I found out about it in an article/interview with Dave Bidini (can't remember where I found it). He said Tim would be greatly missed, and the band hadn't decided what they were gonna do yet to fill his spot. I also read a review of the Violet Archers that mentioned "the recently departed Rheos member Tim Vesely."
straight from the horses mouth eh - I had my hopes up when I didnt see any sort of announcement on their site
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
straight from the horses mouth eh - I had my hopes up when I didnt see any sort of announcement on their site
It's possible that he's still committed to play a few remaining Rheos shows before his official departure, hence no mention of it on their website. I'm sure some shows were probably booked beforehand, and I'll be he's still playing bass for them when they play their upcoming Massey Hall show.
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
according to the Rheos website their albums are all available for download at Zunior.com.....not sure if you are into that sort of option or not
To get a taste of the music, certainly. But I like to collect the cd's themselves, that's what I'll want in 20 years instead of looking back at all the computer files I've lost along the way. Thank you
Which came first,
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
Let's not forget the legend...GORDON LIGHTFOOT! We are talking canadian made, come on...I'm going to see him in November, and im super excited! Ok yes, he is on his last standing leg, but really, he definatly influences the hip, that is forsure.
I'm 26yrs old and think Gordo is amazing!
FYI - Pearl Jam does a cover of his "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald"
Surrendered, Executed Anyhow.
He Who Forgets will be Destined to Remember.
Let's not forget the legend...GORDON LIGHTFOOT! We are talking canadian made, come on...I'm going to see him in November, and im super excited! Ok yes, he is on his last standing leg, but really, he definatly influences the hip, that is forsure.
I'm 26yrs old and think Gordo is amazing!
FYI - Pearl Jam does a cover of his "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald"
Ah yes, the Gordfather! No question he's one of the greatest living songwriters on the planet. Even Bob Dylan has covered his stuff. Pretty much every Canadian band in existence is influenced by him in some way. The Hip did a magnificent cover of "Black Day in July" for the Gordon Lightfoot tribute album. If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend downloading it and checking it out. It's definitely one of the best Lightfoot covers I've ever heard. By the way, the Rheostatics' version of "Edmund Fitzgerald" is WAY better than Pearl Jam's. Also check out Johnny Cash's version of "If You Could Read My Mind" from American V. It's absolutely heartbreaking.
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
A few opinions on what’s been said in this thread:
-the Hip are far from generic….I went through a spell where I was just sick of them….too much radio play, too many shitty cover bands playing NOIS, etc….but I went to see them live again the last time they came through town, and it reminded me of how fucking incredible they are…..Gordo is the only guy (in bands I’m into anyway), that can top Eddie at improv. PJ really is the US version of the Hip….and not the other way around – the Hip’s been around way longer. Plus, Wheat Kings has to be one of the greatest songs of all time….that song alone saves them from generic….ness
-how can anyone say that David gUsher has one of the best voices out there (or whatever the quote was). GAWD….if you like people that sing like a crying 12 yr old girl, he’s right for you. F’in moist is right.
-the CRTC’s Canadian content laws make me distrustful of any successful band up here….my first assumption, even if I like the song, is that it must be the only good song on the album, and they’re only being played b/c the station is obligated to play it.
-Arcade Fire and Metric are both huge in Edmonton (Sonic 102.9 plays lots of that kinda stuff)….I like both bands (esp. AF, they sound pretty damn original….don't know why I haven't bought the album yet). I do have to say that I’m not big on the whole guitars w/disco hi-hat sound tho. Ump-tis ump-tis ump-tis……not a rock beat.
-thankyougrandma – sorry man, but 99% of Canadians that don’t speak French (and probably 101% of ALL Americans) could give two shits about French music. Aren’t Arcade Fire and Sam Roberts both from Montreal? That’s French enough for most of us
And yes....I know your next response will be that Nickelback is Albertan enough for all of us....and you'd be right. They encompass everything that is wrong with this f'in province.
