BEN ROGERS SHARES NEW VIDEO SHINING A LIGHT ON OVERDOSE CRISIS IN VANCOUVER, LIVE CONCERT DATE

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“ … a damn good tunesmith …well-crafted and impeccably recorded” - The Georgia Straight

“...ranging from the Sixties-tinged psychedelic pop of “Holiday” (love the organ) to the country rock blues of “Stackabones”, Rogers sounds right at home” - The Vancouver Sun

“scorching guitar riffs and anthemic howls .. the listener will also be thrilled to sense Green passing a torch of sorts to Rogers, a songwriter he clearly and rightfully admires” - Exclaim!

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Today, Ben Rogers shares a music video filmed in his hometown of Vancouver, where the recent pandemic has put increased strain on an already critical overdose crisis. 

"This is a video we shot a while back with the help of a dear old friend of mine,” says Rogers. “During this pandemic that has affected us all, we can’t forget those hardest hit. Since the public health emergency there has been an increase in overdoses in Vancouver. This song is dedicated to the people of the streets of East Van who have lost their lives and those who are struggling to survive. They cannot be forgotten or abandoned."

WATCH AND SHARE “STEADY GOING NOWHERE” HERE

Rogers directed the video for “Steady Going Nowhere”, a song from his 2019 release Wildfire produced by Dallas Green (City and Colour, Alexisonfire, You+Me). He was the first artist to be signed to Green’s newly minted record label Still Records, and supported City and Colour on their 2019 North American tour. 

Since the pandemic hit, Rogers has been spending time in a secluded cabin on the Sunshine Coast of BC, writing new material and eager to get back on the road when safe to do so. In the meantime, he will be hosting a live-streamed acoustic concert from his west coast hideaway September 27th at 5PM PDT/8PM EDT. 

Tickets for the event can be purchased through Eventbrite.

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STEVEN WILSON SHARES NEW SINGLE, “EMINENT SLEAZE”, FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

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Following a delay caused by the initial onset of COVID 19 and after a subsequent revision, Steven Wilson’s sixth album is finally released on January 29, 2021, via Arts & Crafts

Following the release of “PERSONAL SHOPPER” earlier in the year, a second track from THE FUTURE BITES is out online today. “EMINENT SLEAZE” is a wholly unethical life lesson strapped to a piece of grimy, low-slung funk, and as much a departure from Steven’s previous records as its immediate predecessor. The single is accompanied by Miles Skarin’s end times video for the track.

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THE FUTURE BITES explores ways that the human brain has evolved in the internet era. Where 2017’s Top 3 album TO THE BONE confronted the (then) emerging global issues of post truth and fake news, THE FUTURE BITES places the listener in a world of 21st century addictions. It’s a place where on-going, very public experiments with nascent technology on our lives take place constantly; where clicks and Tiks have become more important that human interaction. THE FUTURE BITES is less a bleak vision of an approaching dystopia and more a curious and playful reading of a world made all the more strange and separated by the events of 2020. 

Musically, THE FUTURE BITES positively gleams. Across the album, there’s tracks that deal in gorgeous electronics warped by human intervention (“KING GHOST”) and soaring acoustics that hit the stratosphere (“12 THINGS I FORGOT”); a ten minute treatise on the joys of oniomania laid out by Elton John over a Moroder-esque whirlwind (“PERSONAL SHOPPER”) and a relentless bass-driven Motorik groove that dives right into the murk of clickbait and online radicalisation (“FOLLOWER”). The album’s new recording, “COUNT OF UNEASE”, is a beautifully plaintive close to the album that floats out on a mix of piano and ambient sound. Together, the nine tracks form Steven’s most consistently brilliant work to date. THE FUTURE BITES was recorded in London and co-produced by David Kosten (Bat For Lashes, Everything Everything) and Steven Wilson. 

LISTEN AND SHARE “PERSONAL SHOPPER” HERE

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Between now and the release of the album THE FUTURE BITES website will crack a door open onto a wonderful world of purchase power, a place where everything is marketable and nothing is too random or too moronic to be considered valuable. Inspired by notable 21st century artefacts like the Virgil Abloh ceramic block or Vitality Air’s canned Canadian oxygen, THE FUTURE BITES website is a fully imagined consumer universe (built in collaboration with Baby and Crystal Spotlight) designed to be accessible and addictive to anyone from the casual fan to the hardcore collector. The site will feature regular drops of limited edition merchandise over the coming months - this could be anything from a slogan shirt to a branded hole punch. 

THE FUTURE BITES will be available on all digital platforms. Vinyl, CD and a limited edition deluxe box set that contains CDs of the album, an instrumental version of the album, bonus material (including 6 additional songs and several reworked versions of album tracks, among them a 19 minute extended mix of “PERSONAL SHOPPER”), a cassette of demos and a Blu-Ray featuring videos and Steven Wilson’s own 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Atmos versions of the album. THE FUTURE BITES is the first contemporary album to be mixed and released in Dolby Atmos. 

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THE FUTURE BITES TRACKLISTING
1 UNSELF
2 SELF
3 KING GHOST
4 12 THINGS I FORGOT
5 EMINENT SLEAZE
6 MAN OF THE PEOPLE
7 PERSONAL SHOPPER
8 FOLLOWER
9COUNT OF UNEASE

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PONDERCAST EPISODE 77 : SEPTEMBER SONG + GUIDED MEDITATION

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Season 4 of Pondercast is well underway, and today, just like every Monday morning, Laurie Brown has posted a new 20 minute Guided Meditation. Meant for everyone - no experience necessary. Great way to start meditating, and a great way to find support and encouragement for your practise.

LISTEN TO PONDERCAST GUIDED MEDITATION 4 HERE

Also new for season 4, every second Friday the Pondercast team are now posting a Grounding Thought. We started these during the intense days of lockdown and we’ve heard from you that they helped. So count on 10 minute podcasts to help shift your perspective when your world threatens to overwhelm.

This week’s Pondercast episode, September Song, ponders the weirdest back to school feeling ever. Let’s mull it over together, while we cling to the end of summer in the second annual outdoor nighttime Pondercast, at a cottage by the edge of Lake Huron.

 Campfire included free of charge.

LISTEN TO PONDERCAST : SEPTEMBER SONG HERE

Pondercast is able to expand their offerings because of the support you have helped build on Patreon. We are really hoping that this new season will move you to become a monthly donor at www.patreon.com/Pondercast or, a one time donor on our website at www.pondercast.ca

For those of you who have already taken the Patreon plunge, thank you - your support has made this happen.

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Recently, Killbeat Music partnered with the team at Pondercast to bring you Ponderbeat, a series of special episodes featuring selections curated by Brown from some of Killbeat’s latest releases. The seventh episode of Ponderbeat is live now, featuring music from Rich Aucoin, TOPS, Liza Anne, Reuben and the Dark and more.

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