tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322177748343901802024-03-20T13:46:41.525-07:00MuseInkA blog written by two awesome people about awesome things in music.Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-33356331196598808252012-10-27T10:21:00.001-07:002012-10-27T10:22:14.951-07:00We've Moved!Go on over to <a href="http://www.museink.ca/">www.museink.ca</a> where you will find all of our new posts and playlists! Hope to see you there!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-62562750944180989572012-10-18T16:47:00.003-07:002012-10-18T16:47:34.651-07:00Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Up until the day of the show I was completely prepared to defend this album as my top choice. It has all the elements of a great album: a great sound, variety of songs, and three incredible, solid "single" worthy songs. <br />
<a name='more'></a>The first track "Full Circle" had become a success on the Canadian Indie Radio circuit. Everyone was playing it! And everyone loved it! Did I? I thought it was acceptable, maybe not deserving of all the attention it was getting but regardless I thought it was a good song. After getting into the rest of the album for the first 5 songs or so I kind of thought to myself "This could be one of the greatest albums I ever heard," and when I finished I was certain without a doubt that I had just heard a great album. And then I listened again. And again. And again. And then I realized. This wasn't meant to be an "album", it was a collection of songs. Why else would it start with "Full Circle"? <i>Dark Eyes</i> is sequenced much like Dan Mangan's <i>Nice, Nice, Very Nice</i>, it gives people that don't know them a reason to keep listening by putting the singles all at the front and not ordering it as an album. This is one of the few flaws within <i>Dark Eyes</i> and I eagerly anticipate the next Half Moon Run album. Hopefully they'll win next time.<br />Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-51286753230159976542012-10-16T20:14:00.000-07:002012-10-16T20:15:29.844-07:00CKXU Playlist 16/10/2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello Trusty Followers, here is this weeks playlist for you all!</div>
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Elephant - Hannah Georgas</div>
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Two Feet Stand Up - Cookie Duster</div>
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Funeral Song - Fast Romantics</div>
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Miss Canada - Jason Collett</div>
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Backlines - Stars</div>
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Turn It Out - Death From Above 1979</div>
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The Looks - MSTRKRFT</div>
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American Names - Sebastien Grainger</div>
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Black History Month (Sammy Danger Remix) - Death From Above 1979</div>
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Show Me Your Eyes - Royal Canoe</div>
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The Mirror - Aiden Knight</div>
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Stairway (Yukon Blonde Cover) - Dan Mangan</div>
Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-56039142712799742252012-10-11T19:50:00.001-07:002012-10-12T21:13:16.676-07:00Eight and a Half - Self Titled<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Half Broken Social Scene, half The Stills; Eight and a Half is a joint project of two of the biggest bands in Canadian Indie music in the last decade. <br />
<a name='more'></a>Their music sounds very different compared to their previous projects, with lush, dense synth parts, it's hardly reminiscent of recent popular songs by either band. But the disconnect doesn't affect the quality of the music, perhaps it even improves it. Musicians that try new things can be one of the scariest things as a fan; you really just want them to be like they were and never change. One of the most popular phrases in a fan's vocabulary is "it's not as good as their early stuff". But when musicians grow like the ones in Eight and a Half have you get a beautiful work of art that feels progressive while also remaining accessible, maybe the fans can finally just accept the music for what it is and not compare it to what they used to be.Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-69737096719568549282012-10-10T12:51:00.001-07:002012-10-10T18:37:07.468-07:00Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dan Mangan. Heartthrob. Husband. Master of Melody. <br />