-thankyougrandma – sorry man, but 99% of Canadians that don’t speak French (and probably 101% of ALL Americans) could give two shits about French music. Aren’t Arcade Fire and Sam Roberts both from Montreal? That’s French enough for most of us
And yes....I know your next response will be that Nickelback is Albertan enough for all of us....and you'd be right. They encompass everything that is wrong with this f'in province.
Sure, that's a national problem more than a cultural problem, in fact i couldn't care less, cause i hear the best of both world. It's just that if one day this country want to have a culture, we'll have to be proud about the same stuffs, canadians (in general) should be proud about some of the stuffs that is being made in Québec, in french, the quality is as high if not better than what is done in Québec in english. But i understand that people of english origins likes english music mostly (if not only). Seem to be the same in USA, UK, Australia etc.
I used the GENERIC term concerning Tragically Hip, might not be the good word since i've read the replies. Maybe common rock was more what i wanted to say, i don't know, anyway i don't think they suck, some songs are good but the average stuffs is pretty irrelevant... to me only of course ...
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers"
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I used the GENERIC term concerning Tragically Hip, might not be the good word since i've read the replies. Maybe common rock was more what i wanted to say, i don't know, anyway i don't think they suck, some songs are good but the average stuffs is pretty irrelevant... to me only of course ...
OH! I almost stuck up for my beloved Hip without finishing the last little bit.
Which came first,
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
La Bottine Souriante are an amazing band from Quebec that I saw last year at the Lowell Folk Festival. They had the whole crowd going - and this was in Massachusetts, USA. http://www.bottinesouriante.com
James Keelaghan is a good folk singer-songwriter from Alberta.
I haven't seen Blue Rodeo mentioned in this thread yet. I think they're very good.
You see me empty, Sir, do not pause and inquire, simply assume and refill.
- Al Swearengen
Best canadian album this year... so far...
The Dears
Gang of Losers
(Arts & Crafts)
US release date: 29 August 2006
UK release date: 28 August 2006
by Edward Xia
On the third track of the Dears’ new album, Gang of Losers, lead singer Murray Lightburn pleads over and over again, “I swear, I swear, I swear to you”. The band propels itself forward and Lightburn’s voice croons and rises above it. It’s a gorgeous moment in an album full of them. It also precisely illustrates what most critics nitpicked about the band on past albums. The full-throated voice of longing vaguely reminded some of Morrissey. The band’s complex, bursting orchestral pop sound was a little too Brit-pop. The Dears were seen, at best, as providing a pleasing homage, and at worst as ineffectual copycats. This, coupled with the band’s emergence from indie music’s trend capital, Montreal, made the Dears a band that never was given enough credit for what they were able to accomplish.
And what they were able to accomplish was this: consistently beautiful and interesting pop songs. Their last album, 2003’s No Cities Left , was filled to the brim with intricate songs featuring huge orchestras and the assembling of hundreds of instrumental tracks together. They still have that talent, but the band’s mission on their third full-length release, the traditional “growth” album, is to tighten up the sound, to make it more urgent, more visceral, more like their great live shows.
To that end, the band has succeeded. Most of the songs on the album were recorded in one take. They’re shorter and seem to hit with more force. The first full track, “Ticket to Immortality”, shimmers and vibes. “Hate Then Love” brims with longing and has the soaring vocals that do justice to the Brit-pop comparisons. On “There Goes My Outfit”, Lightburn sings the phrase “tapped phone calls from God” so right, with the “God” drawled just so perfectly. “You and I Are a Gang of Losers”, an ostensible tribute to the band itself and its new solidified lineup, is another highlight.
The subject matter of the songs on the album vary greatly. On “Ballad of Humankindness”, Lightburn sings about escaping poverty, stating, “I can’t believe the vast amounts of people living on the streets / And I can’t believe I was almost one of them and I almost died”. It’s blunt, but the emotion is heartfelt. He sings about fatherhood on “Ticket to Immortality”. And “Whites Only Party” is a rumination on the issue of racism. This album gives the listener a little bit of everything.
