The lineup for this year's Virgin Festival in Ontatio has recently been leaked and then released officially in the press. Sloan are happy to be a part of the two day festival taking place just outside of Orillia, just north of Barrie, just north of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada.
Bring a tent and enjoy the weekend's festivities. Official details can be found on the Virgin Festival Website.
Summer shows.
Summer is finally here and Sloan kicked off their summer festival shows with a return to the Burlington waterfront last weekend. We've already announced most of our summer shows with a few more additions to be made soon as the concerts are announced by their promoters. Check the tour dates section for the latest listings. The municipal workers strike here in Toronto may keep our city's Canada Day celebrations to a dull roar, but just down the street in Mississauga, Sloan will be playing a free, all ages show next Wednesday evening.
In other upcoming concert news, Sloan's murderecords labelmates Pony Da Look will be playing this Friday in Toronto: PONY DA LOOK with NIFTY + ANIMAL MONSTER + DJ Adrienne Sneaky Dee’s June 26 @ 9pm.
Will Currie and the Country French have almost completed their first full-length album and will continue to tour through the summer. This weeks' tour stops include: Hamilton, Montreal, Sarnia and St. Catharine's. Check their website for details.
Sloan featured in the 200th edition of the CBC Radio 3 Podcast
CBC 3 is a great online resource for the best in Canadian independent music and deserves plenty of support from musicians and fans alike. There is plenty of good company on this podcast!
As usual, Grant Lawrence officiates the mix and in classic form he manages to slip in a groan-y Sloan barb at the 23 minute mark. I suspect that Chris Murphy is already plotting his retaliation.
MP3: http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2009-04-03.mp3
M4A: http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2009-04-03.m4a
OGG: http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2009-04-03.ogg
Enjoy!
mn
As usual, Grant Lawrence officiates the mix and in classic form he manages to slip in a groan-y Sloan barb at the 23 minute mark. I suspect that Chris Murphy is already plotting his retaliation.
MP3: http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2009-04-03.mp3
M4A: http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2009-04-03.m4a
OGG: http://www.cbc.ca/radio3/podcasts/radio3/CBCR3_2009-04-03.ogg
Enjoy!
mn
St. John's Show Cancelled
Due to bad weather, we were not able to fly to St. John's, and have had to cancel the show. Apologies to our friends on the Rock, we'll get out there as soon as we can. We are still planning on making the remainder of the dates scheduled.
Twitter Reminder
Don't forget to follow Sloan at twitter.com/sloanmusic, and you can follow Patrick at twitter.com/dt666.
Witch's Wand Online and On Air
For those of you who haven't found it already on the web, our new video for Witch's Wand is now available on our friend (and director) Scott Cudmore's youtube page. I will also be adding it to Sloan's Myspace page today.
Much More Music added it into medium rotation, and I'm sure that requests would help keep it on the air a bit longer. Perhaps consider requesting at other music video outlets as well. Not to dismiss the glory of internet video, but it looks even nicer on the television.
Many thanks to Michael Leblanc and Scott Cudmore for producing and directing the video, all of the fans who volunteered their time in the freezing cold as extras, and of course to videofact for their generous support in the making of the video.
mn
A Little Help From Our Friends...
I am happy to announce some of the support acts on our upcoming shows. We feel honored to have these bands on board, so please take some time to check them out online, and at the concerts!
Will Currie&The Country French - Will Currie's sextet will once again be joining us for a number of our Ontario shows. You can catch them crowding the stage in Peterborough, Toronto and Sarnia. They also have some shows of their own coming up in the region.
Zeus - Fresh off a month of Wednesday's playing with our good friends The Golden Dogs at the Dakota Tavern, we've lured Zeus down the road to the Mod Club. They will be first up on our show on Wednesday, March the 11th. Definitely worth coming early.
Hexes and Ohs - We had the pleasure of playing with Hexes and Ohs a couple of years ago in Montreal. We're happy that they are arriving in town early for their own CMW showcase set at the Horseshoe on Saturday night. Luckily we were able to coax them into performing on our Thursday, March 12th Mod Club play as well.
