Great Lake Swimmers
Event on 2012-05-18 20:00:00

Supporting Acts: Cold Specks

Great Lake Swimmers

New Wild Everywhere is the follow-up to Great Lake Swimmers' critically acclaimed, Polaris Music Prize shortlisted and Juno nominated 2009 album Lost Channels. Their fifth album in just under a decade, this new collection of 12 tracks reveals a depth and maturity previously only hinted at by lead singer and songwriter Tony Dekker. Featuring the touring band from Lost Channels (with long-time collaborator Erik Arnesen on banjo and guitar, along with new addition Miranda Mulholland contributing backing vocals and violin, Bret Higgins on upright bass, and Lost Channels drummer Greg Millson), New Wild Everywhere thematically picks up where the previous album left off, exploring transcendence in the natural world to describe the universal themes of love, mortality and escape. "There is something very elemental about this album as a whole," says Dekker. Indeed. Throughout New Wild Everywhere, there is an elemental energy that moves from physical to spiritual and from the immediate present to an all-encompassing future, all represented by Dekker's ability to weave insightful lyrics into deceptively simple, hook-laden tunes. This is perhaps best exemplified by lead single "Easy Come Easy Go," the most upbeat and up-tempo song ever penned by Dekker, which explores finding a center to grasp amidst a chaotic and often temporary world. The title track talks of "a fire in the static, a whisper in the dark," while "Changes With The Wind" finds the "wild in the wilderness." "Ballad Of A Fisherman's Wife" is a protest wrapped in an ode to the families affected by the BP oil spill on the gulf coast of Louisiana. In the sadly satisfying album closer "On The Water," the lone passenger on a small boat amidst a raging storm says, "I thought of my maker, and what might be above / and the cabin in the woods that I had not yet built." For a band whose storied location recordings in increasingly out-of-the-way places have brought their output to an almost mythical status, longtime Great Lake Swimmers producer Andy Magoffin was thrilled to be asked to capture the new album in a real studio. Magoffin recalls, "I finally got what I always wanted: Tony Dekker asked me to help his band make a record in a real studio. No extension cords, boat rides, generators, buzzing flies, squirrel noise, missing connectors, furnace cycles, motorcycles, faulty rentals, bad weather or bad headphone mixes to mess things up. We chose to work in Toronto at Revolution Recording, a brand new studio with brand new everything, except for the old stuff which is also brand new. We had access to a great many microphones, instruments, processors and people we would not normally have had the privilege of working with." "We wanted to try something new, expand our horizons, and flex a bit of the creative muscle we've built up through years of touring," says Dekker. "It came as a bit of a surprise how well we functioned as a band in that environment. We were able to focus completely on the songs, rather than the logistical obstacles of waiting for the boat to dock, or the rain to stop. The folks at Revolution felt like extended family and the studio itself is a real Toronto gem." However, no Great Lake Swimmers album would be complete without at least one field recording. The song "The Great Exhale" was recorded in an abandoned Toronto subway station, down three long flights of stairs where Magoffin and the band had to wait until the wee hours of the morning for the trains to stop overhead before they could hit the record button. "We set up a studio from scratch on the moist florescent-lit oil-coated subway platform of the unused Lower Bay Station. It was bleak. I could not tell if the recording was any good, because our playback system was nearly useless in the echoing, cavernous tunnel. When we finally listened to the results, we were amazed to hear how beautifully the song fit with the other album tracks," says Magoffin. "Somehow, Great Lake Swimmers sound just like they should no matter what tools they're using or how far they get from civilization." Dekker has spent the last decade entrancing listeners with his unforgettable voice and compelling songwriting. Great Lake Swimmers have long been a word-of-mouth favorite in their home country of Canada for whom critical mass was inevitable. They've been regarded as a national treasure by the CBC, with Lost Channels (2009) topping the charts at CBC Radio 3 and on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Chart. In the U.S., Lost Channels debuted at #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and was a favorite among influential bloggers and NPR staff. The band has received public endorsements by the likes of Feist, Robert Plant, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and cyclist Lance Armstrong. The latter two have both raved about the band on their personal websites; the former have handpicked the band to open shows and whole tours. Josh Groban has been known to open his show with a Great Lake Swimmers cover, and the band has shared the stage with such varied artists as Calexico, Sarah Harmer, Bela Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet, Hayden, Sloan, Goldfrapp, and Bill Callahan of Smog. With timeless melodies telling undiscovered stories, Great Lake Swimmers' New Wild Everywhere maintains an acute respect for the folk tradition, while at the same time transforming it for new listeners everywhere.

