gentlemen husbands this saturday at the shoe
Two great bands; Gentlemen Husbands and Organ Thieves are playing this Saturday at the Horseshoe. Come drink some mugs, hear some songs and buy a screenprinted poster, I made them. Only 50 will be printed.
tame impala
Seems like alot of good bands coming from Australia these days. Been digging these guys lately, the whole album sounds influenced by "Tomorrow Never Knows", my favourite Beatles song... maybe it's just the guys voice, sounds alot like John.
James Ready 5.5 and funny donkey pictures.
After finding out that we have received a wave of traffic looking for "funny donkey pics", I had to digg deeper into the minds of the OBVS fan. I found out really how deep and complex you are. Here is a snip-it from Alexa.com.
ancient donks
While exploring the tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. I came across some evidence of Drew's ancestors.
The Mark Inside, Worth the wait.
Things have really slowed down here around the OBVS office. Pi spent the last two months climbing pyramids, swimming in the dead sea, romancing french women and taste testing all the mugs Europe has to offer. I have been busy with.. stuff.
No better reason to come out of the shadows then to to give you a exclusive pre-release track off The Mark Inside's long awaited album. Those of you living under a rock in Toronto I can let you know that The Mark Inside are one of the most vibrant and energetic live shows you can ever see. Personally I have seen the band almost more than any other act and still get excited to see what they have in store.
After releasing their first album static/crash, recording and touring in England with the likes of The Hold Steady, the band was left in a limbo of record label mambo jumbo described on their Wikipedia as:
"In the long wait between recording and release, the band has grappled with the current realities of the recording industry, but they remain focused and look forward to releasing a 6-song vinyl & digital EP in the fall of 2010, to be followed by the LP "Nothing To Admit"."
So you can only imagine how I woke up to this email from guitarist Gus Harris,
"this fuckin' shit almost killed the band.
but, we are coming out swinging.
12" vinyl with digital download coming in late october.
i promise.
in the meantime, brothers here is one of the songs that will be on the record.
spread the word. it's happening.
finally.
-Gus"
Enjoy everyone.
Download here
The Mark Inside - House of Cards
For anyone that is welling to make the journey and willing to grind out the mean streets of Oshawa, They are playing October 2nd at Murphy's Pub with OBVS Favorites Moose Blood.
spread those maps out on my bedroom floor
I will be out of the office for the next month. Please forward all my fanmail to Mr Cross.
Ellen Foley
Move over Debbie Harry, Stevie Nicks and Joan Jett. obvs has a new classic rock crush. Ellen Foley is the voice singing with the big Loaf himself on "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". You can also hear on The Clash's epic Sandinista. Mick Jones also wrote "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" about her. She was on Night Court too, thanks wikipedia.
links
- Big Smoke Jerky
- BlogTO
- bnotions
- Chimaera online
- Daily Banana
- DJ Tech Tools
- Do Lectures
- Fast Company
- Focus on social
- Four Hour Blog
- geoff
- Happy Please
- Hype machine
- I want to go there
- Improve Toronto
- Mad decent
- Mashable
- Salacious Sound
- Smashed and Sinking
- Wired
