Latest blogs
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Hey everyone We've started recording a pile of new songs for you. We're working on a 4-song EP with Rusty (Imaginary Cities) and Cam (Weakerthans' engineer). They're sounding pretty darn catchy right now. Excited to finish em off soon.... » More.
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We bring 2012 to a close feeling like we’ve accomplished something, and yet change is coming once again. Modern Myths came out in a few more countries – the UK, Netherlands and Belgium. We made our first trip to the UK and our second and... » More.
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Excited to finally get back to Montreal. That beautiful city had so much of a role in the making of our record, and its been a shame we've only played there once - a show that was derailed by a massive snowstorm in March, no less. So, after a... » More.
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Dear Councillor _____________ Hopefully you have been approached by constituents about this issue already. Obviously, the Free Press article about the sale/demolition of the Fortune Building is speculative – but it speaks to an ongoing... » More.
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Really excited to go back to Sled Island in Calgary. That town goes crazy during this festival! Bands everywhere, people spilling out of bars, registration tables at the top of the Calgary Tower. Its pretty impressive how far the festival has... » More.
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What a great first year this has been. Back in January we finally released Modern Myths at the new Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. Couldn’t think of a more fitting joint to have the party – and we were joined by the fine This Hisses... » More.
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Mike & Adam worked on this remix for Tim Hoover's Words from his beautiful album More Napkins. This was the first remix we've ever done ... usually we've had others remix our stuff. So it was a good learning experience, and fun to work with... » More.
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We stopped at a refreshing mountain stream to send a love letter to our western Canadian and American friends.... » More.
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While in Toronto for NXNE we climbed onto a building and shot a live video with Southern Souls. Then Gary (the lawyer who owns the building) came out and yelled at us and told us to scram. I believe his line was "What part of NO don't you... » More.
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Adam bought a weird Bontempi organ off Kijiji for $10. David walked into rehearsal and said "Hey, how'd my organ get here?!" Turns out David bought the exact some one on the exact same day at a Sally Ann for $6. Very strange. How do we now have... » More.
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Chris sent us this really really beautiful email and then agreed to let us post it. Thanks so much Chris! We're glad you're finding something meaningful in what we're doing. ... ... ... This message to you is long overdue.... Purpose... » More.
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Hey everyone. Getting pretty excited for the release of Modern Myths next week. If you live west of Winnipeg, we will see you in February. Check out the tour dates on this site. And if you live south or east of Winnipeg, then we will see you... » More.
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We've been included in UK blog The Line Of Best Fit's Canadian spotlight series. You can download the whole thing... » More.
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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.
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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.