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Rich Hope and His Evil Doers fresh off the plane; from a triumphant tour of Spain where they taught the Euros how to Whip It On Ya; are back with their incredible blend of boogie blues and punk rock energy.

Mint Records recording artists from Calgary The Ramblin Ambassadors are touring behind their 3rd LP the ingeniously titled Ramble On. Be prepared for a dual guitar onslaught that will make you laugh, cry, spill your beer and twist the night away.

And playing for the local team is Budokan. For fans of Kiss, The Faces and The Flamin Groovies. If you don't dig them you dont dig rock n roll!

- ZEUS - Http://Themusicofzeus.com/

Few Bands Can Be Simultaneously Timeless And Relevant, But That's Exactly The Hi-­Wire Act Zeus Has Become As A New Millennium Hit Factory Set For A Triumphant Return With The Release Of Sophomore Full-­Length Busting Visions.

The Album Follows 2010 Polaris Prize-­Nominated Debut Say Us, Which Topped CBC Charts, Won XM The Verge's Award For Album Of The Year, Garnered Stellar Reviews From Top Rock Mags Like Q And Uncut And Led To Shows With Broken Social Scene, Metric, Sam Roberts Band, Bright Eyes And Belle & Sebastian.

And With All Of This, Busting Visions Finds Zeus Already Hitting The Ground Running.

Driven By The Three-­Headed Songwriting Beast Of Multi Instrumentalists/Vocalists Mike O'Brien, Carlin Nicholson And Neil Quin As Well As Drummer Rob Drake, They Operate Out Of A Dilapidated Garage In Toronto's Scrappy East End. There, The Band's Ill Eagle Studio Serves As Ground Zero For A Burgeoning Scene Of Collaborators, For Which Zeus Is The Lightning Rod.

And It Was There - As Well As The Ranch Studio Of Label Mate Feist -­ Busting Visions Took Shape, And Where It Was Produced, Recorded And Mixed By The Band Alongside Longtime Collaborator Robbie Lackritz (Feist, Jamie Lidell).

Busting Visions' 14 Tracks Were Penned On Bedside Motel Stationary, Coffee Shop Napkins, The Backs Of Unopened-­Bill Envelopes, Scraps Of Drywall, Anything These Bright-Eyed, Shaggy-­Headed 'Cowboys' (A Band Colloquialism) Could Scratch Their Manifold Musings On. Hooks Were Hashed Out On Hotel Lobby Pianos, Backstage Pianos And Pawnshop Guitars In The Third-Row Bench Of The Van.

They Wrote Incessantly Over Two Years Of Helter Skelter Touring, Spurred On By The Prolific Dynamic Of Three Writers That Can?T Help But Finish Each Other's Sentences.

"The Story Of This Record Is That It?S Really Our First As A Band," O'Brien Explains, Pointing To The Fact That Say Us Ultimately Drew From A Revolving Door Of Creative Contributors.

"This Is A Tight-Knit Unit Of Four Dudes That Are Now Zeus," Adds Nicholson. "Something That Really Only Came Together Over Two Years On The Road."

And It Shows, In The Band's Smoking Hot Live Show And In Its Sweaty Romp Of A Sophomore Record, Which Is Chock Full Of Freewheeling Hooks, Harmonies And Riffs Galore.

"Just One Of The Three Singers/Multi-­Instrumentalists From This Band Would Be A Force To Reckon With," Insists Another Longtime Collaborator, Jason Collett.

"But When You Combine The Savvy Talents Of All Three On One Record You Have A Triune God Lobbing Thunderbolts From On High."

In Fact Each Zeus Songwriter Readily Admits To A Strong Spirit Of Competition Within The Group, And To It Having A Healthy Impact On The Band As A Whole.

As Nicholson Adds, "You Bring Your Best Every Time."

The Fruits Of This Labour Are Plain As Day On Collaborative Efforts Like "Stop The Train" And "Love In A Game," Where Subtleties In The Voices Of Quin, Nicholson And O'Brien Surge Distinctively With Poignant Harmonies And Falsetto Keening Grandeur.

