Ro Cemm has posted another Canadian sampler at the Line of Best Fit. The latest sampler contains:1. The Pack A.D. - Shiny Things2. Black Mold - Tetra Pack heads3. Flotilla - Ghost In A Landscape4. The O’Darling - La Prarie5. Two Hours Traffic - Territory6. The Fugitives - Breaking Promises7. Young Galaxy - Destroyer8. Share - Maybe Always9. Meatdraw - Black License Plates10. Flecton Big Sky - S.
When Becky Black sings, it sounds like strong beer and spicy gumbo. It sounds like the black coffee and beignets that are the only things in the world that can wash away your headache, and the feeling of dread as you wonder what you did to earn all these Mardi Gras beads. It’s a prickly, defiant, down-on-the-delta voice that summons the ghosts of Robert Johnson and Skip James – the kind Jack W
We love The Pack A. D here at Strange Glue so we found it most important that a few questions were thrown their way. What we didn't realise was how fantastically brilliant the reply would be. They're putting the finishing touches to their newest album this year and are playing this year's SxSW so without further ado, please cast your eyes downwards and upon our brief interview with The Pack A.
Down in Austin, I ran into Parker from Radio Moscow and he said he was on his way to see The Pack AD. Since Parker has great taste in music, I filed that name away in the ol’ brain and, once back in Chicago, fell in love at first spin. The Pack AD are two [...]
MP3: The Pack A.D. - "Making Gestures" from Funeral Mixtape, out now on Mint Records. Yet another drum and guitar two-piece garage/blues band. This time it's two Canadian women though. So that's new. The Pack A.D.: Web, MySpace....~~
Mint Records Official CMJ Showcase @ Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St Doors at 6:30, first band at 7pm! 10:00 The Pack A.D. 9:15 Novillero 8:30 Vancougar 7:45 The Awkward Stage 7:00 Hot Panda
The first two bands brought to mind upon hearing The Pack A.D. are the White Stripes and the Black Keys. It's sparse, raw, gritty, soulful blues music from... Canada. With two albums - both released in 2008 - under their belt, Vancouver female duo - Becky & Maya - do the garage/blues rock revival thing pretty damn well.Personally, I find them most intriguing simply for the fact that women that ...