<a name='more'></a>Dan Mangan managed to woo the world with his 2009 release Nice Nice Very Nice and only solidified their love with this release. The album is full of strings and horns that complement his dreamy voice and wise lyrics. The arrangements build and fall perfectly with each 'Oh', and the album flows with a cohesivenss leaving no song out of place. Dan Mangan may have broken the hearts of all the girls in Canada when he got married this summer, but this album is a perfect consolation. It warms you up inside and makes you love it more with each listen. And true love lasts a lifetime. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-87790086582910718032012-10-09T19:08:00.002-07:002012-10-10T18:37:22.499-07:00CKXU Playlist 09/10Here is our playlist for our Brand New Music show. There has been so many good albums released lately it was hard to narrow it down but a few bands prevailed!<br />
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Now That I've Given Up Hope I Feel So Much Better - Shout Out Out Out Out (<i>Spanish Moss and Total Loss</i>)<br />
Something More - Great Bloomers (<i>Distant Fires</i>)<br />
20's - Rah Rah (<i>The Poet's Dead</i>)<br />
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Wolves - Whale Tooth (<i>Search party</i>)<br />
Cerulean Blues - Geist (<i>Fissures</i>)<br />
Inferior Ghosts - Papermaps (<i>Inferior Ghosts</i>) <br />
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Love and Truth - Mother Mother (<i>Touch Up)</i><br />
Infinitesimal - Mother Mother (<i>The Sticks)</i><br />
Raw Sugar - Metric (<i>Grow Up and Blow Away</i>)<br />
The Void - Metric (<i>Synthetica</i>)<br />
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The McGill Ghetto - Mathias Mental (<i>The Stateroom Scene</i>)<br />
The Cold - Shred Kelly (<i>In The Hills</i>) <br />
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Kathleen Edwards is well known for her rootsy folk sound and this album is no exception. <br />
<a name='more'></a>The record was written and recorded after her marriage ended and this theme is present throughout the album. Produced by her current boyfriend Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, this album has a very different sound to her previous albums. Here we see a lot less of her old country sound and a lot more influence from Vernon. It is a very honest album where she sings of her past relationship (Chamelion/Comedian, For the Record) and also of her future loves (Sidecar). The listener feels a deep connection to her through her heartfelt lyrics and melodical guitars which allow us to feel her emotions and relate to them. <em>Voyageur</em> is the tales of her voyage through relationship turmoils and self discovery and we are all happily brought along for the ride. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-23722160488292091042012-10-06T20:16:00.001-07:002012-10-10T18:37:53.115-07:00Parlovr - Kook Soul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Emerging out of the thick, lush, layered textures of the Montreal music scene comes the complete opposite: Parlovr.<br />
<a name='more'></a> Pronounced either "Parlour" or "Parlover", the band was formed to rebel against the norm and in turn created one of the most interesting bands in Canada. Featuring two vocalists (Alex Cooper and Louis David Jackson), this three piece blends different musical styles to create a multitude of sounds. Sometimes it's a thin, harsh sound like in the quirky Married on a Sunday, and sometimes it's a surprisingly large, interwoven sound like in the album opener Do You Remember?. The sound changes with every song and makes you want to keep listening without making the album sound disjointed. That they're a three piece makes the variety in sound even more remarkable and <i>Kook Soul</i> is certainly one of the best and most interesting releases of the past twelve months.Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-5493785741577703032012-10-05T22:25:00.001-07:002012-10-10T18:38:05.128-07:00Said the Whale - Little Mountain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.34457653388381004" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following the success of 2009’s Island’s Disappear and their 2011 Juno win for Best New Group, Said the Whale had set the bar high - and they surpassed it easily.</span></b><br />
<a name='more'></a><b id="internal-source-marker_0.34457653388381004" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> While previous releases have seen Said the Whale singing about their love for Vancouver and the surrounding area; Little Mountain sees them leaving the coast behind and experimenting with new sounds. Songs such as Safe Harbour and Heavy Ceiling show this progression while others such as Lucky and Loveless show the indie pop sound we all know and love. If that wasn't enough, they have a music video to accompany each song. Although a few songs on the album break up the cohesiveness, the album is filled with addicting bass lines and drum beats that draw the listener in and make them want to tap along. All in all a very solid (gold) album that drew serious consideration for our top album of the year..</span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-90994301787118643582012-10-04T19:29:00.001-07:002012-10-10T18:38:22.432-07:00Brasstronaut - Mean Sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On first impression <i>Mean Sun</i> might just sound like a more ambient Broken Bells - and you wouldn't be wrong. <br />
