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Monday, July 13, 2009

07.11.2009 Broken Social Scene / Rattlesnake Choir (Toronto)

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My original plan was to stay in Ottawa after Wintersleep because Blues Fest was going on and Matisyahu was playing the next day, however, my credentials were taking a little longer than expected to come through. This posed a problem because I was hoping snag a cheap flight home, which is difficult if you don't know when you're leaving. For some reason, it slipped my mind that the Broken Social Scene show, which was put on to make up for the cancelled Olympic Island Festival, would be happening on the same day. When I finally remembered, my problem was solved. Well it was too late to get a cheap flight, so I chose rail instead. which is by far a more expensive way to travel when compared to greyhound, but cheaper than a last minute flight and a billion times more comfortable than the 'hound.'

I arrived at the Sirius stage a little over 2hrs prior to "doors". Surprisingly the seats were already about half packed, and there was already a band playing there. Upon further inspection it was BSS soundchecking. Very nice.. They jammed on one song I didn't recognize. They also played "Where's Your Heart, Where's Your Mind", which I remember them playing at a show I was at in 2005. Kevin Drew also interacted with the crowd a bit hinting that it would be a long set and that they'd go all the way to the curfew time of 11 pm. He mentioned that the real reason they cancelled the Olympic Island was due to the strike. No ferries were going to Island where the festival was to take place. Towards the end of the soundcheck, after playing Soul Unwind, he brought out Feist to soundcheck the acoustic guitars, dropping a hint of a duet. Oh yeah, it was fairly obvious the show was being recorded for something. There were 2 large camera rigs at the back and 3 cameras on stage, all of the pro broadcast variety. The +$5k kind.

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The organizer came out prior to the Rattlesnake Choir's set to introduce a certain Bruce MacDonald. He's a Canadian director best known for "The Tracy Fragments" and "Hard Core Logo." He mentions that they're filming for a feature film, probably called "This Movie is Broken," and that you can upload photos of people kissing to www.thismovieisbroken.com .....ok.

The Rattlesnake Choir are a country, maybe alt-country band from Toronto, and from what I understand are the house band for the Dakota Tavern. Apparently this is also where Kevin Drew and his posse like to hang out. Not really a fan of country, but they did do a bit of Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line" during their soundcheck. They didn't really change my opinion of their genre of music. The fiddle solos were kind of cool I guess.

To be honest, I really liked the two BSS albums after Feel Good Lost, but sort of lost interest a bit with the Broken Social Scene Presents: thing. Now I've seen BSS a couple of times back in Vancouver, and it always frustrated me to no end that I never got to see BSS with Amy, Emily or Feist doing vocals. For the record, I'm not a fan of Lobsinger, and would rather have Liz Powell doing vocals. I sort of wish she was invited to this show... Anyways, as luck would have it, BSS started with a song I didn't recognize, but it sounded ok, I just considered it a long intro theme. It only took 3 songs before they brought out Feist for 7/4 Shoreline. Midway through the set, time was given to each of the ladies to do a song. Amy did a song solo with Evan Cranley and someone else dual drumming. Emily sang "Give me a Sympathy" and Kevin and Feist did a heartwarming duet of medley of Safety Bricks/Past in Present/I Feel It All. The highlights of the night of course would be the gang-vocaled-filled rocker "Almost Crimes." The band kept leaving the stage after thanking the crowd, but kept coming back until curfew had arrived. "Major Label Debut" ended the night with a bang. After the show, the organizer said the band would be sticking around to autograph their new book.

To sum up, yeah this show was ridiculous. Made me forget about not seeing Explosions in the Sky this summer for a night....


Kevy Key Jam (Untitled 2)
Fire Eye'd Boy (Lisa on backups)
7/4 (Shoreline) (Feist
Love is New (Lisa on backups)
Frightening Lives
Chameleon (Lisa on backups)
Day to Day (Amy)
Safety Bricks/Past in Present/I feel it All (Feist and KD)
Gimme Sympathy (Amy and Feist on backups)
I'll Bring the Sun (Jason Collett)
Soul Unwind (Andrew, Lisa and Amy)
Almost Crimes (Feist, Amy, Emily)
Meet Me in the Basement
New Country (Feist, Amy, Lisa)
Anthems for a 17 Year Old Girl (Emily, Feist, Amy)
Bandwitch (Feist, Amy, Emily)
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Pacific Theme
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KC Accidental
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Major Label Debut (Fast)

