WALRUS REVEALS NEW VIDEO FOR “FEELS”

HALIFAX PSYCH-ROCKERS ON TOUR NOW ACROSS CANADA WITH BILLY MOON

GOODBYE SOMETHING EP OUT NOW VIA MADIC RECORDS

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “FEELS” VIA INDIE 88

“tried-and-true woozy, '60s-psych grooves … like the soundtrack to a lucid dream” Exclaim!

“a modern evolution of surf rock, with trance-inducing jangly guitar chords, Walrus just might be your next favourite group” CBC Music

“sweet and loose … pulls a lot of tricks from the Beatles’ late-60s psychedelia, but filters it through a 90s-indebted love of six-string heaviness” NOW

“an effortless trance-like repetition blended with the chaos of drug-induced frenzy” The East

PHOTO CREDIT  - KATE GIFFIN

Earlier this month, Halifax psych-rockers Walrus were nominated for a Music Nova Scotia Award for Alternative Recording Of The Year, last week they begun their cross Canada tour dates with Billy Moon, and today and are sharing their video for “Feels”.

Recorded by Jeff Miller at The Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax, “we wanted to do our take on an old Grey Whistle Test style video,” says Walrus. The band recorded the video in the middle of a run of shows with Matt Mays, so when filming started they were all in “pretty rough condition the morning of. You’ll notice Justin’s live at the Shore Club t-shirt…”

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “FEELS” VIA INDIE 88

Walrus spent much of the summer on tour with the likes of Besnard Lakes, Wintersleep, Evening Hymns, Alex Calder, Matt Mays, and Plants & Animals, stopping along the way at Osheaga, Supercrawl, and many more. Not a band that likes to rest for very long, Walrus are now headed west across Canada with Billy Moon. Full tour dates can be found below.

The band released their latest EP, Goodbye Something, on Dan Mangan’s Madic Records. The recording channels their inner psychedelia with songs that range from trance to surf. Exclaim! writes that “the band somehow mix gentle, Brian Wilson vocal melodies and orchestrations with out-of-the-blue punk thrash parts that keep listeners guessing. The high, winsome vocals and chiming 12-string Rickenbacker certainly conjured late '60s cloudy folk-pop, but the rest of the band infused the songs with sharp edges.” Their music will adhere to all levels of inebriation or consciousness. Walrus takes you swiftly into a dream you'll find yourself never wanting to wake up from.

WATCH AND SHARE THE VIDEO FOR “WEARING IT” HERE
WATCH AND SHARE THE VIDEO FOR “FUR SKIN COAT” HERE

WALRUS ON TOUR                                        

Sept 28: Toronto, ON - Silver Dollar
Sept 29: Sudbury, ON - Townhouse*
Sept 30: Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Lop Lops*
Oct 1: Thunder Bay, ON - Foundry*
Oct 4: Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret*
Oct 5: Regina, SK - O’Hanlon’s*
Oct 6: Saskatoon, SK - Vangelis Tavern*
Oct 7: Calgary, AB - SAIT
Oct 8: Edmonton, AB - Up+Dt Festival*
Oct 12 : London, ON - The Loft
Oct 13 : Hamilton, ON - Baltimore House
Oct 14 : Quebec, QC - La Pantoum
Oct 19-22: Halifax, NS – Halifax Pop Explosion
Nov 3 : Truro, NS - Nova Scotia Music Week
Nov 21 : Halifax, NS - King’s Wardroom

*w/ Billy Moon

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ADAM BALDWIN ADDS NEW CANADIAN TOUR DATES WITH JULY TALK

AWARD-WINNING DARTMOUTH-BASED MUSICIAN AND SONGWRITER BOOKS NEW CANADIAN TOUR DATES SUPPORTING JULY TALK BEGINNING OCTOBER 28, ADDING TO DATES WITH THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT, AND SAM ROBERTS BAND COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 27

ACCLAIMED DEBUT LP, NO TELLING WHEN (PRECISELY NINETEEN EIGHTY-FIVE), OUT NOW VIA SONIC RECORDS

WATCH ADAM BALDWIN PERFORM “SPARROW SONG” ON CBC q HERE

“Hitting a sweet spot between rustled-up roots rock and early '80s Springsteen anthems, ...full of jumpy backbeats, joyous acoustic strums, and baseball stadium organ sounds.” Exclaim!