at Troubadour
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Rumble in Rhodos (NOR) + Anorak (FR) + Adolina + P.U.T. (FR/BE)
Event on 2012-05-19 20:00:00
» RUMBLE IN RHODOS (NOR) (Indie Rock / Pop / Punk / Screamo)

We are Rumble in Rhodos. We are a band born in Oslo in late 2003. If you haven’t heard of us before, you’ve missed our three full-length albums, one E.P., and more than 200 energetic indie rock shows doused with touches of no-wave, danceable post-punk, while accented by obtrusive underground. Our album, INTENTIONS, released May 2008 received outstanding reviews throughout Scandinavia and Europe. You also missed us play in floorshows in basements, squats, pubs, and clubs throughout Europe to thousands of kids. You missed our month long headlining tour across Norway. You’ve missed five different home-screened T-shirt designs and our 2003 7” (with Commodore race cars on it). You have missed us play more than 30 big festivals, from the indie tents of 10 fans to the big stages of 10 000. You missed us win the award, “Favourite New International Artist”, at The Indies 2006 in Toronto, Canada. You’ve missed us winning Fadar magazine’s Dr. Dog award as “5 young dudes who have crazy moustaches, don’t dress up like assholes and don’t pose”. You missed us play with “These Arms Are Snakes”, “Thunderbirds Are Now”, “Wolf Parade”, “The Robocop Kraus”, “The Bronx”, “Health”, “DD/MM/YYYY”, “JR Ewing” and many other of our favourites. Most importantly, you have yet to meet 6 of Norway’s most virtuoso boys who have developed an aggressive and engaging sound which provides nourishment for both your muscles and your brain.

Last year we decided to hibernate. Our two fold focus was a third full-length album and to regenerate our creativity with a new expression. After seven years together as a band, it was time to include other forces of inspiration to find their right direction and become communicators of a quality atmosphere. The new album, entitled Signs of Fervent Devotion, speaks to the accomplishment of our focus. With producers Erlend Mokkelbost (JR Ewing, Killl, Montée) and Anders Tjore (Montée, Turns, Apricot), Rumble in Rhodos has, without a doubt, created their best album so far. Through our wild and magical studio sessions, based on trial and error, we have consumed the winter’s energy. The producers have pulled a formally exhausted musical effort to a nurtured new stage; folding each separate track’s dynamics into one another in a wonderful, edgy way.

We have fused a fascination of old fashioned Punk/Funk, Art Rock, 70’s Prog Rock, and modern indie rock into an expression which shakes your core and gently caresses the small of your back. Signs of Fervent Devotion, is mixed by none other than Brit, Nick Terry (Klaxons, Serena Maneesh, Libertines, Franz Ferdinand) and Tokoyo-based Alan Brey. They´ve added to the already ambitious and pulsating effort, a calm and balance needed to communicate the album’s ingenuity. While crafted in a cheeky and daring way, it shocks as it delivers. Rarely does such a hungry and greedy rock record from Norway, resonate so thoroughly. So, look out for this unusual breath of northern air, as Rumble in Rhodos release our third consecutive album on Tuba Records now! With a track list packed with hits and our most thoroughly crafted material to date, we have shone a light to our future sound. Already, on November 29, 2010, we released our first single, “White Dancing” as a T-Shirt and download code, through the label, Fysisk Format. The song has been a fixture on P3 radio station since the release and made it to Dagbladet’s list of songs of the year.

Lucky you, however, there is plenty more for us in the future. We plan to work even harder than ever before, to release records around the world and appear in each continent. Our band is a surrogate family for our culturally extended childhood, it’s our self-help group, and it’s our soap box. It’s a way to see what were really capable of. We do this, first thing, when we wake up. We do this after a hard day at work. We do this on weekends. We do this all the time.

