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Ep. #56: Dallas Good

Dallas Good is a tremendously gifted multi-instrumentalist from Toronto, Ontario who is best known for singing and playing guitar in the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band, the Sadies. The hardest working, most prolific band I know, the Sadies have been conquering this planet one town at a time for almost 20 years, collaborating with a long list of luminaries and making their own mark with each new album better than the last. Their new record is called Internal Sounds and is available now courtesy of Outside Records in Canada and Sadie plays shows in Hamilton and London, Ontario this week with more dates to follow. Here Dallas and I talk about him producing the new Sadies LP, how it compares to working with people like Steve Albini and Gary Louris, how the band dynamic is tested when he’s the boss, why some new Sadie songs sound like the Band, the band’s punk pedigree and whether punks enjoy Sadie as much as folk festival people do, how the road can be weird, the time Dallas broke his leg and missed a show in Saskatoon, working with Buffy Sainte-Marie, what’s up with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Career Suicide, and the Good Family, the song “STORY 19,” and more.

Related links: thesadies.net vishkhanna.com

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Diamond Rings DJs Stay Out of the Mall XII – Friday almost sold out!

 

The twelfth annual Stay Out of the Mall festival takes place on Thursday Dec. 5 and Friday Dec. 6, 2013 at the Ebar (41 Quebec St.) in Guelph, ON and another special guest has just been added to the bill.

On Friday night, internationally renowned recording artist Diamond Rings (a.k.a. University of Guelph grad, John O’Regan) will DJ between bands and after the concert is over. O’Regan has played Stay Out of the Mall previously in the band Habitat and also as Diamond Rings.

Friday night’s show featuring Sarah Harmer, Bry Webb, and Grey Kingdom is currently 40 tickets shy of selling out. There are still a number of advance tickets left for Thursday’s event featuring Dusted (Brian Borcherdt of Holy F—k and Loel Campbell of Wintersleep), Marine Dreams, and Esther Grey but this evening is sure to be packed as well.

Patrons are reminded that they can purchase tickets online at ticketbreak.com but they can save $2 on admission at the Bookshelf (41 Quebec St.) or at the door by donating a non-perishable good to the Guelph Food Bank. Simply present your good to staff at the Bookshelf or the Ebar when you purchase your ticket in person and you save $2.

There is a Facebook event page for Thursday and also one for Friday. Updates and info will be posted there and also here.

Some of this info is available below.

In support of the Canadian Cancer Society towards leukemia research in memory of University of Guelph student Sharon Marshall, KYEO Presents: 

Stay Out of the Mall XII
A Festive Music Festival

Thursday December 5, 2013:

Dusted / Marine Dreams / Esther Grey

$10 with non-perishable item for the Guelph Food Bank
$12 without

Friday December 6, 2013:

Sarah Harmer / Bry Webb / Grey Kingdom

$18 with non-perishable item for the Guelph Food Bank
$20 without

The Ebar
41 Quebec St. Guelph
Doors at 9 PM
AA/LIC (Not accessible)

Tickets for both evenings available now via ticketbreak.com and the Bookshelf (41 Quebec St)

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Ep. #55: Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes

Jace Lasek is the co-founder and primary instrumentalist in the mighty Montreal rock band, the Besnard Lakes. Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Lasek made his way to Montreal some time ago and now co-owns the state of the art Breakglass recording studio, where he serves as an engineer and producer. Among the many cool records made at Breakglass is the latest and fourth full-length by the Besnard Lakes, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO, which was released earlier this year on Jagjaguwar and Outside Music. The band’s current tour brings them to Toronto’s Lee’s Palace on Nov. 29 and here Lasek and I discuss the band’s new album, its connection to Albuquerque, New Mexico, what it’s like to write and sing with his wife Olga Goreas, how drugs work and what they do, the song “Colour Yr Lights In” and more.

Related links: thebesnardlakes.com vishkhanna.com

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