show---whore Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) U.F.Productions & NuFunk Concerts Present [blurb]THE SLIP ONTARIO TOUR www.theslip.com www.myspace.com/theslipmusic <- listen to new tracks! w/Montreal's The Lovely Feathers www.thelovelyfeathers.com DECEMBER 7th - VINYL, GUELPH, ON DECEMBER 8th - PEPPERJACKS CAFE HAMILTON, ON DECEMBER 9th - EL MOCAMBO(downstairs), TORONTO, ON DECEMBER 16th- TBA Ticket info soon... more info www.nufunk.ca and www.jambands.ca "Seeing them live was amazing...I instantly felt a bond with these three guys. You see so many tired, boring rock acts doing the same thing over and over, but these guys are reaching out...They're taking what we know of music and trying to twist it to a different place." - Jim James, of MY MORNING JACKET Sunday NYTimes, July 2, 2006[/blurb] [float:right][/float] The Slip (Brad Barr -guitar/vocals, Andrew Barr-drums and Marc Friedman-fretless bass) formed in early 1995 as two brothers and a childhood friend met in the halls of high school and immediately fell in together, later dropping out of Berklee college and heading off - criss-crossing the country, releasing their debut album "From the Gecko" in 1997 and began establishing a dedicated fan-base through relentless touring across the United States. [float:left][/float]Falling under the spell of Canadiana back in 2000 after appearing at the groundbreaking Evolve Festival in Nova Scotia, The Slip quickly gained a cult-like Canadian following through subsequent Canadian tours 2001-2004 leading to 2/3 of the band relocating to Montreal. Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think and Montreal's burgeoning music scene had a profound effect on the trio who moved away from their jazz rock roots to focus on songwriting and modern art rock sounds. Collaborating with California Poet Troubadour Nathan Moore as "Surprise Me Mr. Davis," also helped set the stage for a more focused songwriting sound as did collaborations with indie rock innovator Elizabeth Powell(of Land of Talk) as Brother Sister. Other Slip collaborators include Natalie Merchant, Dan Bern, The Duo and Japanease pop star UA. The Slip's uncanny ability to create authentic & emotional original music has captured the hearts of music fans all over the world. There is something impossible about The Slip, something humble and heroic, hard and tender, soft and monstrous. After 3 studio albums and countless live releases, The Slip are proud to release their newest album "EISENHOWER," on Bar/None Records. With support tourdates throughout The United States with Indie Rock Champions My Morning Jacket, The Slip are poised to reach higher levels of popularity. And rightfully so, with constarnt touring, appearances at major Festival (High Sierra, Newport Jazzfest, SXSW and Bonnaroo) and theaters across the US, Canada & Japan, 50,000 CDs sold internationally, testimonials from respected musicians, The Slip are ready for the attention they are about to recieve. [float:right][/float]Brad Barr is the band's core songwriter and one of the great rock guitarists of his generation. He is also looking to join an adult softball league. Brad is the troubadour who's absorbed it all, from Blonde on Blonde to Bitches Brew. He has the ability to do almost anything on six strings, yet consistently plays with taste, context and humility, understanding the awesome power of three chords and a simple melody to bring people in. Marc Friedman is mission control on bass guitar, the foundation keeping it all together. He brings the wide-ranging and eclectic interests - from Gershwin to Madonna - that result in many of the trio's most enduring arrangements, as well as many of the high-concept production elements on Eisenhower. He's the virtuoso who has literally invented new ways of playing his instrument yet also represents the band's brick wall; constant and comprehensive in his support. Andrew Barr is the engine and the source of the band's chaos and primal energy, often forgetting where he put his shoes, and dreaming up elaborate beats that tell real stories. Andrew's drum parts are practically their own complete songs, adding thunder and lightning to the intimacy of a heartbeat. He rocks like Bonham and listens like your best friend. After drilling deep within their home studios over the almost five years since their last studio release, the band finally entered the illustrious Q-Division Studios in Boston to create a stunning new album that brings adventure, daring, and honest songwriting back to the annals of rock. Montreal's venerable Studio Plateau was used to record one last final track with good friend Drew Malamud (Stars, Metric, The Dears). Entitled "Airplane/Primitive" the track also features french horn laid down by Chris Seligman from Stars. The album was co-produced by the band and Matthew Ellard (Elliot Smith, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Morphine) and with additional engineering Drew Malamud, EISENHOWER easily stands as the most cohesive and evocative work The Slip has released to date. The band's first release for Bar/None Records, this is music that points to the future, synthesizing older influences like The Beatles, Bach, and Led Zeppelin while also engaging in a current dialogue with the likes of Built to Spill, Iron & Wine and Wilco. [float:left][/float] The album kicks off with "Children of December" and right away you can tell that something truly powerful and new is happening. Percussive vocal delivery over just four punchy chords that erupts unexpectedly into far-flung choruses and then backs out just as quickly - It..s a holiday song for no season in particular, a jump-up, generational anthem for the yesteryears of tomorrow. " 'Children of December" is the song that hit me hardest,.. adds Jim James, ..the way the guitar and the melody interlace, it's incredible...It could even appeal to some kid who really likes punk rock. It's really challenging... Immediately following is "Even Rats" - a super-charged, arena-rock racecar for your impersonal post-apocalypse. Hook-laden, and complete with politically-charged and ambiguous lyrics, the track has already been featured in Sony Playstation's top-selling "Guitar Hero" video game, and in doing so has introduced the band to a massive new crop of fans worldwide. Listen deep and you will hear Brad sing "The spring is nice in Canada," an ode to their new homeland, in a song that questions the US Government Administration. From then on, the record only pulls you further and further in, ranging effortlessly from intimate, hushed vocals to thunderous, big-beat anthem sincerity, all the while telling a single intense and meaningful story. Massive Lennon-esque ballads give way to angular post-punk deconstructions and gently transition into intimate acoustic lullabies. Virtuosic surf-rock intros drift seamlessly into dusty, epic, headphone Americana...all of this, and yet, somehow, the story is never lost, it all ends up making sense. It is the