Tragically Hip have announced details of a UK tour to support their forthcoming new album.The album, called ‘We Are The Same’, is due out on November 17, and the band will call at four venues in the UK and Ireland this November and December.The band have posted a new video featuring material from the album [...]Related posts:Regina Spektor announced details UK tour November and DecemberCat Ste
The line-up for the third edition of Le Guess Who? in Utrecht, The Netherlands has been confirmed. The Festival for Underground Pop focuses on below the radar acts and artisans.Le Guess Who?November 26-29Tivoli & Tivoli De HellingUtrecht, The NetherlandsPassepartout 60 EURDay tickets are also available.11/26The Tragically Hip, A Place to Bury Strangers, Tweak Bird/p>12/27Deer Tick, The Shaky Ha...
Canada's favorite band The Tragically Hip are set to release their new album. We Are the Same will hit stores on April 7th.The will follow it up with a massive tour which will include a five night stand at Massey Hall in Toronto (May 11-15). If you haven't seen them live, it is a must for any true Canuck.After a run of mediocre records, the last couple have been winners for the Hip. Let's h
The latest album from The Tragically Hip entitled “We Are The Same”; a misleading title as although the band may not have changed, their music certainly has. The Good: Songs are still as poetic and ambiguous as ever, songs that stick out: “Coffee Girl”, “Country Day”, “The Last Recluse”, some more amazing guitar [...]No related posts. Sorry.
Canada worships three things: Hockey, Beer, and The Tragically Hip (in that order). In the U.S., where bands are quickly raised and removed from the esteem of the country it may be unusual to think of a music band that is so intertwined in the fabric of a country, but The Hip are such a band. And it is well deserved adoration. While they may be on their decline creatively, they are still at the...
... so Rob Sheffield's Love Is a Mix Tape got me to actually drag out my old Walkman in order to listen to mix tapes from various periods of my life ... this has basically occurred when soaking in a tub at night ...... tonight I accidentally hit the button that shifted the mode from 'cassette' to 'radio,' and was surprised to find that all of the tuner buttons were still set to the radio statio...
Well, this Sunday is all about Home for me, anyways. Jump on board if you care to. From a thread started by colizzle earlier today... I like this song – it does a pretty good job of capturing that prairie angst of isolation, boredom, loneliness, etc. Plus it tells the story of David Milgaard, a case study in wrongful conviction and one of the reasons why we don’t have the death penalty in Cana
Written by: Chris AndradeThursday, September 24th, 2009 ~ Calgary, ABQuite some time ago, I read an article about the Tragically Hip regarding a show they did in the Southern United States. The setting was a small bar and the article quoted singer Gord Downie reciting some story about he and his partner proudly hoisting up [...]
Formed in Ontario (Canada) in 1983 by Gordon Downie (vocals), Bobby Baker (guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums).The Tragically Hip — often referred to simply as The Hip. They took their name from a skit in the movie Elephant Parts by Michael Nesmith of The Monkees.The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is SinkingThe Tragically Hip - Little Bones
The band's third album, Fully Completely (1993), allowed for international crossover. Singles such as "Courage" and "Wheat Kings" became mainstays in pockets of Michigan and New York; the Hip were slowly being noticed and American fans began cherishing them as much as their Canadian loyalists. Lyrics | Fully Completely lyrics
I haven't thought about this song in years, and yet this week it keeps coming up on my iPod when I have it on shuffle. This song makes me want to get up, jump around, and scream the words really loudly.