February 6th, 2009 by admin

In a town where bar rock is the only way for musicians to be able to support their art (minus Amelia Curran, Ron Hynes, etc.) it gets a bit disheartening when you write another song that would sit better in a concert hall reserved for the established than The Rockhouse at 2am. We’ve come to realize that drinking and dancing are what fills most of the rooms in downtown St. John’s – Mark Bragg, Idlers, The Novaks, Hey Rosetta aren’t that far off from Bic and the Ballpoints, The Insiders, Billy and the Bruisers in this sense – though musically they are in another realm.

What are the options????

Here is one:

Errand Boy: “Just some punk kid who doesn’t know anything about electronic music, sampling and channeling all of his favorite music, from math rock to jewish folk tunes, into a 13 track, 45 minute ode to being alone.”

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An electro duo with big sounds and projections, they seem to be one of the only bands to come across as professional on Out of the Fog.

Unbelievable:

Their disc is available here (and most torrent sites) for download.

Stay tuned for more options in upcoming blogs.

January 29th, 2009 by Poppy

A.M. (or Andrew Moore) is a Toronto school teacher cum electro-musician who carries around an audio recorder and samples whatever he can find (picture: Bjork on the living room floor recording the sound of honesty). In 2006 he released Underground which is filled with samples from his commute to work via the Toronto subway system the TTC. It’s not too easy to come by but it’s out there.

Boom Snap Clap is based on a sample that he made after hearing the school kids out on the playground. He brought in his recorder the next day, invited the kids to do their thing and made this song:

This one is for Black Molly.