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Vancouver indie darlings Said The Whale have their fins set on overdrive as they release their next single “The Magician (Camilo)”, prepare for a summer tour, and press a limited edition run of their 7” that features the single as well as three other tracks: “Strong Swimmers”, “Love is Art” and “Upset Her”.

After building a solid fanbase in Vancouver’s independent music scene Said The Whale have received a shout out from Perez Hilton, features on YouTube and MySpace Music for their video “This City’s A Mess”, landed some stellar slots at Junofest and Vfest, and opened for friends including Mother Mother and City and Colour.

“If The Killers and Badly Drawn Boy were to have a love child, it’d be Said The Whale. Remember when “alternative” music used to be a real trendy word? Well, that really is the best way to describe this band…Said The Whale makes delightfully quirky music. It’s infectious!” - Perez Hilton

Fans can expect their full length album ‘Islands Disappear’ this fall on October 13 via Upper Management Management Recording Co/EMI and produced by Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, Mother Mother, Hannah Georgas) and Tom Deobrzanski (Hey Ocean, Lotus Child). In the meantime, check out the single, go see them play, and count your lucky stars if you’re lucky enough to get your hands on a vinyl copy. Hull speed ahead!

“Just when you think cynicism has completely permeated the indie scene, a band pops up to make you optimistic again. Enter Said The Whale, a group of twentysomethings full of youthful energy unseen in this country since Sloan circa Twice Removed.” - EYE Weekly

Witness Said The Whale live for yourself when they make their stop at Call The Office on June 18th

For music + more info: www.saidthewhale.com
More good stuff here: www.myspace.com/saidthewhale

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Since making their out-of-town debut at Pop! Montreal in 2006, the buzz surrounding Rah Rah has been growing steadily. They were voted “Best Band in Regina” by a 2007 Prairie Dog’s Reader’s Poll, have played festivals across Canada, and released their first full-length album ‘Going Steady’ via Young Soul Records (Library Voices, Polymaths, National Frost).

“Very accomplished despite their youth, Rah Rah plays immense, poetic rock tunes…” - Montreal Gazette

The six piece features members of Sylvie, Geronimo, and the late Despistado. Since its release ‘Going Steady’ has received consistent air play on CBC Radio 3 (reaching #5 on the R3-30) and has charted on campus radio stations and in Exclaim! magazine for the last two months.

“There’s just something compelling about this band, whether it’s Burns’s earnest delivery (shades of a baritone Neil Young), the catchy tunes underpinned by rock solid musicianship, or the fact that one of their songs calls for a sound effect created by chewing candy into the microphone.” - ChartAttack

More info and music here: www.myspace.com/rahrahband
Catch the band live as they play dates across Canada and back:

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A 3-piece outfit combining elements of deep blues and folk rock with punk, the Schomberg Fair make their stop at Pandemic Nightclub (192 Dundas Street) March 6th. Matt Bahen (acoustic/electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, lead vocals), Nathan Sidon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Pete Gathside (drums) mix traditional with a modern and relevant sound to convert the strongest non-believers. Releasing Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground in 2008, The Schomberg Fair is a mainstay in the Toronto rock scene, loved by promoters, bookers, and fans alike.

Check them out, before you head down, on their MySpace page!

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clipped from www.lfpress.com Cool Blog Name to Come I’m issuing a challenge to London bloggers. As readers of this blog know, I have a bedrock faith in competition. I believe it makes all of us better. So I’m challenging London bloggers to do their own original reporting. There has been much talk in the last couple weeks about stories that The Free Press intentionally suppresses, misses or ignores. It’s no longer enough to just complain about these stories. It’s time to do something about it. If you are a blogger and you believe we are not doing a good job, go us one better. Do your own original reporting. Don’t just link to lfpress.com and complain about us in the same breath. That’s disengenuous. It’s no longer enough to say “We’re just a blog” or “We’re only an aggregator.” Those days are over. If you believe, as I do, that this city deserves excellent journalism, it’s time to lead by example. I think we’ll all be better for it. So how about it?

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CastRoller.com, just launched a totally new hugely improved version of the website. CastRoller is an online podcast management tool that has a lot of cool features that makes listening to to podcasts a lot more social. On CastRoller, you can see what your friends are listening to using your “homepage” a lot the same way the Facebook News Feed works. You can also share podcast episodes with your friends by clicking on one “Share” button. And all of your contacts will receive the episode in their CastRoller inbox. Plus, if they’ve added the RSS feed for the inbox to iTunes, they’ll automatically have the episode downloaded right to their iPod.

Another great feature is the ability to set up channels. A Channel can be a lot the same as a channel on TV or Radio. You can setup say a gaming channel and add all of your gaming podcasts to it. Why would you do this? Sharing of course, you see other people can see your channels AND they can subscribe to them. That way any new podcasts in the channel show up in the PodCatcher.

So why an I telling you this? Well I want to share the London, Ontario Channel! You can head over to http://castroller.com/billdeys/londonontario and see what’s in the channel and grab a one click link to add it to your PodCatcher of choice. You don’t even have to sign up! Of course it would be great if you did, you could add me as a contact to!

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I’ve been contacted by some people doing promotion for Theset in advance to their show here in London at Call the Office on February 10th. Read some info and check out thier tunes below!

“With the intention of playing one set, at one show, five west coast boys wrote one full set’s worth of material.  Their name?  Theset.  That one successful performance realized a natural relationship that has since existed and developed into something way beyond all original intentions.  Theset are now embarking on a cross Canada tour in support of their full length album Never Odd Or Even, produced by Warne Livesey (Matthew Good, Midnight Oil) and in stores January 27th.  The first single ‘Survive’ inspired a video directed by Colin Minihan (State of Shock, Gob, Social Code) and was quickly added to MuchMusic.”

For more info head over to http://www.myspace.com/thesetband and for E-card link to check out  the single ‘Survive’ for free head to http://www.dkdevents.com/pats-ecards/survive.htm

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