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It’s nice to know that Canada is still making great bands after the big indie explosion of the early 00s.
Bravestation were excellent last week. Local Natives with less harmonies but more samples, possibly even an SP-404. You know a band is going to be good if they use(d) a Dr. Sample.
In tribute to their homeland, here are some other great Canadien* bands who have nothing to do with Broken Social Scene - which is an excuse to post a video of the 2001 - 2008 DB Best Band, Constantines:
The world never deserved the Cons. Brutal and heartfelt. When yr done crying, they shred yr face. Their last album got the lowest review scores of their career and yet is their second-best album (behind their perfect self-titled début). Isn’t indie rock stupid?
Mogwai are probably the only post-rock band I listen to with any regularity anymore but GY!BE were my gateway into that whole scene and I listened to Skinny Fists all the time.
Will Schaff, the guy who does all the Okkervil River art, did the artwork for this. I once emailed him about something and we shared a laugh. That is one of my indie rock anecdotes. Others anecdotes feature Zak Sally (formerly of Low) and Travis Morrison (of the Dismemberment Plan).
16 minutes into the 2008 Champions League final, I left the bar where I was watching Manchester United play Chelsea, in order to go to the Thekla and watch Sunset Rubdown. There was a girl there who looked like Cat Power but this time I didn’t give her my number. SR were ridiculously good and I walked home, stopping only to see John Terry miss a penalty.
This Saturday, we’re playing Dot To Dot at a time when the 2011 Champions League final (starring Manchester United again) won’t be showing. You can’t just drop football for a life of indie punk. Unless yr offering that life, in which case, we’ll drop anything you want. We’re rehearsing hard to get our stadium songs ready for the masses.
The last two years, LD has played it solo acoustic so it’ll be nice to take amplifiers. Fingers crossed we’ll receive the first critical review since our inception and it will be good. Maybe the journalists have been ignoring us for a reason.
You can buy “cheaper tickets” using this link which may or may not influence our standing in the community. We’re playing at 6PM at the Louisiana.
*this is an intentional ice hockey reference.
DB x