$100/$0

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07.10.2009 Wintersleep / Mothers Children (Ottawa)

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The Ottawa BluesFest is a bit of a misnomer, since it's hardly just music of the blues genre. However, it is a pretty wicked festival. spans almost 2 weeks and brings in all sorts of awesome musical acts. In addition to Stages on the streets of downtown Ottawa, they also have other venues doing smaller regular shows. Anyways, it appears Ottawa has the same problem with live venues that Vancouver does. Apparently this the second incarnation of the Capitol Music Hall. The first one met it's demise when someone decided to build condo's in it's place.

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First up was Mother's Children. Possibly without the apostrophe. They were kind of a garage rock band. Lots of energy. However, substance wise, I wasn't really feeling it. Actually the people around me thought the same. As the someone around me pointed out, "all the songs sounded the same." Yeah more or less. Really not the worst opener I've ever seen.

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Wintersleep took the stage at around 12:15. Yep past midnight. The crowd was really good. Less of the drunk 'agros' and more of the 'sing along' types. Wintersleep debuted 2 new songs. From the setlist I snagged, it seems like one's called "Experience the Jewel" and "Blood Collection" or "Cat Power", depending on which setlist you have. (My friend's setlist says "Blood Collection", mine says "Cat Power". Paul did say it was tentatively called "Blood Collection" though. The first new song was sort of a down tempo tune, that starts out slow then builds into a nice noisy breakdown where Paul makes a lot of noise on his guitar. Man that sounded like an awful description. I'm not even going to bother trying to explain "Cat Power", only that it sounds like a mid tempo Wintersleep song. They finished their main set with Orca. Sounded really good and really heavy. The encore included one of the new songs while Danse Macabre closed out the night.

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Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks
Archaeologists
Caliber
Drunk On Aluminum
Astronaut
Weighty Ghost
Murderer
Experience The Jewel
Oblivion
Laser Beams
Jaws Of Life
Orca
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listen [listen, listen]
Blood Collection
Danse Macabre

$30/$0

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Friday, July 03, 2009

06.27.2009 Hiromi Uehara Workshop


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I really don't review too many non-rock/indie/metal music. In fact, the last non-indie/rock/metal show was probably the Lang Lang show that I saw a year or two ago. That doesn't mean that I don't have love for the classical or jazz genres; quite the contrary, Bill Evans still ranks in my lifetime Top 5. I suppose one reason why I find newer jazz/classical live acts harder to get into is just due to the fact that there is so little promotion/press on it. Case in point, by the time I heard of Hiromi's Sonicbloom show at this years Jazz Fest, it was already well sold out. Luckily, Tom Lee was putting on a solo Hiromi Uehara Workshop at their downtown location.

Despite getting there early, there was already a line up formed in front of the Music Hall on the 3rd floor of the building. Seating was on a first come first served basis, with the audience most comprised of piano and jazz enthusiasts, Japanese ex-pats and the odd hippie. Not that I didn't expect a large following, but the small venue was rather packed from the seats to the aisles to the floors with a unnumbered amount of people waiting outside the door.

Hiromi show up to her workshop dressed casually and without the makeup or hairstyle that she is usually presented in - casting a more intimate slant on the event. Much like the seminars that I've seen in the past, the format was half playing half chatting/question and answer. Hiromi started with a piece dubbed "Shoe a la Creme"(?), which was apparently inspired by pastries in France. Her playing was quite engaging and at times mesmerizing. There were a couple of distinct idiosyncrasies in her playing. While playing she would often hum to herself and seemed to play almost in a trance during most of her playing. At one point, towards the end the first piece, she would reach into the grand piano and, I assume, manually tap on the hammers. This resulted in a more percussive muted sound.

After the first song, she spoke at length mostly about her background. She seemed to dwell on the theme that while she was hardworking and had a strong work ethic, there was a great deal of luck associated with her success. From her surprise meeting with Chick Corea, being mentored by Abdul Jamal and hooking up with Stanley Clarke, her career was built on a lot of chance encounters and fortuitous opportunities.

