Bend Sinister

June 4, 2010

Headlining at The Rivoli tonight in Toronto! Come on out, doors at 8pm!

June 1, 2010

The new Bend Sinister EP – SPRING ROMANCE – is now available! http://ping.fm/gniFQ

Back to Toronto

May 18, 2010

We just got back to Toronto last week in time to rehearse a few times before playing a party for the guys from Them Crooked Vultures. Our friend Dave started booking a new club in town called the Cherry Colas and we were initially invited to come play Saturday the 15th at the after party for the Vultures show. Turns out though that the band came to the club the night before and they closed it down for a private party which we were invited to play as well. I didn’t really get a chance to talk to the guys much but I met everyone from the band and was a little starstruck by JP Jones. Dana (the biggest Zeppelin fan in the band) was almost as giddy as a small child which made us all laugh. We also got free tickets to see their set at the ACC and it was a great time. Read more...

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Vancouver Vacation, Shows, and Departures

April 27, 2010

We arrived back in Vancouver on the 14th. We were initially coming back to play the Arts County Fair and Telus Ski and Snowboard Fest. Due to the powers that be, those shows fell through and now we are basically here for a few weeks to hang out with the ladies and friends. We’re also continuing to write new tunes and playing one show out in Maple Ridge next weekend. I will also be working on finding some artwork for a new EP that we should be releasing very shortly. It will include the three tracks we recorded with Howard in February as well as two live versions of songs that will be coming out on our next full length. Read more...

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Toronto Update!

April 1, 2010

After our London show on March 13th with Hot Hot Heat, we had 10 days off in Toronto until our next show (which was last Thursday, March 25th at the Rivoli). We all coordinated our own places to stay in town. I ended up staying with my good friend Jessie who I first met up in Dawson City. That was when I came up to the music festival three years ago when Ladyhawk and Jon-Rae and the River headlined the show. She has a beagle named Rosie and her roommate Brette has an old cat named Stripe. I am in animal heaven. Read more...

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Crossing the Great Beast

March 20, 2010

So we have now made it to Toronto and I have some time to recap our trip across. We played a handful of shows on the way out to Ontario, stopping in Kelowna, Olds, Calgary, Saskatoon and Thunder Bay. Kelowna was a bit of a warm up after being in the studio and we hadn’t rehearsed as a band for a few weeks. Our involvement in the show was also unknown as we got added to the bill last minute. We were happy to take part though thanks to our friends in the band TV Heart Attack. We stayed at my folks place and had a nice breakfast before heading out early in the morning. Read more...

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Olympic Recap and Studio Times

March 10, 2010

As I promised, I am going to give a bit of a recap of our time in Vancouver for the Olympics. I got laid-off from my job as an audiovisual tech about a week before the Olympics started in order for our building to be turned into Germany house. It’s mildly amusing to think that the Olympics promised to bring lots of work for locals but instead many people were in a similar position to myself, getting laid-off while the companies that took over their spaces and so on outsourced to their own workforce. Read more...

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On The Road and Playing Calgary

March 3, 2010

So we are off on the road now and playing Broken City in Calgary tonight. I am actually sitting there now before the rock and roll pizza party starts! Expect more updates soon and a recap of times in the studio and the Olympics in Vancouver. It has been such a whirlwind of activity and I have been slow to update the site. For that I apologize, but I will be putting up some rad photos and stories from the road soon!! Cheers,

Dan

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