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THE WYRD ALBERTA TRAVELING MUSIC FESTIVAL
Because touring Canada isn’t hard enough, Weird Canada is taking Wyrd Fest on the road! No longer will Edmonton’s fringe-music marathon remain in the confines of the Albertan semi-north. On April 30th, 2010 Wyrd Alberta will hit the road with 14 flagship, genre-bending bands travelling to Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge as the WYRD ALBERTA TRAVELING MUSIC FESTIVAL.
ALL THINGS WYRD
Wyrd Fest was a one-evening, two-stage, musical marathon that occurred on November 14, 2009 – proudly housing 16 bands in one evening, with a double-stage dynamic creating a constant stream of fringe-musics from all over Western Canada. As a festival featuring 16 obscure bands, we were pleasantly surprised when tickets sold-out almost immediately. This success points towards Canada’s growing attention to the new-wave of underground music in addition to the curatorial power of Weird Canada (or so I like to think).
Wyrd Alberta is an expansion on the original Wyrd Fest. Convincing bands from Montreal and Halifax to stop in Alberta wasn’t easy, so we’ve paved the way for them and launched a “traveling festival” stopping in Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge. In Edmonton, Wyrd Fest II has become the official after-party for the Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair, while the Calgary and Lethbridge stops solidify partnerships with the Sled Island and Mammoth Cave music festivals. The organization of each evening will mimic the same successful formula from Wyrd Fest: 16 bands across two stages and running from 5pm through Midnight.
The traveling festival lineup is:
Women (Calgary, AB)
COSMETICS (Vancouver, BC)
D’EON (Montreal, QC)
Omon Ra II (Montreal, QC // Halifax, NS)
Nü Sensae (Vancouver, BC)
Shearing Pinx (Vancouver, BC)
MYTHS (Vancouver, BC)
The Famines (Edmonton, AB)
Myelin Sheaths (Lethbridge, AB)
The Wicked Awesomes! (Edmonton, AB)
Fist City (Lethbridge, AB)
Topless Mongos (Calgary, AB)
JAZZ (Edmonton, AB)
Krang (Edmonton, AB)
… full band details (links, mp3s, descriptions, etc) below …
April 30th :: Wyrd Alberta Presents :: Sled Island Warm-Up (Calgary)
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Date: Friday, April 30th, 2010 In Calgary, on Friday April 30th, 2010, join Mammoth Cave and Weird Canada to warm-up for Calgary’s hugely popular multi-day music and arts festival, Sled Island! In addition to the Wyrd Alberta Traveling Festival lineup will be local bands: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
The Sled Island Warm-up Party! will coincide with the second and full festival lineup announcement for Sled Island 2010. The actual festival will take place on June 30 – July 3, 2010 at multiple downtown venues including an outdoor mainsite at Olympic Plaza on July 2 and 3. For more details on this year’s Sled Island music and arts festival visit: www.sledisland.com
May 1st :: Wyrd Alberta Presents :: Wyrd Fest II (Edmonton)
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Date: Saturday May 1st, 2010 In Edmonton, on May 1st, 2010, Wyrd Fest returns for another barrage of adjective-everything. This year, we are proud to be the official after-party for the Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair (Edmonton’s exquisite view into the strange world of trinkets – May 1st & 2nd, 2010 @ The Cosmopolitan Music Society) Joining the Wyrd Alberta Traveling Festival will be local bands: Krang |
In cooperation with Pop Echo Records, the first 99 tickets sold will come with a super-limited (99-copies pressed) 7” by Lethbridge’s Fist City. This 7” is a continuation of Weird Canada and Pop Echo’s 99 Sevens 7″ series only available at live shows in Edmonton.
May 2nd :: Wyrd Alberta Presents :: Mammoth Cave Fest (Lethbridge)
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Date: Sunday May 2nd, 2010 In Lethbridge, on May 2nd, 2010, join Sled Island and Weird Canada to celebrate Lethrbidge’s premiere summer music festival! Mammoth Cave Fest!! Starting at Noon and featuring two stages, this one-day festival will feature more than twenty five bands of all different genres and half of which will be representing the booming local music scene. |
Interviews, live performances, and editorial specials are welcomed and encouraged. Weird Canada, Pop Echo, Mammoth Cave, Sled Island, and any band on the list will be available for interview. Interested parties should contact Aaron Levin (780-964-6932 // aaron [at] cantorrecords [dot] com) for Weird Canada related inquiries, and Drew Marshall for everything else (902-412-2167 // drewjoma [at] gmail [dot] com). Thanks!!
Hearts,
Aaron Levin
Weird Canada / Cantor Records
www.weirdcanada.com / www.cantorrecords.com
Wyrd Alberta is assisted by the following (beautiful) sponsors:
BAND DETAILS
Women (Calgary, AB)
file-under: disgendered angular pop
web: http://www.myspace.com/womenmusic
COSMETICS (Vancouver, BC)
file-under: minor-key italo disko
web: http://www.myspace.com/cosmeticscosmeticscosmetics
D’EON (Montreal, QC)
file-under: eastern-tinged psychedelic-electronics
web: http://weirdcanada.com/2010/01/review-deon-aeon/
MYTHS (Vancouver, BC)
file-under: Drum-machine wylderness
web: http://www.myspace.com/mythsband
Omon Ra II (Montreal, QC // Halifax, NS)
file-under: post-psych hard-rock
web: http://www.myspace.com/theyproject
Nü Sensae (Vancouver, BC)
file-under: two-piece voodoo-punk
web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/nu-sensae-dreams/
Shearing Pinx (Vancouver, BC)
file-under: post-ritual druid-wave
web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/09/review-shearing-pinx-weaponry/
The Famines (Edmonton, AB)
file-under: two-piece berserker barrage
web: http://www.myspace.com/thefamines
Myelin Sheaths (Lethbridge, AB)
file-under: psych-fiction
web: http://weirdcanada.com/index.php?s=myelin+sheaths
The Wicked Awesomes! (Edmonton, AB)
file-under: puke garage
web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/turbo-future/
Fist City (Lethbridge, AB)
file-under: pop-psych-fi
web: http://www.myspace.com/fistcitycult
Topless Mongos (Calgary, AB)
file-under: scitchy garage punk
web: http://www.myspace.com/toplessmongos
JAZZ (Edmonton, AB)
file-under: scrappy pop upstarts.
web: none.
