Following last summer’s much-anticipated release of FEVERS’ debut full-length album, No Room For Light, and its latest single, "Dance Cry Dance," the band has returned with an EP to quench the fans' thirst for more DCD under the sun.
Since I am sooooo officially over *&^%$#@! winter already I have vowed to hibernate until Spring actually arrives (and by that I mean the snow completely disappears).
With that said my self-imposed hibernation has left with me with much time on my hands to surf the net and find new music for my iPod. And since I'm in a sharing mood I'm giving you some of my latest musical finds.
The Ottawa electro-indie rock band FEVERS have just released their debut album, 'No Room For Light' (available on iTunes).
It was produced in Ottawa and Toronto by acclaimed producer Laurence Currie (Sloan, Wintersleep, Hey Rosetta!), and has already been picked up by CBC Music as a must listen: "It’s a challenging thing to make a care-free dance rock album while carefully stepping through a maze of wires and cables on a studio floor. Ottawa’s Fevers has accomplished that feat on their debut album, No Room for Light."
OK it's no big-shocking-TMZ-breaking-news-headline that I, Consuelo Bernardi even at age 40, have a soft spot for the boy bands of my youth.
And cue my slight not-quite-yet-restraining-order-worthy-crush on NKOTB, more specifically my love...lust...he's still super hawt in my books, Donnie Wahlberg.
Fevers are an Ottawa-based five-piece musical unit, who describe themselves as "purveyors of independent electronic pop."
Their music is a fresh take on the classic genre, combining indie rock and electronic music. They built on the work of M83, Passion Pit and The Postal Service and developed their own distinct modern sound...and they do it well.
Jim Cuddy's third solo album 'Skyscraper Soul' (Warner Music Canada) was released yesterday and the album is a slight departure from the alt country sounds that his fans may be used to. The new album, which Jim describes as more 'cityscape' sounding (think more horns and strings) is beautiful and reflective and has this incredible flow of stories that you can follow with each song on the album.
League Of Rock is a Canadian phenomenon originally developed by Canadian entrepreneurs Terry Moshenberg and Topher Stott. Every day people in Ottawa have the opportunity to join hockey leagues, bowling leagues, and football leagues.... well now for the musically inclined, there is a music league.
"When rock and roll was invented, they didn't intend for you to learn it while sitting in a small square room taking lessons from a teacher. You gotta get with friends who share licks, teach each other, and rock out loud."~League Of Rock
Since I was 18, one of the items on my bucket list (OK we didn't call them 'bucket lists' back then...but I wrote it in my diary) was to meet one Donnie Wahlberg from New Kids On The Block and pinch his ass.
When NKOTB reunited and went on their boy band super tour with the Backstreet Boys, my drive and determination to see that dream fulfilled was reborn. And cue the creation of Mission: Donnie Wahlberg Ass Grab.