But, in the end, what makes the Dears a cut above, a band that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as its Canadian indie compatriots the New Pornographers or Broken Social Scene, is the voice of Lightburn. On the last song, “Find Our Way to Freedom”, most of the band cuts out at the three minute mark, leaving the man’s voice front and center. It is a voice of longing and regret and it is one of most gorgeous of the gorgeous moments on the album. Then the pop kicks back in and the band takes it home, a fitting end to one of the best albums of the year.
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straight from the horses mouth eh - I had my hopes up when I didnt see any sort of announcement on their site
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
It's possible that he's still committed to play a few remaining Rheos shows before his official departure, hence no mention of it on their website. I'm sure some shows were probably booked beforehand, and I'll be he's still playing bass for them when they play their upcoming Massey Hall show.
-Tom Waits
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
according to the Rheos website their albums are all available for download at Zunior.com.....not sure if you are into that sort of option or not
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
December 9, 10 - ESTA BIEN, ESTA BIEEEEEN!
www.myspace.com/clau_yellowled
To get a taste of the music, certainly. But I like to collect the cd's themselves, that's what I'll want in 20 years instead of looking back at all the computer files I've lost along the way. Thank you
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
I'm 26yrs old and think Gordo is amazing!
FYI - Pearl Jam does a cover of his "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald"
He Who Forgets will be Destined to Remember.
Ah yes, the Gordfather! No question he's one of the greatest living songwriters on the planet. Even Bob Dylan has covered his stuff. Pretty much every Canadian band in existence is influenced by him in some way. The Hip did a magnificent cover of "Black Day in July" for the Gordon Lightfoot tribute album. If you haven't heard it, I highly recommend downloading it and checking it out. It's definitely one of the best Lightfoot covers I've ever heard. By the way, the Rheostatics' version of "Edmund Fitzgerald" is WAY better than Pearl Jam's. Also check out Johnny Cash's version of "If You Could Read My Mind" from American V. It's absolutely heartbreaking.
-Tom Waits
-the Hip are far from generic….I went through a spell where I was just sick of them….too much radio play, too many shitty cover bands playing NOIS, etc….but I went to see them live again the last time they came through town, and it reminded me of how fucking incredible they are…..Gordo is the only guy (in bands I’m into anyway), that can top Eddie at improv. PJ really is the US version of the Hip….and not the other way around – the Hip’s been around way longer. Plus, Wheat Kings has to be one of the greatest songs of all time….that song alone saves them from generic….ness
-how can anyone say that David gUsher has one of the best voices out there (or whatever the quote was). GAWD….if you like people that sing like a crying 12 yr old girl, he’s right for you. F’in moist is right.
-the CRTC’s Canadian content laws make me distrustful of any successful band up here….my first assumption, even if I like the song, is that it must be the only good song on the album, and they’re only being played b/c the station is obligated to play it.
-Arcade Fire and Metric are both huge in Edmonton (Sonic 102.9 plays lots of that kinda stuff)….I like both bands (esp. AF, they sound pretty damn original….don't know why I haven't bought the album yet). I do have to say that I’m not big on the whole guitars w/disco hi-hat sound tho. Ump-tis ump-tis ump-tis……not a rock beat.
-thankyougrandma – sorry man, but 99% of Canadians that don’t speak French (and probably 101% of ALL Americans) could give two shits about French music. Aren’t Arcade Fire and Sam Roberts both from Montreal? That’s French enough for most of us
And yes....I know your next response will be that Nickelback is Albertan enough for all of us....and you'd be right. They encompass everything that is wrong with this f'in province.
Sure, that's a national problem more than a cultural problem, in fact i couldn't care less, cause i hear the best of both world. It's just that if one day this country want to have a culture, we'll have to be proud about the same stuffs, canadians (in general) should be proud about some of the stuffs that is being made in Québec, in french, the quality is as high if not better than what is done in Québec in english. But i understand that people of english origins likes english music mostly (if not only). Seem to be the same in USA, UK, Australia etc.
