Live at Club Absinthe

The Pied Piper of 500

Rehearsing. It's a bit of a grind, but it makes a huge difference, taking a decent band and honing its players into a well-oiled rock'n'roll machine. We do most of our rehearsals at 500 Keele, where John the operator is a never-ending source of bizarre entertainment. High as a kite and wailing on ear-splitting guitar while we set-up, with hidden knives to jimmy the doors he doesn't have keys for, every time we walk through the door is an adventure.

Cool things can happen in rehearsals, too. We got together on Monday, running through the set for our upcoming Hamilton gig. We'd had a layoff for a couple of weeks, but the playing was tight and the energy solid. Halfway through the set, Zack noticed some weird volume swells during "Dallas". We didn't think much of it, and plunged into "Waiting", which we haven't touched in a month or more. The tune rocked! Even better, as the last chord rang out, we had a new surprise. A couple of people were hovering behind the caged security door, digging our set. One girl piped up they'd heard us from the street, and walked into the warehouse complex to find where the tunes were coming from. They tried a few doors, accidentally setting off an alarm (hence the weird volume noises Zack had picked up on!!), before finding the right way into our space. Then they hung out in the alcove behind the barred door, just listening. Awesome. If you guys find this, we'll have another Toronto show booked soon - keep checking!

New Vid in the Works!

What're you looking at, you say? Is this Where's Waldo 3D??

Nope. What we have here is a still from the planning for the next Luke Sneyd video! I'm teaming up with Paul Thompson again, after the fab work he did on "The Prisoner". This time, instead of rockin' out to multiple me's, Zack and Scott are gonna be making an appearance. And where we'll all be apparating to is a miniature land that time forgot. The track's gonna be "Waiting". We're just working it out right now, but it should be pretty cool. Shooting will begin in the next week or so....

"The Prisoner" Live Clip

From our May 17th gig at the Lost Lounge in Mississauga, here's a clip from "The Prisoner". The sound is, well, buzzin' and fuzzin' in that wunnerful bottom-end clobbering the tiny mic on the camera way that we all love and adore. But if you don't mind swimming through a little murk, it's still a good taste of one of our best songs.

Write-up in The Record

Nice write-up in Kitchener's The Record, courtesy of Jason Schneider. Nice on the Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello references, too. That's some fine company to find one's self in! As to the quest for the perfect pop song, it's never-ending, but it's the epic that keeps drawing me back.... A lot of the songs on All of Us Cities clock in at the four-and-a-half to five minute mark, just a sign of where the songs need to go to finish their journey. As long as it stays interesting, those high-flying flights are worth it. We've started work on some new tracks, and I think they'll be carrying that epic torch even further. Can't wait to get in the studio!!

Check out Jason's article here.

Live at the Lost Lounge

"Waiting" on Radio Crystal Blue

Nice little feature on Brooklyn-based Live365 cast Radio Crystal Blue, featuring album opener "Waiting". Craziest of all, the host, Dan Herman, gets the last name right.... ;p