“authenticity in song…victory anthems for the nine-to-five weekday warriors” CBC Music

“a rocker from start to finish” Local Xpress

“should have no trouble making a name for himself with his debut full-length” Sun Media

PHOTO CREDIT: JEFF COOKE

Adam Baldwin is set to bring his acclaimed debut album, No Telling When (Precisely Nineteen Eighty-Five), on the road, making stops across Canada this fall. Along the way he will join The Temperance Movement, Blue Rodeo, July Talk and Sam Roberts Band on stage. For a preview of Baldwin’s dynamic live performance viewers can watch the Nova Scotia songwriter perform“Sparrow Song” featuring Leah Fay (July Talk) from his personal and political album live in studio on CBC’s q.

WATCH ADAM BALDWIN PERFORM “SPARROW SONG” ON CBC q HERE

Adam Baldwin is perhaps best known as a member of Matt Mays’ band, however the Dartmouth based musician has already been awarded Nova Scotia Music Week’s Male Artist Recording Of The Year on the back of his 2013 solo EP. His first LP, No Telling When (Precisely Nineteen Eighty-Five), is out now via Sonic Records. The album was produced by Liam O’Neil (The Stills, Metric) the album also features the talents of Josh Trager (Sam Roberts Band), Brian Murphy (Alvvays), and Leah Fay (July Talk).

The first single from Adam Baldwin’s debut LP, “Daylight” was inspired by the lead up to the last federal election in Canada, occurring during the recording sessions. “It’s a song about both the unity and division we felt as a country,” says Baldwin. “It’s a song that should remind us that this change was spurred by a desire for a different direction, and that while our course appears to have changed, we have to demand that it continue to do so.”

WATCH AND SHARE “DAYLIGHT” HERE

The title track and first song “No Telling When (Precisely Nineteen Eighty-Five)” describes events in New York City in 1985, the year before Adam was born, and suggests how, thirty years on, not a lot in our culture has really changed. A particular unnamed real-estate developer, reality TV star, and politician personifies this idea.

“Anytime” and “Sparrow Song”, both featuring backup vocals from Leah Fay, loosely form a two act play and the centre piece of the album. In “Anytime” Adam sings about young love and all the hopes and fears that come with that, while “Sparrow Song” describes those fears when they become reality.

“Rehtaeh” is about the systemic failures that led to the death of Rehtaeh Parsons in 2013 and is, as Adam puts it “maybe the most important song I'll ever write.” The album closes with “Living Proof”, a song about the Canadian Dream, and how as Adam points out, “the dream is elusive because it isn't made available to everyone. It can't be attained by just anyone.”

ADAM BALDWIN TOUR DATES
Sep 27 – Hamilton, ON @ Club Absinthe%
Sep 29 – Montréal, QC @ Le Petite Campus%
Sep 30 – Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod’s
Oct 1 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace%
Oct 4 – London, ON @ London Music Hall%
Oct 8 – Bala, ON @ The Kee to Bala &
Oct 9 – Bala, ON @ The Kee to Bala &
Oct 28 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall ^
Oct 29 – Toronto, ON @Danforth Music Hall ^
Nov 16 – Moncton, NB @ Casino NB*
Nov 17 – St. John’s, NL @ St. John’s Convention Centre*
Nov 18 – Halifax, NS @ Forum Multi-Purpose Centre*
Nov 19 – Charlottetown, PE @ Murphy’s Community Centre*
Nov 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom ^
Nov 25 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom ^
Nov 26 – Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub ^
Nov 29 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall ^
Nov 30 – Banff, AB @ Wild Bill’s ^
Dec 01 – Red Deer, AB @ Bo’s Bar & Grill ^
Dec 02 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall ^
Dec 03 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall ^
Dec 04 – Grand Prairie, AB @ Better Than Fred’s ^
Dec 06 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis’ ^
Dec 07 – Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre ^

% with The Temperance Movement
& with Blue Rodeo
^ with July Talk
* with Sam Roberts Band

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ROYAL CANOE REVEAL NEW VIDEO FOR “BICYCLE”

SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT OUT NOW VIA NEVADO RECORDS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK

WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “BICYCLE” HERE VIA POP MATTERS

WATCH ROYAL CANOE’S FIRST PLAY LIVE FROM CBC MUSIC
WATCH ROYAL CANOE PERFORM LIVE ON CBC Q

“funky, daring and often surprising...No two tracks sound the same and each contains its own little universe.” - Winnipeg Free Press

“the magic of Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit lies in the band’s ability to make infectious tunes without compromising their desire to boldly tinker” - BeatRoute

“It's orchestral, theatrical, experimental...Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit presents a sound all their own that's distinct and, for the most part, unparalleled.” - Exclaim!

