Showing posts with label The Unquiet Dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Unquiet Dead. Show all posts
Show Alert: Lindy + Wax + Repartee + The Unquiet Dead
Fri., Sep. 27
@Phog Lounge
Poster: Jamie Greer
@Phog Lounge
Poster: Jamie Greer
NXNE quadredux
We debated going to other music festivals this year for a change. Mariposa. Wolfe Island. Sappyfest (sigh, some day). But when time and money restrictions, plus small enthusiasm for camping at a festival were accounted for, we came back to the tried-and-true: NXNE and Home County Music and Art Festival.
We love NXNE. Every year has been better than the last. More friends, more great food, and of course more great music. It suits us perfectly, because we love seeing bands in small venues (no Yonge-Dundas Square for us). On our hit list so far:
- Coeur de Pirate (although we're guessing she'll be playing Yonge-Dundas)
- Hot Panda
- Inlet Sound
- Pat LePoidevin
- Shooting Guns
- Shred Kelly (YES!)
- Sidney York
- T. Nile
- the unquiet dead
Show Alert: The Blue Stones + The Unquiet Dead + James OL and The Villains + This Machine Kills Robots @ The Loop
Windsor Music On A Platter
Fri Apr 19, 2013
Fri Apr 19, 2013
http://loopwindsor.com/
http://music.cbc.ca/artists/
http://music.cbc.ca/artists/
http://music.cbc.ca/artists/
http://thismachinekillsrobots.bandcamp.com/
Show Alert: The Unquiet Dead with Meanwood and The Cheap Speakers
Friday, March 15 at Villains Beastro in Windsor for a Canadian Music Week Preview Showcase
A Feast of Festivals
Time and money prevent us from attending as many music festivals as we'd like (we had the most ROMO for the Wolfe Island Music Festival-- what a lineup). Although our Big Three lacked the camping factor, we certainly experienced the range festivals have to offer: from NXNE in the Big Smoke, to folk at the Home County, to home in Windsor getting the boot at Phog Phest 4.
Home County brings in the bright lights of Canadian indie; this year it was Polaris short-lister Kathleen Edwards and Joel Plaskett Emergency. It also features workshops that result in wonderful and unexpected combinations-- The Kramdens and members of Cuff the Duke covering Neil Young, Plaskett and Bahamas, the lovely Olenka Krakus (of Olenka and the Autumn Lovers), Dave Gunning and the Kramdens.
Phog Phest has more of a family reunion/backyard party vibe: friends, dogs, beer, folding chairs, tents, kids, meatball sliders and wood-fired pizza and chocolate chip cookies from Mettawas Station of Kingsville, good conversation and great music.
They've got the recipe down. It's a given that Phog Phest will showcase Windsor talent we've heard and enjoyed, like The Unquiet Dead. Tom and Frank keep it interesting with a mix of tried-and-true ingredients-- this year Toronto's Rural Alberta Advantage and New Country Rehab-- and lesser known bands Phog is famous for getting on stage before they break, like Montreal's Cobra & Vulture.
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| Cobra & Vulture |
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| The Unquiet Dead |
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| New Country Rehab |
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| New Country Rehab |
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| The Rural Alberta Advantage |
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| The Rural Alberta Advantage |
But the unexpected star of Phog Phest 4 turned out to be a Wellington boot. For a buck a chuck, attendees took turns trying to throw the boot the farthest for prizes in the Welly Boot Chuck. Although S2W made a valiant effort, the only prize we took home was a framed Phog Phest 4 poster signed by all the bands. It sure looks a lot better than that boot did by the end of the night.
Photos: Russ Gordon/N2D Images
PHOG PHEST 4
Cellos (Windsor)
www.cellos.bandcamp.com
Club Thunderbolt (Windsor)
www.clubthunderbolt.com
Cobra & Vulture (Montreal)
http://music.cbc.ca/artists/Cobra-Vulture
Gypsy Chief Goliath (Windsor)
www.reverbnation.com/gypsychiefgoliath
James O-L and the Villains (Windsor)
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/James-O-L-and-the-Villains
Learning (Windsor)
www.wearelearning.bandcamp.com
New Country Rehab (Toronto)
www.newcountryrehab.com
Rural Alberta Advantage (HEADLINER from Toronto)
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/The-Rural-Alberta-Advantage
The Unquiet Dead (Windsor)
www.music.cbc.ca/artists/the-unquiet-dead
Vultures? (Windsor)
www.facebook.com/groups/vultures.canada/
With a special 90-minute opening set by Jam Space Academy bands:
9 Volt, 24 Sussex, Arcadia, Jinx, Lawless, Lost Weekend, Tremors
www.jamspacewindsor.com/JamSpaceAcademy.php
NXNE 2012, Day 3 (Jun. 15): from coast to coast
To borrow one of CBC Radio 3 host Grant Lawrence's pet taglines, Friday night at NXNE was truly a Pan-Canadian set, spanning bands from across the country beginning with...
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| Lenny "WildWorks" Wu interviewing Grant Lawrence. |
Windsor's own The Unquiet Dead at the Cadillac Lounge-- You get a lot for your money with this band, and not just because they're a 10-piece. Although they have a short history together, individually they're talented and seasoned musicians. Fans of Windsor's music scene and beyond will recognize members from The Golden Hands Before God, Magic Hall of Mirrors, Two For The Cascade and Surdaster. The result is a fortuitous assembly with broad musical knowledge, and it shows in their psychedelic-infused folky rock.
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Jeremy Fisher (Ottawa) at the Dakota Tavern-- We had arrived early for The Danks' show, and were very glad we did. It turned into one of those great NXNE moments, when you end up at a show you hadn't planned on and know you're seeing a top performance. We were familiar with Fisher of course from Radio 3, but didn't realize how much, as he delivered funny stage banter and song after song we knew and loved, especially "The Scar That Never Heals." By comparison...
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PEI's The Danks-- were a disappointment. Except for two solid selections from their 2009 album, Who's Afraid of the Danks?, including "Sold Me Out," their set was shambling and more like a practice session. It would have been nice to see them take NXNE a little more seriously.
One of the tough things about festivals like NXNE is choosing between bands you've already seen and know will be great, and trying something new. We reluctantly bypassed Elephant Stone and Parlovr for...
The Provincial Archive at The Painted Lady-- There couldn't have been an odder pairing of band and venue at NXNE. We walked past the scantily dressed young woman gyrating on the bar to hear an earnest set of indie-folk from this cerebral Edmonton band, surrounded by posters of soft porn eye candy. The highlight for us, though, was meeting Ken Beattie of Killbeat Music, who handles publicity for some of the best in Canadian indie.
Brasstronaut at the Gladstone Hotel-- was the show we had been waiting for. In fact, we'd been waiting since 2010 to see Brasstronaut (Vancouver) again; their show at the Phog Lounge remains an all-time favourite. They did not disappoint. Their newest release Mean Sun is outstanding, and so was their performance of most of the album's progressive (and sometimes retro) alt-rock to a packed room. It's not just mean that Mean Sun was overlooked for this year's Polaris Prize, it's criminal.
Cobra & Vulture at the Cameron House-- inside the bizarre rabbit warren decorated with giant bugs that is the Cameron House, we closed out the night at 2 a.m. with Montreal's Cobra & Vulture. We were there to support drummer Jeremy MacCuish (Parlovr), but were more than intrigued by vocalists/guitarists Amber Goodwyn and Erin Ross. It will be interesting to see what this alt-rock band does in the future. For now, you get a free download of their two EPs on Bandcamp.
Photos: Russ Gordon/N2D Images
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