Afterward, she performed a rousing rendition of Bach's "Air on the G String" before taking a round of questions. Most of the questions were pretty standard fare and some bordered on either redundant or pedestrian. Overall the workshop was quite entertaining and well worth the lengthy lineup to get in. Hiromi ended the session by taking a request, the "Tom and Jerry Show", to the delight of everyone.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

06.19.2009 The Pack A.D. / Sorcerers / Canaries

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I must admit, I really don't see that many non-touring acts. As good as the local Vancouver scene is, the last local show that I saw was probably Fake Shark, Real Zombie. Even that was almost a year ago. I'm not really sure why this is, but this show was all local, so there you go.

The first band up were Canaries. No "The". Apparently this is important. I wasn't too into them. They had a very lo-fi, synth/party/screamo sort of feel to them, or as my friend put it, "Hey look it's Andrew WK".

Sorcerers were a little better. Firmly planted in the Vancouver Skate scene, their music had a interesting stoner/dub/punk feel to them. Actually throughout their set, they blasted out the smoke machine, making the stage seem like, for lack of better words, an opium den. Ironically, I don't remember much about their set, I do recall their bass player being really tight and their guitar player using a lot of effects, but that's about it.

The Pack A.D.hit the stage to a pretty packed house. The crowd was a bit on the older side (including the owner of Neptoon Records), but there were a couple of the usual indie crowd. The overall vibe of the show was very much like a homecoming gig despite the fact that it was more of tour send off show. Lots of crowd interaction as well as a surprise guest for a song or two. Two things really stood out for me. The first being the presence and power of singer/guitarist Becky. The second being that it was quite apparent that there was an abundance of chemistry between the two girls in the band. The seemed to be playing off of each other all throughout the set. Despite a couple of technical difficulties, the show went off without too much of hitch - a good send off for a band who probably won't be playing Vancouver again until December.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

06.19.2009 Wintersleep / The Clicks / In Flight Saftey (Toronto)

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There was a point in time where NXNE and NXNW were pretty much on the same par in terms of quality. No where near the same size or stature of what SXSW is now, but both were growing at a pretty good rate. Somewhere down the road, NXNW completely died, but NXNE seems to have grown up quite nicely. I'm not going to go into too much detail, (seeing as how as I write this it's been over a few days now), but I will say this, the quality of free shows was amazing: Wintersleep, GZA!, the Sonics, The Black Lips and more. It's really a shame NXNW went the way it did.

I think I've been watching too much TV because I could swear that at one of the NXNE booths I saw someone from one of the bands on Much Music's sort of reality band tv show, disBand. The person in question was the blonde from the sort of teen pop duo, that the judges thought were trying to be too sexy for minors, that sung that cheesy song "Sugar Free." Actually what's even funnier, is that I think I also saw the older rapper from Dog Bus shopping at Zehrs with his mom. I need to stop watching tv.

In Flight Safety, are a band from Nova Scotia. They sound like indie rock, I think. I don't really remember to much, except that their singer, unfortunately sounds like Bono. Unfortunate, because that comparison will be made every time someone tries to describe them to someone else, like I just did.

The Clicks, I wasn't really sure if I liked them or not. They're from Toronto, so it was a home town show of sorts, and they might have been an all girl trio as well. They weren't bad, I just didn't really feel a connection I guess.

I stood near the back for Wintersleep, which was actually kind of nice because I didn't need ear plugs. For once I got to hear the songs being played live without the muffle of the ear plugs I normally wear. Anyways, they attracted a really large sized crowd (yeah I know being free helps). Most people seemed to like it as I didn't see very many people leave during their set. Oh yeah all three of these sets were broadcasted live on sirius radio. Pretty cool I guess. Sort of a normal show. The only thing worth mentioning was that after they finished their set, and the Sirius people came on to do their outro talk, about 5 min after the everyone had left the stage, Wintersleep came back on and did Listen (Listen, Listen) as an encore.

Setlist:

Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks
Archaeologists
Caliber
Jaws Of Life
Murderer
Search Party
Weighty Ghost
Astronaut
Oblivion
Laser Beams
Baltic
Drunk On Aluminum
Danse Macabre
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listen [listen, listen]

$20/$0

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06.18.2009 Wintersleep / Chris Bell (Hamilton)

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This show was sort of a warm up show for Wintersleep as they would be playing NXNE the next day. What was cool about this show was that the venue is a lot smaller than what they would normally play these days. (at least in Canada) Downtown Hamilton (The "Hammer!") is kind of a sketchy place.