“feel-good dance music for the weird kids." - NPR

“Working with famed producer Ben Allen, the sextet refined their sound, shifting their focus to rhythmic and percussive dexterity without sacrificing the soulfulness that made Believers’ ‘Bathtubs’ a hit.” - Flood Magazine

PHOTO CREDIT : CATIE LAFFOON

Royal Canoe’s latest album, Something Got Lost Between Here And The Orbit, was released last week via Nevado Records and the reviewers are starting to chime in. BeatRoute claims that the magic “lies in the band’s ability to make infectious tunes without compromising their desire to boldly tinker,” while the Winnipeg Free Press called it “funky, daring and often surprising...No two tracks sound the same and each contains its own little universe.” Exclaim! also called it “orchestral, theatrical, experimental...Something Got Lost Between Here And The Orbit presents a sound all their own that's distinct and, for the most part, unparalleled.”

The day the album hit the shelves the Winnipeg sextet took to the road for lengthy string of tour dates across North America. To help with the send off Royal Canoe are revealing the new lyric video for album cut “Bicycle”, animated by Bill Acheson and Matea Radic. “They identified that it was written from a child's perspective, so we pitched back the idea of a children's storybook theme with simple line drawings based on our interpretation of the lyrics,” says Acheson.

WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “BICYCLE” HERE VIA POP MATTERS

WATCH ROYAL CANOE’S FIRST PLAY LIVE FROM CBC MUSIC
WATCH ROYAL CANOE PERFORM LIVE ON CBC’S Q

After two years of writing and recording between tours, Something Got Lost Between Here And The Orbit surfaced with a unique and intensified voice. It was co-produced and mixed by Ben Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, Deerhunter), who concentrated their sound-crafting attention on two fundamental elements: drums and vocals. Royal Canoe has always had an intensively rhythmic heart and that is more the case than ever. Their lyrics grow organically out of an addictive percussive flow and the unique topography of each track. Reinforcing their vocal and percussive core allowed them to be more adventurous with experimentation; more determined in their ongoing pursuit of the elusive musicality that can be found in collisions between digital and analogue worlds. In addition to their their usual buffet of synthesizers, effects pedals and homemade samples, late nights lead to to rabbit-holes of attaching contact mics to water bottles to play them like percussion instruments and convoluting synths through beluga whale field recordings.

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WATCH “OUT OF THE BEEHIVE” SIRIUS XM SXSW SESSION

Almost three years have passed since the release of Royal Canoe’s sophomore album Today We're Believers. Those years were full. The band played 200 shows, which included tours with the likes of Alt J and Bombay Bicycle Club, and stops at major festivals like Bonaroo, Iceland Airwaves, and Osheaga. The hard work paid off; Today We're Believers received critical acclaim, was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the JUNOs, and won Best Independent Album at the Western Canadian Music Awards.

ROYAL CANOE TOUR DATES

09.23 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi Hat
09.24 - Davis, CA @ Sophia’s Thai Kitchen
09.25 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar
09.28 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
09.29 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
09.30 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial
10.01 - Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar
10.03 - Rossland, BC @ The Flying Steamshovel
10.05 - Calgary, AB @ Marquee Beer Market & Stage
10.06 - Red Deer, AB @ Bo’s Bar and Grill
10.07 - Edmonton, AB @ UP+DT Festival
10.08 - Saskatoon, SK @ The Capitol
10.18 - Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
10.19 - Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti
10.20 - Fredericton, NB @ Capital Complex
10.21 & 10.22 - Halifax, NS @ Halifax Pop Explosion
10.26 - St. Catharines, ON @ L3
10.27 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10.28 - Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
10.29 - Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola
10.30 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
11.01 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11.02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
11.05 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
11.07 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
11.09 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
11.11 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
11.12 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

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