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Comment on Plants & Animals, Grad Club, Kingston, 12 October 2007 by Plants & Animals, The Grad Club, Kingston, 8 March 2008 « B(oot)log

Plants & Animals, The Grad Club, Kingston, 8 March 2008 « B(oot)log — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:22:54 +0000

[...] some more live P&A, you can check out my recording of their October ‘07 set which is is still [...]

Comment on The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Artel, Kingston, 16 February 2008 by rgsc

rgsc — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:35:47 +0000

Jen P - you are most welcome. they are awesome. soooooo awesome. i really haven’t been able to get enough of them.

Ronatron - it is a glockenspiel — it is in the baby blue case in the photo. It is tiny and toy-like but holy smokes does Cole every give it a working over on “The Ballad…”

Oh and i forgot to mention in my post, Amy Cole and Paul Banwatt of RAA have another project called “We’re Scared” which fans of RAA should definitely check out:
http://www.myspace.com/werescared
and you should read this interview with them from Wavelength last summer
http://www.wavelengthtoronto.com/?q=node/2414

Comment on The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Artel, Kingston, 16 February 2008 by Ronatron

Ronatron — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:04:59 +0000

Is that a Glockensphiel I hear in “The Ballad of The RAA.” If it is, than very good use of the instrument.

Comment on The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Artel, Kingston, 16 February 2008 by Jen P.

Jen P. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:23:29 +0000

They are awesome, eh? Thanks for the post!

Comment on Entire Cities, The Artel, Kingston, 16 February 2008 by rgsc

rgsc — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:17:09 +0000

Hey Ronatron - it is a rare thing to be great live & recorded (without the live show being a perfect, note for note, rehash of the album which can be uninspiring) - it has a great deal to do with vitality which can be lost in the studio. Of course, some bands ONLY sound good in the studio (thank you pro tools)

AKA - I don’t know what to say. Sorry for the bum lead on Soundscapes - I was just going by what the EC website said. If you want a physical copy of the album you could get in touch with the band through their website/myspace and I imagine you could come to an arrangement. I don’t think the lack of a physical cd in your local megamart had that much to do with their not being on the polaris long list - the people who vote on that list are critics, journalists, bloggers, and independent/college radio stations who more likely than not would have got a copy of the album. I venture to say that EC has a lower profile as they seem to tour mostly in Ontario with the odd trip out East (arguably, though, wider distribution of the record could assist this profile) and there was just not enough consensus across the board to make the top 40 - I imagine they were on the longlong list but just didn’t make the cut this time around. If you are not tied to the physical then head on over to zunior and you can get the album for $9.

And no, its an LP, not an ep. EPs generally run 10-30 minutes with between roughly 2 and 7 songs (not hard and fast, just a rule of thumb). Their prior release, “Centralia”, was an EP at 25min and 7 songs. And what do you have against EPs anyway?

Comment on Entire Cities, The Artel, Kingston, 16 February 2008 by AKA

AKA — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:07:47 +0000

Entire City Fans are buzzing all over the blogosphere…….. but where is one suppose to find the actual album on CD (NO soundscapes does not carry it!!)

no wonder they didnt get mentoined in the polaris list

and is this suppose to be an EP… only 8 songs.. no thanks

Comment on Entire Cities, The Artel, Kingston, 16 February 2008 by Ronatron

Ronatron — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:14:24 +0000

It’s funny how you mention them being great live and on CD. It’s a shame most bands aren’t like that. I remember going to see a few local bands which I heard on the internet and they were decent, but when they played live, they sure killed the stage. I guess it’s really hard to put that much energy into an album, as opposed to rocking out on stage. Kudos to Entire Cities for doing both.

Comment on Ghost Bees, Apple Crisp Music Series, Queen St. United Church, Kingston, 29 April 2008 by shane

shane — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:52:02 +0000

yay!

Comment on Great Lake Swimmers, Dawson City Music Festival, Dawson City, 12 July 2007 by fishing for words and melodies: garish « not sweating yet

fishing for words and melodies: garish « not sweating yet — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:22:53 +0000

[...] reminds me of great lake swimmers… hmmm… (which gives me the opportunity to direct to there) but then as usual you might better listen to it yourself and draw your own conclusions - and [...]

Comment on Jon-Rae and the River, Grad Club, Kingston, 9 March 2007 by craig

craig — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:38:26 +0000

Drunker? Probably and uhm the Coke apparently. CBCR3 did a great interview with him, and they played some of it during the podcast here: http://radio3.cbc.ca/programs/cbcradio3podcast/?episodeId=939