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PressedFamines18Oct2012

FAMINES 14 JULY, 2008 out now!

Hard to believe it’s already been over 3 years since the Famines‘ live-recorded sophomore release, 14 July, 2008 was first unleashed upon the world.  After five cross-Canada tours, hundreds of shows, and another East-coast tour on the horizon for the fall of 2012, we figured it was time this cassette saw the light of day again.

Originally released with a whopping 364-page book documenting every conceivable detail of the recording process, 14 July 2008, served as an introduction to the band for many. If you’ve seen the Famines live, you understand. 14 July 2008 is a document of the band doing what they do best. Raymond’s amp tweaking like a feedback beacon in between howls while he rolls on the ground, Garrett’s raw force pounding your chest in from behind a fury of flailing arms and whipping hesher hair… it’s all here. You can feel it.

We’ve streamlined the package, spared our sanity, and offered the accompanying book as a digital download along with the usual mp3 version of the album this time around. Pick up a copy on the Famines East Coast 2012 tour, or here in Ottawa at the release show with Swollen Eyes and the Yips at Pressed.

PressedFamines18Oct2012

Read about original release (along with the rest of the Famines discography) in great detail here.

Stream 14 July, 2008 here.

See the Famines here:

17 Oct. 2012 at the Artel with guests, Kingston, ON
18 Oct. 2012 with the Yips and Swollen Eyes, presented by Ottawa Explosion at Pressed, Ottawa, ON
19 Oct. 2012 with Double Dragon, the Charming Ruins and Drums at the Spill, Peterborough, ON
20 Oct. 2012 is a 5 PM matinee set at FRU Fest with Familiar Friends, HVYWTR, Brodie West, Pachamama, Symbol, Silent Land Time Machine, Bleet, Dutch Tokyo, etc., at the 32 Gordon ANAF, Guelph, ON
20 Oct. 2012 with Cartoons, Sam Coffey & the Iron Lungs and Cursed Arrows at the Silver Dollar Room, Toronto, ON
21 Oct. 2012 is a matinee show at Hot Dog Records, London, ON
21 Oct. 2012 at the Brain with Rituals, Hamilton, ON
22 Oct. 2012 a live on-air performance and interview 8-10 PM on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal, QC
23 Oct. 2012 with Maiden Names and Yellowteeth at ReNeu Boutique, Fredericton, NB
24 Oct. 2012 with Yellowteeth at the Royal Canadian Legion No. 26, Sackville, NB
25 Oct. 2012 with Wildcat at Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown, PEI
26 Oct. 2012 with Perplexus and the Beaten Hearts at Plan B, Moncton, NB
27 Oct. 2012 with Oromocto Diamond at Pizzeria Gemini 2, Quebec, QC
28 Oct. 2012 with Kurvi Tasch and Ruff Talons at L’Esco, Montreal, QC
29 Nov. 2012 with Fist City and the Allovers at Broken City, Calgary, AB
30 Nov. 2012 with and the Allovers Edmonton, AB

Ottawa Explosion!

Only one week away, oh my my!

OXW 2012 SCHEDULE

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 13TH

Club Saw (7 pm – 12 am) ($10)
Ottawa Explosion Opening Party & Art Show.

8:30 –  8:50   Pregnancy Scares (Local)
9:15 –  9:45   Metz (Toronto, ON)
10:15 – 11:00  The Men (Brooklyn, NY)


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THURSDAY JUNE 14TH

Club Saw (7:00 pm – 12 am)  ($10)

8:00 –  8:20   Gary Voicemail (Local)
8:35 –  8:55   The Nymphets (Montreal, QC)
9:15 –  9:40   Le Kid et Les Marinellis (Montreal, QC)
9:55 – 10:20  Big Dick (Local)
10:35 – 11:00  Mother’s Children (Local)

Babylon (9:30 pm – 2 am) ($10)

10:30 – 10:55   Robots Everywhere! (Local)
11:15 – 11:40   Dead Weights (Local)
12:00 – 12:25   Crusades (Local)
12:45 –   1:10   Low Culture (Las Cruces, NM)
1:25 –   1:??   Iron Chic (Long Island, NY)

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FRIDAY JUNE 15TH

Club Saw (5 pm – 12 am)  ($10)