The Band Before Time - Halifax upstarts make the trek to Antigonish to give it their college try at St FX University.
Dave Marsh's True Love Rules - Marsh's album rocked the MRCH charts all fall, being played in it's entirety to kick off just about all of our fall shows. We're really looking forward to having Dave and his band along for our Dalhousie and Sydney, NS shows.
It's my understanding that Friday's Ottawa show is already sold out, and Peterborough is almost there.
The Toronto shows still have space, but with a limited number of Canadian Music Week wristbands being admitted, I would advise arriving early, or buying your tickets in advance. As always with two-night runs, Sloan plan to mix things up in the set each night, so completists out there would be advised to try to catch both nights.
Our east coast university shows have varying policies when it comes to admitting non-students. Please contact the various Students' unions for details. And Saturday night club shows in Sarnia, ON (just down the road from Detroit Rock City) and Sydney, NS sound like serious rave ups. Hope to see you soon.
mn
Will Currie&The Country French - Will Currie's sextet will once again be joining us for a number of our Ontario shows. You can catch them crowding the stage in Peterborough, Toronto and Sarnia. They also have some shows of their own coming up in the region.
Zeus - Fresh off a month of Wednesday's playing with our good friends The Golden Dogs at the Dakota Tavern, we've lured Zeus down the road to the Mod Club. They will be first up on our show on Wednesday, March the 11th. Definitely worth coming early.
Hexes and Ohs - We had the pleasure of playing with Hexes and Ohs a couple of years ago in Montreal. We're happy that they are arriving in town early for their own CMW showcase set at the Horseshoe on Saturday night. Luckily we were able to coax them into performing on our Thursday, March 12th Mod Club play as well.
The Band Before Time - Halifax upstarts make the trek to Antigonish to give it their college try at St FX University.
Dave Marsh's True Love Rules - Marsh's album rocked the MRCH charts all fall, being played in it's entirety to kick off just about all of our fall shows. We're really looking forward to having Dave and his band along for our Dalhousie and Sydney, NS shows.
It's my understanding that Friday's Ottawa show is already sold out, and Peterborough is almost there.
The Toronto shows still have space, but with a limited number of Canadian Music Week wristbands being admitted, I would advise arriving early, or buying your tickets in advance. As always with two-night runs, Sloan plan to mix things up in the set each night, so completists out there would be advised to try to catch both nights.
Our east coast university shows have varying policies when it comes to admitting non-students. Please contact the various Students' unions for details. And Saturday night club shows in Sarnia, ON (just down the road from Detroit Rock City) and Sydney, NS sound like serious rave ups. Hope to see you soon.
mn
Sloan on the Cover of Canadian Musician this month
This months issue of Canadian Musician features a 4 page spread of Sloan. Luther Mallory interviewed each of the guys separately and wrote a really fantastic article. Click here to go and read the virtual version of the magazine or pick it up at your local news stand.
Sloan Nominated for Best Rock Album Juno
Parallel Play has been nominated for a 2009 Juno in the category of "Best Rock Album"!
Here is a blurb written on the CTV website.
"Following the 30-track epic that is Never Hear the End of It, the guys in pop/rock band Sloan have, for the time being, toned down their now legendary creative output. For their latest album, Parallel Play, Sloan's members each contributed three songs (except for Andrew who has four). For most bands, four distinct creative visions - and egos - would almost certainly mean eminent disaster. But for Sloan it's the only way to fly. Here, the differences in process, influences, and taste that would fracture a lesser band are the very reason the band functions"
Here is a blurb written on the CTV website.
"Following the 30-track epic that is Never Hear the End of It, the guys in pop/rock band Sloan have, for the time being, toned down their now legendary creative output. For their latest album, Parallel Play, Sloan's members each contributed three songs (except for Andrew who has four). For most bands, four distinct creative visions - and egos - would almost certainly mean eminent disaster. But for Sloan it's the only way to fly. Here, the differences in process, influences, and taste that would fracture a lesser band are the very reason the band functions"
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