them: (Part 2 of the documentary is up here , and look for parts 3 and 4 later this month.) Although the summer tour was fantastic for the bands and fans [...]
With a name like Holy Fuck!, these Canadian electro masters will make your dead great grandmother roll over in her grave.
Here is part 2 mostly Day 2 (Oct 1) of what I might get to see for Pop Montreal. 5pm : Buffy Sainte-Marie doing a symposium at Espace Reunion. 7pm : Think About Life at Maison Radio Canada (Probably going to be a CBC Radio taping). Options will be Vertual Vertigo at Preloved. 8pm : Hey Ocean! at Club Soda (opening up for Joel Plaskett & The Emergency). 8:30pm : Brian Borcherdt at O [...]
Brian Borcherdt, Clark Hall, Kingston, 2006-01-27 Originally uploaded by theplot Tomorrow, (27 Feb), Hand Drawn Dracula labelmates Brian Borcherdt and Julie Fader (whom I previously talked about here ) will be coming to the Grad Club for an intimate, quite, and amazingly beautiful night of music. Borcherdt was last through town with Plants and Animals in November where he played some material off his fantastic new album Coyotes. The electronics found on The Remains of Brian Borcherdt albums are missing from this record leaving it [...]
brian borcherdt coyotes 2008 rob st john a red heron 2008 (française version) "Il y a très peu de légèreté chez l'homme, il est lourd..." C'est la raison pour laquelle, lorsque, dans ses sauts, il cherche à décrocher la lune ou tente de s'accrocher à une étoile, toujours il [...]
The week of "Bests" continues with " Thanks Captain Obvious " and his top 13 EPs of the year (of our lord two thousand and eight). From his iPod to your ears, drink in the goodness below! ~~~ ~~ 13. Vetiver - More Of The Past Freak-folk. New-folk. I have no idea [...]
A Field of Birds by The Tallest Man On Earth . IMF : Think I heard this one first from Said The Gramophone . Its a great little song written and performed by Sweden's The Tallest Man On Earth for The Yellow Bird Project ( we wrote about it here ). Its currently the theme song for the charity. Dave, what do you think? DH : Gotta love the Swedes. This is a great song to open our discussions with because this track would be stunning as [...]
Okay, so I lied about posting this on December 22nd. I was tired of moving an album up a spot, moving it back the next day and just stopped. I got it all together and thought "let's get this out there now while I can" so here it is. This is Slowcoutic's favourite albums from 2008 - remember as previously mentioned, I am always right and take criticism terribly. Got it, good. Drumroll please.... ~~ 10. Boduf Songs - How [...]
Stockwell Day, ladies and gentlemen, the gift that keeps on giving . Meanwhile, Harper booster Stephen Taylor says, "not a single person voted for a coalition government." Is it just me, or did half the country just forget what a Parliamentary system entails? This is what it's all about folks. Stephen Harper was elected with a minority mandate, which means the will of the Canadian electorate was that the Conservative Party work with the Opposition parties to run the nation. When Harper, Flaherty and Flanagan tried to put their [...]
So received my tickets for the Martha Wainwright concert here in Calgary for November 30th and the Grand Theatre Junction. Should be a good show all around. But let's get serious, Martha will be good (actually I am intrigued to see her show) but Brian will be what got me to be there in the first place. I don't have a video for Brian Borcherdt, so take a track instead?? I thought so. Brian Borcherdt "Moments of Protest" [...]
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