Despite recording a groundbreaking children's album for adults, From The Moon was shut out of the Western Canadian Music Awards. In the spring, when we self-nominated The Cat's Meow for Children's Album of the Year, victory seemed certain. We... » More.
What do you get when From The Moon and a classically trained singer have a baby? A country band! That joke gets weirder when you find out that what I'm actually talking about is a collaboration between my sister and I. On the other hand, maybe it's... » More.
Uptown Magazine's Jen Zoratti calls Courier News her "favourite new local band." Check out our A review below: Courier News, the musical partnership of Alexa Dirks (Chic Gamine) and Matt Schellenberg (The Liptonians/Royal Canoe), might just... » More.
So I'll be taking another stab at the Gas Station Patio: last time it was rained out. This Thursday it better be sunny. And Friday I'll be playing at the Rainbow Trout Music Festival and Fishing Derby:... » More.
We've been included in UK blog The Line Of Best Fit's Canadian spotlight series. You can download the whole thing here: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2010/08/download-oh-canada-12/ As fate would have it, our drummer Dave's old band The... » More.
Hey everyone I know since we switched sites there hasn't been as much info for you here. Well, its time for me to remedy that. Musicians for all tracks are listed here, and I'm going to re-post the blurbs about each week's process soon as... » More.
The iconic green and black colours of the From The Moon website are based on the paint of my bicycle. The 1988 Miyata bicycle catalog calls the combination "Black/Peacock". This bike has been ridden to many From The Moon shows around town and... » More.
And now it's time for a rhyme by From The Moon. One billion dollars to patrol Fake Lake One hundred thousand for wine, beer, and cake But we understand why costs did soar A conference call would have been such a... » More.
Royal Canoe is proud to bring you double the rhythmic sensations of any band ever. With two drummers, one acousitc one electric, the band will tear up the stage on July 3rd with Library Voices at the West End Cultural Center. Here is a taste of what... » More.
Its pouring rain. I’m in the kitchen of Montreal’s Studio 451, watching videos of The National while rain pounds against the windows. I’m totally obsessed. It feels good to have a favorite band, y’know? Its been years since I devoured... » More.
The other day Alexa and I went down to Curve 94.3 to do an interview with Pamela Roz. The interview will be played on the air on Wednesday (June 30th) at 8. Make sure to check it out.... » More.
It has come down to this. 11 days in Montreal to complete an album that has taken a year and a half. Funny – when Marcus first arrived in Winnipeg I had grand plans of banging out this record in a couple weeks and being onto record #2 by now. ... » More.
You may have noticed that earlier this year we began offering our entire concept album, The Cat's Meow, for free in MP3 format. Like many artists, I wrestled with this decision. I don't want to devalue the countless hours and thousands of... » More.
It's been a little while since I've had a show: I've been performing covert ops with puppets for the last month. But I will be playing a solo set on the Gas Station Theatre Patio on July 22 at 7 PM. At 6, Brian Dunn from Sudbury will be playing a... » More.
The Cat's Meow offers many insights on food and drink: peanut butter can be a legitimate self-destruction method; perogies can be pronounced with just two syllables in a pinch; corn syrup makes a popular beverage; neither strawberry jam nor... » More.
We've got ourselves a new drummer. His name is Michael Jordan. This one never played for the Bulls. But he's a three-peat champion in beats. He's already played a show with us and impressed us all. And we all get along swimmingly to boot. Welcome to... » More.
Exclaim Review! Courier News just got a review in Exclaim! Check it out below. Alexa Dirks and Matt Schellenberg make a great team. Dirks (of Juno-awarded group Chic Gamine) and Schellenberg (a Western Canadian Music Award winner for his work... » More.
This week, TED reminded me of a photo that I hadn't thought of in a while. The image may have, once upon a time, lingered inverted on your retina too. Have look. That tiny white speck is our home, 6 billion kilometers from the camera... » More.
Hey Everyone, So here is a bit of an update on what has gone on and is coming up in the world of Courier News. We were featured on American blog Obscure Sound You can check us out in our Uniter feature with Imaginary Cities We can vote for... » More.
Two weeks ago, we hosted our first From The Moon storytelling and songs evening. With 24 hours noticed, completely inspired by The Moth, I phoned several of my most interesting friends with an assignment: tell a true story in front of an... » More.
DJ Co op re-mixes Charlie's Back! from our self-titled debut. And it is... » More.