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Weird Canada, The Wicked Awesomes! And Blackbyrd Myoozik Present
WYRD FEST
Edmonton’s Only Fringe-Music Festival
On Saturday November 14th 2009, 18 bands from the fringes of Canada’s musical netherworld will converge in Edmonton for a night of shear audacity. Never before has Edmonton experienced such an onslaught of attractive forces; from the pop sensible Peace, the glitchy electro of GOBBLE GOBBLE, or the adjective-punk of Shearing Pinx, Wyrd Fest is proud to present a real glimpse into Western Canada’s audible underground.
Inspired by the success of Canadian indie music festivals like Calgary’s Sled Island, Montreal’s Pop Montreal, and Halifax’s Obey Convention, Wyrd is a one-night, two-stage marathon of all things fringe.
Wyrd is built around a model of: quality-fringe, everyone-is-welcome, and I-can’t-believe-it’s-so-cheap, which is why the scum stats are: ALL-AGES WELCOME and 1st 50 advanced tickets $10, and $15 thereafter. Never before have you received such bang for your musical buck.
Aaron Levin, founder of Weird Canada (Canada’s only guide to DIY/Underground music on the web) and curator of Wyrd Fest can be reached for interviews, questions, or more information via:
e-mail: aaron@cantorrecords.com
phone: 780-964-6932
For interviews with any performers, please contact Aaron Levin.
Date: Saturday November 14th, 2009
Time: Doors at 4pm, bands start at 5pm
Location: Cosmopolitan Music Soceity (8426 Gateway Blvd – near Steel Wheels)
Price: 1st 50 advanced tickets $10 :::: $15 thereafter
Ticket Location: TICKETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH BLACKBYRD MYOOZIK
All Ages Welcome
LINEUP
Peace
Shearing Pinx
GOBBLE GOBBLE
AHNA
Myelin Sheaths
Moby Dicks
The Famines
Friendo
Grown-Ups
Ex-Boyfriends
Feral Children
Outdoor Miners
The Wicked Awesomes!
Krang
JAZZ
Test Patterns
+ more guests (The Bummers? Sans AIDS? Greyscreen?! You decide!)
Performer Info
Peace
From: Vancouver, BC
File-Under: Amazing / Indie / The Fall
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/08/peace-slow-children/
GOBBLE GOBBLE
From: Edmonton, AB / San Francisco, CA, USA
File-Under: 8-bit fluorescent glitch-pop
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/brotherly-woodpact/
Shearing Pinx
From: Vancouver, BC
File-Under: Adjective-non-wave / brilliant experimental
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/09/review-shearing-pinx-weaponry/
AHNA
From: Vancouver, BC
File-Under: Doom-wave / violin drone
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/my-doomdom-for-a-track-listing/
Myelin Sheaths
From: Lethbridge, AB
File-Under: Werid-Science-Punk / signed to HoZaC – get the BOZAC!
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/08/myelin/
Moby Dicks
From: Lethbridge, AB
File-Under: Minimal-garage-punk
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/08/mobydicks/
The Famines
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Two-piece berserker-barrage
Web: http://www.thefamines.ca
Friendo
From: Calgary, AB
File-Under: Women-meets-Puberty-meets-90s / AWESOME!
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/friendo/
Grown-Ups
From: Calgary, AB
File-Under: 90s pop-wave
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/10/grownups/
Ex-Boyfriends
From: Lethbridge, AB
File-Under: Frenetic pop-punk.
Web: http://www.myspace.com/txbf
Feral Children
From: Saskatoon, SK
File-Under: Drum-Machine guitar-electro-psych
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/safe-language/
Outdoor Miners
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Indie-pop-brilliance
Web: http://www.myspace.com/outdoorminers
The Wicked Awesomes!
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Weird-puke-garage
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/turbo-future/
KRANG
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Stoner TMNT psych-wave
Web: http://www.myspace.com/krangtheband
JAZZ
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Minimal homosexual-pop
Web: (no internet presence)
Test Patterns
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Synth-wave
Web: (no internet presence! Debut show!)
Other artists likely to be involved:
The Bummers
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Edmonton’s greatest band of all time forever and ever.
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/06/everythings-difference-with-orange-juice/
Sans AIDS
From: Edmonton, AB
File-Under: Solo-lo-fi-90s-dude-rock
Web: http://weirdcanada.com/2009/07/i-cant-handle-this/
Schedule
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Stage Wyld |
Stage Wyrd |
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5:00pm |
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Test Patterns |
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5:30pm |
JAZZ |
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6:00pm |
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Krang |
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6:30pm |
Outdoor Miners |
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7:00pm |
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Feral Children |
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7:30pm |
Wicked Awesomes! |
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8:00pm |
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Moby Dicks |
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8:30pm |
Ex-Boyfriends |
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9:00pm |
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Myelin Sheaths |
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9:30pm |
Grown-Ups |
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10:00pm |
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Friendo |
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10:30pm |
The Famines |
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11:00pm |
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AHNA |
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11:30pm |
GOBBLE GOBBLE |
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12:00am |
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Shearing Pinx |
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12:30am |
Peace |
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