with Arietta, Songs From A Room and The Darcy's I have to admit that I wasn't prepared to bid adieu to the boys in Oh No Forest Fires so early on in their career. The announcement of their breakup was a shock to say the least, considering the fact that, in my mind, they were just getting warmed up. Rajiv released a statement just prior to the show which indicated that there were no hard feelings and they even recorded a new EP to [...]
Joseph Yarmush When you're Land Of Talk fan, you've got to keep an eye open. While any self-respecting follower of the band - or music-lover, for that matter - owns copies of their buzzsaw debut EP Applause Cheer Boo Hiss and the more nuanced but just as rewarding full-length Some Are Lakes , not everyone even knows about let alone possesses the now sold-out live acoustic L'aventure Acoustique document released between the EP and full-length. And while [...]
Soooooo....... I am currently without computer due to the fact that it died the other day and killed many many important things along the way. (Not least of which was my ENTIRE digital music library (120+gb's ..... AND ITS BACKUPS!!!!). I knew that I should have seen it coming but hey, procrastination and all of that. But anyway, I've tossed a toonie in the direction of my local internet cafe guy so that I could quickly give you this brief explanation for my recent lack of online persona over the last week, as well as the one that [...]
A passionate and interactive crowd of friends gathered at the Horseshoe on Saturday night for the last ever show from Toronto's Oh No Forest Fires , who announced their break-up via myspace just a few weeks ago. Drummer Adam Nimmo described the night perfectly: it wasn't a funeral; it was a prom where a bunch of old friends got together to dance with their best clothes on. I arrived at the Horseshoe just in time for Arietta , having missed out on earlier sets from Songs From a Room and The Darcys [...]
For those living in Toronto and going to the Legendary Horseshow Tavern. January 23rd is the last show for Oh No Forest Fires . Wish I could be there in attendance but it sucks that I live in Ottawa. The first time I saw this band was in November 7, 2008 . Let's say it was the start of running up and down of Cafe Dekcuf and Mavericks. I didn't know there was a show upstairs, besides knowing that Fire Heats Water was playing (who [...]
Jan 21, 2010, 4:34pm
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MySpace It's not the firm, 100% release date that you'd want to see before getting excited, but this update from The Radio Dept. declaring that their third record Clinging To A Scheme - constantly rescheduled and delayed since September 2008 - will be available on CD and LP via Labrador in March is the most official thing we've seen yet. Past target dates have come from their label and they've had to backpedal on each one, but this one comes from the band, and they've sealed it with a stream [...]
MySpace It's not the firm, 100% release date that you'd want to see before getting excited, but this update from The Radio Dept. declaring that their third record Clinging To A Scheme - constantly rescheduled and delayed since September 2008 - will be available on CD and LP via Labrador in March is the most official thing we've seen yet. Past target dates have come from their label and they've had to backpedal on each one, but this one comes from the band, and they've sealed it with a stream [...]
Cameron Wittig I only discovered Low circa 2001's Things We Lost In The Fire , which I think is right around the time the slowcore heroes began expanding their sound and the long-time faithful began to peel off. And if the (relatively) faster tempos and broader sonic palettes were anathema to them, they were manna to me - which is why my favourite of their records, 2005's unapologetically loud and dynamic The Great Destroyer was the final straw for some. If they'd stuck [...]
It's quite rare that I enthuse about a band after only hearing a few songs, but there's something about Krupke that intrigues me. When I was a child, I used to take all of my favourite drinks and throw them into a blender expecting to invent a drink that couldn't help but be a veritable taste explosion. However, I think most children have tried this experiment at one time or another and we all know what happens: vomiting and the occasional trip to the doctor. Usually these sort of blends simply do not work. However, Krupke's bizarre combo [...]
Photo by Kyle Hutton Toronto's favourite indie-math-rock-guitar-spazz band has announced their final show. Ever. Mark Saturday Jan. 23rd on your calender, and head to the Horseshoe Tavern for one final epic hurrah. In the band's own words: " Sometimes, good things come to an end. Sometimes, things that are good and that also jump around and play a little too loud even in small rooms and we're really sorry but we yell at you and tell you to make out with your friends and to believe [...]