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I had a chuckle when I saw who was the opener. Chris Bell does sound for Wintersleep. He's from Hamilton so it would make sense for him to open at this particular show. He's also happens to be the drummer for Sons of Butcher. Yep that Sons of Butcher, though I don't think he was ever featured on the cartoon. There are a lot of mediocre singer song writers out there, but Chris isn't one of them. I was pretty surprise how good it was. There seem to be some Neil Young and Radiohead influences going on. He should do the solo thing more often.

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I should really stop doing Wintersleep reviews. this blog has done too many of them. Technical difficulties, kept the doors to the Casbah main room's door closed until around 30 min or so before Chris was scheduled to go on. Wintersleep actually started sound checking pretty late, in fact, after the doors were supposed to open. If you were standing by the door, you would have heard Astronaut and a sort of Jam on the Temptations' classic "My Girl". As for the main set, it was one of the longer Wintersleep sets I've seen, around 100 min. The only new song played was Baltic. Astronaut wasn't on the setlist. Insomnia was added to the encore, which was nice because it isn't played often enough. I think I'm starting to like Listen now as an encore. Having seen the band so many times in the past couple of years, it was nice seeing them in a packed small venue.

Setlist:

Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks
Archaeologists
Caliber
Jaws Of Life
Drunk On Aluminum
Baltic
Weighty Ghost
Murderer
Search Party
Astronaut (not on setlist)
Oblivion
Laser Beams
Orca
Danse Macabre
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listen [listen, listen]
Insomnia (not on setlist)
nerves normal. breath normal


$40/$0

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

06.14.2009 Julie Doiron / Dog Day

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We've done a write up on Julie Doiron pretty recently, so this will be a bit of a shorter review for the Vancouver Biltmore show.

Dog Day started out the night with a blend of rock not so much unlike Eric's Trip. Boy/girl vocals and post grunge like sound. Their set seemed a little rushed, but I think they were under some time constraints. They played well, but I wouldn't say they rocked out like what other people have described. I'd probably still check them out again. Maybe a headlining show.

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I don't know why I'm mentioning this, but during the set change I went and tried to play some of the arcade games at the Biltmore. To my chagrin, after about 2 minutes trying to fish out my quarter from the busted money slot of the Marvel vs Capcom machine, I decided I probably won't be doing that again. The other writer of this blog tells me that the pinball machine has a sketchy launcher.

Similar to the Waterloo show, Julie hit the stage with 2 or 3 solo songs. After that the rest of the band came in and rocked out. I'll try not to repeat the previous review, but this show was a little longer. Usual Julie Doiron fun banter and overall charm was present. Actually there was one point in the show where she sort of implied feeding her kids wine. At the end of the show, one thing was fairly obvious. Julie's backing band is incredibly talented. As mentioned before, her shows don't really use a setlist, but instead are based on what she wants to play and usually will entertain some requests. This night was no different. Some in the crowd requested a song from one of her side projects. She obliged, which resulted in her band fumbling through the song. In fact, I get the feeling the lead guitarist pretty much just improvises all his solos. Which leads me to a whole new appreciation for her live show.

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$20/$17

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Interview: Delhi 2 Dublin (June 2009)

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This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted via email with a bunch of Vancouver/Victoria bands who will be heading out to Toronto in mid June for the NXNE Festival (North By North East Festival). They were selected to play at NXNE by applying via their Sonicbids account. I'm not 100% sure, (though I am 100% serious) but I think I remember seeing Kytami play in a local doom/sludge/noise band once.



Please identify yourself(ves) for those reading, what you do in the band, and who else plays in the band

I am- Kytami: Violin Shredder, Back up vocals

The other members are-

Tarun: Production, Ableton Live, Tablas, Back up vocals, Shaker

Ravi: Dhol (a.k.a. “thatfuckingdrum”)

Kimchi/Zandrew: Electric Sitar, Electric Guitar

Sanj: Lead Vocals, Hype Man


Tell us a little bit about the history of your band.

Our first show for Celtic Fest Vancouver was off the hook, then we started to get booked even though we weren't officially a band. As we continued on, we discovered we liked working together, had similar goals and inspired each other. We've had tremendous response and that combined with the belief in ourselves is what keeps us going.


How would you describe your sound?

