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Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Dirty Projectors, Pattern Is Movement Song: Bruce Peninsula - In Your Light [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Frank Yang Though his punk credentials are beyond reproach thans to his tenure in Propagandhi , John K. Samson has always cut a bit of a curious figure in front of The Weakerthans . While his bandmates are more than willing and able to play the part of rockers in turning out muscular guitar riffs and solos, Samson by comparison has always been a bit slight of stature, reedy of voice, sheepish of grin; the thoughtful and verbose folksinger who somehow ended up fronting a rock band. I don't know if the [...]
At a younger age, there would be no way I'd catch myself at the office on the saturday of a birthday weekend. Perhaps this is what happens when you turn 34. I'd now rather take an afternoon to power through this inbox, plus post about all these great tunes I've bookmarked from the last two weeks, than start drinking at 1 in the afternoon. Maybe I can do both actually.... Soundtrack to this exact moment is the new video for Bruce Peninsula 's song "In Your Light" off the record Open Flames . The [...]
I love this swirling, mesmerizing video for Bruce Peninsula 's "In Your Light". Bruce Peninsula - In Your Light by HandDrawnDracula Facebook: Bruce Peninsula Twitter: Bruce Peninsula
When we spoke to Neil Haverty of Bruce Peninsula back in 2009 , the band had just been Polaris long-listed for their debut album A Mountain is a Mouth . Back then Haverty spoke about the logistics of putting a multi-membered project together both in the studio and on the road, introduced us to some of the band members' other projects, and placed a lot of stock in the band's capacity to be adaptable in the face of change. This skill has been vital to the band in the two years leading [...]
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Snowblink is one of my favorite acts you have to see live. Last year their album " Long Live " was re-released worldwide and opening up to acts like Jeff Tweedy, Owen Pallett and Ohbijou. While no word on when Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Goldman will return to the studio and make a new album. Why not check out their music video to " The Tired Bees ". Directed by Carla Susanto . It is a beautiful animated music video.
Here is part four of the Best of 2011 Canadian albums. We are almost getting to the Top 10. These albums that are still worthy to check out. Here is the ranking from #20-11. 20. Sound of Lions - 11.44 Listen to Blue , Counting Eights , One and Passive Attack . 19. Mother Mother - Eureka [...]
This week, Quick Before it Melts welcomes the roster of Hand Drawn Dracula to help round out 2011 with a series of guest posts. Today, guest blogger Neil Haverty of Bruce Peninsula muses musically on an unforgettable 2011. (Norman Wong) 2011 was a big year for me. Half of it was the worst year of my life (I was sick for a lot of it) and [...]
Frank Yang There's many great things about the long-running Toronto institution of Nu Music Nites at the Horseshoe - not least of all the fact that they're free - but the fact that they often feature such random assemblages of acts that each set can feel like its own standalone show and not part of a larger bill is certainly a big part of the fun. Such was the case on Tuesday night when rather than one headline-calibre act, as you'd normally be fortunate to have, they had two - and quite markedly different ones at that. [...]
Idée Fixe When you've spent much of your life doing one thing, and that one thing draws to a close, it's not unreasonable to decide to do something completely the opposite next. So for Bry Webb to make his first post- Constantines record Provider a quiet, mainly acoustic affair only stands to reason - particularly for anyone who heard him operating as Harbourcoats before the Cons went on hiatus. But to suggest that Provider is just the Cons frontman gone unplugged is a grave [...]
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Bruce Peninsula couldn't done an amazing show at Raw Sugar Cafe on November 17, 2011. Seems like they have played at every venue in Ottawa. (Except for Babylon & Ritual) More of an intimate vibe and sit down on the floor kind of show. The band hasn't played a show in Ottawa since the 2010 Ottawa Folk Festival. You can say it was an album release show for their second album "Open Flames". The show was all Bruce [...]
Frank Yang Much of Dan Mangan's appeal comes from his everyman-ness - and his beard, if you ask certain friends of mine - so when he was playing the back rooms of bars, as at The Rivoli in October 2009 or The Horseshoe in April 2010 , it felt perfectly natural. Those shows also felt utterly jam-packed - because they were - making it unlikely that the club circuit would be able to serve his ever-growing audience for very long. And so when he played Trinity-St. Paul's in his last proper [...]
Multi-musician ensemble Bruce Peninsula showcase their talent in this weeks sessions podcast playing songs from their sophomore album.
Walking into Soundscapes last night I managed to squeeze my way to the front with the all agers. Tiny colourful bells could be seen scattered between mic stands draped with rainbow ribbons. As an ongoing rotating collective, Bruce Peninsula had nine members for the night. Celebrating the release of their second album Open Flames, the band was about to set sail on their east coast tour, leaving today. The room was packed with about 50 or more fans, anxiously awaiting their set. BP had a no nonsense jeans and t-shirt look that gave off an approachable demeanor. But [...]
Frank Yang They don't call it Rocktober for nothing. Only March, with its legions of bands crossing the continent en route to SXSW offers nearly as many live music options as October and with such a plethora of shows to choose from, conflicts are inevitable. October 11, in particular, offers a tough choice for Toronto concert-goers: on one hand, you've got Sleater-Kinney/Helium/Minders supergroup Wild Flag making their Toronto debut at Lee's Palace on the back of their excellent self-titled debut , and on the other you've got hometown hardcore heroes Fucked [...]
Yesterday might have been all about Feist's Metals , but that's no reason to count out Bruce Peninsula , who also marked the calendar with the release of their second album, Open Flames . I'll admit, I hadn't had much exposure to the band back in 2009, when A Mountain Is A Mouth was seemingly on the tip of every critic's tongue, but earlier this year members of the band collaborated with the fine people at Southern Souls to produce a stunning collection of individual performances . And from that point on, I was [...]
Welcome back my fellow music connoisseurs, to this weeks edition of the Indie Sabbath , your Earmilk source for the freshest indie music from folk to rock and every fusion in between. This week we have another always enjoyable selection of the finest indie music being released all over the world. Now you might be saying to yourself, "What the hell? It isn't Saturday and the Indie Sabbath, as we all know, is clearly on Saturday. My dog Sparky died, my girlfriend/boyfriend broke up with me, and I just want get off on some sweet [...]
Bruce Peninsula essentially finished writing and recording their new album, Open Flames , by the time head howler Niel Haverty heard from his doctor that he had a rare form of cancer called Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Odd then, that the spectre of his illness (he's been given the official "in remission" status after a round of treatments) lingers in the dark corners of his band's sophomore album. Never having been ones to shy away from themes of mortality, redemption, and loss, Open Flames burns with an intense vitality. It's as if the sheer act [...]
Tonight I was at a party and I called a girl "Allison" when her name was actually "Alissa." I apologized, but I still feel bad. I added her on Facebook as an attempt to make amends. Here's Toronto collective Bruce Peninsula with the intricate, folk rocking "In Your Light," which comes from this year's Open Flames . This band has the most people in it. Early this year, I did an Exclaim! interview with frontman Neil Haverty, and we addressed his battle with leukemia..
Jonathan Taggart As one of the most social media-savvy musicians in the country, it's not unreasonable to say that Dan Mangan reads his own press and so he's probably seen the phrases "everyman", "coffee shop", "roots-rock" and variants thereof in regards to his breakout 2009 record Nice, Nice, Very Nice many, many times. And while these descriptors were usually meant in most complimentary ways - one does't make the Polaris shortlist on the back of negative press - his just-released follow-up Oh Fortune [...]
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