February 2012
16 posts
THE NEW EP IS UPON US!
Release day is upon us my fellow Kickers, and hopefully it will be a happy one. You can grab the album today from any of these fine online music retailers, tell your friends, tell your ma’s and pa’s, and get a copy if you’d be so kind. We’re very proud of it so we hope you like it too. Here are the links.
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/be-on-my-side-ep/id502438065...
COOL BANDS (DOING COOL THINGS).
Just wanted to send some love out to our fellow bands who are doing some neat stuff.
First off, Topanga just released their latest 7 inch (you can stream it on their site but I’m pretty sure you can get it for free somewhere as well) BUT they’ve also been doing this “Record Club” thing where each member of the band chooses a record for the rest of the band to listen to,...
ANOTHER TUNE.
I did this one around the same time as the last one. Peter says it sounds too much like Dinosaur Jr.
- Jeff
PS Don’t forget that our Be On My Side EP Release Show is this Friday at the Shoe. We’d love to see you all there!
END OF DAYS.
I couldn’t sleep last night (mostly because of the flu) but a little bit because of this:
Pete and I are doing some acoustic tunes for a Sheridan Illustration Fundraiser and it’d be great to see some friendly faces out. Lots of talented artists in that program as well.
- Jeff
I Will Dare
One of my favorite songs of all time. - Peter
Manic Mondays
I’m sick as a dog but I was watching some Dirty Nil vids this morning. Watch one of my favourite young bands cover my favourite Neil Young song.
- Peter
SONG/UPDATE.
Hey all,
Firstly, just want to extend a big thank you to everyone at the Windsor show last night as well as Jim for putting it together and to the kind folks who let us stay at their place. You guys really made us feel welcome.
Secondly, I’ve been writing songs for about two years (at some points more seriously than others) but I seem to have a good amount of difficulty finishing them. ...
Sending 2 bonus tunes to all Singles Club Members
Sign up before noon and get em.
http://www.tksinglesclub.com
INSPIRATION.
A few songs/artists that have been inspiring me to write lately.
Feist - The Undiscovered First:
Peter’s already gushed about this album on here but I haven’t had a chance to do it yet. This has quickly become one of my favorites. It’s one of those albums that makes you happy because it’s so good, but makes you sad at the same time because you quickly realize...
Watch us cover Wilco's Outtasite(outtamind)
Good morning Kickers,
Here’s another video leading up to our album release on February 28th and subsequent release show on March 2nd at The Horseshoe. We’re going to put another song online next Wednesday, and the short-documentary will be online the following Wednesday. Thanks for the support, and keep spreading the word.
ps, this song is dedicated to Billy Hamilton because it was...
Documentary Teaser - Now Online
Directed by our good friend Sean Egerton Foreman. Look for the finished product to be online February 22nd, leading up to the release show at The Horseshoe on Friday March 2nd. Check out the event here.
Enjoy! - Peter
LATELY.
Hey all,
Hamilton was really great to us last night, so thanks to everyone who watched us. It was a wonderful experience to play at such a great venue. We went to Rolly Rocket’s afterwards for a quick meal and hang with the Dirty Nil (seriously, just listen to the songs) and we tried to do some karaoke but the regulars were taking all the tunes.
Here’s a story:
Peter drove me to...
New Songs/Singles Club/New Website
Hello fellow Kickers, the day has officially come to begin the Singles Club and release the first song from our new EP Be On My Side as well as an unreleased b-side. If for some reason you’re against free music you can stream the song below from youtube, otherwise you can sign-up for the Singles Club on our new website and get two songs for FREE (and many more new songs down the road)....
January 2012
27 posts
EP RELEASE SHOW - MARCH 2ND.
Hey guys,
It’s been announced, so book off work or do whatever you have to do to make it out.
We’re very excited to be playing with all our friends on this one so we’d love you see you there. Facebook event here.
- Jeff
GOOD NEWS.
The good news is that we’re getting the new EP mastered today. The other good news is that we played Off the Floor Fest last night with some great friends/greater bands including but not limited to Greys, the Sweet Mack, Hinindar and the Dirty Nil (who I will now proceed to rant about).
Peter and I first heard about these guys in December and after we heard Fuckin’ Up Young (the...
Ulysses and the Siren
Ulysses and the Siren was the band Christian and I started after Cain and Abel broke up. We went through about a million line-up changes, which included both Jeff and Cameron (twice). Christian left about one month into Cam’s second run with the band, and then a month later with the addition of our biggest fan Patrick we became Teenage Kicks. This EP is the only thing we ever released as a...
