{}  ..¿Adónde vas? A ningún lado No. 1 on CIUT (Toronto) radio March 24, 2009..• •"That all-important, in-the-pocket rhythmic swagger is what really gnaws the feistier bits of ¿Adonde vas? into one's brain, and it's also the secret weapon that has organically garnererd catl a fan base that, in recent months has filled clubs like the Silver Dollar and The Dakota Tavern with capacity crowds notable for dancing as hard as they drink." -- Ben Rayner, TORONTO STAR 03/19/09 • • "wicked debut album [from] commendably hard 'n' scuzzy dirt-blues trio CATL" -- Ben Rayner, TORONTO STAR 02/15/09 • • "one of the most exciting blues acts on the Toronto scene in years." --Tim Perlich, NOW, Jan 22-29 09
• • "'¿Adónde vas? A ningún lado' laces the whiskey-soaked swagger of the deep south with some balls-to-the-wall bite." -- EYE WEEKLY, Jan 22-29 09
• • ¿Adónde vas? A ningún lado MAKES TOP 10 OF 2008 FROM CJLO MONTREAL "duo from T.O. with energy to spare; these guys ripped the shit out of Bar St.Laurent 2 for their album launch and upstaged the world with their music actuel (by that I mean, they could have been doing this on the Bayou 55 years ago) with songs like "Pick-up Killed My Ford” and "Hey! Hey!", not to mention shockingly authentic covers of McDowell, Bobby Dylan, and Ledbetter." • •MONTREAL MIRROR REVIEW OF CATL'S DEBUT RECORD
¿Adónde vas? A ningún lado (Coletrain)
"Now that Fat Possum has lost the plot, while blue-eyed blues revisionists continue sleepwalking through the same barrelhouse boogie, it seems real blues is a dying form. Thank God for this TO duo, who bring the smash and bash of true juke-joint blues while packing in a fair heaping of the good Captain Beefheart’s sense of dementia.
Ten songs here that draw blood and manage to bring something new to the table, with their swampy stabs at Memphis Minnie, Bob Dylan, Leadbelly and Fred McDowell instilling deviance." 8/10 Trial Track: “Outlaw Blues” (Johnson Cummins 12/04/08)
• • "... amazing and exciting and super sexy. If you see that they are playing, tell your mom to get her own self to her hair appointment because you got a lava-hot band to see." -DJ Anousheh • • "Catl proved his proficiency in [his] creepy swamp blues genre, laying down a set of warped acoustic jams. Sounding a bit like that freaky, helmet-wearing troubadour Bob Log III, he planted himself on the floor off the stage and proceeded to give his guitar hell while howling into a distorted mic. When he finished, the crowd around him tried applauding him back out, but no dice."
-- NOW (Toronto)
• •"CATL succeeded in turning the velvet elvis into a grinding juke joint last night...god they are fucking fantastic." (Stillepost)
Influenced by Mississippi Delta blues musicians such as Fred McDowell, John Hurt and Son House, catl’s sound is pure juke-joint blues.
Toronto-based catl is joined by Johnny LaRue on drums and Sarah Kirkpatrick on organ, percussion and vocals. Combined they bring bring years of punk-influenced rock ‘n’ roll to their music (catl in Pecola; LaRue in No No Zero and Exploders, Sarah in Shitt Hottt), so their blues sound can be (and often is) described as “blues punk.”
Since the late ’90s, catl began to develop an appreciation for Southern blues, and sought out records by McDowell, Son House and Charley Patton. Listening to these and other records, he started to develop his playing by melding various styles. In 2001, catl was given a weekend with a guitar once owned by the legendary Son House. Playing that guitar inspired him to start writing his own blues songs. Since then he has shared his version of the blues in venues across Toronto and as far away as Oaxaca, Mexico. He and LaRue have been playing music together for eight years. Sarah joined the band in January, 2009, after the release of their debut album ¿Adónde vas? A ningún lado.
Songs such as “Me & My Chauffeur” are standards played by many over the years, but stamped with catl’s own style. His compositions, such as “A Pickup Killed My Ford,” “Sun’s Grave,” "The Last Road" and “Hey Hey” are unique in that he blends his punk-rock aesthetic into his love of the Delta blues.
White guys playing the blues is essentially rock ‘n’ roll. And that’s what catl is. A ’50s-style rock ‘n’ roll juke-joint dance party.
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