Vancouver-based band Hey Ocean! will bring their dynamic live show back to the States this summer, including a number of dates on the Vans Warped Tour, as well as an appearance at Summerfest,...
Hey Ocean! announce more tour dates. The Vancouver-based indie pop band Hey Ocean! have announced additional tour dates that will see them heading into Canada in April. The tour is in support of...
For the second year in a row, Winnie Cooper is heading to SXSW to show Austin, Texas just how much talent Vancouver has to offer. We're going even bigger in 2013 and teaming up with BeatRoute, Glory Days, and Light Organ Records to throw a showcase that includes music from Fine Times, Hey Ocean, the Boom Booms, Gold & Youth, Hannah Georges, and the Zolas. If you wanna support our efforts, come by the Biltmore Cabaret on March 9 for our official SXSW Fundraiser. It's a [...]
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Hey Ocean! expand US tour. The Vancouver-based indie pop band Hey Ocean! have announced additional tour dates that will take them across the country on their biggest U.S. tour to date. The tour will support the band's forthcoming album IS , out January 29th through Nettwerk [...]
Hey Ocean! - I Am A Heart I had a funny thing happen one day, moving into the first place I lived in in Vancouver. I met the girl who shared the house I was renting, having replaced her friend in the basement room. Her name was Ash, and she is the lead singer of a band I’d been a passing fan of in Chicago call Hey Ocean! She was the most darling, most sweet thing and after that day we had many late night conversations about odd things like baking and destiny and [...]
The Vancouver-based indie pop band Hey Ocean! already have a bit of infamy attached to them. The band's lead singer Ashleigh Ball has done voiceover work in various cartoons, including most recently My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. My love of ponies aside, I believe like Ball in her [...]
The Vancouver-based indie pop band Hey Ocean! already have a bit of infamy attached to them. The band's lead singer Ashleigh Ball has done voiceover work in various cartoons, including most recently My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. So if you check out the YouTube comments for their new [...]
We first tipped you to Vancouver pop/folk trio Hey Ocean! a year ago with the release of their Big Blue Wave EP, the predecessor to 2012's IS full-length (finally arriving stateside January 29 via Nettwerk). Vocalist Ashleigh Ball, bassist/producer David Vertesi and guitarist David Beckingham offered up, we noted at the time, a "juggernaut of oversized, crisp and crunchy pop." We were so taken by the EP's effervescent and completely infectious title track that we went on to feature the video for "Big Blue Wave" earlier this year (watch it [...]
Canada! Your home and my desired native land! Something something something We stand on guard for thee! My journey to the great white north got off to an undesirable start. First off, I missed opening night of Rifflandia because I could not get off of work in time to catch DJ Shadow or Killer Mike. Sigh. I [...]
This was my second year attending Festival Music House at the Mod Club , and it's become one of my favourite nights of the entire year. And judging from the reaction of everyone in attendance last night, which was night two of the annual event, I'm not alone in this way of thinking. Granted, the open bar and endless trays of finger foods are certainly a nice touch. As the night went on, the crowd became increasingly jovial and appreciative, and the endless flow of beer, wine, and vodka were probably a part of [...]
Official Website Facebook Twitter The overall picture for Osheaga 2012 became much clearer today. Not only 25 new artists were added to the festivities: The Jesus And Mary Chain, Common, Santigold, Knife Party, Wolfgang Gartner, Buraka Som Sistema, Fun., Adventure Club, The Airborne Toxic Event, Avec Pas D’Casque, Wintersleep, The Aggrolites, Yukon Blonde, Poliça, Memoryhouse, Keys N Krates, Prison Garde, [...]
Filed under: News , Video , Exclusive , New Music Universal Vancouver band Hey Ocean ! have been rising steadily since the West Coasters made their independent debut in 2006 with first album Stop Looking Like Music. Two years later It's Easier to Be Somebody Else followed and brought with it greater acclaim. With the band now poised to release new album Is on May 15 [...]
Canada has been killing it lately, guys, so hard and so fast that I haven't been able to keep up. Here are no fewer than seven awesome videos that have fallen like manna from the north in the past month or so. PS I Love You - "Don't Go" (see above) PS I Love You recently performed [...]
This week's mixtape (image, full mix, and tracklist) was curated by the most excellent @ayaworski . Thanks Andrew! Play Friday Mixtape 139: Download Friday Mixtape 139 Tracklist: Days (Trentemoller Mix) - The Drums When I'm Small (RAC Mix) - Phantogram Shake It Out (The Weeknd Remix) - Florence and the Machine Lady - Chromatics Marshmellow Yellow - Peaking Lights [...]
'Hallways'- Islands Handclaps? Check. Parlor piano? Check. Harmonies? Check. Bouncy, overly catchy rhythm? Check. Cymbal crashes? Check. There's nothing to dislike here. ( website ) 'Hymn #76'- Joe Pug There's not a more underrated songwriter today than Joe Pug. This song is a masterpiece. ( website ) [...]
Vancouver's Hey Ocean! play the Seahorse tonight (with Aidan Knight), and if you're looking to rock out with a cute band you could fill your boots at this show I'm thinking. Just look at this video for Big Blue Wave off their last EP: balloons, kids, young love, happy music times and Shad quietly reading a book - all very cute and/or enjoyable things really. The song's a catchy, radio-ready rocker too, so I'm thinking the folks make it out tonight are in for a good time.
Spring has sprung and that could only mean one thing: Crocs season is back y'all! More importantly, the lineup announcement for this year's Osheaga Music Festival. Its 7th edition will be held once again @ Parc Jean-Drapeau and because of last year's success, will continue to be a 3-day affair from August 3rd to the 5th. The headliners [...]
![Hey Ocean, Aidan Knight & The Donna Litas @ Ritual [March 15, 2012]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4136271_lg.jpg)
It was a rainy March 15th but that didn't stop people from attending this show at Ritual. Playing at the show was: • Hey Ocean! • Aidan Knight and the Friendly Fires • The Donna Litas The show started off with Ottawa's The Donna Litas. They rocked it up during their set. [...]
I've been meaning to post Hey Ocean! 's "Big Blue Wave" on here for a while, but the band hadn't previously made it available for streaming, meaning that all I had were shitty radio rips and live versions. Well, here's a video for that ultra-poppy, totally catchy song. I interviewed the band for Exclaim! last year, and we talked about the band's upcoming album.
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![Hey Ocean! - Big Blue Wave [Official Music Video]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/yTk6eY9EY5g_130.jpg)
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