With An Exemplary Sense Of Melody, Cocksure Guitar Chops And Thunder Storming Drums, Zeus Excel At Far More Than Just One Style On Busting Visions' Unrelenting, High Energy, Raucous Workout.

"Strong Mind" Is A Masterpiece, Melodically Weaving Into A Chorus That Is At Once Sad, Beautiful And Redemptive.

"With Eyes Closed" Is Richly Dark And Psychedelic, But Sincerely So, Much Like The Delicate Beauty Of "Let It Go, Don't Let It Go" And "Proud And Beautiful."

And Then There's "Are You Gonna' Waste My Time?" A Refreshingly Raw, Explosive Slice Of 70s Glory, Loaded With Sinewy Guitar Hooks.

A Pedigree Of Influences From Fats Domino To Michael Jackson And Stevie Wonder To Queen Bleed Into The Melodic Fabric Of Saturated, Soulful Serenades Like "Messenger's Way," Demonstrating Zeus' Acute Understanding Of Exactly What It Is That Makes The Best Songs So Good.

Even Busting Visions' Shortest Track,

Atomique Productions Presents

With Útidúr

- BRASSTRONAUT - Https://Facebook.com/Brasstronaut

Like Their Hometown Of Vancouver, British Columbia, Brasstronaut Is Hard To Pin Down. Their Debut Album, 'Mt. Chimaera', Possesses Qualities Of The Fjord-Flanked City's Unpredictable Character. Since Forming In 2007, Brasstronaut Has Steadily Acquired The Hands Necessary To Fuse A Diverse Range Of Genres And This Follow-Up To Their 'Old World Lies' EP Represents The First Statement By The Band's Definitive Six-Piece Line-Up. Vocalist And Keyboardist Edo Van Breemen Is Joined By A Roster Fluent In Trumpet, Lap Steel, Flugelhorn And The Seldom-Heard EWI (A Wind Synthesizer), Among Others.

As The Members Would Try To Tell You, The Experience Of The Band Is Not About Making Music That Is Based On Some Pre-Existing Vision. Instead, Each Player Allows Their Knowledge And Skills From Their Different Backgrounds To Mesh With The Other’s Sounds, Without Overwhelming The Sum Of Parts With An Individual Voice. This Balance Has Been Successfully Translated To Recording With 'Mt. Chimaera', And The Result Is A Startling Album That Is All At Once Avant-Garde And Universal.

You Might Expect These Ingredients To Produce Something Too Obscure For Radio Or More Mainstream Audiences, But Thus Far Brasstronaut Is Firmly Rooted In The Pop Tradition. Take For Example, 'Mt. Chimaera' Opener "Slow Knots," In Which Horns Tempt The Song Toward Total Chaos But Are Restrained By An Upbeat, Finely-Honed Rhythm Stewart Copeland Might Be Proud Of. Or Single "Lo-Hi Hopes," With Its Changing Tempo And Many Movements, Which Yet Has All The Pace And Hook Of A Spoon Anthem. Still, There Remains A Darker Underlying Cinematic Element In Many Places, As Evident In The Last Track, "Insects", Which Gives The Album A Depth That Other Pop Records Are Unable To Achieve.

The Band Members All Play In A Number Of Other Projects But Are Quick To Profess That This Is Their One And Only Golden Egg. They Also Emphasize That Brasstronaut Is A Bona-Fide Band As Opposed To What Many Articles Have Reported To Date: A Strategic Collection Of Conservatory-Trained Veterans. For Example Keyboardist Edo Van Breemen Is Self-Taught In Electronic Production And Only Began Playing In Bands Well Into An Unrelated Biology Degree. Another Misnomer Is The "Jazz" Label. Yes, Some Of These Guys Play Jazz, And Have Even Studied It In School, But This Is Categorically Not A Jazz Band.

