This June, we’re coming for you. We’ll be wielding our latest record Carta Marina (as well guitars and drumsticks) on a 20 day western tour. Prairies, rockies, the Pacific, oh my! We’re excited to play our songs in new towns as well as in familiar, beloved venues. This time out, we’ll be sharing a new [...]
Posts Tagged ‘carta marina’
Read all about it: Nightwood’s western tour, a zine, a music video et plus!
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, Tour Diary, tagged carta marina, tour, touring on May 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Do they know it’s Record Store Day?
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, carta marina, tagged Aux 33 Tours, Beatnik, Boutique L'Oblique, brians record option, carta marina, Le Pick Up, Phonopolis, Record Store Day 2010, sound central on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
History: “The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores [...]
How to look like an ocean, et plus.
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, carta marina, tagged alexander mcqueen, carta marina, Jessica Grosman, Mike Rollo, myspace, nautical, oceanic, record, sugar on my tongue, trend whore, vinyl on April 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Suggestions over on Sugar on My Tongue (thanks to Jess!)…cuz we have a nautically themed rekkid, of course. Do the Sunken Mountain: thanks to TrendWhore for updating our myspace page!
like an open book
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, carta marina, tagged band practice, brave/deeds, carta marina, Mavo, Mitz Takahashi, murder ford monument, poster, posters, the boat, the details, tour toronto on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, we practiced music and worked on some new songs. Super fun! In the photo above, you can check out our set-up (not the equipment and gear variety): a tall wooden stool with beer on it, a note book or two (Erin’s is the one that is open, Amber’s is closed) and guitar picks. [...]
Rebel girl, you are the queen of my world
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, carta marina, Do the right thing, tagged archive, bikini kill, carta marina, CHUO, Do You Hear What I Hear, gritTV, kathleen hanna, Montreal, NPR Monitor Mix, NYU, Riot Grrrl, shameless magazine, shameless women, zines on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
WE RELUCTANTLY ANNOUNCE JOINT TOUR DUE TO RECESSION
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, carta marina, Tour Diary, tagged Bands Undone, Café Dekcuf, Call the Office, carta marina, Divan Orange, GUELPH, I Might As Well Break It, indyish, Jimmy Jazz, LONDON, Mod Club, Modernboys Moderngirls, Montreal, Montreal House, Nightwood, ottawa, peterborough, Phog Lounge, The Horseshoe, toronto, tour, WINDSOR on January 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Check out our new music video! “The Bright Girls of Summer”
Posted in carta marina, tagged carta marina, Digital Bird Studio, Greymarket Mastering, indie rock, martin horn, Montreal, music video, Nightwood, The Bright Girls of Summer, time lapse, Tyler Crawford on January 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Check out our new music video for the song The Bright Girls of Summer! Serving Suggestion: Please wait for the video to load properly and then listen to it as loud as possible! Nightwood time-lapsed the entire recording process of our latest record, Carta Marina. This music video is a condensed version of the time-lapses, [...]
Nightwood t-shirts are here!
Posted in carta marina, Style & Fashion, tagged carta marina, Nightwood, screenprint, silkscreen, t-shirt on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Holla! Check these out! Each of our t-shirts was lovingly silkscreened by the band! The t-shirt features a section of the 16th century Carta Marina (“map of the sea”) by Olaus Magnus and was printed with washable white ink onto a super-soft jersey cotton American Apparel t-shirt. So buy one and choose the colour, style [...]
In Your Speakers: Carta Marina album review
Posted in carta marina, tagged album review, Andrea Martin, carta marina, In Your Speakers, indie rock, Montreal, Nightwood, review, smut-to-go, The Mad Ones on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How lovely! Check out the in-depth and unflinching review of our record Carta Marina over on In Your Speakers…here’s an excerpt: “Carta Marina (Latin for “map of the sea”) is a collection of ten songs that are neither completely dependent nor independent of each other. It is difficult to imagine listening to a single track [...]
we’re doing stuff
Posted in All the other stuff we write about!, carta marina, tagged carta marina, Design Sponge, double negative collective on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not sure if you know, but Nightwood is proudly independent, so we’re working on lots of stuff right now to promote Carta Marina. Stuff like booking shows, learning how to make cardboard Ts to ship vinyl in the mail, investigating gear, songwriting and stuff like that. Just to let youse know. This week keep your [...]


