Sloan will be playing across Canada from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island supporting Lenny Kravitz on his upcoming tour. We will soon update our tour dates section with specifics, or you can click below to see a list of the dates.
The recent Will Currie and the Country French / Sloan collaboration "Push Pins" has been making some waves. It has recently been featured as a pick on both John Sakamoto's Anti-Hit List and CBC 3's Podcast.
The bands have also been performing the song live on their western Canadian concert dates. Still another week of shows to go in Alberta and BC. Please try to catch one if you are in the vicinity.
We should also acknowledge the immediate support of Radio MRCH, which instantly added the track to heavy rotation. It is already at number three on their charts! Thanks to Skip Lowe and all of the MRCH Morning Zoo for helping to take this track to the next level!
Before the current Sloan / Will Currie & the Country French tour through the west of Canada, some of the folks from the two murderecords bands assembled at Sloan’s Rehearsal Space to record a virtual 7" single. Murphy Design then went ahead and kicked in a virtual sleeve as well! The track, “Push Pins”, written by Will Currie, is a virtual duet between Will and Sloan's Jay Ferguson ...and it’s all free for you to download, virtually everywhere, including right here...

Push Pins - Will Currie and the Country French + Sloan
(5.7MB MP3 File)
Will Currie & the Country French and Sloan
Push Pins Written by Will Currie
Recorded and mixed by Nick Detoro at Sloan’s Rehearsal Space
Sept. 4th and 6th 2008
Assisted by Ryan Haslett
Artwork by Murphy Design
Thanks to Gregory Macdonald & murderecords crew
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Sloan are happy to be hitting the road across Canada and down the west coast of the US over the next few weeks.
We are happy to have our friends Will Currie & the Country French supporting on the Canadian dates, and The Golden Dogs playing with us in the USA.
It looks as though our management has once again inked a deal with radio sponsor MRCH. The inimitable disc jockey, Skip Lowe will be along for the ride, broadcasting live-to-air from most of the venues along the way, except where prohibited by local CRTC or FCC regulations.
Skip will be taking requests online, via text message, and live at the shows. I am obliged to inform you that "MRCH will be sponsoring nightly contests, a 50/50 draw, and a grand prize package to be awarded to a very lucky fan" at the end of the tour. Please consult the station's website for details.
Parallel Play was recently reviewed on NPR radio. If you were like me and missed the original broadcast, they were kind enough to include a link to
the review on their online player.
The vinyl release of Parallel Play is now available through
Yep Roc and the
Sloan online store. It is pressed on 180 gram vinyl with a beautiful 'tip-on' sleeve. If somebody suggests that "they don't make them like they used to...", you can point them towards this beauty. It also comes with a free download code for the album, so you can also place the songs onto your favorite mp3 player.
We have also added the new "Jay & Chris & Patrick & Andrew" tote bags. They are printed on natural cotton.
We recently restocked the DVDs, vinyl and older discs and we have put all of the older t-shirts on sale to help clear out stock before the new ones arrive.
We'll also have a fine selection of goods at the merch table at upcoming shows. Thanks for your support!
mn
Patrick will be joining Toronto's Hell Yeah F**K Yeah on stage tonight (July 25) for the POP WITH BRAINS BENEFIT FOR CAMH. The show takes place at The Rivoli (334 Queen St. W.). Things get under way around 9pm, with Hell Yeah hitting the stage at 11.
Then you can beat it down to the Bovine (542 Queen St W.) and catch HYFY's Al911 dj'ing, with Patrick complaining "nobody knows that song, play this instead..."
Sloan's recent performance for the Orange Lounge series has just been posted on the Sympatico In Music website. You can watch each of the songs performed as well as an interview segment on "The Hook".
Thanks again to everybody who won tickets and came down to join us for the show.
mn
I took a look in the mirror this afternoon and hardly recognized myself. At first glance, I am quite pleased with the change.
Welcome to the recently updated Sloan site. We are currently working through some major updates both on the surface and behind the scenes, so please feel free to alert us to anything broken or missing.
There are plenty of links to additional content on the way, so keep checking back as we renovate.
mn