Recent blog posts about Rock Plaza Central from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/rockplazacentral/ 2012-02-15T20:49:32+01:00 text/html 2011-07-30T12:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3605700/repost-blogophilia-vol-7/
Blogophilia 7 was posted in July 2009, and it represents the last mix from the old Dadada site. This is a fun mix with tracks from Ramona Falls , Elliott Brood , Local Natives , Heartless Bastards , Drummer (which was a band full of drummers), and the Dead Prez/Grizzly Bear mashup, Two Weeks of Hip Hop . Go get it while it's there!It will be down in one week. Blogophilia Vol. 7 encoded at 256 VBR (Zip File 151 MB) [...]]]> text/html 2011-06-23T19:07:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3614283/the-covers-mixtape-xxxii/
SIDE A 1. Sharon Van Etten - Like A Diamond (Glass Ghost Cover).mp3 2. Rock Plaza Central - I Want You (Bob Dylan Cover).mp3 3. Bon Iver & Feist - Train Song (Vashti Bunyan Cover).mp3 4. Strand Of Oaks - The Golden Age (Beck Cover).mp3 5. Of Montreal - Harvest Moon (Neil Young Cover).mp3 6. Coma Cinema - I Wanna Be Adored (The Stone Roses Cover).mp3 7. Sparklehorse - Galveston (Jimmy Webb [...]]]> text/html 2011-06-03T11:30:07+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3489170/thea-gilmore-and-bob-dylan-covers/
If you don't know already, Thea Gilmore-who has a voice like an angel-has covered Bob Dylan's brilliant album, John Wesley Harding, in its entirety. That's the one with St. Augustine, Dear Landlord, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight and, yes, Watchtower. Thea's voice can occasionally sound like Margo Timmins from The Cowboy Junkies (which is far from a bad thing), but she's got a sincerity and depth that is unmatched an incomparable. So hearing her take on Bob is a treat. Every song sounds different. Particularly the afore-mentioned Watchtower, which is performed acoustically here as a bouncy [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-21T03:52:01+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3456838/cover-saturdays-may-21-2011/
by teepoo Happy long weekend! Start it off with some awesome covers. Keep sending yours in! I love it even more when I get ones from or of Canadian artists/tracks. END OF THE WORLD by bestcoastt Broken Social Scene- The World at Large (Modest Mouse Cover) Austra- Woodstock (Joni Mitchell Cover) Ra Ra Riot- Saccharin and the War (Sparks Cover) more after the jump [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-20T21:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3456512/download-this-seven-year-itch-covers-compilation/
Canadian indie label Paper Bag Records celebrates their 7th anniversary with this compilation of covers by artists from their diverse roster.]]> text/html 2010-11-01T12:22:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2936733/ohbijou-rock-plaza-central-and-100-rally-to-raise-funds/
Jess Baumung Toronto's Tranzac may have been founded as the gathering place for the Toronto Australia New Zealand Club, but for the city's musical community its role extends far beyond a place to discuss the mysteries of the Coriolis effect . It's also one of the city's all-ages venues and as such, has been both an incubator for many of Toronto's up-and-coming acts and a low-key stop for bands touring through town. I personally have fond memories of seeing Beach House's first show here in November 2006 with [...]]]> text/html 2010-08-23T11:13:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2771009/rock-plaza-central-cover-justin-timberlake-2006/
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Here are photos from the various singer/songwriter's workshop that happened on Day 2 at the Ottawa Folk Festival . I Spit On Your Rave with Lau, Godknowswhat, Hoots & Hellmouth It's Indie-Lovely with The Acorn, Bahamas and Adian Knight Unholy Alliance with Calexico, Rock Plaza Central and Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans band. Folk the '80s! with Bahamas, Krista Muir, Craig Cardiff, Peter Katz, Aidan Knight and [...]]]> text/html 2010-08-15T05:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2753236/ottawa-folk-festival-2010-day-1-rock-plaza-central/
Photos from Rock Plaza Central 's set on the first day of the Ottawa Folk Festival . [...]]]> text/html 2010-08-03T16:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2727905/ottawa-folk-festival-2010-picks-part-one/
Blog this on Blogger Share this on Facebook Email this via Gmail Add this to Google Bookmarks Post on Google Buzz Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon [...]]]> text/html 2010-06-24T19:16:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2642949/the-swag-report-013/
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 013 With a metric ton of freebie downloads from bands including !!!, ArpLine, Human Life, Dan Sartain, Donnis, Dragonette, Hotkid, The Pack, Tokyo Police Club, Andrew Belle, Child Abuse, The Stars, Candy Snatchers, New Bomb Turks and more! So much more! DATE: 06-24-10 WRITER: Don Loder Alright lemme ask ya somethin', What know-nothin', no-account, talkin'-outta-his-ass goof decided that the number thirteen was unlucky? Seriously – what's unlucky about it? I've never had any trouble with thirteen, as far as [...]]]> text/html 2010-06-18T12:15:33+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2628326/nxne-thursday-mudhoney-x-rock-plaza-central/