6:00 – 6:25  The Creeps (Local)
6:35 – 7:00  The Isotopes (Vanouver, BC)
7:10 – 7:40  Iron Chic (2nd show)
7:55 – 8:20  Sam Coffey and The Iron Lungs (Waterloo, ON)
8:35 – 9:00  The Johnnies (Local)
9:15 – 9:45  The Shakey Aches (Local)
10:00- 10:30  Rome Romeo (Montreal, QC)

MAVERICKS/DEKCUF (8:30 pm – 2:30 am) ($10)
Dekcuf
10:00 – 10:25  Adults (Philadelphia, PA)
11:00 – 11:25  Camp Radio (Local)
12:00 – 12:25  Crow Bait (Long Island, NY)
1:00 –   1:25  Nervosas (Columbus, OH)

Mavericks
9:30 –   9:55  The Mnemonics (Local)
10:30 – 10:55  Male Nurse Band (Local)
11:30 – 11:55  Statues (Sudbury, ON)
12:30 – 12:55  Steve Adamyk Band (Local)
1:30 –   1:55  Night Birds (Brooklyn/New Jersey)


MUGSHOTS (9:30 pm –  2 am) ($5)

10:30 – 10:55 And What Army? (Local)

11:20 – 11:45  Glorious Moonrockets (Local)

12:00 – 12:30  Dark Circles (Montreal, QC)
12:45 – 1:15  Biipiigwan (Local)    
1:30 – 2:00 Alaskan (Local)



BABYLON (10:00 pm – 2 am) ($5)


Mind Games/OXW Party!



10:30 Eraserheads
11:30 Silkken Laumann

+ Mind Games resident dj’s Sir-Ett and Gregular.

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SATURDAY JUNE 16TH

Club Saw (12 pm – 6 pm) (8 bands) ($10)
12:30 – 12:50 Finderskeepers (Local)
1:00 – 1:20 Monomyth (Halifax, NS)
1:30 – 1:50 Boyhood (Local)
2:00 – 2:20 Dry Feet (Philadelphia, PA)
2:30 – 2:55 Hollywood (Baltimore, MD)
3:15 – 3:40 First Base (Toronto, ON)
4:00 – 4:30 Dog Day (Halifax, NS)
4:45 – 5:15 Lipstick Homicide (Iowa City, IA)
5:30 – 6:00 The Visitors (Local)

Yogi’s (12 pm – 6 pm) ($10)

Big Room / Small Room

1:00 – 1:20  Swollen Eyes (Local)
1:25 – 1:45  Crosss (Halifax, NS)
1:50 – 2:10  Shot Nerves (Local)
2:15 – 2:35  Cold Warps (Halifax, NS)
2:40 – 3:00  Naughty Girls (Montreal QC)
3:05 – 3:30  Night Birds (New Jersey/Brooklyn, NY)
3:40 – 4:00  Slobs (Montreal, QC)
4:15 – 4:40  Ultrathin (Montreal, QC)
4:50 – 5:15  Mannequin (Montreal/Ottawa)5:30 – 6:00  Holy Cobras (Local)


8:00 – ??? Ottawa Explosion: Vid-Yo!
Featuring new and old work from:
Jacqueline Castel & Preston Spurlock – N.Y
Jacqueline Lachance – MTL
Inflatable Deities – MTL / Miami
Heather Rappard – Halifax
featuring Music from U.S Girls, Guilt, Bobby Darin, Physical Demands


MAVERICKS/DEKCUF (8:30 pm – 2 am) ($10)


Dekcuf
9:30 –   9:55  Grime Kings (Local)
10:30 – 10:55  The Eeries (Philadelphia, PA)
11:30 – 11:55  Dreamdate (San Francisco, CA)
12:30 – 12:55  Spencey Dude & The Doodles (San Francisco, CA)

Mavericks
9:00 –   9:20  Uranium Comeback (Local)
10:00 – 10:25  Dagger Eyes (Montreal/Ottawa)
11:00 – 11:25  Strange Attractor (Sudbury, ON)
12:00 – 12:25  Needles//Pins (Vancouver, BC)
1:00 –   ???  Mean Jeans (Portland, OR)

