The Beer Pick of the Week: February 25, 2007

From time to time, I will be doing a piece on this blog selecting a band each week (or whenever I have time to do so) . I select a band I believe is the "Beer Pick of the Week".

This week's pick is Quebecois upbeat franco-pop musician Damien Robitaille.

Robitaille is virtually unheard of outside of Quebec and Franco-Ontario. He released his first album in 2006 titled L'homme qui me ressemble (The Man Who Looks Like Me). The music off of this album is upbeat and has a sort of catchy tone that even people who speak only English can get addicted to.

Following his album release in 2006, he was the featured artist of a podcast done by Bande a part, where they would ask him various questions, and play a few tracks from his album. His music is currently heard in Quebec, but sooner or later his music will become popular in English Canada, thanks to the explode of French music success of various Franco musicians such as Malajube and Les Trois Accords.

Links
Official Website (In French)
Wiki
Myspace page (In French)
Tour dates
Bande a part profile (In French)

The Beer Pick of the Week: February 18, 2007

From time to time, I will be doing a piece on this blog selecting a band each week (or whenever I have time to do so) . I select a band I believe is the "Beer Pick of the Week".

This week's pick is Winnipeg's blues-rock trio The Perpetrators.

I chose the Perpetrators since I saw them in concert almost two weeks ago. I've heard only good things about the trio, and since they were finally performing a concert in the town where I live, I decided to check them out. The Perpetrators are easily one of the most underrated rock bands in all of Winnipeg, their music is an excellent mix of blues and rock, very easy on the ears for just about any fan of rock music. I cannot decide what bands sound similar to the Perpetrators, but the closest in sound I can relate to is Canadian-Texan raw blues rock trio Grady.

In 2006, the Perpetrators won the Outstanding Blues Album award at the Western Canadian Music Awards. The group has covered such tunes as Neil Young's Are You Ready for the Country? and The Guess Who's Hang on to Your Life.

The Perpetrators have a new album coming out in April, and have already released their new single, titled You're Gonna Kill Me. Check them out if you have the chance, if you like laid back rock mixed with blues, you will enjoy the music of this fine group.

Links:
Official Website
Tour Dates
Wiki
Myspace page
New Music Canada page

Barenaked Ladies on The Hour

Steven Page and Ed Robertson were recently on The Hour on CBC talking about such topics as the music industry, where they want to see the music industry go, the environment and appearing on The Apprentice.

Check out the video, it's around 10 minutes long.

The Barenaked Ladies also have a new album out now titled Barenaked Ladies are Men which will be available on USB flash drive sometime soon, but the CD is already available.

Link to the Video