JM: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica Stefan: Guitar, Mandolin, slide, cello Shin: Drums Dave: Bass, Back Up Vocals Stein: Guitar, Clarinet
Violin on Mercury in Retrograde by Jacques Mindreau.
影響
Bob Dylan, Sonic Youth, Neutral Milk Hotel, Primus, Built to Spill, The Sadies, Captain Beefheart, Frank Sinatra, White Stripes, Misfits, Gun Club, Velvet Underground, Okkervil River, Old 97's, the Buzzcocks, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Led Zeppelin, MC5, Wilco, Phil Ochs, Modest Mouse, the Smiths, The Stooges, Tom Waits, Blood Ceremony, The Shins, Lonnie Johnson, The Beatles, David Bowie, Neil Young, Pavement, Harry Nilsson, The Stoics, Moby Grape, Townes Van Zandt, M Ward, Jefferson Airplane, Dire Straits, Sunset Rubdown, The Greenhornes, Blind Willie McTell, Frank Zappa, Fairport Convention, Tomorrow, T-Bone Walker, the Tragically Hip, The Zombies, Django Reinhardt, ...
風格近似
A high noon showdown between your left and right brain, in the middle of an electrical storm, when the carnival is in town.
"SEVEN ACROSS THE SEA" by KEY WITNESS will be out on March 21st.
"There’s never the sense of experimentation for experimentation’s sake - Sea may take an unexpected route to get where they’re going, but considering the intense and frequently exhilarating record that results, there’s no doubt that they’ve got the map and know exactly where they’re going." - Chromewaves
PRAISE FOR “MERCURY IN RETROGRADE” by KEY WITNESS
“Best indie effort [of 2007]: Toronto’s Key Witness’s Mercury in Retrograde is a great combination of modern rock and alt-country.” - Vue Weekly (Edmonton)
“Album highlight ‘Desert Novel’ [is] a seven-minute epic that exceeds anything on the Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible in musical scope and lyrical depth...A potent brew equally as influenced by A Silver Mt. Zion as Johnny Cash and Sonic Youth, Mercury In Retrograde is easily one of the most overlooked albums of 2007.” - Exclaim!
“**** (out of 5) This sextet blends a perfect mix of alt-folk rock and infectious pop melodies, sewn together by the sweet and sometimes frenetic sounds of the violin.”
-Metro News (Toronto)
“Mercury in Retrograde is a splendid mix of art rock with a hint of country that is rich with rustic guitar twangs, husky vocals and elegant string work...I think Mercury in Retrograde has enough substance and boot stomping pop to appeal to more than just the indie crowd.” - Two-Way Monologues
“Desert Novel is enough to make this album a worthy purchase — the seven-minute track is soaked in Sonic Youth, wrapped in Arcade Fire and covered with enough of their own seasoning to create a distinctive, powerful song. Diversity can be a beautiful thing."
-Eye Weekly (Toronto)
Sold at:
Sonic Boom (512 Bloor St. W Toronto)
Soundscapes (572 College St. Toronto)
Also available through amazon, napster, emusic and itunes.
Key Witness is a Toronto quintet most commonly labeled as folk-rock, but sometimes referred to as math-rock, folk-punk or gothic-country. They feel most comfortable with the "-".
Since 2005, the Key Witness live show has gathered a cult following with its enormous energy and eclectic soundscapes. Their interdisciplinary ethos consistently gazes into separate horizons while keeping one foot grounded in folk. Bus boys, mathematicians, filmmakers, and deportation dodgers; this assortment of highly-skilled musicians finds inspiration in everything from an expanding/collapsing universe to reruns of The Twilight Zone.
They’ve played at the NXNE festival with King Khan and his Shrines, and opened for such bands as Japan's Zoobombs, The Willowz, Plants and Animals, The Dodos, Polaris Prize Winner Patrick Watson and Swedish rockers the Soundtrack of Our Lives.
The band's debut album "Mercury in Retrograde", produced by Jay Sadlowski and Key Witness, was recorded at Toronto's Chemical Sound and independently released in 2007.
Hey! Vedette is playing this Friday (Oct 9th) at the Silver Dollar (NW corner of College & Spadina) and will be joined by Palace of the End, Nature Move Faster as well as Actors and Architechts (who promise a PARTY, because they are are having their CD release Party!!!). As well, it is Thanksgiving weekend, and there's just so much to be thankful for, including live music in this great city of ours, and BOOZE... so are you comin' or what?
Hello. My Name Is Alyosha Het. I Think You're Fantastic & Would Like To Shake Your Intangible Hand. I Think The Intangible Quasi-Hug Would Be A Bit Forward Of Me At This Juncture.
We all know all too well that it is difficult for an indie band to get air plays on radio. Meermusic (The Fame Game ) is a site that provides an opportunity for indie bands to get a chance to be aired on radio across the USA and around the world based on merit i.e. the number of votes and review points the song receives.
Please help Rockizoid's song "All Your Fault" get on Radio!
Every vote counts! currently this song is in number 4 position in the Green Room, we need more votes and reviewers to get this song to the next lever which is the Q show where it'll be aired on radio.
We all know all too well that it is difficult for an indie band to get air plays on radio. Meermusic (The Fame Game ) is a site that provides an opportunity for indie bands to get a chance to be aired on radio across the USA and around the world based on merit i.e. the number of votes and review points the song receives.
Please help Rockizoid's song "All Your Fault" get on Radio!
Every vote counts! currently this song is in number 4 position in the Green Room, we need more votes and reviewers to get this song to the next lever which is the Q show where it'll be aired on radio.
Hey all, judgement day is upon us! Well, maybe not BUT our grand spankin CD RELEASE show is tomorrow night (saturday july 11th) at the Lengendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto! On top of that, we have 4 brand new songs from the album on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sychologic">our myspace</a> , take a listen, do a little jive and than get ur ass to the Horseshoe or listen to our 4 new songs on repeat till you buy our album. We hit the stage at 10pm!
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