work of a band at it's finest: a new paradigm in wide-awake rock-realism. Montreal's THE LOVELY FEATHERS www.thelovelyfeathers.com will support on selected Canadian and US dates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTES ABOUT THE SLIP "Seeing them live was amazing...I instantly felt a bond with these three guys. You see so many tired, boring rock acts doing the same thing over and over, but these guys are reaching out...They're taking what we know of music and trying to twist it to a different place." - Jim James, Sunday NYTimes, July 2, 2006 "Band to Watch" - Stereogum.com, July 14, 2006 "A real band at last." - The Guardian (UK) "The Slip have come up with something few others in the mainstream dare these days." - Village Voice, NYC "Though just a three-piece, The Slip sounds as expansive and knowing as a much larger band." - LA Daily News Edited October 23, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Imagine if The SLIP were to write a song just for you. And then put a video of them playing it just for you on the internet in front of milions and billions of people. Well now they just might. Get ready for THE BEST THING EVER, the brand new street team contest from the same people who brought you so many other things. The long-awaited EISENHOWER album tour is just around the corner and the campaign is already well underway. The SLIP would like to give you all a chance to get on the guest list for some of the upcoming shows and get a shot at winning something that simply can't be bought: a SLIP song written for you and you alone.please tell me that's a joke! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 A Saturday night Slip show in Toronto - nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, and TBA does not constitute a tour of this province. Let me know when they hit New Liskeard, Pembroke, Wawa, Thunder Bay, and Timmins. Now that would be a tour! I'm just joking around of course. Fingers crossed that TBA means Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFH Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 PLEASE SAY OTTAWA>>>>>>>>>>>>PLEASE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) Fingers and legs crossed that December 16 is in Ottawa. The Lovely Feathers as support, this is excellent. They are great live.ADedit - if coming to Ottawa, please not Babylon! Edited October 18, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 great news, this is gonna be fun!I love seeing this band live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 excellent, friggen GUELPH!!! Whose up for a Guelph/Hamilton/Toronto run??crash space at my place for the guelph show (the thursday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Guelph exists....I knew it....I knew it did.Awesome.Deeps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 I have to win that contest. My ego and egolessness demand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Just requested Dec 7th and 8th off. Looks like a 3 day slip run for me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted October 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) I have to win that contest. My ego and egolessness demand it.i wonder if i can enter the contest. i'll be putting alot of slip posters in the next month. lol. Edited October 18, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Can you believe I kept Guelph a secret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted October 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Can you believe I kept Guelph a secret?i'm very impressed. but i figured if it whent one day longer you'd bust at the seams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 shit, the pjc show is on a night while i'm up north....crap. would have been a fun night without work the next day.....no doubt the bar will be hopin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Great! Looking forward to the show. I haven't seen these guys in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted October 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 shit, the pjc show is on a night while i'm up north....crap. would have been a fun night without work the next day.....no doubt the bar will be hopin'!you could always hit Guelph or Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Tears are streaming down my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 DECEMBER 16th- TBAsince they're in southern ontario the week prior, ottawa would make sense.... BUT... call the office in london would be a perfect saturday night fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, and TBA does not constitute a tour of this province. just as long as Guelph is on the tour, screw the rest of you and on the 65th anniversary of Pearl Harbor too! what to wear? what to wear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 thank god this has finally been put together. good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 sweet jesus.. the firing squad in the politics forum kept me away from here all day. come on december!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 I really hope I get to meet you at one of these shows Birdy. Those dudes in the Politics Forum are arseholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 I KNOW! haha.. likewise booche, even though we don't see eye to eye when it comes to child rearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 lib‧er‧al  /ˈlɪbərəl, ˈlɪbrəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[lib-er-uhl, lib-ruhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs. 2. (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform. 3. of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism. 4. favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximum individual freedom possible, esp. as guaranteed by law and secured by governmental protection of civil liberties. 5. favoring or permitting freedom of action, esp. with respect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberal policy toward dissident artists and writers. 6. of or pertaining to representational forms of government rather than aristocracies and monarchies. 7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners. 8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc. 9. characterized by generosity and willingness to give in large amounts: a liberal donor. 10. given freely or abundantly; generous: a liberal donation. 11. not strict or rigorous; free; not literal: a liberal interpretation of a rule. 12. of, pertaining to, or based on the liberal arts. 13. of, pertaining to, or befitting a freeman. –noun 14. a person of liberal principles or views, esp. in politics or religion. 15. (often initial capital letter) a member of a liberal party in politics, esp. of the Liberal party in Great Britain. i can't figure out which one of these definitions apply to those dudes...i can't seem to find any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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