John K. Samson (of The Weakerthans) at The Music Hall of Williamsburg (09/18/09)Photo: Matt Fricovsky (more)DOWNLOAD: “Cruise Night” – John K. Samson (mp3)When a band takes 4 years between albums, a three song EP from the primary songwriter still counts as an “event” in my books. As is usually the case, John K. Samson takes [...]
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With all of the Canadian jokes floating around, it’s funny to think back to last year when many Americans were threatening to move up there, depending on the election out come. Well we’re all still here, and we can get a feel for the goods Canada has to offer without leaving the country. The Weakerthans [...]
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I was listening to 'The World' the other day (on NPR,) when I heard this song. The interview was interesting, featuring the lead singer of the band who spoke about the early years of the band, some of his influences when writing the songs, and about their latest CD. The song that I have uploaded here was inspired when the writer saw the painting 'Sun in an Empty Room' by Edward Hopper.You can...
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We just posted video of The Weakerthans preforming at the Triple Rock Social Club, in Minneapolis, MN on September 25th, 2007. Songs featured include: Civil Twilight, Reconstruction Site, Night Windows, Left and Leaving, Pamphleteer, and Relative Surplus Value.check them out here. http://scheduletwo.com/video/the_weakerthans
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Canadian rockers The Weakerthans have returned to the studio to record their fourth album, which will debut this fall from Anti-/Epitaph Records. For the group’s latest effort they’ve sought out the quiet, tranquil surroundings of Winnipeg, Canada where they will spend the next several weeks recording before heading to Toronto to finish the record. Surrounded by slaughterhouses, industrial si
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The Band: The WeakerthansFirst formed: 1997First release: 1997 (Fallow)What I Might Have Been Doing In 1997 To Make Me Unaware Of Their First Album:Drugs, probably. And college, work, blah blah. But yeah – mainly drugs.How I Finally Ended Up Hearing Of Them:Through Canada’s finest blog, Chromewaves.How Would I Describe Them?Some would call it a balancing [...]
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Reunion Tour sees the Weakerthans tighten their narrative frame. At certain moments, specificity mutes the emotional resonance, but in “Night Windows” and “Sun in an Empty Room,” a humanity radiates from the looser brushwork used to render a moment in time rather than a life lived in its own way.Reminds us of: The Mountain Goats | Tolstoy | why we loved them in the first placeThe Weakerth
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I was listening to 'The World' the other day (on NPR,) when I heard this song. The interview was interesting, featuring the lead singer of the band who spoke about the early years of the band, some of his influences when writing the songs, and about their latest CD. The song that I have uploaded here was inspired when the writer saw the painting 'Sun in an Empty Room' by Edward Hopper.You can...
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We just posted video of The Weakerthans preforming at the Triple Rock Social Club, in Minneapolis, MN on September 25th, 2007. Songs featured include: Civil Twilight, Reconstruction Site, Night Windows, Left and Leaving, Pamphleteer, and Relative Surplus Value.check them out here. http://scheduletwo.com/video/the_weakerthans
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The tyranny of the MOG is such that, with a click of a button and a potent connection, I can beat old horses, resurrect late nights with beer and cigarettes on concrete steps, and deliver to you music we've all heard before, but certainly love anyways.Seven years later, Left & Leaving remains a great album.
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A couple of days ago I mentioned my penchant for liking songs about cats. I probably should've been more specific. I should have mentioned I particularly like songs from the point of view of a cat. Namely a certain Canadian cat who goes by the delightful moniker Virtute. As far as my research team {er, me} is concerned Virtute first made her debut on the music scene with a song on The Weak...
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It really is easy to write about something like pain by writing something like "pain". I am sure I do it all the time. This is why there is a part of me that hero-worships songwriters, like John K. Samson, who kill it with simpleness (in the vicinity of punk, too). When he sings,The rhetoric and treason of saying that I'll miss youorSing, "Oh, what force on earth could be weaker than the feeble...
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Pshaw. I am having a week. I just came from shooting two Cambodian Muay Thai boxers with their recent world title belts. Do you ever notice- the more tired you are, the more alone you feel? Even as you would not ordinarily think of fatigue and solitude together? It's funny, you want these boys to flex their muscles and everything but the moment the shutter opens they're trying real hard to look...
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I am FINALLY getting around to listening to the latest Weakerthans record and it is a real gem. Is it me, or is like 90% of the quality stuff coming out anymore, from either Canada or Sweden? Never ceases to amaze me.Winnipeg's finest havd refined their indie rock sound to perfection(i hear shades of Granddaddy and Wilco)...and the guys actually go in a few other directions on this album with ...
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Here's a track off the group's new Anti- album, Reunion Tour.
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| 2 The Reasons |
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| 3 One Great City! |
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| 4 Plea from a Cat Named Virtue |
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| 5 Psalm for the Elks Lodge Last Call |
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