Frank Yang Is there any better/lazier way to start of the new year's concert calendar than with the band that closed out the old year's sched? I think not. And so The Balconies , who were one of the last bands I saw in 2009 are the first I've seen in 2010, thanks to last night's show at Supermarket. And seeing as how I was sort of running out of things to say about the trio that time, it being third time I'd seen them in less than [...]
Johnnie Cluney Last post before the holidays! And it comes courtesy of the ever-lovin' Daytrotter , who've managed to wrangle a studio session of soon-to-be holiday classics from the animated miscreants of Aqua Teen Hunger Force . If the idea of Shake, Meatwad and Carl celebrating the season in song doesn't do it for you, well I'm sorry, I don't want to know you. And no, I don't know where Frylock is - maybe he doesn't celebrate Christmas. Or sing. Or both. And for context, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force [...]
Jeremy R. Jansen A birthday party is a bit of an odd time to announce a memorial, but such was the case this past February when, at the end of the successful 9th anniversary bash for Toronto's venerable Wavelength weekly music series, it was announced that the 2010, 10th anniversary shows would also mark the final edition of the showcase... at least in its present form. While the weekly showcases are ending, the Wavelength marque and ethos will continue on via monthly showcases and one-off events, thus ensuring that the stages that gave [...]
Dec 15, 2009, 4:34pm MBV
Frank Yang People traditionally go to great lengths to avoid getting a lump of coal for Christmas but there's something to be said for getting a big pile of rock for the holidays. And it was rock - and lots of it - on offer Saturday night at the Horseshoe for Jingle Bell Rock, an evening presented by promotions company Audio Blood Media and media partners aux.tv and Exclaim . The lineup featured four bands from the Audio Blood roster - Oh No Forest Fires , [...]
Frank Yang People traditionally go to great lengths to avoid getting a lump of coal for Christmas but there's something to be said for getting a big pile of rock for the holidays. And it was rock - and lots of it - on offer Saturday night at the Horseshoe for Jingle Bell Rock, an evening presented by promotions company Audio Blood Media and media partners aux.tv and Exclaim . The lineup featured four bands from the Audio Blood roster - Oh No Forest Fires , [...]
The first major snow fall of the year has taken Toronto. Yeah. Hey Winter, fuck you too! So the festive spirit hasn't descended upon me yet, but I'm sure this upcoming show will brighten up the winters of many of my fellow Toronto-nians. You've probably already heard all about it even before you visited our humble blog. Audio Blood is a relatively new Toronto-based publicity/artist development company that's been helping to promote the local music scene, and they've been doing a pretty great job of it so far. They've even given us here at the Impressionable Youth blog [...]
Audio Blood If you've been making your way around the Toronto music blogosphere over the last little while, you'll likely have seen a certain giveaway popping up over and over again, promoting a certain show going down at the Horseshoe next Saturday night. Well here it is again. The occasion is dubbed "Jingle Bell Rock" and is being presented by the folks at Audio Blood with support from aux.tv and Exclaim and will feature performances [...]
On December 12th CBC Radio 3 favourite's Oh No Forest Fires , great local bands Make Your Exit , Clothes Make the Man and Ottawa's pride and joy The Balconies will be Jingle Bell Rockin' the Horsehoe Tavern and we want you and a friend to go. You'll also get a chance to walk away with some cool swag. Enter for your chance to win a killer prize pack including a CD from each of the bands playing, mini screen printed poster, Exclaim tee courtesy of Third Estate and pair of tickets [...]
Frank Yang When I got all effusive about seeing Austin's Ume way back at SxSW in March, it wasn't just because they their showcase blew me away - it did - but because I also figured that it would be my last chance to see and write about the trio until SxSW next year, so there was no point in being measured. After all, they were a small band with no label, no tour support and hailing from a long ways away from Toronto meant the odds of catching them up live again [...]
WHAT!?! The random question machine is back? Oh yes friend, HPX is over, but the random question machine is here to stay. It`s just too fun a feature to put away, and I could say the same thing about this episode with frenetic Torontonians Oh No Forest Fires . As you might be aware, we did an assload of these 5FS posts in an attempt to preview as many of the bands & shows for last month's HPX, but unfortunately we got this one [...]
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