A couple of Punjabi guys walk in to an Irish Pub, have a couple of drinks with the fiddle player then they all decide to go hear a DJ playing at an afterhours warehouse party and on the way there they pick up a Korean guy busking with his sitar on the side of the street.


You'll be traveling to Toronto to play at NXNE in the middle of June. What makes this festival worth crossing the country for or is it just another show?

Every show is important.


What's your favourite song from the 80's?

How can you pick from 10 years of music? Could it at least be top ten? Many different phases and influences within that time period.


What's the coolest thing you've ever bought?

My black electric Skyinbow violin.


For the people who've downloaded your album, tell us why they should check out your live show.

Come party with us!


Thanks for doing the interview; you have the last word, say what you want to say.

A huge thank you to our families, our colleagues and our fans.




http://www.delhi2dublin.com/
www.myspace.com/delhi2dublin

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Monday, June 15, 2009

06.13.09 Bell Orchestre (Toronto)

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I gotta say, as much as I like Vancouver, it just can't touch Toronto in terms of free shows. I think Malajube played a free show the night before, Bell Orchestre tonight, and in the next 2 months, I'll probably see Holy Fuck and Broken Social Scene. Anyways, today's show was at the Sirius Stage at Harbourfront center as part of the L'Oreal's Luminato Festival. From what I understand, it's basically an arts/life/culture festival. Lots of free shows and other events to free and feed, your mind. It's a very cool festival.

The Sirius Stage at Harbourfront Center is an outdoor stage on the Harbourfront overlooking the lake. It's also covered so the good times aren't dependent on the weather. Since this was a free show, it attracted both fans of the band, and music lovers of all varieties. Actually I was quite amused to see a large diverse number of 40-?? year olds who thought: "Sunny day, free music, ORCHESTRE ? I'm there!" despite having never heard of the band.

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The band was actually introduced by none of than the Mayor of Toronto himself, flanked by one of the organizers and some Cirque de Soleil performers. Kinda cool I guess. Before they started the Mayor relayed a request by the band. They wanted people to dance. A few people stood up to the barricade, but most were content with sitting down as if they were listening to a real... uhh no, a more conventional "orchestre" err "orchestra." They played a pretty tight set of new and old songs that were really quite enjoyable, with the sun just beginning to set just as they started. Despite their best efforts, the band could only muster up minimal crowd reaction, until they played their "dance" numbers: "Les Lumieres Pt. 2", off their first album and "The Gaze", off their recently released album " As Seen Through Windows". Those 2 songs got the crowd (well some of them) off their feet and moving in the aisle (also a good way to get a better view). It was one of the band member's birthday, so there was cover tune thrown in there was well. They ended their set after a little over an hour. An encore followed, with a couple extra songs, which was kind of surprising, but was welcomed by much of the crowd.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Interview: Dan Mangan

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This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted via email with a bunch of Vancouver/Victoria bands who will be heading out to Toronto in mid June for the NXNE Festival (North By North East Festival). They were selected to play at NXNE by applying via their Sonicbids account. I wish I could ask him what kind of chips he buys.



Please identify yourself(ves) for those reading, what you do in the band, and who else plays in the band

Dan Mangan. I play the fool. Then there are some hired guns - they are nice enough.


Tell us a little bit about the history of your band.

It's me and some people I pay to be my friends. When I buy bags of potato chips, I share them with the band - but some of them don't share chips when they buy them. Isn't that crazy?


How would you describe your sound?

I would describe it with adjectives.


You'll be traveling to Toronto to play at NXNE in the middle of June. What makes this festival worth crossing the country for or is it just another show?

I like NXNE because there are lots of great bands to go see. I like playing at NXNE because it makes me feel like I'm as cool as the other bands.


What's your favourite song from the 80's?

Footloose.


What's the coolest thing you've ever bought?

A picture of Corey Hart.


For the people who've downloaded your album, tell us why they should check out your live show.

If they don't I'll waterboard the picture of Corey Hart. Don't worry, it's not torture. It's information seeking in a loving manner.


Thanks for doing the interview; you have the last word, say what you want to say.

Be cool, stay in school.



http://www.danmanganmusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/danmangan

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Interview: The Abramson Singers

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This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted via email with a bunch of Vancouver/Victoria bands who will be heading out to Toronto in mid June for the NXNE Festival (North By North East Festival). They were selected to play at NXNE by applying via their Sonicbids account. That was the best photo I could find.



