Chris Murphy will be appearing on CBC radio's Q this afternoon to talk about the list. CBC's website features local feeds from across Canada, so if you miss it in one time zone you may catch it in another.
Top 100 Canadian Albums
Sloan have claimed three spots on a new list of Canada's top albums. Music journalist Bob Mersereau compiled the list after polling close to 600 of the nation's music industry insiders. Twice Removed landed at number 14, One Chord to Another at 34 and Smeared at 86.
C'mon Feel The Noise
Patrick will be sharing DJ duties with HYFY's AL911, under the name Darth Virgos, on Friday nights at Torontos Bovine (538 Queen Street West). Music begins blaring @ 10 pm.
Chris & Jay High Fivin' Again on iNDiGO.TV
Chris and Jay were interviewed for iNDiGO.TV during Sloan’s Spring '07 USA Tour. Watch and learn as they discuss white elephants, Chris’ fascination with “Mini Me”, band bonding, Patrick’s hair, and slappin’ high fives. The video includes live performance clips from South Paw in Brooklyn, NY.
Click here to watch, vote and comment.
“I’ve Gotta Try” Video Takes to the Airwaves
Sloan traveled to LA earlier this year to work with renowned creative production company Stardust on the video for “I’ve Gotta Try”. Stardust poured vast amounts of time and resources into creating a unique new music video that blends the live band with animation. The video has now hit the airwaves, added into heavy rotation at MuchMoreMusic in Canada, entering its chart at #19.
If you are having trouble viewing the video go to this link.
Scenes from the making of the video:
Click here for more info on the making of the video.
World Café Radio Session & Interview
Sloan recently stopped in Louisville, Kentucky to record a live session for World Café with host David Dye. The live session and interview will air on Wednesday, June 13th, between 2pm and 4pm Eastern Standard Time on WXPN and on World Café/NPR affiliates in the USA.
National Public Radio’s "World Café with host David Dye" can be heard on nearly 200 stations in the USA. You can find your local station by going to the World Café website, or listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream.
Late in the day of broadcast, the audio will be available on the National Public Radio website. Enjoy!
Make Beautiful Noise With Sloan
SLOAN will be taping an episode of a new TV series, Beautiful Noise, on June 19th at the Berkeley Church in Toronto, Canada. There are about 200 free tickets available for this event. If you live in the Toronto area and would like to be a member of the audience, send an email to the show’s producers with your name to: audience200@gmail.com. You must put “SLOAN” in the subject. Act now, space will go fast!
The Berkeley Church is located at 315 Queen Street East, Toronto, (One block west of Parliament at the corner of Berkeley and Queen). Doors open at 9:00pm and seats are first-come, first-served. Sloan go on at 9:30pm. Beer and water will be for sale at the bar.
Here are the rules for taping: -no small children (too many dangerous obstacles, equipment, etc.) -no cameras or recording devices of any type -no obvious brand names or logos on hats or shirts -agreement by entering venue to appear in broadcast
Chris Murphy Talks About The Police On Q
Chris phoned into Jian Gomeshi's CBC radio show "Q" to talk about this weekend's adventures in Edmonton supporting The Police. You can catch him on the radio this afternoon, or streaming online via the CBC website.
Today we are boarding a plane bound for Australia. Looking forward to the next week of shows. Hope to see some of you there!
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Here To Stay!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the shows on our recent USA tour. And thanks to The 88 and Small Sins for joining us.
As thanks to you, we’d like to share a special one-off performance featuring Kevin “The Clapper” Hilliard of Small Sins. In an attempt to “recreate” Sha Na Na’s legendary performance at Woodstock, Kevin joined Sloan for a medley of “Rock ‘n’ Roll is Here To Stay/At The Hop/The Twist”. And so, a new legend is born...
Sloan Summer Stage in Central Park!
As part of New York City’s famous Central Park Summer Stage series, Sloan are headlining the annual Canada Day concert on Sunday, June 24th.
This concert is FREE!
The all-Canadian bill includes Apostle Of Hustle (founded by Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman), and The Duhks. It kicks off at 3:00pm, done by 7:00pm. Grab your sunscreen, grab a hotdog, and spend a warm summer day in the city with Sloan... for free!
For more info go to the Central Park Summer Stage website.
SLOAN on WNYC
Members of Sloan will participate in an interview and acoustic performance on the WNYC program "Soundcheck" on Friday, May 11th in the 2:00pm EST hour.
Go to WWW.NYC.ORG to tune in on-line. If you live in the New York City area, you can tune in on your radio dial at 93.9 FM and 820 AM... and we'll see you later that night at Southpaw in Brooklyn!
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