June 2011
XX Tour Diary: Vancouver, Before the Riots
VANCOUVER Friday, June 3rd • We played the Commodore Ballroom, which seemed like a stadium compared to last night when we played the hotel in Penticton. We have had the good fortune to play the Commodore the last few times we have been through Vancouver. We played several more times in our 20 …
Polaris Prize Long List
We are honoured that "The Double Cross" has made the Polaris Music Prize long list. Congrats to all of the other musicians selected, with a special nod to Luke Doucet. Our very own Andrew Scott produced "Steel City Trawler" with Luke, and we wish him and all of the others the best of luck as the …
XX Tour Diary: Penticton
PENTICTON Thursday, June 2nd • Penticton is a beautiful small town between Calgary and Vancouver. It has a gorgeous beach surrounded by mountains and the most amazing used bookstore. For Sloan’s purposes it has a place to play to help take care of expenses during what might otherwise be a night …
XX Tour Diary: Calgary
CALGARY Wednesday, June 1st • My high school friend Scott Kennedy came to the bus for a visit. I probably wouldn’t have invited him because I had some stuff to do and I would have felt bad dragging him around to that but because he came of his own accord I didn’t feel bad about it. He came with …
Sloan announced as Hillside headliner.
It has just been announced that Sloan will be performing at this year's Hillside festival. We will be closing out the festival with our performance on July 24th. Apparently weekend passes are already sold out, but single day tickets are still available.
XX Tour Diary: Five Pin
DAY OFF Monday, May 30th • There was a 5-pin bowling tournament in Edmonton on our first day off. About half of us are Maritimers and we’re used to 10-pin (candlepin) bowling where it seems you can knock something down even if you hit the gutter. This bowling also kept score for you, which is … read more »
XX Tour Diary: Bocce!
SASKATOON Sunday, May 29th • Kevin “Lamps” Hilliard brought his bocce set and we had a fun little tournament in the hours before load in. My cousin John does security at the University and he came around and cuffed me for the camera.
XX Tour Diary: Plus ca change...
WINNIPEG Saturday, May 28th • The show was great! We used our pre-recorded drum intro to Follow The Leader as our walk on music. I think it’s pretty effective. The lights are lower until Andrew comes in with real drums and then the lights really come on. It may seem a little Vegas to some people …
XX Tour Diary: Minnesota Public Radio
MINNEAPOLIS Friday, May 27th • We did an interview with a woman named Barb Abney for MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) and recorded 3 songs from The Double Cross – She’s Slowing Down Again, Beverly Terrace and Laying So Low. I was happy to record Laying So Low because it looks like it will be getting …
XX Tour Diary: Crew Jackets Arrive
CHICAGO, May 2011 • The SLOAN XX CREW purple satin jackets arrived at the venue and the crew were finally able to make sense of their head to toe yellow ensemble. To be clear, these outfits are a crew initiative. It was a great surprise to us and they look upstagingly amazing, although I am sure …
Cool Kids?
In case you haven't noticed, children's sizes have been added to the Sloan store!
XX Tour Diary: Onion AV Club
CHICAGO Thursday, May 26th • We participated in the Onion AV Club’s Undercover series, which features a bunch of bands recording covers of songs that the AV Club deem worthy/interesting/funny in a little round former storage room in the AV Club office. There are a bunch of songs from which we …
Girls Go Crazy For A Sharp Dressed (Merch) Man
Astounding blog post! • Rocking the merch table. • MRCH 108.8 • Mrch rockin the merch table sting by MRCH108.8
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