THE INDIE MACHINE

Toronto’s ‘Five Star Trailer Park’ will be live on The Indie Machine tomorrow night April 1st. The boys will be live in the studio to do an acoustic number and talk about their new album, ‘Dark As The North Atlantic’. There will also be copies of the new album up for grabs. You can listen in between 6 and 8pm on Fusion Radio. Check out FSTP on Myspace.

Red Vienna call Vancity home.
The band just finished recording their self titled debut EP in mid-March.
Robbie and Jahmeel are former members of the band Black Halos.
Listen to the EP and download the first track ‘The Best Words’ for FREE on their Bandcamp page here.
The self released EP will drop April 6th.
This is a band you should keep on your radar people, look out for them in 2010.

Red Vienna – Myspace

Outdoor Miners hail from Edmonton, Alberta.
Their sound is noisy, yet melodic.
The band released a 7″ last fall entitled ‘Twelve Hundred Dollars’ and garnered some pretty solid reviews.
They are currently working on a new 7″ to be released in late May.
To coincide with the release of the 7″, they will be doing a short Canadian tour in late May and early June.
Check out their myspace page which has a brand new demo up, ‘Colly Shaw’.

Nada Surf will be releasing a covers album this spring , ‘If I Had Hi-Fi’.  It will be released on the band’s own label, MarDev Records. The album features covers from Spoon, Depeche Mode, Kate Bush & The Moody Blues. Check out the cover below of Bill Fox’s, ‘Electrocution’. They will be selling the album during their spring tour ahead of the release date, June 8th. Nada Surf play Lee’s Palace tomorrow night with Dawn Landes & The Hounds. Doors open at 8pm.

Nada Surf – Myspace

LCD Soundsystem is American producer James Murphy.
He just finished recording his yet to be titled third LP in a Los Angeles mansion. Check it out here.
The album will be released May 18th via DFA here in North America.
Death From Above Records was actually co-founded by Murphy in 2001.
You can check out the first single ‘Drunk Girls’ below.

LCD Soundsystem – Myspace

1. Sharon Van Etten – Much More Than That
2. The Woodlands – Can We Stray
3. Share – A Pause
4. She & Him – Thieves
5. Ghostkeeper – By Morning
6. Brasstronaut – Slow Knots
7. The Castanets – Worn From The Fight
8. Teenage Fanclub – Baby Lee
9. Zeus – How Does It Feel?
10. Jason Collett – Lake Superior
11. Fang Island – Life Coach
12. Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union
13. The Rakes – You’re In It
14. Frightened Rabbit – Nothing Like You
15. Jookabox – You Cried Me
16. Volcano Playground – Waiting
17. Volcano Playground – We Are Clashing
18. Volcano Playground – Anywhere
19. Love Is All – Repetition
20. The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio
21. Zola Jesus – Night
22. Low Sea – Never Yours
23. Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
24. Tycho – Coastal Break
25. Delorean – Stay Close

Hot Panda hail from the ‘City of Champions’ otherwise known as Edmonton. They’ve spent the better part of a year touring in support of their first full length album, Volcano Bloody Volcano. Maghan, the drummer from the band recently took some time to talk to The Indie Machine about what’s going on in the world of Hot Panda. Check it out below.

1. Why the name Hot Panda?
Straight up it was a bad joke about what could be on the menu at a Chinese restaurant.

2. Describe you musical style?
Ummmm, a clusterfuck. On the new album especially ‘ecclectic’ is the name of the game- and live there’s definitely a punk rock spirit. But as we always say, we play music we hope you can dance to.

3. How was your SXSW experience this year?
This was our second time at the festival, and like last year, it was semi-unbelievable…I mean our shows
aside, you’re walking down the street and suddenly you see a crowd grouped around what turns out to be Fucked Up, playing Sex Pistols covers on a street corner. Or you’re in line to get your wristbands, and there’s Gwar in full costume next to you in line for the help desk. Crazy! Our shows were fun, really hot, and pretty rambunctious! Lots of Canadians come to see you at SXSW (because they can’t see you in Canada?). It was neat!

4. What can we expect from Hot Panda in 2010? Any new music in the works?
We just recorded a new album at JC/DC studios in Vancouver. I mean just. Like, we finished a few days before we went to Austin. So, yes! 2010 will bring forth a new Hot Panda album, out on Mint Records in the fall I think, that should be pretty durn neat. We’re excited, anyway!

5. Will you be playing any festivals this summer?
We might be hitting up Sled Island, and possibly NXNE…depending!

6. What are 5 bands from Alberta people should know about but probably don’t?
Hmmmm….Sharp Ends, SANS AIDS, Outdoor Minors, The Faunts (ok people probably know about them) and The Wet Secrets (them too….) Most rambunctious stuff from local kids! Grrrrreat!

7. What are your 5 favourite songs @ the moment?
Mine are probably…hmm. This is hard. Well, probably Life’s A Gas (T-Rex), Punchbag (The Bees), Once Was Not Enough (The Bicycles), Lover’s Spit (Broken Social Scene), and maybe Fences by Phoenix! So, you can tell I like pop music?

Hot Panda will be playing two shows in early April in support of Think About Life in Calgary & Edmonton. Check out Myspace for more details. You can visit their website here. Listen too ‘I Tried Very Hard’ from Volcano Bloody Volcano below.

Scotland’s Teenage Fanclub have recently announced a new album ‘Shadows’ will be released June 8th on Merge Records. It has been 5 long years since their last studio effort ‘Man-Made’. The second track on the album ‘Baby Lee’ is rather reminiscent of the album ‘Songs From Northern Britain’. This is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Check it out below. Their Myspace page can be found here.

Spain’s Delorean just released ‘Stay Close’ on their myspace today off the up coming album ‘Subiza’. The album will drop June 8th via True Panther. The album is the follow up to the incredible Ayrton Senna EP which was released last year to rave reviews. They will be here in Toronto April 3rd in support of Miike Snow @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre. Sorry folks, this one is sold out. Check out the video for ‘Stay Close’ below and their Myspace page here.

Reel Music Festival is a student organized, annual music and film festival that features a tradeshow, a songwriter’s competition, a short film & video contest, music clinics, topical seminars, engaging workshops, and inspiring music showcases. Formerly Rock N’ Reel, Reel Music Festival has been completely revamped with a new name and logo for its 10th Anniversary. Hence, the theme is ‘A Decade in the Spotlight’. The festival is organized by students of the Music Business Management program at Durham College. It will run from March 24 through March 27, and will take place in and around the Durham/UOIT campus. Reel Music Festival aims to increase awareness and networking opportunities for the Music Business Management program, the School of Media, Art & Design, and Durham College in the community, amongst local musicians, and music industry representatives. For more information on the Reel Music Festival, including artists scheduled to play, please visit them on tumblr. You can also follow the festival on Twitter.