"Days When You Die" by The Mohawk Lodge . from press release: The tours supporting 20102s "Crimes" saw The Mohawk Lodge songwriter and frontman Ryder Havdale undertake a rigid schedule with several European tours and criss-crossing Canada. It was a chaotic and debaucherous time spent in snow-storms on the Autobahns, rainy nights in Paris, and days stuck at Heathrow that found Havdale back at home channeling stories, loves, and fears into a new album of ideas "Damaged Goods". [...]

"Faster Than You Can" by The Mohawk Lodge , from the album "Crimes". Some footage was shot in the catacombs under Paris, other footage was taken up north with a $100 trampoline and some special effects. Directed by Josh Warburton at Vulture Culture Films .
Tracking down Ryder (centre below) from Mohawk Lodge is no easy task. The guy is constantly touring, recording, or doing work for his label White Whale Records . The first time I caught him, he was in the bathroom. (And no he was not taking a dump, he was recording in there.) The second time, he was about to get on stage in Montreal. Third time is always a charm. This time, I caught him on his bike, heading to meet [...]

To celebrate 7 years of bringing you great Canadian indie music, Vancouver-now-Toronto based label White Whale Records want to throw a party, afternoon showcase style during this years NXNE festival. Montreal's Snailhouse will headline the event with support from The Mohawk Lodge , Eamon McGrath , The Abramson Singers and Goodnight Webcams . Check them all out in the player and download the tracks here . White Whale Record's "7 Year Itch" B-Day Party Saturday, June 18th 1pm-6pm The Bellevue (61 Bellevue Ave, Kensington, Toronto) [...]

So here it is. The LPs list. For anyone that might be reading herohill for the first time, the list might look a little chaotic, but for the readers that have been around for a while, these 30 LPs are ones I've gushed about over and over again. I wasn't going to draw it out for three posts, but the time it took to add the MP3s and format the page was more than I had allotted last night... so sorry for the Biggest Loser type fake suspense. [...]

Kathryn Calder's debut album shares a name with my second favourite P.D. Eastman book. You can read my review of Are You My Mother? here . And because I know that most of you reading this blog are completists when it comes to record reviews written by yours truly, here's one I did a few issues back on the Mohawk Lodge's new album Crimes . mp3: " Arrow " by Kathryn Calder mp3: " Bad News " by the Mohawk Lodge
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Wow this was a big day for Ottawa Bluesfest on July 10, 2010. Being a Saturday it was filled with great musicians and bands playing there. I am still in cloud nine seeing The Flaming Lips playing a spectacular set. The musicians and bands I saw on Day 5 were: Tusk The Love Machine Culture Reject The Mohawk Lodge Jill Zmud Basia Bulat Metric Roger Hodgson The Flaming Lips [...]
"A Crime Of Passion" by The Mohawk Lodge . The band also recently performed for Southern Souls , check out ' Wicked Nights ' on a rooftop.
The first batch of summer releases comes out today and with them comes some new shore music as well as some artists worth finding along their tour paths. Montreal's Stars headline the list of artists to ... Related posts: New Album Releases For Tuesday 5/18/2010 New Album Releases For Tuesday 10/6/2009 New Album Releases For Tuesday 9/22/09

Former Oh! Canada artist Eamon McGrath has spent the last few weeks touring Europe alongside White Whale labelmates The Mohawk Lodge in support of Eamon's album 13 Songs of Whiskey and Light . The album is a compilation of sorts, culled from more than 18 home recorded albums produced by the prolific McGrath, who is still just 21. The album has picked up same rave reviews, for its gritty song writing that owes as much to Black Flag as it does to Crazy Horse era Neil Young and the Boss. With his heart on his sleeve, [...]

" Everyone I know's had to go through it ." The heartbreak, anger, and alienation Ryder Havdale unleashes on Crimes can be summed up by the the words he utters so matter of factly on Done Fighting . Unless your life has been as charmed as an 80's flick super jock, the feeling of getting your heart ripped apart by one of your friends is something we've all had to go through, and now, thanks to The Mohawk Lodge , we have an "amps up to 11, distorted riff heavy" [...]

On November 20th I went to Cafe Dekcuf. Three acts were playing and its theme was mostly male solo singers. Well make that two and half since Mohawk Lodge did had a backing band. Also playing was Male Nurse and Chris Page. I was kind of under the weather that night. Overall it was a nice show. Male Nurse was interesting to see live as always. Chris Page who was nominated for Best New Artist by Ottawa Xpress's Best Of 2009 Poll. He put on [...]

On Friday, I made it out to the Biltmore for the last Mohawk Lodge show in Vancouver for awhile (Ryder's moving to TO). The current incarnation of the band were also playing for the last time, but there was celebratory mood in the air for what turned out to be a great set. I hope you'll join me in wishing Ryder all the best out East. Poorfolk opened up. Their music seems indebted to a lot of the same things that the Mohawk Lodge's is, which wasn't [...]

Winnipeg folks - this is where you need to be. Monday September 22 at The Albert We Are Wolves , The Famines , Tigerrr Beat Thursday September 26 at Lo Pub Mohawk Lodge , Poorfolk , Perse Friday September 27 at Lo Pub Women , Crosstown Rivals [...]

Not a bad way to end the summer.
Two quick things: New Mohawk Lodge video for "Wear 'Em Out" by none other than Andy Dixon . And a great article in Exclaim about some of my very favourite things about Vancouver. My first inclination was to say, "I wish I'd thought of pitching this first," but Josiah Hughes did a much better job than I would have: Strange Brew: Vancouver's Weird Punk Scene Invents Itself . Today we celebrate Vancouver. Tomorrow, when I have more time, we bitch about it (well, I do. You can do [...]

This Just In LA noisemakers Meho Plaza have covered a Wire song off the classic Pink Flag . I post it now, just for you!!! Listen: "106 Beats That (Wire Cover)" (mp3) Myspace page is here . Meho Plaza's Muxtape is here . Better Looking Records is here . Consider Clicking - Is it BeckMouse or DangerBeck? Anyway, the new Beck , "Chemtrails" as produced by Dangermouse [...]