» ANORAK (FR) (Prog / Chaotik post Hard Core / Grindcore)

Anorak is a unstable hardcore metal band from Amiens in France
They released the 'My own Haze' record on Manitou Records.
If you're into Coalesce, Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan, you will definitely like them.
They shared stage with Daturah, An Albatross, Black Elk, Kruger or Ovo

» ADOLINA (Math Rock / Indie / Noise)

Depuis 1998, à travers évolution, circonvolution, changement de line-up, Adolina tente de façonner le chaos qui l’entoure et celui qu’il génère. Entre les tirs croisés noise, post-punk, indie-pop, métal, adolina tente une sortie sous le feu nourri d’une seule envie : en découdre peu importe les genres et les étiquettes qu’on leur enverra à la figure. Après deux EP, Adolina sortira son premier album en 2009 sous le titre Domovoï. Peu satisfait de ce premier essai qui ne reflète que l’instabilité des années précédentes, le quatuor remet le couvert et enregistre après deux années de travail ce qui deviendra Caldeira, le second album. Sous l’impulsion de Steph (A tant rêver du roi – Pau), le groupe décidera de sortir l’album en vinyle exclusivement et cherchera d’autre partenaire pour appuyer le projet : Whosbrain (Luxembourg) et Uproar for veneration (Lille)… place à présent à leur terrain de prédilection : la scène…

Since 1998, through evolution, line-up changes, Adolina tries to work the chaos around them and the one they generate themselves. Between noise, post-punk, indie-pop, metal crossfires, Adolina tries to come out with only one urge : fight nevermind the styles and labels thrown at their face. After 2 EP’s, Adolina has released in 2009 their first album : Domovoï. Not satisfied by this first try which is only the reflection of the instability of the previous years, the quartet go back to work and record what will become Caldeira, the second album. At instigation of Steph (A tant rêver du roi), the band will release the stuff on vinyl and they’ll looking for partnership to help out : Whosbrain (Luxembourg) and Uproar for veneration (Lille)… Now it’s time to face their field : the stage…
Description
influences noise, punk, math, metal…

Le groupe a réalisé près de 200 concerts en Belgique, France et Suisse (ils ont partagé la scène avec Chokebore (Us), 31 knots (US), Vandal x, Action beat (UK), Gatechien (fr), Reiziger, Gentle veincut (D), Hitch, Don vito (D), Girls in hawai, Valina (Autriche), Revok (fr), East of the wall (US), The Rabbit theory (Suisse), Casse brique, Tang (fr)

» P.U.T. (FR/BE) (Sludge / Noise / Indus)

[ P.U.T ] , 2 brothers, living in Paris / Brussels, who making since 1998, a mix of machines vs guitares, noise, sludge-metal, industrial and punk to create a music borrows madness, emotion, heaviness and anger.
Personal and without concessions, their 5 albums, 8 maxis, 2 live, 7" and various sound experiments, does not disavow their influences (of Godflesh, Killing joke, Sonic Youth while passing by Scorn or Unsane) the band intrigues at the most point.
It's on stage which the band reveal is power, making same noise than a 4-5 piece musicians…. intense, raw, dirty, disturbing…
More than 170 shows in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Swiss and Germany.
2012: 5th and new album of the sludge noise duet , LP+CD in screen printed, product by Le Cagibi (Lille), Art by Lavollay Fabrice (P.O.G.O records – Dismember records)

they have played with:

SCORN (uk), Ufomammut (it), Akimbo (USA), Burning Heads, Year of No light, Altar of plague (gb), Ultraphallus (be), Anorak, Pneumatic Head Compressor (Be), Membrane, K-Branding (Be), Io Monade (It), Kapitain Korsakov (be), Lab°, Last Minute to Jaffna (it), Grant National (De), Grrzzz, Lucky Funeral (gr), Black Bomb A, Muckrackers, René Binamé, PPZ30, Punish Yourself,Sungrazer (Nl), LTNo, Comity, Zenzile, Tamtrum, Edwood Jr, General Lee and many others!

Beyet lionel: Bass, voice, laptop – Beyet Nicolas: Guitar, voice, laptop

[P.U.T] : "IT" extrait de l'album "Like Animals" par PUT_sludge

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at Nouveau Magasin 4
Avenue du Port 51B
Brussels, Belgium

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