That's The Spirit is a band from Ottawa, CA and they create real, honest folk that is absolutely fantastic. They are self-released and wonderful. That's The Spirit is the perfect band name, right on for the type of music they create. Their music gives off a really great folk vibe. My only request is that they continue to make music because they are oh so good at it. So please help support this unsigned band and buy their album. xx Every City - That's The Spirit [...]
Not the phrase . Not the movie . Not the website . Not the flick . Just the band . That's The Spirit - Always Coming Back
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 [...]
It was an insane May 1, 2010. One of a few shows that I attended in Ottawa. First stop was Zaphod Beeblebrox. It was a day festival called May Whee! The acts that played were Sunparlour Players , Snailhouse , Rolf Klausener , Leif Vollebekk and That's The Spirit . The only act I manage to see were: Leif Vollebekk That's The Spirit [...]
Maylee & PEGWEE POWER!!: photo by Michael Ligon Plants & Animals [ MySpace ] (March 12, 12 am, Lee's Palace): I already recounted how my Friday night during last week's Canadian Musicfest had started out. I ended up in line at Lee's Palace, optimistic I'd get in to the Billions / Chromewaves showcase but after waiting in line for an hour and half (and missing both The Russian Futurists' and The Acorn's sets) I just about threw in the towel, but fortunately the friendly people [...]
Its been awhile for That's The Spirit has released anything new since Staying Places . For those that don't know, Ben Wilson is technically the lone guy behind That's The Spirit Right now on antiqueroom.ca is somewhat of new stuff but its actually old materials. 'Older Stuff', after all, was recorded with two ghetto blasters, a broken Radio Shack mic, a cracked classical guitar and an ancient delay pedal that caught fire during recording." There is five tracks in this free EP which you can download on this [...]
9. Dan Mangan (Vancouver, BC) Nice, Nice, Very Nice [mp3] Dan Mangan - Robots Elsewhere: Pick of the Week #42 A couple of months ago you couldn't go anywhere, and when I say "anywhere" I mean a Canadian based or Canadian music blog, without hearing about Dan Mangan. Now that his album has been out for a while, the very clever video for "Robots" has been released , he's done touring [...]
40. Hockey - Mind Chaos 39. 1990's - Kicks 38. That's The Spirit - Staying Places 37. A Band Called Quinn - Sun, Moon & Stars 36. Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky 35. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 34. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight [...]
Now that I've got a little more time on my hands I think I'm going to start up this " Exchanging e-mails with... " segment again. It's been really interesting getting some insight from different bands/artists and figuring out what their life with music is like: what their goals are, their motivation, what tours are like, etc.. Hopefully it's an interesting read, but, if not, I think it makes me a slightly better (sort of) music blogger... This time around I bounced some electronic mails back and forth with Ottawa singer-songwriter That's the Spirit ( [...]
Raw Sugar Cafe is beginning to be Ottawa's hubcentre for Music Coffeehouse. YOWzas! was created for OCFF to show off what Ottawa has got to offer in the music scene. It was a nice afternoon of great music while you have a nice cup of coffee or tea. It was hosted by Kelp Records and Beaus. Playing there were: That's The Spirit Matt Ouimet (who replaced Sarah Hallman) [...]
That's the Spirit 's Staying Places has been on my computer since sometime around the end of last year, maybe early this year. Since then, whenever that was, I've put the record on roughly once a month and every time I've said to myself, hmph (or something like that) this is a pretty good record , and then I've gone about the rest of my morning/afternoon/evening. So, when I put it on the other day I figured being a (sort of) music blogger this is probably something I ought to write about. [...]
Ben Wilson has played with more bands than most people have seen gigs. This conveniently provided him with enough PR to be able to pick out assorted friends from assorted bands for assorted purposes when he began work on his pet project, the upliftingly named That's The Spirit. The band itself serves more as a [...]
Marcie Bolen of Silverghost @ Neutral:photo by Michael Ligon Forgoing the NXNE festivities of last Wednesday night(eg. The Courthouse, The Drake) I started out the festival the following night with a full night of shows planned although it was a last minute decision on my part to check out my first band of the night, Silverghost. Silverghost is a Detroit male-female duo consist of ex-Von Bondie guitarist/vocalist Marcie Bolen and keyboardist/vocalist Deleano Acevedo and were a terrific start to my NXNE. A last-minute decision based on the band's [...]
Ben Wilson a.k.a. That's the Spirit - contributor to my Best ____ of '08 project - was recently featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered" , and, well, if its good enough for them... actually, it just made me re-listen to his myspace tracks, which led to me giving his latest album Staying Places a few serious spins. I like what I'm hearing, and its decidedly more substantial than I was expecting (i.e. its much more than just the terrific single "Orienteering"). [mp3] That's the Spirit - Orienteering [...]
that's the spirit. - head for the hills Folkpop från Ottawa med en drömlik ljudbild. Låten är tagen från albumet Staying Places .
that's the spirit Genre: Indie From: Ottawa, Canada that's the spirit is the latest incarnation of Ottawa's Ben Wilson a multi-instrumentalist and well-known staple of the Canadian music scene. [...]
Close What Neil Halstead's 'Oh! Mighty Engine' could have been. 4/5
I've been finding myself really busy lately, and feel as if I've been neglecting my blogging duties. Even as I write this post, I have about a dozen other things that need tending to, but my obsessive compulsive nature won't let me take a day off mid-week from QBiM. Forgive me for the quick post then, but rest assured it's worth the time and effort. That's The Spirit is Ottawa's Ben Wilson,a multi-instrumentalist who has just released his debut LP, Staying Places on Antique Room Records. Wilson is known [...]
Before I start, I have to thank bbbykmbrly for tip about That's the Spirit . From what I understand, Ben Wilson's history and influence is extensive in the Ottawa region and beyond. He's currently a member of two other outfits The Department of Foreign Affairs and Toronto Indie Music Award-winners The Polytone's . He has toured internationally and some Spirit tracks have made their way onto compilations in Canada and the US. I would consider myself somewhat of a musician, but this puts all of us apartment rockstars to shame. Wilson's latest baby [...]
Who : That's The Spirit from Ottawa. What : Spending some time here listening to the debut LP ( Staying Places , Antique Room ) from That's The Spirit , the moniker of Ottawa local multi-instrumentalist Ben Wilson. In his music you might hear something along the lines of Yo La Tengo mixed with Iron and Wine . Or you be the judge. The has a theme of travel, here's a song about some of those places along the way. [...]
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