Today being Valentine's Day, Joel Plaskett Emergency dropped a sixth single, entitled Somewhere Else . This is the sixth song in a series of ten to be recorded and digitally released by Joel and his band The Emergency; one song a week for ten weeks before Scrappy Happiness comes out on March 27, 2012. For more info about this ambitious project, check out CBC Radio 2′s post . I bought the single on iTunes ! Here is what I think of the single: Somewhere Else is so far [...]
Today Joel Plaskett Emergency dropped a fifth single, entitled North Star . This is the fifth song in a series of ten to be recorded and digitally released by Joel and his band The Emergency; one song a week for ten weeks before Scrappy Happiness comes out on March 27, 2012. For more info about this ambitious project, check out CBC Radio 2′s post . I bought the single on iTunes ! Here is what I think of the single: North Star is a garage rocking tune, on the [...]
I've had the plague something fierce for the last week. It's so bad that I have to skip a beer festival tonight, and you all know how I feel about beer. So until I kick this batch of germs, instead of posting some mildly coherent and amusing musical anecdotes, I'm just gonna post some vids and some tunes. Our good Canadian indie rock hero Joel Plaskett does a toddler version of "Fashionable People" with Mamma Yamma, a yam who represents Ontario on the CBC children's show Kids' Canada [...]
Today Joel Plaskett Emergency dropped a fourth single, entitled Slow Dance . This is the fourth song in a series of ten to be recorded and digitally released by Joel and his band The Emergency; one song a week for ten weeks before Scrappy Happiness comes out on March 27, 2012. For more info about this ambitious project, check out CBC Radio 2′s post . I bought the single on iTunes ! Here's what I think of it: Slow Dance is another slow rock track on [...]
Today Joel Plaskett Emergency dropped the third single which is Old Friends . Joel and his band The Emergency will record and digitally release a song a week for 10 weeks before Scrappy Happiness comes out on March 27, 2012. For more info about this ambitious project. check out CBC Radio 2′s post . Bought the single on iTunes ! Old Friends is another slow rock track on the veins of Harbour Boys. Best part is around 2:32 [...]
Joel Plaskett has done the impossible. Not only has he carved out a successfull career for himself here in Halifax (yes, technically Dartmouth, I know this), something the rest of us find challenging at the best of times, but he's done it in the most fickle of industries, an uphill battle of a business that many talented people struggle to get a foothill in no matter which of our country's bigger cities they happen to reside in. Considering his accomplishments to date, one would certainly forgive Joel if he decided to rest on [...]
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Today (January 17, 2012) Joel Plaskett Emergency dropped the second single which is Harbour Boys. Joel and his band The Emergency will record and digitally release a song a week for 10 weeks before Scrappy Happiness comes out on March 27, 2012. For more info about this ambitious project. check out CBC Radio 2′s post . Bought the single on iTunes ! Wow I absolutely love this song! Something about this song just moved me. Its very [...]
Just a quick hit before I head out the door this morning- Canada's favourite child of folk Joel Plaskett and his band The Emergency have taken to using all this fancy digital equipment and Internet thing we've got going on to narrow the normally-lengthy gap between recording and releasing an album. They've pledged record and release a new track once a week for 10 weeks, and are already underway with last week's release of "You're Mine." The plan is to, eventually, compile enough tracks to mark the completion of a whole new LP, Scrappy Happiness . CBC Radio will [...]
(Ingram Barss) I remember it vividly. As a young music fan, always eager and hungry to get my hands on the next great single or record from my favourite artists, when I realized that in the early days of rock 'n roll, record releases happened at a much quicker pace. It was a revelation that Beatles fans were waiting months and sometimes weeks, for new music, and not years. Sadly for me, I missed out on that kind of frenzied excitement with my beloved Smiths, who during their 4 year run were able to sustain [...]
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Today Joel Plaskett Emergency dropped the first single which is You're Mine. Joel and his band The Emergency will record and digitally release a song a week for 10 weeks before Scrappy Happiness comes out on March 27, 2012. For more info about this ambitious project. check out CBC Radio 22s post . Have a listen to You're Mine. All I can say is I love the new song!! It's been too long!!
Frank Yang Joel Plaskett is a guy who's established that he's not averse to applying a little bit of high concept to his brand of friendly, meat-and-potatoes rock - recall that his last release of new material, 20092s Three , was both triple-disced and triple-themed - so one shouldn't be too surprised that his next record also has to come with a bit of an explanation. As aux.tv reports, Plaskett and his band The Emergency will endeavour to record and release a new song every week [...]
If it's December, then you know it's Mixmas time at You Ain't No Picasso! Each year I get a bunch of my favorite bands to contribute themed mixes and share their thoughts about each of the tracks. MP3: Said the Whale - Camillo (The Magician) I heard "Camillo (the Magician)" playing over the speakers in [...]
Photo by National Capital Commission It's pre-Canada Day today but here goes. Happy Canada Day 2011! Hope everyone will be enjoying their weekend and celebrate Canada's 144th birthday. I decided to make a mixtape which all the acts that are Canadian. I know some of the songs don't have Canada as a theme but just wanted people to have fun or chill to the songs on Canada Day. Enjoy! Aidan Knight - [...]
Photo by National Capital Commission It's pre-Canada Day today but here goes. Happy Canada Day 2011! Hope everyone will be enjoying their weekend and celebrate Canada's 144th birthday. I decided to make a mixtape which all the acts are Canadian. I know some of the songs don't have Canada as a theme but just wanted people to have fun to the songs on Canada Day. Enjoy! Aidan Knight - North East South [...]
Joel Plaskett: photo by Michael Ligon NXNE just wrapped up so before the bombardment of festival coverage that will be upon you, I just wanted to get up a post on the Joel Plaskett Emergency show which kicked off Luminato over a week ago, a festival which also just wrapped this weekend. Taking place at Metro Hall Square (renamed David Pecaut Square) a good sized crowd was onhand for the free show that was kicking off Luminato. Montreal alterna-rock outfit Beast wasn't really appealing to [...]
Yet another snow day!!! Listen: Joel Plaskett Emergency ∞ Snowed In/Cruisin'
Diamond Joel Plaskett unleashed his most ambitious work to-date last year with his 3-disc, 27-song, epic Three. With the help of Ana Egge and Rose Cousins on accompanying vocals, Plaskett found himself with another album shortlisted as the best full-length Canadian release of the year; the other album was Ashtray Rock from Plaskett's full-band project [...]
Here is #21-#30 of MW2K . So there might be some surprises in this list. So enjoy this part. Demon Day - Gorillaz (2005) Who thought their second would be as big as their first album. Best tracks are Dare , Dirty Harry and Feel Good Inc. Ashtray Rock - Joel Plaskett Emergency ( 2007 ) [...]
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Day 2 of Pop Montreal was a fun night. I went to four different venues which were: Club Soda to see Hey Ocean! and Joel Plaskett Emergency Metropolis to see Fever Ray Jupiter Room to see Said The Whale Petit Campus to see Flecton Big Sky First show was seeing Hey Ocean! at Club Soda. I had a fun time seeing them play live and it wasn't crazy crowded because they were the openers. I have [...]
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