Recent blog posts about Hollerado from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/hollerado/ 2013-06-18T22:22:45+01:00 text/html 2013-06-12T22:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/5007103/polaris-picks-2013-first-ballot/
This past Friday was the Polaris Music Prize deadline, and this year's decision came down to the wire. Below is a list of what went on my ballot. 1. Dirty Beaches - Drifters/Love Is the Devil This year's top pick came to a choice between emotion and craftsmanship. I ended up going with emotion, since Drifters/Love Is the Devil made for this year's most powerful and addictive listening. The soundscapes from Love Is the Devil don't really qualify as "songs" [...]]]> text/html 2013-06-12T22:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/5007113/polaris-picks-2013-first-ballot/
This past Friday was the Polaris Music Prize deadline, and this year's decision came down to the wire. Below is a list of what went on my ballot. 1. Dirty Beaches - Drifters/Love Is the Devil This year's top pick came to a choice between emotion and craftsmanship. I ended up going with emotion, since Drifters/Love Is the Devil made for this year's most powerful and addictive listening. The soundscapes from Love Is the Devil don't really qualify as "songs" [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-17T17:14:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4956801/10-hilarious-celeb-cameos-in-music-videos/
Celebrities cameo in music videos all the time. Whether its a way for them to launch an image makeover (Megan Fox hoping to be a serious actress in Love the Way You Lie) or just an excuse to make out with their significant other (all eyes on Ben Affleck slapping J.Los ass), big stars seem to love lending their famous faces to help videos get more play. Once in a great while, the celebrity cameo goes beyond the usual eye-rolling look at me antics and is genuinely hilarious. So, take a load-off and watch some amazing [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-17T08:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4836502/hollerado-pick-me-up/
My life has included a lot of Hollerado lately. I interviewed singer Menno Versteeg for Exclaim! , and reviewed the band as part of a show with Billy Talent and Sum 41 for the Georgia Straight . The new album, White Paint , is one of the year's best albums so far. Below is the new single "Pick Me Up."]]> text/html 2013-03-17T08:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4844185/hollerado-pick-me-up/
My life has included a lot of Hollerado lately. I interviewed singer Menno Versteeg for Exclaim! , and reviewed the band as part of a show with Billy Talent and Sum 41 for the Georgia Straight . The new album, White Paint , is one of the year's best albums so far. Below is the new single "Pick Me Up."]]> text/html 2013-03-15T14:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4834356/hollerado-white-paint-album-review/
Pop-punk had a great life in the early 2000s and its back, with a twist, courtesy of Canadian-born indie-rock Hollerado. The bands third album, White Paint , combines a carefree, bittersweet lyrical style with an intriguing and comfortably indie level of musicianship to create a revival of pop-punk that is friendly todays most disaffected of hipsters. With a sound reminiscent of fellow Canadian indie staples Tokyo Police Club, Hollerados White Paint is young, loud and fun. Tracks are energetically led by lead singer Menno Versteeg, and filled out with exuberant echoing chants, supplied by remaining [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-14T00:18:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4831275/2013-osheaga-music-festival-lineup-announced/
While my fellow bloggers and all-around music loving nerds are spending spring break in good 'ol Austin, Texas for South By Southwest this week, some of us left behind in the cold, slushy weather are likely seething with jealousy. To warm us over and giving us something to look forward to, the good people at Osheaga released (after a [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-10T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4824645/album-review-hollerado-white-paint/
by Tiana Feng Rating: Release Date: February 26, 2013 Label: Royal Mountain Records To be honest, I was expecting Hollerado to follow up Record in a Bag with something that sounds exactly the same or fall into a writing-for-radio formula. I could not be more wrong and [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-04T14:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4812275/hollerado-white-paint-album-review/
A few years ago with some tattered indie rock and creative video clips, Hollerado climbed out of the hinterland boonies surrounding Ottawa and won themselves an appreciative fanbase. Now, the band have finally returned with a new full length studio album White Paint . The production is definitely slicker this time around. Sure we do get the bouncing lo-fi DIY sound of "Don't Think", but that spring-in-the-step is the exception rather than the rule on the new album. Continue reading]]> text/html 2013-02-26T21:26:24+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4802246/hollerados-white-paint-album-has-a-deeper-meaning-you-scratch/