Brasstronaut Emerges From The West-Coast City's Rain-Soaked Culture Of Underground Venues And Cheap Sushi, And Currently Whole-Heartedly Embraces The Pirate Lifestyle Of Constant Touring. They Have Built Credibility On The Road, Having Played With Bands From Belle Orchestre To Why?, And In International Festivals Like Reykjavik’s Iceland Airwaves ‘09, Where They Appeared On-Stage With The Brass Section From Sigur Ros.

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Adaline:
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Talk About Starting With A Bang. Adaline Achieves Near Judy Garland Levels Of Melodrama On “That’s What You Do Best”, The Stately Electro-Torch Song That Opens Her New Album, Modern Romantics. But She Doesn’t Get There Without Boxing Your Ears With Wiggy Sax (From Shuffle Demon Richard Underhill) And Unhinged Guitar Solos (By Hawksley Workman) On The Way. It’s What Adaline Does Best; Elegant Structures That Happen To Be Wildly Hooky. “It’s A Pop Record,” She Says Of Her Sophomore Effort, “But Certainly Not Straight Down The Middle. I Have Pop Sensibilities, But I Hope I Come Across As A Little Deeper Than A Pop Tart.” Deeper By Orders Of Magnitude, Based On The Sheer Stylistic Scope Of Modern Romantics, And The Quixotic Path It Takes Through Sexy, Minatory Trip Hop (“Keep Me High”), Smartly Built Robo-Pop (“The Noise”, “Sparks”, “Stereo”), And Even The Sad-Erotic Cabaret Of “Cost Is Too High (Not To Love)”. Recorded At Toronto's Canterbury Studios, Adaline And Her Collaborators And Co-Producers Hawksley Workman, Marten Tromm, And Tino Zolfo Have Made The Kind Of Record That's Invested With Depth You Only Ever Get From High-End, Ultra-Talented Music Nerds.

SInce Its Release On Light Organ/Universal Records On November 1st, 2011 The Album Has Received Strong Praise From Music Critics. The Grid TO Calls It "Hook-Y Without Being Soulless, And Patchwork In The Most Flattering Sense. Think Of This As Pop, Unpackaged". The Uniter States, "A Strong Sophomore Release From A Crucial New Voice" And CBC Radio 3 Deems The Album "A Visionary Classic From One Of Vancouver's Best Up And Coming Talents. A Breathtaking In-Depth Journey Of The Imagination".

Modern Romantics Entered The "Earshot" Top 50 On Nov. 29th 2011 Charting In The Top 10 In Many Stations Across Canada And Her Song "That's What You Do Best" Had An Impressive 12 Week Stay In The Top 30 On The CBC Radio 3. The Music Video For The First Single "The Noise" Was Premiered On Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine Online In January 2012. The Video Broke Into The Top 20 On Much More Music And Garnered Over 100,000 Youtube Views In Its First Week.
The Television And Movie World Also Took Note Of The Album. Shortly After Its Release, The Song "Say Goodbye (I Won't Even)" Was Featured On The "Grey's Anatomy" Mid-Season Finale (Nov. 2011). A Couple Weeks Later, Adaline's Song "Sparks" Was Again Featured On "Grey's Anatomy" With Almost Back-To-Back Episode Placements. Other Music Features Include "90210", "Ringer", "Royal Pains", "Rookie Blue", "Degrassi", "The Listener", "Bomb Girls", "Heartland" And The New Samuel L Jackson Movie "The Samaritan".
Since Her Debut Release Famous For Fire (2008), Adaline Has Been Interviewed On ETalk, MuchMusic, ET Canada And Has Toured Across Canada Sharing The Stage With Esteemed Colleagues Blonde Redhead, Wild Nothing, Dan Mangan, Ryan Guldemond (Mother Mother), Hannah Georgas And The Sheepdogs. She Has Played Numerous Festivals Including CMW, NXNE, Junofest And The Western Canadian Music Awards. Adaline Embarks On A Western Canadian Tour This May, 2012, And Will Be Joining The CBC Radio 3/Green Couch "Tracks On Tracks" Music Train On Its Trek Across Western Canada To Toronto In June.

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