Please identify yourself(ves) for those reading, what you do in the band, and who else plays in the band

My name is Leah Abramson and I play guitar, sing and write the songs in The Abramson Singers. The band morphs depending on time and circumstance. Sometimes I have an 8-piece choir and band, and sometimes it's just me and two other singers.


Tell us a little bit about the history of your band.

The band started when I had tendonitis in my wrist and I couldn't play guitar, so I started writing songs with just my 8-track and voice. Then my hand got better and I turned it into a band.


How would you describe your sound?

My sound is usually harmony and melody heavy. I'm a folkie who likes playing indie-rock.


You'll be traveling to Toronto to play at NXNE in the middle of June. What makes this festival worth crossing the country for or is it just another show?

I don't get out east very often, so it's a good way to meet people out there, since everyone kind of gathers there at once. Besides, I'll get to see some amazing acts all in one weekend.


What's your favourite song from the 80's?

Gee, that's hard. Probably something off of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Maybe "I had the time of My life"... it's so grade 2.


What's the coolest thing you've ever bought?

My sweet little orange Framus guitar from the 60's.


For the people who've downloaded your album, tell us why they should check out your live show.

My album isn't downloadable yet! So the only way to get it is at my live show!


Thanks for doing the interview; you have the last word, say what you want to say.

Um... thanks? It's nice to see people supporting the scene, especially in Vancouver.



http://www.myspace.com/leahabramson
http://leahabramson.com

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Interview: T. Nile and the Children Of Mercey (June 2009)

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This interview is part of a series of interviews conducted via email with a bunch of Vancouver/Victoria bands who will be heading out to Toronto in mid June for the NXNE Festival (North By North East Festival). They were selected to play at NXNE by applying via their Sonicbids account. If you're actually reading this and today's date is June 11, 2009, then you can check her out tonight, 9pm at the Railway Club. If not, whatevs.



Please identify yourself(ves) for those reading, what you do in the band, and who else plays in the band

We are T. Nile and the Children Of Mercey.

T. Nile - Banjo, hollow-body electric guitar, harmonicas
Christa Mercey - Drums and percussion
Laura Mercey - Harmonies, keyboard, trumpet
Mike Mercey - Bass, harmonies
Burke Carrol - Pedal steel


Tell us a little bit about the history of your band.

Christa (drums) and i did a duo-tour of Ontario and Quebec last summer. It was quite the (sometimes hilarious) adventure and between playing festivals and shows, we kept on going back to her folks place to "re-fuel".

I was fortunate enough to get to know her family, which are all very musical;
Her dad is Ray Mercey, of the legendary 7-time Juno winning 70s era band called "The Mercey Brothers".

Over the year Christa and I discussed wanting to form a band together and at some point it crossed my mind that her sister and brother would be great additions. Burke Carrol, while not officially a Mercey, looks quite a bit like their uncle Lloyd, (also of the Mercey Bros) so he's become an honorary member of the family.

The musical chemistry is electric with this band, and I'm so excited to play with them again on June the 20th at C'est What.


How would you describe your sound?

A raw-sexy blend of indie-folk, pop, rock, reggae and awesomeness!

We've already been compared to Fleetwood Mac, Blondie, The Police and Paul Simon (from his Graceland days).


You'll be traveling to Toronto to play at NXNE in the middle of June. What makes this festival worth crossing the country for or is it just another show?

It's never just another show... I can't wait to play with C.O.M.

again... we always get so high of the music!

Also it will be the Toronto CD release show for my brand new CD, "The Cabin Song EP", that was released to the public on june 9th (available on ),


What's your favourite song from the 80's?

how to pick just one??

right now I love "Tide Is High" - Blondie


What's the coolest thing you've ever bought?

My Cherry-Red Ibanez hollow-body electric guitar, and Fender Blues Jr. Amp.


For the people who've downloaded your album, tell us why they should check out your live show.

T. Nile and The Children Of Mercey are addictive live. If you come out the show on the 20th, you'll understand why! ;)


Thanks for doing the interview; you have the last word, say what you want to say.

C'est what is the place to be on June 20th @ 9pm! (actually, you might want to get there a little early because word on the street is that it's gonna be packed).



http://myspace.com/tnile
http://tamaranile.com

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