Author Archive for Bambi Blue

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Blackout Beach in profile

What began as a project called ‘Bertrand Russell and the Country Club’ soon evolved into Blackout Beach. Whatever the pseudonym, Carey Mercer’s solo creations dwell in a land all their own. Mercer began his solo project soon after the demise of his brilliant first band, Blue Pine, in 2001. Mercer would also form Frog Eyes around this time, recruiting roommate and keyboard whiz Spencer Krug, Blue Pine bandmate Mike Rak and his wife Melanie Campbell to help realize his swirling, frenzied compositions. Though just as dense, intense and literate as his Frog Eyes work, Mercer’s Blackout Beach recordings reveal another side of the artist (and the artist’s psyche).

More on Victoria, BC’s Blackout Beach

Luke Jackson @ The Tranzac Club (Toronto) Oct 27

In the Spring of 2006, a seven-year email correspondence culminated in the meeting of Luke Jackson and Magnus Börjeson. Luke had long been a devoted fan of two of the Swedish musician’s former bands: Beagle and Favorita, and the two songwriters finally met in Paris where Magnus was mid-tour playing in The Cardigans. By the end of the weekend they were like old friends and Luke had accepted an invitation to Sweden for the upcoming Midsummer long weekend holiday. These celebrations were taking place in the countryside outside Malmö at Aerosol Grey Machine, the stunning all-analogue recording studio of Christoffer Lundquist, producer and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, former member of Roxette and founding member of Brainpool, another of Luke’s favourite bands.

More on Luke Jackson including upcoming concert dates

Land of Talk @ The Lo Pub (Winnipeg) Nov 6

virtuosic guitar playing by lizzie

Land of Talk is a female-fronted guitar rock juggernaut . They have been described as a destructive Stevie Nicks/Blonde Redhead mutant, Will Oldham meets Sonic Youth, and as a PJ Harvey-meets-Crazy Horse type creature.

Land of Talk makes their music in a van down by the river new record coming soon!

Check out Land of Talk’s upcoming concert listings

Meaghan Blanchard @ Baba’s Lounge (Charlottetown) Oct 14

Meaghan Blanchard is a 19 year old singer/songwriter from Hunter River PEI. Her passion is music. She will enter her third year at the University of Prince Edward Island this fall and has been performing since she was very young in front of school, church and community benefit concert audiences, graduating to all ages shows and coffee houses in high school and now to concert venues, bars, and restaurants. She is set to release her very first album “Changing Things”. The official CD launch will take place at the Guild on September 12th. The album was recorded in Charlottetown at Big Grey Sound Studios. It was produced by John Connolly and engineered by Jon Matthews. Mastering was handled by Paul Milner.

More on Meaghan Blanchard including upcoming concert dates

The Olympic Symphonium @ The Capitol Theater (Moncton) Nov 15

The Olympic Symphonium is a unique collaboration between three accomplished Maritime musicians. With the hopes of forming a quiet escape from their accustomed high-energy rock/pop projects, the idea of this group was to focus more on the subtle, gentler side of music. The group released their stunning debut, Chapter 1, in early 2007. The album has been distributed, reviewed and sold all over the world and is now out of print. Over the past year, the band recorded their follow-up in a clothing store, a house, a shed and a field. The result is More In Sorrow Than In Anger, a collection of 10 intimate and interesting songs that require multiple listens. Their eclectic mix of guest musicians featuring Catherine MacLellan, Dale Murray (Cuff The Duke), Jenn Grant, Joel Leblanc (Hot Toddy) and Rose Cousins help highlight the group’s unique and personal sound. The three members, Nick Cobham, Kyle Cunjak and Graeme Walker, all share singing and songwriting duties while rotating around various instruments. The album opens with a piano/classical guitar duet and moves through beautiful, melodic pop to soft, slow yearnings and dramatic sting-laden stories of personal contemplation. Lately the Olympic Symphonic have secured funding from the province of New Brunswick and FACTOR, earned consistent airplay on national CBC and campus radio and were lucky enough to have shared the stage with artists such as Hayden, Jason Collett, Al Tuck, Bruce Guthro, Joel Plaskett and Snailhouse.

Upcoming concert listings for The Olympic Symphonium

Josh Reichmann @ Wrong Bar (Toronto) Oct 9

Josh playing with Jewish Legend

Josh Reichmann played/ wrote songs for and co-conducted the vibes for Tangiers -the best rock group from a few years ago. Then the band broke up. Many feelings and some time later Josh recorded a record under the name Jewish Legend. More time and more feelings elapsed, things grew, stuff happened and THE ORACLE band was formed. The band supports Josh’s song writing and is the soul and template for his musical stylings and expression which are amazing/varied/, both earthly and out of this world.

9 Oct 2008 22:00 Wrong Bar Toronto

Gypsophilia @ Lane’s (Liverpool, NS) Oct 11

Update! Gypsophilia’s playing a show at Lane’s in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on October 11th – be there or be… somewhere else! But if you’re not there, be sure to check out one of their other upcoming shows from the list here!

Chad VanGaalen @ Richards on Richards (Vancouver) Oct 9

Update – Chad VanGaalen’s next show will be at Richards on Richards in Vancouver on October 9th!

Be sure to check it out! And if you can’t make it to this show, be sure the check out his latest concert listings right here.

MuyAfroFunke Thursdays with DJ Trevor Walker!

Walker brings a surreality to his sets that take listeners on a journey. Jazz remains the binding influence behind the music he plays, giving him the flexibility to incorporate and investigate different sounds in his sets. Walker’s ability to get a dance floor moving is in no doubt attributed to the fact that as a break dancer in the early part of his career he knows what makes people move.

From Bebel Gilberto, Da lata, Zuco 103, Gil Scot Heron, Fred Everything, Gilles Peterson, Joe Claussell, King Brit, to Mari Rossi, Miguel Graca, Moreno Veloso, Nitin Sawhney, Norman Jay, Patrick Forge, Phil Asher, Rainer Truby, Dj Tahira, Talvin Singh, UFO, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Mark de Clive Lowe and Bembe Segue, Alice Russel with TM Juke to name only a few.

Expect a mix of dance floor jazz, Broken Beats, Latin, Brazilian, afro, funk and soul!

Date: Thursday, October 9, 16, 23 2008
Time: Doors at 09:00PM, Show at 10:00PM until 03:00AM
Cover: $5 (no cover before 11pm!)
Tickets: At the Door

Leif Vollebekk @ Mercury Lounge (Ottawa) Oct 23

If you rearrange the letters of Leif Vollebekk’s name you get the word Lieblekklove, the secret language he sings in. With the soulful and skewed folk styles of Vollebekk, it doesn’t really matter if you decipher the words as long as you’re ready to be carried away on a buttery cloud.

Check him out at the Mercury Lounge right here in Ottawa on October 23rd!

17 Oct 2008 21:00 Maxwell’s Music House Waterloo
23 Oct 2008 20:30 Mercury Lounge Ottawa
14 Nov 2008 22:00 Grumpy’s w/ Steve Brockley & the Scramblies Montreal