<a name='more'></a>In a sense, vocalist Edo Van Breemen does kind of sound like Brian Mercer, but Brasstronaut is so much more. It's not catchy pop hooks. Or rather not <i>just</i> catchy pop hooks; they're cleverly interwoven with Jazz (Trumpet), Classical (Clarinet, Piano), and Rock (Guitar) elements. But it's also not just background music, it constantly draws you in with its beautiful harmonies. The highlight of the album is the style bending <i>Francisco, </i>that contains one of the best melodies I've ever heard, off an album with some of the best harmonies I've heard. From start to finish <i>Mean Sun</i> is thoroughly enjoyable to listen to and is well deserving of being in our Shadow Polaris Short List.Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-76419713722435763862012-10-03T21:41:00.001-07:002012-10-10T18:38:49.692-07:00CKXU Shadow Polaris Show 10/02Here is our playlist for our Shadow Polaris edition of the show. These are our Top 10 albums of the year, the song we played is in brackets. For the next 10 days we will be posting a review on each album and strongly recommend you check them out.<br />
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Brasstronaut - Mean Sun (<i>Francisco</i>)<br />
Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur (<i>Chameleon/Comedian</i>)<br />
Eight and a Half - Eight and a Half (<i>Scissors</i>)<br />
Parlovr - Kook Soul (<i>Do You Remember?</i>)<br />
Japandroids - Celebration Rock (<i>The Nights of Wine and Roses</i>)<br />
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Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes (<i>No More Losing the War</i>)<br />
Said the Whale - Little Mountain (<i>Safe Harbour/Lucky</i>)<br />
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Fucked Up - David Comes to Life (<i>One More Night</i>)<br />
Dan Mangan - Oh Fortune (<i>Starts With Them, Ends With Us</i>)<br />
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Cold Specks - I Predict a Graceful Expulsion (<i>Heavy Hands</i>)<br />
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Come back tomorrow for our album review of Brasstronaut's Mean Sun!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-67567900956557508952012-09-25T18:20:00.004-07:002012-09-25T18:20:39.547-07:00CKXU Playlist East Coast Edition<b>Here is our playlist for the East Coast Edition of MuseInk Radio:</b><br />
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Brian Wilson is A.L.I.V.E - Rich Aucoin<br />
Madre Padre - Matt Mays<br />
He Doesn't State Into The Sun Anymore - Long Distance Runners<br />
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<b>The Fiddle Clump</b><br />
Yer Fall - Hey Rosetta!<br />
Close Up To Me - Two Hours Traffic<br />
Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' - Joel Plaskett<br />
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Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Jenn Grant<br />
My Friend - Paper Lions<br />
Rattle Your Cage - Boxer The Horse<br />
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Rapture - Wintersleep<br />
Maybe It's Just Me - Classified<br />
Concrete of the City - Gabrielle Papillion<br />
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<b>Also, seeing as for some reason we didn;t post our Vancouver Playlist, here is our Vancouver playlist that we played a few weeks ago:</b><br />
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About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All - Dan Mangan<br />
Fire's Highway - Japandroids<br />
Jesse, AR - Said the Whale<br />
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Hot River - Yes Nice<br />
Radio - Yukon Blonde<br />
Summer in the Shelter - Cinderpop<br />
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<b>The Mountain Clump</b><br />
Vampire - Pink Mountaintops<br />
The Way To Gone - Black Mountain<br />
Congo - Bear Mountain<br />
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This Is Where We Are For Now - Maurice<br />
Dirty Town - Mother Mother<br />
Hey Snow White - The New Pornographers<br />
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So that brings us to the end of our Canadian Road Trip. It was a fun journey, full of joy and excitement. We encourage you to buy the songs and create your own playlists for your own road trips around the country or even around other countries. Im sure it would work just as well.<br />
Next week we have a Polaris re-cap special where we are going to play our opinion of the top 10 albums and who we think should have won. Make sure you tune in next Tuesday at 6-7pm MST on CXKU.com!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-81734550968433043162012-09-25T14:34:00.003-07:002012-09-25T14:34:25.211-07:00Polaris Prize ReactionWell Feist won something. What a surprise.<br />
