Tired of the normal bar crowd and tweenstars? Looking for a more sonically mature scene than the regular Top 40/prosti-tot requests? This Friday, JPOD the Beat Chef and Habitat present Pat MacGibbon on Jazz sax and Stuart Yanow of the Grand Bazaar on synths and samples. We’re offering a 21+ crowd (although anyone is welcome), and serving up a platter of world beats, funk, acid baselines and downtempo.

THE TREWS On Thursday July 16th
@ Flashbacks
Advance tickets are $20 or $25 at the door. Doors open @ 9pm.

These Three Cities Set Out On Their 1st Cross Canada Tour

These Three Cities will be hitting the road for their first full Canadian tour in support of their most recent self-titled release.

On top of being featured as Artist of the Week on myspace.com, they have shared the stage with many bright up and coming artists such as Die Mannequin, Low Level Flight, Justin Nozuka, We Are The Take and Stereos.

Catch the band live as they play the first leg of their tour towards Western Canada. The tour will continue until the end of the year with shows in Ontario and continuing to the east coast.

“add another band to the raft of great talent coming out of the Toronto area. T3C started out as a three piece and have expanded out to a full five piece that will impress even the most discerning music aficionado.”

Mike Bax – FAZER Online Music Magazine

www.these3cities.com
www.myspace.com/­thesethreecities

These Three Cities Set Out On Their 1st Cross Canada Tour

These Three Cities will be hitting the road for their first full Canadian tour in support of their most recent self-titled release.

On top of being featured as Artist of the Week on myspace.com, they have shared the stage with many bright up and coming artists such as Die Mannequin, Low Level Flight, Justin Nozuka, We Are The Take and Stereos.

Catch the band live as they play the first leg of their tour towards Western Canada. The tour will continue until the end of the year with shows in Ontario and continuing to the east coast.

“add another band to the raft of great talent coming out of the Toronto area. T3C started out as a three piece and have expanded out to a full five piece that will impress even the most discerning music aficionado.”

Mike Bax – FAZER Online Music Magazine

www.these3cities.com
www.myspace.com/­thesethreecities

SAID THE WHALE
tour! treats! album teaser!

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

So I’m blogging about the upcoming Rah Rah show again… I mentioned last week that they were coming back to the Habitat for a headling show on July 1st. They’ll be joined by Sleepless Knights. There new album “Going Steady” is great! I’m listening to it right now actually.

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

Power Stage, Island Stage ~ 2:00pm – 9:30pm

2:00-2:45pm Grooveyard – Funk Rock
3:00-3:45pm Channel Eight – Alternative Rock
4:00-4:45pm Wentworth Music All Stars – Rock from the 70’s, 80’s 90’s & now
5:00-5:45pm Fields of Green – Rock
6:00-7:00pm Rocky Jr. Band – Rock
7:15-8:15pm Kings Without – Reggae Blues Rock
8:30-9:30pm Helcion – Hard Rock