Obviously I didn’t expect Donald Trump to completely lose his mind and start attacking my homeland Canada publically when I was originally making my plans to visit Seattle, although at this point I can’t say it caught me in any way by surprise either. In all honesty I don’t take much of what he says seriously anymore – I know I should, but he’s clearly … Continue reading CF Goes to Seattle (Part 3: Plans)
Felt weird leaving my hotel wiythout my backpack. It starts to feel a little like a safety blanket on these solo trips, but it was just after 1PM and I wanted to start making the trek across the bay to Barkeley. You have a couple options when you have to do this stretch. You can either walk over to the docks and grab a ferry … Continue reading CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 4 – Give Up Transatlanticism
Putting an end to the years long feud plaguing Canadian and American relations and rumoured to be a catalytic footnote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent divorce from Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau (big Postie), the full length album responding to 2013’s “Give Up” is finally here and available across all streaming services as soon as the trucks are able to hit the pavement. “It ended up being … Continue reading Canada Post Responds to The Postal Service with “Make Me”
In the wake of the hottest tour coming through North America for those aged out of Taylor Swift’s demographic, one that will challenge indie-pop sensation Benjamin Gibbard as he sets out to prove if he has the endurance of working class modern rock power house Bruce Springsteen – yes of course you know, we’re talking about the 20th anniversary tour of Death Cab for Cutie’s … Continue reading Mail Call! The Canada Post Project has arrived.
If you’ve been keeping up, you know I’ve already released 4 tracks as Death Bus For Blondie, my Death Cab For Cutie alter ego. “The same Death Cab For Cutie that call Seattle home?” The very same! This is track 5. I don’t really have a methodology for choosing these covers as they come up, it’s really a bit of a knew jerk reaction that’ll … Continue reading Death Bus For Blondie Release: 60 And Punk (Acoustic)
Yesterday I released the latest Death Cab For Cutie cover in my Death Bus For Blondie project with the brand new single “Roman Candles” off their upcoming Asphalt Meadows. Listen to Death Cab For Cutie’s original version here: Now check out my cover: Admittedly I wasn’t in any way planning on including this track in my own upcoming album – a small compilation EP of … Continue reading Death Bus For Blondie Release: Roman Candles
If you’ve been hangin’ out a few minutes, you might already know that I have a project called Death Bus For Blondie where I’m recreating some Death Cab For Cutie songs. Recently I released the third track in this series, The Ghosts of Beverly Drive, and you can check it out on YouTube now. The version of the song that mine is built around is … Continue reading Death Bus For Blondie Release: The Ghosts of Beverly Drive
I spoke a little bit about my decision to include this song on the EP in an earlier blog post about my friend Sean Gallagher, and I’m going to do my best not to repeat myself here so if you want the full scope, as it were, you’ll want to check out that blog post first. About the Track I of course can’t speak to … Continue reading Jestem Krzywym Lasem Track by Track: Such Great Heights
Crooked Forest 