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Personally I was hoping for something unexpected to happen, like Fucked Up winning again. But we're stuck with the status quo. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Feist's album, but do I want it representing the best Canada has to offer? Most certainly not.<br />
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Anyway I just felt like posting this and owning up to my prediction that was made on twitter:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-65765231011365553212012-09-18T19:52:00.001-07:002012-09-18T20:12:49.886-07:00CKXU 09/18 Montreal EditionHere is our playlist for this weeks radio show!<br />
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Your Ex Lover is Dead - Stars<br />
Obedear - Purity Ring<br />
Lightshow - Plants and Animals<br />
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The Clump<br />
Old Mythologies - The Barr Brothers<br />
Amaze-Me-Jane - Parlovr<br />
In Your Body - Arianne Moffatt<br />
Oak of Guernica - Yamantaka//Sonic Titan<br />
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Little Golden Age - Wolf Parade<br />
Side of the Road - Mark Berube<br />
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She Wants to Know - Half Moon Run<br />
Cannons - Little Scream<br />
Shake, Sweat, Scream and Shout - Artist of the Year<br />
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Honorable Shout outs to Arcade Fire, Malajue and Karkwa! Make sure you tune in next week for our East Coast Edition! Maybe we will be joined by our co-host Englebert the fly again, who knows!<br />
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Today was the annual record fair in Lethbridge at the Galt Gardens appropriately named (at least to me) Love and Records. Vendors and businesses from across Southern Alberta come to Downtown Lethbridge for an afternoon of live music, records, records, and more records. This year I was unfortunately only able to stay for an hour, but that was enough time for me to uncover this gem. I don't know how many were made but I didn't even know they existed before today; this coming from an admittedly obsessed Metric fan.<br />
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So if there's anything to take from this: go out to events like this. You never know what you will find.Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-57134553346080383402012-09-14T10:21:00.003-07:002012-09-14T10:21:47.712-07:00Could this get any more awesome?!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Said the Whale came to Calgary yet again! I never complain about another Said the Whale show. Even though this is the 3rd time I have seen them live this year this show stood out. Their last show in Calgary back in April was an All Ages show. Now dont get me wrong, I understand the importance of All Ages shows, but I have never seen so many 13 year old hipsters drunk off of their first beer in my life. Next time someone tries to start a mosh pit to Love is Art next to me, they die. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-2528767002884493302012-09-11T21:21:00.002-07:002012-09-11T21:22:32.578-07:00CXKU Playlist 09/11 Southern OntarioHere is the list of the songs we played this week! <b id="internal-source-marker_0.32145677879452705" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why is this area different than others? From this area of canada you generally see a variety of influences, but you really see a sense of progression from the artists. </span></b><br />
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Romantic Rights - Death From Above 1979<br />
I Wanna Die Young - Great Bloomers<br />
Whispers - Lake Forest<br />
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No Glamour in the Hammer - Whitehorse<br />
Sulk - Trust<br />
Don't Be Afraid of the Spark - Sunparlour Players<br />
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Live It Out - Metric<br />
Standing Alongside Gone - Cookie Duster<br />
Took a Train To India - Eight and a Half<br />
Almost Crimes - Broken Social Scene<br />
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Barnes' Yard - Rural Alberta Advantage<br />
Inches and Ages - Attack in Black<br />
Blueprint (live) - Arkells<br />
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Honourable mentions go to Fucked Up, Timber Timbre, Elliott Brood, Crystal Castles, Jason Collett, and Shad for being awesome but we couldn't fit everyone in, sadly.Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-44474799021808169042012-09-07T14:04:00.000-07:002012-09-07T14:04:05.216-07:00September 4, 2012 Prairie SpecialHere's the playlist for the show on Tuesday:<br />
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Soothsayer - Royal Canoe<br />