I used the GENERIC term concerning Tragically Hip, might not be the good word since i've read the replies. Maybe common rock was more what i wanted to say, i don't know, anyway i don't think they suck, some songs are good but the average stuffs is pretty irrelevant... to me only of course
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
OH! I almost stuck up for my beloved Hip without finishing the last little bit.
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
The Guess Who - AWESOME
He Who Forgets will be Destined to Remember.
http://www.bottinesouriante.com
James Keelaghan is a good folk singer-songwriter from Alberta.
I haven't seen Blue Rodeo mentioned in this thread yet. I think they're very good.
- Al Swearengen
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
"Strange Days" is an incredible song IMO.
Halifax, Summer 2008... they return!
They made some amazing albums.
Underdogs
Beautiful Midnight
Audio of Being
All wicked good records!
the bad idea or me befallen by it?
The Dears
Gang of Losers
(Arts & Crafts)
US release date: 29 August 2006
UK release date: 28 August 2006
by Edward Xia
On the third track of the Dears’ new album, Gang of Losers, lead singer Murray Lightburn pleads over and over again, “I swear, I swear, I swear to you”. The band propels itself forward and Lightburn’s voice croons and rises above it. It’s a gorgeous moment in an album full of them. It also precisely illustrates what most critics nitpicked about the band on past albums. The full-throated voice of longing vaguely reminded some of Morrissey. The band’s complex, bursting orchestral pop sound was a little too Brit-pop. The Dears were seen, at best, as providing a pleasing homage, and at worst as ineffectual copycats. This, coupled with the band’s emergence from indie music’s trend capital, Montreal, made the Dears a band that never was given enough credit for what they were able to accomplish.
And what they were able to accomplish was this: consistently beautiful and interesting pop songs. Their last album, 2003’s No Cities Left , was filled to the brim with intricate songs featuring huge orchestras and the assembling of hundreds of instrumental tracks together. They still have that talent, but the band’s mission on their third full-length release, the traditional “growth” album, is to tighten up the sound, to make it more urgent, more visceral, more like their great live shows.
To that end, the band has succeeded. Most of the songs on the album were recorded in one take. They’re shorter and seem to hit with more force. The first full track, “Ticket to Immortality”, shimmers and vibes. “Hate Then Love” brims with longing and has the soaring vocals that do justice to the Brit-pop comparisons. On “There Goes My Outfit”, Lightburn sings the phrase “tapped phone calls from God” so right, with the “God” drawled just so perfectly. “You and I Are a Gang of Losers”, an ostensible tribute to the band itself and its new solidified lineup, is another highlight.
The subject matter of the songs on the album vary greatly. On “Ballad of Humankindness”, Lightburn sings about escaping poverty, stating, “I can’t believe the vast amounts of people living on the streets / And I can’t believe I was almost one of them and I almost died”. It’s blunt, but the emotion is heartfelt. He sings about fatherhood on “Ticket to Immortality”. And “Whites Only Party” is a rumination on the issue of racism. This album gives the listener a little bit of everything.
But, in the end, what makes the Dears a cut above, a band that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as its Canadian indie compatriots the New Pornographers or Broken Social Scene, is the voice of Lightburn. On the last song, “Find Our Way to Freedom”, most of the band cuts out at the three minute mark, leaving the man’s voice front and center. It is a voice of longing and regret and it is one of most gorgeous of the gorgeous moments on the album. Then the pop kicks back in and the band takes it home, a fitting end to one of the best albums of the year.
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/the-dears-gang-of-losers/
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
*cough* The new Strapping Young Lad *cough*
I seen Matt Good a couple of years ago and they put on a great show!!!!
"0035 EVENFLOW PSYCHOS
"I'm George Bush and my son's an asshole" 08/03/2000
Don't stop wen you're tired, stop when you're done