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Album: Return To The Sea 2006

Born from the indie-pop ashes of the favorite underground band The Unicorns in 2005, Return to the Sea is the debut album of a great new Canadian band (Montreal to be exact). In fact there has been a lot of good music coming from Canada lately (Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, New ographers, Feist, etc.) and Islands are riding that wave. Where The Unicorns (and a lot of other similar bands from the indie rock tree) were chaotic, lo-fi experimenters in the stranger side of indie-pop, Islands are a much more mature and emotional band, adding a variety of new instruments to their repertoire, some unusual to what you’ve heard from other indie-popsters (i.e. strings, accordions, upright bass, etc.) for a much more adult and often whimsical sound. You don’t have to be a fan of The Unicorns or indie-pop in general to like this album , all you need is two functioning ears and two hands to clap along.

What really stands out for me in this album is the ludicrous and often surreal lyrics like “You can Scoop out my brain /Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain” –just par for the course in this album. The most appropriate way I can describe these guys is that they’re strangly lovable and lovably strange. It’s too bad that this band doesn’t get more exposure and recognition.

Much thanks to Equator Records for releasing this album. ISLANDS ARE FOREVER!
Go buy the rest of their albums too.

My personal favorites are
Rough Gem
Volcanoes
Swans (Life After Death)

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my friends’ band, very talented, toronto, Canada.

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Diesel May, opening for Slaughter at Snatch Rock Bar in Calgary, Alberta. February 6, 2008.
Diesel May is an independent Canadian hard rock band from Red Deer, Alberta.

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Diesel May, opening for Slaughter at Snatch Rock Bar in Calgary, Alberta. February 6, 2008.
Diesel May is an independent Canadian hard rock band from Red Deer, Alberta.

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Diesel May, opening for Slaughter at Snatch Rock Bar in Calgary, Alberta. February 6, 2008.
Diesel May is an independent Canadian hard rock band from Red Deer, Alberta.

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This version of “Heart Says Go” features Bentwood Rocker as a four piece band using a monitor (unfinished) mix of the audio track. There is another version of this video featuring all five of the current band members. The finished mix is on the “Take Me to Heaven” album/CD and is part of the Bentwood Rocker “The Works” boxset.

www.bentwoodrocker.com

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Diesel May, opening for Slaughter at Snatch Rock Bar in Calgary, Alberta. February 6, 2008. Diesel May is an independent Canadian hard rock band from Red Deer, Alberta.

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Fidget Official Website http://www.fidgetpunk.com We are up against the 3Tards again, they are our favourite Canadian punk band (they are punky punks) www.myspace.com/the3tards - we were both nominated best punk at the Toronto Independent Music Awards and they gave it to a garage band from London Ont, which makes no sense, ‘cos it was the Toronto awards, but whatever - I thought we should tear up the place, maybe we can convince them this time, the important thing is that we party with our …

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http://www.donnyparenteau.net Postmarked Heaven - Live on Canada AM As summer 2007 turned to autumn, Donny went to Regina, for the Canadian Country Music Awards in September. Nominated for the Chevy Rising Star Award, and selected as 1 of the top 24 Songwriters across Canada to showcase during the CCMA’s prestigious Songwriters’ Café, Donny took stage on Friday, September 7th, at the Casino Regina Show Lounge and delighted fans old and new. The CCMA Industry Brunch and Awards held on …

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