Canadia Beats

We have smiling faces, and we will be selling them to you at Whammy Bar on Thursday 4th February from 4pm. Come join us, Voices on the Sun and Cool Rainbows for a party-time gigsplosion.

Raised by were-rabbits, Canadia, Voices and the Sun and Cool Rainbows are as deadly as they are not dead. They’ve been shunning the sun and bathing in the sound of art critics complaining about the demise of culture to prepare for this night.

Lazerbeasts unite, it’s going to be a sweat night.

Doors at 10, the music asplodes at your face from 11pm. Bring $5 because that will get you in the door. Only your wits will get you out.

Facebook event for Canadia, Voices on the Sun, Cool Rainbows

Tomorrow night Canadia is hitting the Juice Bar in Parnell to support the crap out of Dunedin dudes Julian Temple Band. A few of us have known these cats since they were the JuJu crew, and perhaps even before. They’re from Dunedin, which is where some of us used to be from. Sharing and caring around the country!

So you should be at the Juice Bar by about 9pm to catch Canadia’s first Parnell gig. Will we be run out of the suburb? I just don’t know! Juice Bar is in the Windsor Castle at 144 Parnell Road, Parnell. I think I might get there early and have a picnic dinner down in Fraser Park. Please do not stalk me in a scary way!

I happened across Subterranes making with a soundcheck down in the catacombs of St Kevins Arcade a while back, and suggested we play a gig. None of us ever make it out of the tunnels, so of course the gig is at Whammy Bar. Allure City have been coaxed back to the gigface to join us in raucity (it’s a word, I looked it up).

Photo by Hannah JV

Radcore skater and album photographer Hannah JV took some snaps on a Holga at the Beg Steal and Burrow release party, and I finally paid to get them developed. I can learn things! Check out the whole set on flickr.

Having just released Beg Steal and Burrow I was looking for my next challenge, so I decided I’d give National Solo Album Month (NaSoAlMo) a go. All I have to do is write and record a solo album of at least 29:09 in length during November. That couldn’t be too hard, right?

I had the best of intentions last year, but only ended up writing three or four songs. What I did do was write a 50,000 word novel. It’s possibly I was trying to do too much.

Follow my NaSoAlMo efforts at Kul Wahad.

Announcing the choice poster for the gig on November 18:

For the complete radcore experience you should confirm your attendance over on Facebook.

Be rad to each other.

Please welcome to the world a brand new baby EP, Beg Steal and Burrow. We birthed it into the world last Friday at the Wine Cellar, and it sure was fun. There are some Holga pictures waiting to be developed, snapped by Hannah JV on the night. I’ll let you know when they can be seen.

Meanwhile, the EP. Did you get a copy? Lucky soldier! Missed out? Not for long.

There it is. Listen, download, enjoy. You can pay for it, or you can get the whole thing for free in exchange for an email address. We’ll pop your email address on our mailing list, but you can totally unsubscribe if you don’t want exciting news from the future. I understand if you’re not ready.

For those who like shiny discs and want to hold Hannah JV’s hot photography in their hands (this is everyone) you can buy the CD for only $15 $16 including p&p anywhere in the world (I miscalculated) $13.50 including shipping in New Zealand, NZ$16.50 including shipping anywhere else..

Last night I went on my first poster mission in what must be about two years, rocking up and down K Road with Caitrin and Ryan from Stirrers sticking up Canadia EP release party posters, and flyers for the free Stirrers gig tonight at Whammy. If you see one of these bad boys on your travels give it a high five, will ya?

Courtesy of missdenoma

Courtesy of missdenoma.