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Thirteen Surprisingly Enjoyable Songs About the End of the World
Elvis Perkins in Dearland's "Doomsday" (and last night's fireworks) got us thinking about other surprisingly enjoyable songs about the end of the world. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayJohn Doe & The Sadies: Country Club
X always mixed in a little country with its rockabilly punk, but... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsOriginal X line-up goes on Total Request Live tour
Nevermind the Sadies. Here's X!... read more
Found in: Music, NewsUnofficial SXSW 2009: The Hipsters are Coming
Austin is a massive, wonderful and gorgeous place. And SXSW is equally as diverse and awesome, unofficially and officially. And this is not a hipster bashing rant. But if the only stain Austin has is the big stain of Texas that surrounds it, then the one bad thing about SXSW is hipsters. Not the polite, nerdy ones, who flood the rapidly gentrifying minority establishments with cash for Lonestar and Shiner Bock so they can survive. But the assholes that don’t give a damn about who the hell is even playing, bring their own damn beer, throw it all over the... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusBlack Mountain announces West coast tour with The Sadies
British Columbia-based psychedelics Black Mountain had quite a successful 2008. On top of a guest appearance on Conan O'Brien and a tour with Bon Iver, the band received a hefty critical nod; their Jagjaguwar-released In the Future was shortlisted for Canada's Polaris Prize for the best full-length album based on artistic merit.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJohn Doe and The Sadies join the Country Club
The collaboration between punk rock legend John Doe (X, The Knitters) and The Sadies started out as a typical drunken promise of making music together: One person suggests a musical collaboration. The others agrees. And then everyone forgets about it.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Sadies: New Season
Cosmic Canadian music veterans tread well-worn path without wearing thin read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSadies new album a family affair
Cue the iTunes visualizers! Canada’s cosmic rockers the Sadies have announced their fifth studio album, New Seasons, will be released October 2 on Yep Roc. Recorded with friend and collaborator Gary Louris (Jayhawks, Golden Smog) in Spain and Toronto, New Seasons promises 13 new tracks of the band’s honed psychedelic country rock sound. Like all Sadies albums, frontmen and brothers Dallas and Travis Good called on family folk to contribute-including momma Margaret Good and their father and uncles, Canadian Country Hall of Famers The Good Brothers. The release also features Louris and Giant Sand's Howe Gelb. Here’s New Seasons' tracklisting... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSadies Record New Album, Plot Tour
After releasing both a double live album and an instrumental soundtrack in 2006, the Sadies will play their first West Coast dates in support of the new offerings. The Canadians also managed to squeeze in a recording session in Spain with Gary Louris before heading back home to Toronto, where they’re currently hard at work crafting that session into a new studio album, due out this fall on Yep Roc Records. In the meantime, catch the Sadies live and in person opening for the Tragically Hip. Only the West Coast has dates now, but check back often because more are... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Sadies Prepare New Studio Album
Toronto band The Sadies are preparing a studio album, their first in three years. They have already released two-disc live album In Concert: Vol. 1, as well as the original soundtrack to movie Tales of the Rat Fink this year. They will also tour in Europe for the remainder of the year and in Canada next year. Tour dates: November 23 - El Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz, Sala Poniente 25 – London, The Borderline 26 – Brighton, Concorde 2 27 – Bristol, Bonventures 28 – Nottingham, The Maze 29 – Newcastle, The Cluny 30... read more
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