Dead Ghosts are a four-piece garage rock and/or roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Rauchy lo-fi recording style, country-esque vibes, "sweet guitar pluck-and-jangle," driving rhythms, and the occasional Back From The Grave feel is the basic make up of their songs. To get another idea of their sound, they've gotten comparisons to namely the bands the Black Lips and King Khan & BBQ Show.
The big WD was birthed back like this in 2000 when four good grade 10 buddies decided to play some metal. We went through some really shitty names and some really shitty eps, but finally settling on Willem Dafoe a year later. Willem Daband has remained a great hobby for its permanent lineup, usually busy with other shit but still finding time to play a couple shows a year and record some tunes. We've grown up in WD and it's grown along with us; from old Hydrahead style metalcore...
Overhead the name of four popular bands. One is a French alternative/indie band and the other is a progressive rock band from Finland. There was also a third band called Overhead from Portugal. The fourth one is a band from New Zealand that plays rock and roll. The following information refers to the Finnish band. Alex Keskitalo: vocals and flute
Jaakko Kettunen: guitars
Tarmo Simonen: piano and keyboards
Janne Pylkkönen: bass
Ville Sjöblom: drums
It’s better with two Jean-François and Denis have been playing together since the year 1987. They formed many bands that had short lives. These groups were composed of different members and with different « sounds » (classic rock, grunge, etc.). These formations have permitted them to gain a lot of stage experience.
Brotherly reunion When in 1995 they lost their drummer, Denis proposed to invite Yves who had been playing for the last five or six years. Together they realized that playing covers of other artist work wasn’t satisfying them, it had become necessary to create their own music.
Baba Brinkman began his rap career at nineteen, freestyling and writing songs in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.
During his development as an MC he also completed both a B.A. with Honours from Simon Fraser University and an M.A. in Medieval and Renaissance English Literature from the University of Victoria. His thesis drew parallels between the worlds of rap music and literary poetry. In the summer of 2004, Baba toured his hit theatre show, "The Rap Canterbury Tales" to seven cities around the world, including Prague, Montreal, Edinburgh and San Francisco.
1) Damages are a hardcore punk band from Grand Rapids, MI. Started in the winter of 2007, they have released a two song demo in the spring of 2008, a five song demo in January of 2009. The "Love's Labor EP" was released as a CD limited to 100 within special packaging. Love's Labor EP also released as a 7" on Life To Live Records, out now. www.myspace.com/damageshc 2) Damages are a new melodic hardcore band from Vancouver.
Cadence Weapon continues to firmly establish his legacy as a sonic pioneer while constantly pushing the rap and electronic music envelope. Following his critically-acclaimed, Polaris Music Prize nominated albums Breaking Kayfabe and Afterparty Babies and a two year term as Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, he returns with his new album Hope In Dirt City this Spring. A clearly defined and emotionally mature statement of intent, Hope In Dirt City represents the culmination of these experiences.
Over 4 critically acclaimed albums, Canada’s Eccodek has become renowned as a leader in the world of global fusion. With a 2009 Juno nomination, multiple Canadian Music Awards, releases on Buddha Bar, Six Degrees, White Swan Records, their dubwise mix of African, South Asian, Turkish and island sounds, artfully layered over monster grooves is a crowd favourite. Leader Andrew McPherson’s extensive production background (Vieux Farka Touré, Deva Premal, Stephen Fearing, Kiran Ahluwalia, Jane Siberry, gusgus…) makes every Eccodek release a travelogue of texture, groove and blissed out melodies.
Arctic can refer to two bands. 1. ARCTIC is an electropsych/space-rock band from Vancouver, Canada, formed in 2001.
2. Arctic is a rock band from Brisbane, Australia, formed in 2007. ------------ 1. ARCTIC draws much of its sonic inspiration from the vast expanses of the northern landscape where frontman Marcus Martin was raised. Growing up in Yellowknife, Martin would join his father, a pilot, on trips to remote settlements and camps in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