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Listen Harder Hollerado's 2009 debut album Record in a Bag got the band a lot of attention for being exactly that. It was a CD in a Ziploc bag, filled with confetti. They're not taking the same gimmick route with their next album. "We got sick of people asking us if the next record was going to be a record [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-25T21:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4800118/playlistinterview-photogmusic-live-on-chuo-fm-february-25-2013/
Today I had a band from Toronto/Hamilton called Young Running . They did a two live song set. Also a interview with them. Have a listen to the show . Photogmusic LIVE - Playlist & Interview with Young Running on CHUO FM February 25, 2013 by Photogmusic on Mixcloud [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-11T21:47:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4773535/photogmusic-live-on-chuo-fm-interview-with-johnny-o/
There was a last minute changes on today's show. I was suppose to have a guest in the studio and play some tunes but that person had to back out last minute. But I did managed to get one-half of the Ottawa act Big Dick . To talk about the upcoming show this Saturday and debut album on Dirt Cult Records . Have a listen to the show . <img alt=""CHUO: Here is the playlist: [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-02T14:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4756366/listen-wildlife-born-to-ruin/
Wildlife , Canadian five-piece indie rock band have released their first single Born To Ruin from their upcoming sophomore album ...On The Heart set to be released on March 5, 2013. Wildlife consists of five friends who put their hearts into the music they make, with all the violence and romance they can muster. With this shared goal the result is songs with passion and emotion portrayed so evidently. In Dean Povinsky's own words about the album,"We recorded a bunch of the songs with brilliant producer and audiophilePeter Katis ( [...]]]> text/html 2013-01-24T17:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4739139/palma-violets-and-hollerado-played-glasslands-pics-review/
photos by Dominick Mastrangelo ; words by Bill Pearis Palma Violets / Hollerado @ Glasslands, 1/23/2013 You never know what to expect at these UK-hype shows. Palma Violets have clearly had a lot of it, what with NME naming their "Best of Friends" single the Best Track of 2012 and naming them one of " The Stars of 2013 ." It's a catchy song for sure, [...]]]> text/html 2013-01-23T14:10:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4743725/north-by-northeast/
Anyone with an interest in music, especially in North America, will surely be aware of the massive music event held in Austen, Texas each year called South By Southwest (SXSW). You can learn more about that here . In more recent years a similar event is held in Toronto, Ontario (in Canada for you newbies) by the incredible appropriate name of North By Northeast (NXNE). Get a map and you'll see why! If you want to just explore, their main page is here . This year's event is being held June 10-16, 2013. The [...]]]> text/html 2013-01-22T18:21:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4736305/listen-this-weeks-artists/
Here's our sweet new playlist to get you pumped for our upcoming PopGun shows this week! Listen below and don't forget to grab your tix! TUES, JAN 22: Ex Cops (Album Release Party!), Hunters, Gambles :: BUY TICKETS :: WED, JAN 23 @ LE POISSON ROUGE: Ducktails ( The Flower Lane Record Release Show!) + Special Guests: Jessa Farkas (of Future Shuttle) + Joel Ford (of Airbird, Ford and Lopatin) & Martin Courtney (of Real Estate), Chris Cohen, Future Shuttle :: BUY TICKETS :: [...]]]> text/html 2012-12-30T13:54:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4708286/sunday-wake-up-call/
Watch this crazy video, directed by Michael Maxxis, for Hollerado's "Pick Me Up".]]> text/html 2012-12-30T11:58:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4694633/sunday-wake-up-call/
Crazy video, directed by Michael Maxxis, for Hollerado's "Pick Me Up".]]> text/html 2012-12-14T14:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4673060/weekly-top-10-december-7th-14th-2012/
by Tiana Feng Here's what you guys visited the most this week on the blog. Position Last Song Link 1 1 Blood Diamonds- Phone Sex (feat. Grimes) post 2 - post 3 [...]]]> text/html 2012-12-09T17:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4674197/gimme-your-answers-an-interview-w-tokyo-police-club/
An Interview with Graham Wright of Tokyo Police Club! Tokyo Police Club are proudly one of my favourite Canadian bands. Their music has the ability to consistantly make a listener want to shout lyrics and dance around. Keyboardist Graham Wright took the time to chat with me over the phone for a while about if TPC were a heavy metal band, Ten Songs, Ten Years, Ten Days their bromance with Hollerado and way more! So everybody, when you're standing near (read this interview with) Tokyo Police Club [...]]]>