Little Homie (Feat. Abstract Artform) - Giving In<br />
Civil Twilight - The Weakerthans<br />
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Conditioning - Cadence Weapon<br />
Die Fighting - Foam Lake<br />
Generation Handclap - Library Voices<br />
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THE CLUMP - Local Arists<br />
Maria - Leeroy Stagger and his Band<br />
Silver Wheels - Indio Saravanja<br />
Only A Rocketship Can Save Us - Jesse and the Dandelions<br />
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Rocky Mountain Living - The Dudes*<br />
Crash Landing - Rae Spoon<br />
By Lamplight - Woodpigeon<br />
Prairie Girl - Rah Rah<br />
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In place of Funeral Song by Fast Romantics because I forgot the mp3. Check it out it'll be worth your while!<br />
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<br />Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-75417438175659382172012-08-28T10:33:00.002-07:002012-08-28T10:33:54.147-07:00Update + Plans So apparently we have a blog... If you're wondering why the posts suddenly stopped, it's simply because we haven't had the time.<br />
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"But what happened to all the free time you used to have?" You, reader, may ask. My response is simply: life. Things change, and this last month we've found ourselves at a loss for time. The main time sink, and possibly a lack of motivation for blogging, has been our new radio show on the University of Lethbridge radio station! Every Tuesday at 6pm Mountain Time you can listen to us playing and talking about our favourite Canadian music on CKXU 88.3 FM or online at ckxu.com.<br />
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We're hoping to use this blog as a supplement to the live show. As a way to talk about what we didn't have a chance to on the show, to post our track listing that we played, and just as a forum for what we've been listening to or thinking about.<br />
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Hopefully this answers any questions if anyone has been watching the blog and was wondering what was up. And hopefully you'll check us out tonight!<br />
<br />Chris Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264776320941488657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-35024947517150255102012-08-01T10:35:00.001-07:002012-08-01T10:35:24.014-07:00Video of the Week: NashFor this weeks video of the week I have chosen 'Sad Robot Harmonies' by Nash, directed by Christopher Mills. This song is taken from the Montreal natives album The Death of Reason, which he recorded, engineered and produced himself. The moral of the song, as described by Nash, is 'no matter how shitty things get, there’s always good, and love prevails despite the sadness of things around you'. Enjoy!<br />
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We survived the Folk Fest and are back to tell another tale! This festival is a different kind of festival, people get comfortable on lawn chairs and prop up for the day. At other festivals, people who want to stand and dance get prime location in front of the stage, however, here the lawn chairs reign supreme with dancers at the sides. It creates a very laid back approach to the festival compared to others where the main focus is on partying. This makes the Folk Festival stand out amongst the many summer festivals as it provides that little something different.<br />
Another stand out part of the festival are the workshops/sessions. As well as having the artists do a regular performance, the festival also puts on workshops where a group of artists all perform together and take part in each others songs. This gives you the opportunity to not only get to see your favourite artist more than once but to have a much more personal experience in a context you will probably never get to see them in again.<br />
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<b>Dan Mangan</b>: Obviously a biased review as he is my absolute favourite (other than Said the Whale of course!) but this show was brilliant! It was a little disappointing that he played a very similar if not exact same set as he did at his recent show in Banff, but he is still a magnificent human being. He is an excellent live performer so if you ever get the chance to see him do it, he is currently on tour! Here is my favourite Dan Mangan pose, the Banana.<br />
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<b>Tinder Dry Workshop</b>: This workshop showcased Dan Mangan, Whitehorse, Sam Baker and Tom Wilson from Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Not only did it give me another hour and a half of Dan Mangan but it was really interesting to watch. Luke Doucet from Whitehorse may just be the best guitarist I have ever witnessed in real life, improvising solos after hearing 10 seconds of the song and just being plain awesome. All the artists worked so well together, it was by far the best workshop I saw of the day, I am glad I got to witness the magic.<br />