This year's NXNE got off to a slow start for me. I skipped Wednesday night, partly because I'm getting old and can't do that many nights in a row and still work during the day, party because there just wasn't anything very interesting happening with a painfully light show schedule. Thursday I jumped in with the maon stage show at Yonge Dundas Square. When I arrived Brant Bjork & the Broswere]]> text/html 2010-06-15T08:12:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2619866/rock-plaza-centrals-chris-eaton-announces-new-book-of-fiction/
As we've mentioned previously, Rock Plaza Central have taken a little break, but that doesn't mean they've not been busy. Chris Eaton has "another job" writing rather splendid fiction, and has turned his hand back to this during their break from touring. Canadas ECW Press is have announced the launch of a new e-book imprint this fall in collaboration with the online literary magazine Joyland, starting with a collection of Eatons short fiction entitled Letters to Thomas Pynchon . A collection of early stories and new works, Letters will be released in November for all [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-15T18:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2337040/watch-rock-plaza-central-take-on-politics-handsome-men/
The relationship between music and politics far pre-dates Rock the Vote and has a history that includes the greats, like Dylan, Lennon, andDiddy. However daunting it may seem to stake your claim in this rather crowded topical genre, Rock Plaza Central seem determined to stand-out and boy have they succeeded. The critically adored Canadian rockers have released a music video for the song "Handsome Men", a track from 2009's ...At The Moment of Our Most Needing , that depicts politicians, both American and Canadian, singing along to the haunting track. Yeah, they [...]]]> text/html 2010-02-04T18:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2311176/video-hits-pick-a-piper-yspwsd-hollerado-rock-plaza-central/
Today is Thursday, and that means one thing here at the hill: we tip our cap to the late great Dan Gallagher and then we fire up the ole video-hit-o-matic machine. After all, people are still making videos, and if moderately successful outfits like ours don't show them, how will they get seen? Exactly, so let's get to the business at hand. Pick A Piper leads off, mainly because it's kind of a cool song from a group of folks who have, of course, also played in various other bands, like [...]]]> text/html 2010-01-30T19:46:43+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2298879/rock-plaza-central-dont-you-believe-the-words-of-handsom/
Rock Plaza Central, who recently announced they will cease touring, have just put out a video for the track "(Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men". The video uses clips of politicians to mouth the words to the song. While one may scratch your head at the inclusion of Dick Cheney or Jack Layton as "handsome men", the video is pretty even handed at taking politicians of all stripes to]]> text/html 2010-01-22T13:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2278988/rock-plaza-central-quit-touring/
Filed under: News , Canada Ever since Rock Plaza Central 2006 album 'Are We Not Horses' exploded, the Toronto band has followed the typical indie career trajectory -- sign to a prominent local label and develop from domestic cult favourite into major international touring band. But Rock Plaza Central have never been a typical indie band. Starting this Saturday, the seven-piece sci-fi folk collective will prove it... by quitting touring entirely. "I'm not totally ruling anything out, but I'm not very happy when I'm on [...]]]> text/html 2010-01-07T13:42:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2240750/new-old-tunes-from-the-loom/
Brooklyn band The Loom have it all if you ask me. They sound like a good old fashioned folk collective, a la Rock Plaza Central ; they have multiple ladies in the band; they feature a lot of work with banjos. Recently, the band raised enough money to go into the studio and record their debut album, and I'm pleased to bring the group to your attention, as I've been listening to the band's 2008 EP since I first got my hands on it a year or so ago [...]]]> text/html 2009-12-22T20:12:03+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2212585/the-best-of-2009-part-i/
Welcome to the present! Over the next week I will outline the best albums of 2009, upping the number to 20 for no discernible reason. Now, I present you with 20 to 11. 20. Rock Plaza Central - At the Moment of Our Most Needing Chris Eaton is sort of like that homeless guy you run into on the street corner. Hes ranting on the street apparently nonsensically, until you listen to his words and realise that they are, in fact, quite profound. The [...]]]> text/html 2009-12-08T18:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2180030/rock-plaza-central-takes-break-for-chris-eatons-new-novel/
Chris Eaton puts music on hold to share a tale of doppelgangers.]]>