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The hour of victory is at hand, and the minute-hand of accomplishment has stopped permanently over the numerals of gratuitous self-promotion! Yes, that’s right! The CD that looked like it might never see the light of day has finally shambled into the aforesaid light of day, rubbing both eyes and blinking furiously!
Produced by Don Kerr, our debut LP Drawing A Blank begins with a sting, and ends with a warm, soft shimmer. A labour of love recorded sporadically over the course of two years, this eclectic disc offers a little of everything from simple country ballads, to grand orchestral gestures. Clever wordplay and close harmonies abound, along with plenty of hooky melodies.
Naturally, an event of this magnitude requires a party, and we’ve planned one for Wednesday, September 16th at that venerable resto-pub-bar C’est What. Opening for us will be William & Polly, serving up some of their particular brand of haunting, backwoods-tinged, bleach-bone flavoured folk-pop.
We really hope you can be there to celebrate with us. If not, don’t worry! The CD will be available for sale through our website following the gig, both as a mail order, and as a digital release.
Posted Thursday 27 August 2009.
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Saturday June 27th, Flickershow returns to the stage @ Eight Wine Bar for an evening of acoustic musings on the cusp of releasing their first full length album “Drawing a Blank”.
Yes, “Chinese Democracy” has been avoided, and the disc is finally on the way to the manufacturer—becoming more of a “Buddhist Meat Tree Conspiracy”, or a “Phallic Fallacy”, or something.
Exciting news! See us live, before we become recorded! And watch this space in July for previews and news of our CD release!
Posted Wednesday 24 June 2009.
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The album is almost finished, and Flickershow’s first gig of the year is at Eight Wine Bar on Colborne Street! Eli and I will be an acoustic duo for the evening—initmate, and interactive. (Did I just say that? Ugh!) Come on out!
Looking forward to seeing you!
Posted Friday 2 January 2009.
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It’s been a funny old season. Last time we played the Renaissance Café, the moon went out.
This time it’s Flickershow that’ll be in the dark.
Saturday, March 29th is Earth Hour, part of a worldwide awareness campaign to promote energy conservation in the fight against climate change. From 8 to 9pm, everyone in Toronto (and dozens of other cities) is urged to turn off lights and any non-essential electrical appliances. Fittingly, we’ll be marking the occasion with an all-acoustic song-writer circle with Ellen Carol, Nigel Barnes and other guests.
And later in the evening we’ll tap into the ol’ grid again, for just enough electricity to bring you another set of songs in full-band glory. And once again, we’ll be joined by the esteemed brilliantfish and Richie Weisdorf on drums and keys respectively.
See you there!
Posted Thursday 20 March 2008.
Our good friends The Kindly Ones are hosting a monthly open jam at the Renaissance, and this coming Saturday we’ll be playing a feature set. The theme of the evening is “A Celebration of the Surreal”, so we’ll be dusting off a couple of our most out-there tunes. And there will be plenty of jamming and cross-fertilization of the musical sort. Please to come and listen!
As well, next week sees the release of Ellen Carol’s new CD, Slidin’. Eli played bass on the recording (undertaken at Don Kerr’s Rooster Studio) and will be playing with Ellen on Thursday. You can preview a few tracks at her MySpace page.
Thursday 13 December 2007
The Cadillac Lounge - 1296 Queen St West, Toronto [map]
Posted Wednesday 5 December 2007.
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The hour of victory is at hand, and the minute-hand of accomplishment has stopped permanently over the numerals of gratuitous self-promotion! Yes, that’s right! The CD that looked like it might never see the light of day has finally shambled into the aforesaid light of day, rubbing both eyes and blinking furiously!