NEW Pack A.D. Video - Battering Ram.

N2D Show Alert! Sept. 12 @ Villains Beastro  Windsor, ON

The Pack ARE BACK!

VIDEO - The Pack a.d. - Positronic

Directed by Lloyd Choi.


 

"This video has robots and fights and vomit. So, basically, we think it's great." The Pack a.d

CATL. To Trample Windsor

CATL.

Friday, November 9th
Phog Lounge  8pm
wsg Danny Kroha - ex- The Gories and The Demolition Doll Rods

Dirty. Sweaty. Fun. Toronto-based catl. are a ‘trio steeped in blues tradition yet refreshingly idiosyncratic’ (Vish Khanna | Exclaim! | May 2012).

Photos: Russ Gordon/N2D Images

The Pack Are Back!

Vancouver BC's The Pack a.d. return to the Motor City supporting their most recent album Unpersons and joining Toronto's Our Lady Peace on their Urban Grind Tour.

Saint Andrew's Hall
April 7, 2012
Detroit, MI
Ticket info here.

Once again, bring your earplugs. You have been warned.


Photo: Russ Gordon/N2D Images

VIDEO - The Pack a.d. - Sirens

"The Pack a.d.'s first single, Sirens, off of their album, Unpersons. Finally, we have our video for it thanks to the direction of Lloyd Choi and the erratic styles of Mr. Josh."

~ via The Pack a.d.

Dirty. Sweaty. Fun. Catl.

CATL & THE DAKOTA RING IN THE NEW YEAR!

 

       WHAT:    catl  New Year's Eve Party!

       WHEN:    Saturday, December 31, 2011

       WHERE:  The Dakota Tavern, 249 Ossington Ave., Toronto

       COST:     TBA

Can a night be both classy AND sweaty? You bet your sweet maracas it can. Drop by The Dakota Tavern this New Year's Eve and send 2011 off the catl way: with a hard drinkin' n' dancin' BLOW-OUT to the slammin' tunes of your favourite R&B trio.

This New Year's Eve party promises to be a spectacular event replete with special guests, sexy midnight countdown and the friendliest/most fearless barstaff this side of the Yonge Street corridor!

Catl have a lot to look forward to this year. With the recent addition of new drummer Andrew Moszynski, the band has pushed their performance to a new level of intensity. 2012 will also see the band release their highly anticipated third full-length record Soon, This Will All Be Gone. And as always, catl promise to deliver gallons of sweat and tequila-fueled, dance-floor mayhem.

Admission TBA. No advanced tickets, just come by early enough to get yourself on the right side of the party.

Helloooooooooo 2012!


(from a catl press release)

catl: Looking for a London herd

catl     [kat-l] 

noun (used with a plural verb)


1. Three-piece band from Toronto described as "dirt blues", "swamp boogie" and "scuzz blues."

2. Pure floor-stomping juke-joint blues.

3. Ass-shaking, punk-influenced rock ‘n’ roll.

Photo/Alyssa Faoro

We caught part of their set opening for Elliott BROOD on New Year's Eve in Toronto. We cleared our early schedule on Day 3 of NXNE 2011 so we did not miss a note. Now London gets to experience what we have been telling people all year. Can't. Miss. catl.

catl are attempting to establish a residency at one of London's best known clubs for flat out kicking it up, Call the Office. It would behoove you to get out there this Sat., Nov. 12 and see what we and others are talking about.

 "These Torontonians’ rough-hewn scuzz-blues joints and pained acoustic laments make you wanna gulp down a 26er of Wild Turkey, sweat buckets and put your fist through something. Unhinged fun."  – Ben Rayner, Toronto Star

"...these songs sound like they were custom-built to melt your face, slap your soul, and rock your socks off." -- Vish Khanna, CBC Radio3 "Track of the Day" 1/11/11

catl ~ Russ Gordon/N2d Images

catl ~ Russ Gordon/N2D Images

The Pack a.d. - Unpersons Tour Unleashed

When Unpersons hits stores on September 13 in Canada and on the 20th in the States, The Pack a.d. will have established themselves as a band by which to compare others.

Like their last two albums, The Pack a.d. recorded Unpersons at the legendary Hive Studios with engineer Jesse Gander. However, where famed Detroit producer Jim Diamond (Electric 6, The Detroit Cobras, The White Stripes) mastered 2010's we kill computers from afar, he flew in — on his own insistence — to produce Unpersons first hand. After these sessions, the band went back with him to Detroit to perfect the mixing.

The result is a flawlessly produced and performed record that projects all the snarl, piss, vinegar, venom and vitriol heard on their first three albums into a realm that is distinctly their own. Any reference one may wish to make to The Kills or White Stripes is no longer relevant. The Pack a.d. stand unequaled. 

Listen to Sirens here.

From Killbeatmusic.

The Pack a.d. Unpersons Tour Dates

All Canadian dates presented by Exclaim!

Sept 10 - Fresh U Jamboree, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB 
Sept 12 - The Alibi, Arcata, CA
Sept 13 - Streetlight Records, San Jose, CA (afternoon show, all ages)
Sept 13 - Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA
Sept 14 - The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA
Sept 16 - Soma, San Diego, CA
Sept 17 - Whisky a Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA (with LA Guns)
Sept 18 - TBA, Las Vegas, NV
Sept 19 - The Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
Sept 20 - The Badlander, Missoula, MT
Sept 21 - Mootsy's, Spokane, WA

Sept 23 - OLIO Music Festival - Vancouver, BCSept 24 - Rifflandia Music Festival, Victoria, BCSept 26 - Habitat, Kelowna, BC (with guests Sun Wizard)
Sept 27 - Republik, Calgary, AB (with guests Sun Wizard)
Sept 28 - The Pawn Shop, Edmonton, AB (with guests Sun Wizard)
Sept 29 - Louis' Pub, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (with guests Sun Wizard)
Sept 30 - Lo Pub, Winnipeg, MB (with guests Sun Wizard)

Oct 01 - The Aquarium, Fargo, ND
Oct 02 - Hell's Kitchen, Minneapolis, MN
Oct 04 - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
Oct 05 - OFF Minor, Dubuque, IA
Oct 06 - Daytrotter Session Recording - Rock Island, IL
Oct 06 - The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL

Oct 07 - Call The Office, London, ON (with Hollerado)
Oct 08 - Casbah, Hamilton, ON (with Hollerado)
Oct 09 - The Mansion, Barrie, ON (with Hollerado)
Oct 10 - Mansion House, St Catharine's, ON
Oct 12 - Market Hill, Peterborough, ON (with Hollerado)
Oct 13 - The Mansion, Kingston, ON (with Hollerado)
Oct 14 - The Alexander, Brantford, ON (with Hollerado)
Oct 15 - The Opera House, Toronto, ON (with Hollerado)
Oct 16 - Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa, ON

Oct 19 - Phog Lounge, Windsor, ON
Oct 20 - Lager House, Detroit, MI

Oct 22-28 QUEBEC Shows TBA

Oct 29 - The Vibe Lounge, Rockville Centre, NY
Oct 30 - The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY

Nov 01 - O'Brien's Pub, Allston, MA
Nov 02 - Hard Rock Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 03 - Motr Pub, Cincinnati, OH