NATE MILK : Sings, plays acoustic guitar and Microkorg synthesizer and turns your hard earned money into beautiful songs
CHAMPAGNE JAMES ROBERTSON : Plays electric guitar
NIGEL HEBBLEWHITE : Plays bass like a fog horn hooked up to a Pentium 9. He once slap-popped a hole in his own face so he doesn't do that stuff anymore
JAKE OELRICHS : Plays drums, glockenspiel, and works as a part time spirit councilor at a summer camp for fat kids.
Quite possibly the hardest working original rock and roll band in Toronto, Run With The Kittens have played almost three hundred shows in their four year career. Their weekly Tuesday night residency at the historic Cameron House has become a must see event, promising a fresh, entertaining night of great music, week after week. The stories of them rolling into towns throughout Ontario in their big black bus are becoming more commonplace. Winning new fans with each gig is a testament to the contageous energy of the band.
It’s like when you and your friends would put your favorite hits of the day on the hi-fi and rock out on badminton rackets and brooms, with your 'singer' letting loose into a turkey baster. Now imagine you're in the middle of that, and you've magically been transported to the world of grown-ups, arriving with a cement truck's worth of great songs and the tightest performance to be found anywhere. Got it? That's Run With The Kittens. "The best live band I have seen in 20 years." says Terry Brown (engineer for Donovan & Hendrix, Producer for Max Webster and Rush). Terry engineered/mixed and produced the follow up to Run With The Kittens self titled debut, entitled “Condos and Lofts”, released on March 16th, 2007 at the Horse Shoe Tavern. Sometimes comparisons to Beck or Ween or maybe the Pixies pop up from time to time, but they tend to wear off within a few songs. The same "modern" sound and approach is there, though. It's a mash up of 20th century popular music. Bossa Nova, stadium rock, disco, hip-hop, children's songs, lounge jazz and grooving instrumentals all appear in a usual Run With The Kittens set. The real strength of the band is they not only manage to keep the average listener's attention through the changes in a set, they also create such a feeling of passion and enjoyment in their delivery, being dragged along for the laugh-out-loud ride is inevitable. Unless you like your live shows to be a moody, introspective shoe-gazer affair. Then it's a challenge.
With the recent purchase of an old school bus, Run With The Kittens have taken their razor-sharp show on the road, halfway across Canada to Halifax. Their most recent record titled "Cad Gold Jr." (named after one of Toronto's most infamous slime balls) was released at the Horse Shoe Tavern on Sept. 12 2008. This record explores the more electronic and dancey side of this versatile band.
SHIT! totally missed your show last night, but it kinda feels like we've made up for it by watching the online thing... how the hell did you guys hook that up anyway??
Hey Run With The Kittens! Just want to stop by to say thanks for being friends! Keep me in mind if you need any mastering done. All of the info is on my page and feel free to email me anytime. Only $25 per song and $100 for an EP, mix-tape, or full CD! Thanks!! Jim Wavelength MD
Great show in Midland Saturday night.... To bad only Mom hung around to party after.... Any of you heading to the Toronto Freedom Festival this Saturday? http://torontofreedomfestival.com
Thanks for rocking with us in Hamilton. As you said: "This is the best show we've ever played in Hamilton." HAHAHA, at least I got the joke. Hopefully we can rock out again sometime soon :)
yer fucking profile picture is making me crazy. Though, I did recently discover a new game to play with it: blink like a fucking madman and see if you can find out who's who. I grabbed like three Nigels in a row.
That was a great set at The Horseshoe. Leave up to these wildcats to make the past sound like the future, taking a masterful blend of vintage rock and roll, dive-bomb energy, and infusing it with a dose of theatricality. Catchy hook-filled sex-party music that could part clouds.
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