June in Toronto

June is a big part of festival season here in Toronto. There are two major “rock music” festivals held here: CMW and NxNE.  Being a good little local indie rock act, I applied to both festivals and was pleased to learn that we were accepted to both for a third year in a row. For reasons outlined in THIS ARTICLE we were ousted from the NxNE lineup this year (or rather, given a rather uncouth ultimatum). Even though one festival is regarded by some of my more “hip” friends as somehow being “more cool” than the other, in the interest of my own mental health I opted to play the festival that spat less bile at me.  To be honest, I don’t give a single fuck about what festival is “cool,” or “hip” or whatever – I care more about how I’m treated as an artist and a human being.  For the record, I really don’t favour one festival over the other.  The two festivals are about 34 days apart and so, being a good little local indie rock act, I always knew that we would be playing a show in June here in Toronto one way or the other. So here it is:
We will be appearing in support of our good friends, 5th Projekt on Wednesday, June 18 at The Painted Lady (218 Ossington Ave, just South of Dundas W). Our set time is 9:45PM. The cover is a nominal $5. The show is being called FUNxNE, and that’s pronounced “Fun by North East.”

Here’s the FB Event (please join): https://www.facebook.com/events/257763064410178/

CMW Maddness!!! (the recap)

Wow what a week.
Thank you, Toronto (our beloved hometown) for being so fucking amazing and supportive.  We got to play not one but two great CMF/CMW showcases this year.  The first was at the Hardluck Bar (a first for us) and we were thrilled to see you in such great numbers.  Our second showcase was a last-minute add to the amazing CMW finale at Rancho Relaxo.  We were proud to be the last band to play this year’s festival and to such an enthusiastic bunch – kudos to all who stayed behind for last, last call!  We also got to meet some great bands, like the amazing Royal Canoe and Topanga and got to catch up with some good friends like the Elwins.  All and all, a good time.

See you next time, Toronto!

Meanwhile, we have our sights set on you, Ottawa: Zaphod’s this Friday (30th) w/ Fire and Neon & Aardwolf.
Maybe we’ll crash the  Juno Fest while we’re at it!

-d

CMW Madness!

It’s that time of the year again and we’ll be making the CMW rounds this week.

On the exciting agenda are:
An upcoming interview with Raina Douris for Rain’s World blog
An upcoming interview with Tiana for Ride the Tempo blog
An upcoming interview with Patrick and Drew for local London ON TV show,  London Calling
… (probably regarding our April 13th show in London) …
A upcoming phoner interview with Joe Reilly from CKCU FM Ottawa
An interview with Emma Godmere for “Now Playing” on CHUO in Ottawa
… ( both probably regarding our March 30th show in Ottawa) …

And our SHOWCASE on SATURDAY March 24 at the HARD LUCK BAR, 10PM!!!

We’ll be playing a mixture of new and old material: 5 songs from our forthcoming album and 4 songs from our current self-titled album .

We hope to see you there!

-d

More Recording, Shows & CMW 2011

Hi,

Happy Winter Holidays! I hope to have more news before the end of the Holiday Season, but I felt like posting tonight . . .

We’ve been busy in the studio these last few days, capturing noises — one last song to add to our forthcoming record. We’ve been talking to a record label (I won’t name names just yet) and it looks like we have a home for our Spring 2011 release! In the meantime we will be releasing a limited edition 7-inch (with download) on January 11 and will be appearing live January 20th at the El Mocambo (along with our cousin band, Tin Star Orphans and the excellent Rival Boys) with record boxes in tow!

In other news, we’ve been officially invited to participate in Canadian Music Fest 2011 (March 9-13th). I’m not sure quite when/where yet, so keep an eye out for us in the listings. Here’s our official band page on the CMF website:

http://canadianmusicfest.com/artists/artist-details/?band=PAPERMAPS&band_ID=1164

Dean with mic'ed drums in the studio

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