BABYLON (10:00 pm – 2 am) ($5)

10:30 – 10:55  We Fled Cairo (Local)
11:15 – 11:40  Shahman (Local)
12:00 – 12:25  Fogbottom (Local)
12:45 –  1:05   World War 4 (Local)
1:25 –   ???  Kloven Hoofs (Local)

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SUNDAY JUNE 17TH

Club Saw Wrap-up show 12 – 6 (Free)

1:00 – 1:25  Average Times (Local)
2:00 – 2:25  New Swears (Local)
3:00 – 3:25  Roberta Bondar (Local)
4:00 – 4:25  Solids (Montreal, QC)
5:00 – ???   Party Knives (Local)

Facebook Events:
6.13 THE MEN, METZ & PREGNANCY SCARES at Club Saw!
https://www.facebook.com/events/398744580165442/

6.14 LE KID, MOTHER’S CHILDREN, BIG DICK, NYMPHETS, GARY VOICEMAIL at Club Saw!
https://www.facebook.com/events/203056386481413 

6.14 IRON CHIC, LOW CULTURE, CRUSADES + more at Babylon!
https://www.facebook.com/events/361305263926095

6.15 ROME ROMEO, SHAKEY ACHES, IRON CHIC, THE CREEPS + more at Club Saw!
https://www.facebook.com/events/363977710332647/

6.15 NIGHT BIRDS, STEVE ADAMYK BAND, STATUES, NERVOSAS + more at Mavericks/Dekcuf!
https://www.facebook.com/events/358521897543966/

6.15 ALASKAN, BIIPIIGWAN, HOSOI BROS, GLORIOUS MOONROCKETS & AND WHAT ARMY? at Mugshots!
https://www.facebook.com/events/106717989467523/

6.16 OXW DAY SHOW #1 at Club Saw!
https://www.facebook.com/events/298199863601141/

6.16 OXW DAY SHOW #2 at House of Targ!
https://www.facebook.com/events/143609569105662/

6.16 MEAN JEANS, NEEDLES//PINS, STRANGE ATTRACTOR, SPENCEY DUDE AND THE DOODLES + more at Mavericks/Dekcuf!
https://www.facebook.com/events/365505590165860/

6.16 KLOVENHOOFS, WORLD WAR 4, FOGBOTTOM, SHAHMAN & WE FLED CAIRO at Babylon!
https://www.facebook.com/events/242264132540758/

6.17 PARTY KNIVES, SOLIDS, ROBERTA BONDAR, NEW SWEARS & AVERAGE TIMES at Club Saw!
https://www.facebook.com/events/390862337626880/

Dirty Beaches / Xiu Xiu

This show is going to rule and you need to go to it.

Last time Dirty Beaches rolled through town, it was as a solo act and he destroyed the Manx.

This time things are different. Ottawa’s own Shub Roy has joined the sonic assault.

You are no longer safe.

Cool Feast

Just wanted to give Popcorn Plays a shoutout for the AMAZING foods that went down at COOL FEST XI. Lurked some photos of my back patch and my first yoga session.

Great blog that i have enjoyed for a long time!

Check it!

I will post photos of the whole fest in the future. Stay tuned!

Falling Fall

We have been enjoying the summertime while we still can. some really exciting things in the works. Omma Cobba – Faster Acid Sun, Burn Burn with artwork by Jesjit Gill, F Hood (who had a track on Afterburners), Self Surgery full length, and a couple more super top secret things(vinyl anyone?).

 

Here is a photo of Andy Boay, who has an awesome new PWYC release on his bandcamp, from his show at the Rochester by Travis Boisvenue

 

Ottawa Explosion Day One!

Had so much fun last night! Thanks everyone who came out and had a good time at Ottawa Explosion! We gave away all the available copies of Afterburners! you can still get a poster if you want it though!

Mannequin and Knifemare released this beast into the world. 60 copies, grab it while you can!

Knifemare!

Video here!

Mannequin!

 

Chris Bush played a nice little warm up show at the laundramat down the street. The owner shrugged and walked away. So good!

Everybody played great, Holy Cobras played too, check out their new record, slays!

Video here!

 

Going to be adding some photos from the rest of the weekend here and in my flickr account here!