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“…I am delighted to find myself in such a circle, I hope we shall have many sweet little concerts together. I think, Miss Woodhouse, you and I must establish a musical club and have regular weekly meetings at your house or ours. Will not it be a good plan? If we exert ourselves, I think [...]

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Hey there, here’s a quick refresher about why it’s important to remember that your politics are worth fighting for, archiving and talking about: a recent interview with Kathleen Hanna over on GritTV on the eve of her “papers” (zines, correspondence, etc) being donated to NYU.  Kathleen Hanna was a member of the band Bikini Kill [...]

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We have cool friends. Take Lara of Lalouka Design, for example. She unearthed the awesome early 80s band Dolly Mixture and shared them with all of us on her new website. What a dame! Here’s what she said about the group:

“At first when I heard them and saw their photo I assumed they were a [...]

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Two things to share today with y’all! First is a fine set of photos by Amber Ann Dawkins for the west coast-based entertainment magazine called Guttersnipe. Enjoy! The pics were snapped at our January show at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern.
The other bit of nice for ya is this album review over on Quick Before It Melts, [...]

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Darlings,
I think we won the fight. However, the last battle will go down this evening at Divan Orange, so do come on out and decide for yourselves! At the Break of Don will be playing as well and may take sides.
The tour was fun as well as a success! We were quite busy and didn’t [...]

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Darlings,
We leave today for our week long foray into Ontario with that Toronto band, Modernboys Moderngirls. Working bands do what they have got to do during these tough times. Guelph: come on out to Jimmy Jazz tonight, OK?

Just a quick note to say that we’ll be blogging over on Indyish while we’re away, so do [...]

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Good morning! Three more sleeps until we hit the road, jack! We return to Montreal next Thursday in time to play this show, so mark it in your calendars, OK? The Facebook event is here and listen to CKUT (90.3FM) to catch the radio ad voiced by one Jordan Arsenault.
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I love the photos set in [...]

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Sea ice is so beautiful. You know it’s cold when the ocean starts to freeze! Thanks to David Susuki’s The Nature of Things series for the inspiration. This post’s title is courtesy of Gretel Ehrlich.
Have a listen to some of the bands we’ll be playing with on our tour next week:

MODERNBOYS [...]

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A coupla new record and video reviews…thanks to the writers, as always! Bloggers rule.

The Indie Files
The Mad Ones

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The recession has hit industries hard all across Canada. Indie rock is no exception. To pool resources and lower costs, we have agreed to tour with Toronto’s Modernboys Moderngirls in Ontario and Quebec. To console oursleves, Nightwood will be tour blogging here and on Indyish.com while on the road!
TOUR DATES:
Jan 14 @ Jimmy Jazz, GUELPH, [...]

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