
This album, Concentration , by Halifaxian band Dog Day has been steadily growing on me over the past couple of months. Its certainly taken a few mentions from some different blogs, a number of listens, but I've come to the conclusion that DD is some sort of bizzaro version of Stars (not, sissy In Our Bedroom After the War, Stars; but awesome Heart and Set Yourself on Fire, Stars). Its entirely possible - nay, probable - that this isn't a fair (or accurate!) description, but something [...]
It seems to me that Dog Day haven't quite gotten the coverage they deserve here at home in Canada. Sure, I fawned over their debut album, Night Group , and they have been reviewed by some other publications called "Spin" and "Billboard", but I haven't seen their name mentioned in Canadian music circles as much as you'd think considering what they've accomplished in such a short period of time. Of course this is simply my observation, and not based on any facts per se, but I thought I'd give this hard working band [...]
Halifax, NS co-ed quartet Dog Day is the first "rock band" (in that they use a guitar / bass / drum set-up) to sign with Germany's Tomlab label (The Books, Final Fantasy)and now they have set off on their first ever U.S. Tour this week and have a new video "Oh Dead Life" DOG DAY Tour 16 Nov, Austin, TX Waterloo Records 20 Nov, Miami, FL PS-14 21 Nov, Athens, GA Flicker Bar 22 Nov, Asheville, NC Broadways 24 Nov, Norfolk, VA the Boot 26 Nov, Cambridge, MA P.A.'s Lounge 27 Nov, [...]