BE ON MY(OUR) SIDE - ARTWORK AND SUCH
Greetings friends of the internet,
After having been recorded twice, going through a few mixers, partially losing my mind, partially losing my voice, and then returning to our original mixer to finish the EP I can actually say (which is rare) that I’m happy to announce the details of our soon to be released EP, Be On My Side. It was produced/recorded by yours truly with the drums being...
sayandplay:
Sleeping Aides & Razor...
ANNOUNCING, THE TEENAGE KICKS SINGLES CLUB.
Hello people of the internet,
It’s been no secret that we haven’t exactly released a whole lot of material over the nearly two years that we’ve been a band, and there are a few reasons for that. One is that I’m incredibly pessimistic about whether or not the next song I write will be good enough, the other is that myself, and many of my age grew up in a climate where if you wanted to hear a...
SUMMERHOLIDAYS VS PUNKROUTINE VS COACHELLA VS THE...
Hey all,
Refused were/are one of my favorite bands from my teenage years and rightfully so, they released The Shape Of Punk To Come. I never bought into their ideologies as I was more interested in the music and I always thought it was kind of strange for a band (something that needs some sort of profit in order to survive, like a business) to preach anti-capitalist sentiments. BUT I did admire...
(post) Weekend Update
There are things to be said.
1) We’ve been recording a new EP over the last few months, it’s called ‘Be On My Side’ and is ideally coming out at the beginning of March. Artwork and new music will be released in the next couple of weeks.
2) In addition to our show in St. Kitts this coming Saturday, and Guelph’s Off The Floor Fest on Thursday January 26th we’ll...
Bells and Whistles
Walk Off The Earth have been together for a long time and I’ve seen them live quite a bit over the years. They’re a very good band, with very good singers and probably should have come on good fortune a long while ago. Whether or not this video was actually recorded live off the floor doesn’t really matter, what matters is the apparent bells and whistles it takes for a band to...
DONDA.
About five years ago, I started paying attention to a clothing brand called the Hundreds. I liked their stuff for a few years and I eventually grew out of it, but I still check their blog daily. The co-founder and blogger, Bobby, leads quite an interesting life as he posts about the brand as well as everything around him including music, pop culture, his experiences/opinions etc… ...
DOGVIDS.
Jason Whitney knows how to post em. Cutest video I’ve ever seen:
- Jeff
Futureish
I don’t even want to give a description for this, just check it out.
- Peter
Mystery Train
I’ve been reading a lot of Greil Marcus’ work lately, and I don’t think I’m that far off in saying there aren’t many music journalists like him around anymore. Although some of the comparisons he makes are a bit grand or far reached, it seems that he can hear/see things in music that many people (myself included) can’t. To put it simply, he can make a six minute...
December 2011
32 posts
2011.
Hey all,
Wishing you all a happy/safe New Years Eve, whether you’re spending it with us at the Silver Dollar or with some other less handsome band/DJ. It’ll be tough for me to remember, but here are some of my favorites of the year (in no particular order or categories).
Owls @ the Garrison
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Matt Good @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Land of Talk (in general)
...
Watch
Hey all,
Here’s a good one. Peter and Christian have been covering this song for years in just about every band they’ve been in and I’m pretty sure we all hail to Pinkerton as a major musical influence. In our excitement for the New Years Eve show we’ll be playing on Saturday with pals Greys as well as Topanga and Indian Handcrafts at the Silver Dollar we thought...
Feist and 'I'm sorry, what?'
First of all, I hope everyone’s holidays are going well and you’re all getting to see your friends and family. To those of you without, please come by the house this week for a game of Bocce Ball on the PS3.
Today, while taking care of a serious mold problem in the house, I decided to give the new Feist record a thorough listening. I had already heard the record when it first came out...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDDIE (TOP 5 EDDIES).
It’s the big guy’s (Eddie Vedder) birthday today, so in honor of that, here are my TOP 5 EDDIES!
- Jeff
Hot Christmas
So, you’re kickin’ it Christmas Eve, Eve and you want to get a little festive. Might I suggest a nice mug of homemade hot chocolate! The recipe I’m about to share with you is something I found in a cool old cookbook. It’s smooth, it’s creamy, it’s sweet, fucking drink it!
The ingredients are…
3 cups of milk
1/3 cup of semisweet chocolate flakes (grate...