<b>Rural Alberta Advantage</b>: This was the last performance we saw and it was a great way to end the festival for us. The Rural Alberta Advantage got the whole crowd to their feet and gave their performance a lot of personality and energy. Considering my tiny stature, I couldn't see very much but I still had a good time. AN honourable mention goes out to Crazy Dancer Man, giving it his all and stamping his feet, and to Guy in Tree, who climbed a tree outside the venue so he could see the band and was dancing on a branch. I am looking forward to seeing RAA again when they tour this fall.<br />
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Overall, I had a great time at the festival. It shows there is more to Calgary than just a corporate oil city and allows you to get away from all the concrete and skyscrapers and see a different side to the city. I am very much looking forward to next summer and all the festival will have to offer!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932217774834390180.post-66091132591829599722012-07-26T19:31:00.001-07:002012-07-26T20:11:11.001-07:00Video of the Week!In lieu of his upcoming performance at the Folk Festival, here is Dan Mangans latest single, and also the opener off of his latest album, "About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All."Enjoy!<br />
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As the Calgary Folk Festival is coming up, which I am super stoked for, I thought I would write up a little festival survival guide for you all. Festivals can be large amounts of fun if you do them right so here is a breakdown of what you need to go into a festival and make it out alive!<br />
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1. Sunscreen</h4>
Sunscreen is key! There is nothing worse than getting burnt and having to worry about how much pain you are in and what kind of cancer you are getting when you should be enjoying your favourite band. Layer up and reapply! And wear a hat, you will thank me later.<br />
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2. Stalker Supplies</h4>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4AkLjBjoeT2xIG_uw6zFrRyyShoLhaY0Zr-yVIf8VmiQXfIdIswordAJFbzrlXguVbj3LTPBzVf9KKwXOqgm1Jm6PqnAct6KPBpty_3qcPQ08HXJu_AJxOhizhwZvXM-0qKtiAN2JzI/s1600/DSC00330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4AkLjBjoeT2xIG_uw6zFrRyyShoLhaY0Zr-yVIf8VmiQXfIdIswordAJFbzrlXguVbj3LTPBzVf9KKwXOqgm1Jm6PqnAct6KPBpty_3qcPQ08HXJu_AJxOhizhwZvXM-0qKtiAN2JzI/s200/DSC00330.JPG" width="150" /></a>The good thing about music festivals is band members usually wander around the grounds. This gives you the opportunity to bump into some of your favourite people! Always have a Sharpie at the ready! You never know when you will need that all important autograph. A camera is good too, to capture that beautiful Kodak moment. Here is my favourite stalker photo taken at Sasquatch: A Sheepdog grabbing lunch.<br />
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3. Water</h4>
Lord knows we would all love to be able to survive on alcohol alone but alas, the human body needs H2O. Make sure you take enough or you will end up spending $5 for a bottle. If they only let you take one bottle in take a few empty bottles too so you don't spend all day in the water line.<br />
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4. Bring Enough Booze!</h4>
This more applies to camping festivals but there is nothing worse than running out of booze on the first night. Sure, you can go line up and pay an extortionate amount of money for another case of beer but by then you have lost your buzz and no one wants that. So stock up and go crazy!<br />
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5. Waterproof Clothing</h4>
It's a festival. It's going to rain. It's inevitable. A waterproof jacket is a good investment. If you want to wear a garbage bag poncho go ahead but I prefer to look stylin'. Once you're wet, you will have to spend the rest of the day in wet clothes which will ruin your fun. Also, if you leave because it is raining, you are a loser and shouldn't have come in the first place.<br />
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6. Toilet paper!!</h4>
Maybe the most important. No one wants to get stuck in a portapotty with no TP. At the end of the day they will run out, be prepared!! Also, hand sanitizer will be your best friend.<br />
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So that is my advice for all you would be festival goers. Festivals are expensive, get your money's worth! I will be back next week to give you the lowdown on the Folk Festival: the highs, the lows, the good, the bad. Will I have a heart attack when Dan Mangan walks out onto the stage? You will have to wait and find out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888392591539629624noreply@blogger.com0