Sleater Kitty

Toronto!
It's nice to finally be back in the big city. With the recent arrival of lead guitarist Brett Dolter - recently flown in from Regina to play the rest of the shows with us - we are off to Port Hope for a show tonight and then tomorrow is the big day at El Macombo at 10:00pm with Young Rival to follow. We are also playing the after party, where ever that is. We spent the afternoon at the Steam Whistle brewery downtown next to the CN Tower and Skydome. More on that to follow. We had a write up in a Globe and Mail blog:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/blogs/popculture/2009/03/canadian_music_week_2009_kicks.html

Special thanks to Lish who's putting us up while we're in the city and to her wonderful cat Sleater Kitty.

Carl

Toronto Bound

Hello Friends,
A couple updates from the road:

-Thunder Bay, played at the Apollo with the fantastic We Were Lovers from Saskatoon. The hospitality as always was amazing; Shelia the venue owner and her mother Konstentina cooked the bands up a feast and even though it was a Sunday night the turnout was great and the dancefloor was even better.

-Sudbury, played in a garage with some rad teens and the best dad ever. (I think it's officially called "the garage") He was pretty much a wicked tough hockey dad except into music and the result was the best jam spot / small venue ever. The garage was sound proofed and had a better PA than half of the venues we've played in. Paul fell and broke his elbow on the 3 feet of ice covering every inch of Sudbury and we lost Mike in a pothole somewhere on the highway. All things considered it was one of the most satisfying shows we've played. Huge thanks to the Millard family for putting us up and allowing us to feed their prehistoric dog some blueberries.

-Guelph, played the ebar last night with Hollerado who killed it, as did the venue. Everything was great from the food to the stage (which is seldom big enough for us) to the sound and most of all the people. The four hour drive from Sudbury provided us with plenty of time to ease in to the night allowing for a less rushed more enjoyed evening. The pool table was fed around thirty loonies which was a bargain for the enjoyement it provided. Paul made a three quarter table jump shot to defeat the combo of squirrel and baby duck, aka Aj and Mike. To finish the night off our good friends Mike and Brad let us stay in the attic, guelph's prize alternative venue that has housed shows for the likes of attack in black, jon rae and more as well as being a welcoming floor to crash on. we are currently enjoying some potent coffee and prepairing to take toronto by storm.

Eoin!

Library Voices Factoid #84

Bryce Cessalman is a great photographer from the Sunshine Coast. He was kind enough to take some photos of us while we were out that way.
http://www.brycecasselman.com
http://brycecasselman.blogspot.com/

Library Voices Robbed in Vancouver - $10000 worth of gear stolen

Following our show at the Media Club on Sunday, February 15 our van was robbed while we slept. Left unattended for only a couple hours in the wee hours of the morning - it was still enough time for thieves to tear apart our trailer with bolt cutters and make off with about $10000 worth of gear. Although they only took about 1/3 of the equipment in the trailer, they managed to get a little bit from just about everyone. They got Paul's saxophone, Darcy's accordion, Michael's 4x10 bass cab, Karla's bass head, Eoin's case of pedals and cables, Mike's rack tom and bag of misc. percussion, Brennan's new guitar (that he acquired that very day) and pedal case, as well stacks of other misc cables, pedals, and a strobe light.

Although we were forced to cancel our show Monday in Chemainus so that we could get our trailer welded back together, the rest of the tour went off without a hitch. We managed to borrow and rent enough gear to finish up the remaining shows. All upcoming shows are also good to go.

I'd also like to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone for their support at those shows and for all of the kind words we've recieved over the past few days. It helps keep in perspective why we all play music in the first place.

You can read a story about it that appeared in Chart Attack here.

Library Voices Factoid #37

Did you know that British Columbia does not celebrate Family Day? 

What's next? Will they take away Labour Day?

Landlocked Blues (Tour Updated #2)

This just in. Breaking news from the LV Camp. Despite the claims in our last blog posting, we did in fact manage to wrangle some breakfast at the legendary Gumboot in Roberts Creek. Can you say spinach and olive omelette? Several cups of coffee later we made our way to the ferry and began the epic 20 minute boat ride to Horseshoe Bay. It gave me a taste of what a life at sea would be like and I have decided it's the only life for me! ... so this afternoon we are about to set sail once again. Starboard ho! 

Yesterday we spent the afternoon filing in and out of a one bedroom apartment posing for an infinite number of photos which Mr.Andy Dixon is going to assemble in a stop motion music video for us. Please check out a few of Andy's projects (Secret Mommy,  Ache Records, Winning, The Chemistry, and his latest solo album).

Last night we were blessed with the opportunity to share the stage at the Media Club with Vancouver's Animal Names as well as a farewell performance by The Centers and the man behind the beard, Matt Goud. Thanks to all who came out. 

It's time I take it to the streets in search of coffee.

Mike 

nice nice very nice

welp tonight we're in Roberts Creek at the Little Legion, prepping for what should be a super fun valentine's day party. local lovers are starting to pile in for a night of happy times, good vibes, pool, and music-related shennanigans.

we've been pretty terrible at keeping the blogotron informed. we're currently on night #3 of a western canada tour. thursday night we hit up calgary at one of my favourite places to play--the marquee room. after that we had our very first 12-person sleep in the van. it was......interesting (but not like fun interesting...). Last night we were in kelowna for a night of friends, fancy pants, teens, dagger threats (no jokes--the show almost got shut down), and super happy fun times with Yukon Blonde and other Kelowna favourites.

this tour all 10 pieces of LV has been blessed with an addtional 2 gingers to pack the van. Matt Goud (Means) and his marmalade beard of golden love has brought his guitar and bucket of smiles along to play each night. sound man extraordinaire Ryan Drabble from Saskatoon has also joined us, providing us with microphones, sonic wisdom, and various cheap jokes along the way. two super great guys with huge hearts and a knack for fun.

Sadly tomorrow we'll have to skip breakfast at the much sought after Gumboot in Roberts Creek to head to Vancouver where we'll be meeting up with Andy Dixon www.thechemistrydesigns.com to shoot a video for Haunt this House. Fun!! our first real live music video. later on we'll be hitting up the media club with animal names, the centres, and of course...matt goud.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay............

yours in blogalisciousness,
amanda.