--taken from: Brooklyn Vegan (read more here)
Basically no shows are happening due to the coronavirus outbreak (though some artists are doing livestreams instead), but if you’re already jonesing to see a show, or just need a brief distraction from the insanity of the world right now, thankfully there’s YouTube which has an amazing array of live footage from throughout the history of pop music, from clips from concert films, TV performances and other pro-shot footage, to tons of fan-shot video from shows. If you’re looking for a place to start, we’ve been picking some of our favorites. Here are five more:
Sloan @ Arboretum Music Festival, Ottawa 2016
Sloan are a cult band in the U.S. but in Canada they are pretty famous, having had a number of big hits in the ’90s including “Money City Maniacs” which remains a hockey stadium classic. Here they are in their element, at Ottawa’s Arboretum Music Festival in 2016. Usually for Canadian festivals it’s just a greatest hits set, but this was part of the anniversary tour for 1996’s great One Chord to Another, so we get that whole album played in full, plus a second set of hits, including “Money City Maniacs,” “Losing California,” “Penpals,” “The Other Man” and their grammar-gaze anthem “Underwhelmed.” Look out for when drummer Andrew Scott comes from behind the kit to sing his songs, and bassist Chris Murphy takes over on drums and goes full Keith Moon. [Bill Pearis]
--taken from: Brooklyn Vegan (read more here)
Friday, March 27, 2020
We've Edited a Bunch of Classic Canadian Album Covers for the Era of Socially Distancing
--taken from: Exclaim!
The coronavirus pandemic has continued to change life as we know it, meaning the vast majority have been cooped up inside our homes as we practice physical distancing. The quarantine experience has us realizing just how physically close to one other we once were, and our favourite pop culture pieces have started to look particularly unsafe in the era of physical space. As such, we here at Exclaim! have taken it upon ourselves to edit some classic Canadian album covers to make them a little less likely to transfer a virus.
Below, you'll find a handful of images edited by our staff that update album covers for the current predicament the world has found itself in. Part instructional and part us trying to do something with our cabin fever, these new takes on the classic album covers will hopefully keep you company as you spend yet another weekend indoors.
Without further ado, here are some Canadian album covers updated for the era of social distancing.
Sloan - Twice Removed
Edited by Josiah Hughes
The Sloan boys were most certainly putting themselves at risk by posing so close together on the cover for their 1994 sophomore album Twice Removed, but we made sure to split them up a little. After all, they spend so much time touring and making music together that they'd probably rather not be forced to move into a self-quarantined house either.
The coronavirus pandemic has continued to change life as we know it, meaning the vast majority have been cooped up inside our homes as we practice physical distancing. The quarantine experience has us realizing just how physically close to one other we once were, and our favourite pop culture pieces have started to look particularly unsafe in the era of physical space. As such, we here at Exclaim! have taken it upon ourselves to edit some classic Canadian album covers to make them a little less likely to transfer a virus.
Below, you'll find a handful of images edited by our staff that update album covers for the current predicament the world has found itself in. Part instructional and part us trying to do something with our cabin fever, these new takes on the classic album covers will hopefully keep you company as you spend yet another weekend indoors.
Without further ado, here are some Canadian album covers updated for the era of social distancing.
Sloan - Twice Removed
Edited by Josiah Hughes
The Sloan boys were most certainly putting themselves at risk by posing so close together on the cover for their 1994 sophomore album Twice Removed, but we made sure to split them up a little. After all, they spend so much time touring and making music together that they'd probably rather not be forced to move into a self-quarantined house either.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Upcoming Sloan, Basia Bulat shows postponed due to COVID-19 concerns, Doyle, Cousins rescheduled in the fall
--taken from: The Chronicle Herald
Former Halifax band Sloan has postponed the eastern Canadian leg of its Navy Blues Tour due to concerns over the spread of the corona virus. Fans will have to wait for an announcement for new Maritime shows, including scheduled stops at Truro’s Marigold Cultural Centre and Halifax’s Marquee Ballroom. Promoter Sonic Concerts has also announced rescheduled upcoming shows for Rose Cousins and Alan Doyle at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in the fall, a postponed Basia Bulat concert (new date TBD) and a cancelled Michael Kaeshammer concert.
In an increasingly familiar refrain, more East Coast shows by prominent Canadian artists have been put on hold due to ongoing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Up first is Halifax-bred Canadian indie rock stalwart Sloan, which was heading east in April and May on the band’s Navy Blues Tour, celebrating the reissue of its landmark hit album from 1998, now freshly remastered and reissued in a deluxe box set. On Monday afternoon, promoters of the Saturday, May 2 Halifax show at the Marquee Ballroom, Sonic Concerts, announced that due to health and safety guidelines, that show, along with others on the tour, would be postponed until a later date, and that fans should hang onto their tickets so they can be honoured then.
The band also had a Friday, May 1 show planned for Truro’s Marigold Cultural Centre, after performing in New Brunswick and P.E.I., but a click on the venue’s Ticketpro link confirms that show has also been postponed “in order to comply with current government guidelines to avoid the spread of coronavirus.”
--taken from: The Chronicle Herald
Former Halifax band Sloan has postponed the eastern Canadian leg of its Navy Blues Tour due to concerns over the spread of the corona virus. Fans will have to wait for an announcement for new Maritime shows, including scheduled stops at Truro’s Marigold Cultural Centre and Halifax’s Marquee Ballroom. Promoter Sonic Concerts has also announced rescheduled upcoming shows for Rose Cousins and Alan Doyle at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in the fall, a postponed Basia Bulat concert (new date TBD) and a cancelled Michael Kaeshammer concert.
In an increasingly familiar refrain, more East Coast shows by prominent Canadian artists have been put on hold due to ongoing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Up first is Halifax-bred Canadian indie rock stalwart Sloan, which was heading east in April and May on the band’s Navy Blues Tour, celebrating the reissue of its landmark hit album from 1998, now freshly remastered and reissued in a deluxe box set. On Monday afternoon, promoters of the Saturday, May 2 Halifax show at the Marquee Ballroom, Sonic Concerts, announced that due to health and safety guidelines, that show, along with others on the tour, would be postponed until a later date, and that fans should hang onto their tickets so they can be honoured then.
The band also had a Friday, May 1 show planned for Truro’s Marigold Cultural Centre, after performing in New Brunswick and P.E.I., but a click on the venue’s Ticketpro link confirms that show has also been postponed “in order to comply with current government guidelines to avoid the spread of coronavirus.”
--taken from: The Chronicle Herald
Friday, March 13, 2020
Capturing the coronavirus mood through one Toronto grocery store
--taken from: The Globe and Mail (read more here)
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by Patrick White
There is zero unrest, except a little more honking from the overfull parking lot and some spousal squabbling. Some people walk with smiles of disbelief. ”I’m almost embarrassed to be here,” says Chris Murphy, 51, front-man of the band Sloan. “As if I’m buying into the fear."
--taken from: The Globe and Mail (read more here)
by Patrick White
There is zero unrest, except a little more honking from the overfull parking lot and some spousal squabbling. Some people walk with smiles of disbelief. ”I’m almost embarrassed to be here,” says Chris Murphy, 51, front-man of the band Sloan. “As if I’m buying into the fear."
--taken from: The Globe and Mail (read more here)
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