On Saturday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 5th there are free Dare to Drum workshops taking place in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. All you have to do is register to attend, make a donation (we suggest $10 per person) and come to the workshop with your kids. You’ll take part in a drum circle, have lots of fun, and raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s A Dare to Remember campaign.
Dare to Drum
Our friends at Bunchland are inviting families to join them in their Dare to Drum, to help raise money to fight AIDS in Africa. Check out the video of Sloan's Chris Murphy & Andrew Scott along with their families banging the drums to help help raise awareness about this great campaign.
CBC Culture Days Events featuring Sloan
Sloan will join Great Lake Swimmers and Bedouin Soundclash performing live in Toronto's Dundas Square as a part of CBC's live Culture Days event. On Thursday, September 23rd, the CBC will be hosting free live programming and events all day from Dundas Square. Details can be found on the CBC website .
It's a chance to meet some of your favorite CBC personalities, and enjoy some great live music. This event is free and open to all ages. Hope to see you there!
Sloan + Halifax Pop Explosion = Twice Removed!
The history lesson continues.
After diligent study and giving it the ol’ college try at a secret set during Sappyfest in Sackville, New Brunswick earlier this month, us Sloans are confident enough to perform our entire 2nd LP Twice Removed, top to bottom, at this year’s Halifax Pop Explosion.
Thought you’d never hear Chris sing Shame Shame? Patrick sing the epic Loosens? Guess again. Your dreams have come true! (OK, well, that one’s for for the Pretty Together fans… another time). It’s gonna be good. We’ll be playing at the Paragon Theatre, Halifax on Oct.21st. Check out the Halifax Pop Explosion website for details.
Hope to see you there,
Jay
Summer's Our Season
Now that summer is fast upon us, I am pleased to start announcing some of Sloan's summer schedule. We will be kicking things off next week in Ottawa celebrating Westboro Village's annual Westfest. We'll also be playing a free show in Toronto's Dundas Square on June 18th in conjunction with this year's NXNE festival.
Sloan will be bookending the continent in July with the shows we have just announced in California and Newfoundland. We will soon be announcing more dates including stops in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta, Ontario and New York State. Stay tuned for updates, hopefully we'll land in a city near you!
Sloan are the Friday Live guests on Q.
Sloan with be the musical guests on tomorrow's broadcast of Q on CBC radio. The show airs live at 10:00am across Canada on CBC Radio 1, it is rebroadcast at 10:00pm for all of the night owls out there. You can also stream the audio directly from the CBC radio website.
Next week will see the band playing regional shows around south western Ontario. Check the tour dates section for a show near you.
The summer is almost upon us. Stay tuned for more announcements of summer festival dates over the next few weeks.
mn
Next week will see the band playing regional shows around south western Ontario. Check the tour dates section for a show near you.
The summer is almost upon us. Stay tuned for more announcements of summer festival dates over the next few weeks.
mn
Sloan to play instore for Record Store Day.
Hello all....well, yeah, I know we have been concentrating as of late on our very own web store...but that doesn't mean we have turned our backs on the beloved independent record boutique!! As living proof, we Sloans will be playing a set at Sonic Boom Records (512 Bloor Street West, Toronto) on Saturday April 17th in support of International Record Store Day along with a host of other fine acts. Dig the line up below. We've been rehearsing some rarely aired and difficult-to-play B-sides, so come watch us sweat with determined concentration. Or maybe we'll just play some old faves.
4pm - Buck 65
5pm - Metz
6pm - Meligrove Band
7pm - Adam Green
8pm - Sloan
www.recordstoreday.com
See you there,
Jay
4pm - Buck 65
5pm - Metz
6pm - Meligrove Band
7pm - Adam Green
8pm - Sloan
www.recordstoreday.com
See you there,
Jay
Sloan Talk B-sides On CBC
Jay and Chris will be on CBC Radio's DNTO this afternoon talking about their recent b-side collection, and the nature of b-sides in general.
DNTO can be heard at 2pm on Radio 1, or via a multitude of podcasts, streams and re-broadcasts. Details can be found on their website: http://www.cbc.ca/dnto/
26 Sloan Rarites Now Available!
Hello Hello,
Dig, if you will. We're pleased to offer you the latest release on our digital Sloan store, the self explanatory collection named "B Sides Win: Extras, Bonus Tracks and B-Sides 1992-2008". 26 tracks! $9.99! ...and a new digital booklet with track by track commentary from Andrew, Chris, Patrick and myself.
These are songs that didn't appear on any of our commercially released Canadian LPs over the years. Instead, they surfaced on compilations, as extras tracks on the Japanese versions of our albums, as B-sides to vinyl and CD singles and other tucked away corners. A number of these tracks were added on to their appropriate digital LPs when we launched our online store last autumn.
Due to insanely screaming demand and some gentle prodding, we've decided to collect those tracks (along with even more) and give them their very own album. Now, some hardcore Sloan followers may notice a couple omissions... but fear not, you completists!.. we're hopefully planning for those specific tracks to see the light of day on our digital store as part of more releases in the future.
At the edge of the scene,
Jay
Sloan Return to the West Coast
Happy New Year! After a break for the holidays, Sloan have just announced a series of west coast shows to continue their Hit & Run tour. The band will be returning to Vancouver for a showcase performance at Atlantic Canada House during the Winter Olympics, and then making a run for the south, hitting some of our favorite west coast stops in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Feb 15th –- Vancouver (Granville Island), Atlantic Canada House
Feb 16th — Seattle, Crocodile Lounge
Feb 17th — Portland, Doug Fir Lounge
Feb 19th — San Francisco, Slim’s
Feb 21st — Los Angeles (Hollywood), King King
We should soon be adding some Ontario and Quebec shows through the winter and spring.
Hope you can join us for one of the upcoming dates!
Hit & Run
The new EP from Sloan
Recent Fan Photos
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