71 from Ottawa, Hillside from Guelph and Winter Survival

[indie at indiecan.com]

AS WE REACHED  EPISODE 71 THIS WEEK, I WAS REMINDED BY A LOYAL  
INDIECAN FAN WHO HAD BEEN AWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS THAT THE AMOUNT OF  
CONTENT CAN BE OVER-WHELMING WHEN YOU TRY TO CONSUME IT IN MEGA-BITE  
SIZED PORTIONS.  IT MADE ME THINK HOW IT MUST LOOK TO MUSIC FANS  
VISITING US FOR THE FIRST TIME.  WE WILL PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO  
CREATE "THE INDIECAN FAN NEWCOMERS GUIDE."  IMAGINE TRYING  
TO CONSUME OVER 70 HOURS OF NEW MUSIC ALL AT ONCE.  YOU COULD BLOW A  
TRANSISTOR (OOPS, DATING MYSELF HERE).  IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, STORIES OR  
PET-PEAVES ABOUT THE SITE'S NAVIGATION, LAY IT ON US:  INFO at INDIECAN.COM

IF YOU ARE NEW TO INDIECAN, PACE YOURSELF AND REMEMBER THAT EVERY  
LITTLE BIT OF NEW MUSIC YOU READ ABOUT, LISTEN TO OR LOOK AT, YOUR  
PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL YOU  
TOOK SOME TIME TO SPEND WITH US.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN READING EVERY WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW,  
YOU KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR SHOWS WERE LOST TO US BECAUSE OF SOME  
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK HARD DRIVE CRASHES AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN  
HUNTING THROUGH YOUR LIBRARIES TO FIND YOUR COPIES OF INDIECAN RADIO  
EPISODES FOR ME.  WE HAVE THEM ALL EXCEPT FOR A CLEAN COPY OF #36.

THREE THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY RECOVERED AND RE-POSTED ARE:

#13 WHICH IS THE SALADS DOING AN ACOUSTIC SET WHICH HAS AS MUCH  
LAUGHING AND STORY TELLING AS SINGING IN IT.  WHAT A BLAST.  CATHERINE  
BIRD OF INDIEPOOL IS ALSO IN THE STUDIO TALKING ABOUT HER CAREER IN  
HELPING EMERGING ARTISTS GROW.

#7 HAS SHAWN SAGE IN STUDIO AND IS THE ONLY SHOW (SO FAR) THAT THE  
CO-HOSTS, JOE AND ANDRE, JAM WITH THE GUEST ARTIST WHICH IS A LITTLE  
DIFFERENT. ANDREA MORRIS OF AM TO FM PROMOTIONS TALKS TO US ABOUT HOW  
SONGS GET PITCHED TO RADIO.

#37 FROM MONTREAL, DAVE MARTELL IS LIVE AT INDIECAN WITH AN  
INTRODUCTION OF SOME OF THE MUSIC WHICH WILL GRACE HIS  
SOON-TO-BE-RELEASED SOLO CD AND IS THIS GOOD FOR THE SOUL!  AFTER  
LISTENING IN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK FOR DATES IF YOU'RE IN THE  
MONTREAL OR TORONTO AREAS OR BUG HIM ABOUT GETTING OUT TO WHERE YOU  
ARE.  PRODUCER DAVID STURTON TALKS TO US ABOUT QUEBEC, THE DISTINCT  
MUSICAL SOCIETY.

SO, AFTER A HELPING OF EPISODE 71, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SECONDS,  
THESE ARE THE CHEF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM #71 THIS WEEK:

THE SHOW IS BOOKMARKED BY OTTAWA BANDS LOVE MACHINE LIVE AT INDIECAN  
AND TED FROM DONKEY PUNCH TELLING US ABOUT SOME NEW GIG-STICK  
TECHNOLOGY THAT HIS BAND IS USING - VERY CUTTING EDGE.  IN THE 30  
MINUTES REMAINING WE COVER 5 TIME ZONES WITH JON MULLANE IN HALIFAX,  
PRIDE TIGER IN VANCOUVER, SAMANTHA SCHULTZ IN EDMONTON AND FROM  
ONTARIO, THE GOLDEN DOGS, SCOTT COOPER, HOWL AND JUSTIN RUTLEDGE,  
WHO'S PLAYING IN QUEBEC THIS WEEK.

INDIECAN WAS INVOLVED IN TWO BENEFIT SHOWS LAST THURSDAY - ONE IN  
OTTAWA AT GREENFIELD'S AND ONE IN T.DOT AT THE ELMO.  THANKS TO  
EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT, THE ORGANIZERS AND THE BANDS THAT DIDN'T  
HESITATE TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED.

INDIECAN WILL BE AT HILLSIDE INSIDE THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS OF  
GUELPH'S HILLSIDE FESTIVAL THAT THEY ARE PUTTING A WINTER DAY OF MUSIC  
ON - WINTERSLEEP, TOKYO POLICE CLUB, THE WEAKERTHANS, CITY OF COLOUR  
(DALLAS GREEN), XAVIER RUDD, CUFF THE DUKE, LES BATINSES, ATTACK IN  
BLACK AND MORE.  TWO STAGES - $50 WELL WAISTED AND A CULTURAL HIT THAT  
WILL BLOW AWAY THE WINTER BLUES.  IT'S THIS SATURDAY IN GUELPH.  LAST  
I HEARD, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SCORE TICKETS.

HTTP://WWW.HILLSIDEFESTIVAL.CA

TEAM INDIECAN IS GROWING AND SO ARE OUR GRAND PLANS.  I CAN'T WAIT TO  
TELL YOU ABOUT THE TOUR PLANS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.  I AM BURSTING AT THE  
SEEMS.  IT'S COMING SOON.

ENOUGH FROM ME - IF YOU WANT MORE, PICTURES AND COMMENTARY WILL BE  
POSTED EVERY DAY OR TWO TO GET US CAUGHT UP WITH THE GREAT LIVE SCENE  
THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.  REMEMBER PEOPLE, AT INDIECAN, IT'S CANADIAN  
MUSIC WEEK EVERY WEEK!

PHONE SOMEONE YOU LOVE AND DEDICATE A SONG TO THEM.

THANKS FOR READING - THANKS FOR SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT MUSIC FROM CANADA.

WARM REGARDS,

JOE CHISHOLM AND TEAM INDIECAN
HTTP://WWW.INDIECAN.COM
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