Corse: Cytochrome

I'm pleased to announce the arrival of some new music from Corse: Cytochrome is a 3-track EP we recorded a good while back but only just now got around to releasing. I would say it's some of the coolest stuff we've ever recorded. Check out the stream from Bandcamp below, courtesy of Samizdat Records:

Flicker State: Agora (Video)

Glad and proud to announce the unveiling of this slick new video for the Flicker State tune, Agora:



Thanks to Joseph Ghaleb for the video wizardry on this one.

Flicker State at NXNE

I'm excited to be heading to NXNE this weekend for a Flicker State gig, part of the Indie Machine showcase at the Annex Live. Event details (FB) are here.

Flicker State Recording Session (photos)

Spent a great few days up at Voxtone Studios recently laying down drum and guitar tracks for the next Flicker State record. Here are some pics from the session:



Details on the release coming soon!

Flicker State Show: Divan Orange March 27th

I'm pleased to announce that Flicker State will be playing at le Divan Orange on Wednesday, March 27th, 2013, joining Parenthetical Girls from Portland, OR. And this, on the eve of our trip into the recording studio, where we will begin work recording a new EP/album. The Facebook event for the show is here. We'll also be playing in Toronto on March 16th: Facebook event here.

Flicker State: Live Video: Sept 9th Il Motore, Montreal

So we got some half-decent footage from our recent show at Il Motore (opening for Caspian). Here it is:







Next show is Oct. 20th at le Divan Orange!

Flicker State at Pop Montreal

Tomorrow night Flicker State will play a show as part of the Pop Montreal festival. There's an incredible amount of exciting music taking place over the course of the fest, and we're pleased to be a part of it.

Facebook event here.

Flicker State Mini-Tour w/ Grand Theft Bus

I'm happy to announce that Flicker State will be supporting Grand Theft Bus on their fall CD release tour. The Bus' new album, entitled Say It With Me, is out on August 28th, and is sounding pretty darn good, based on the teasers they've put out so far. Grand Theft Bus are, incidentally, the band from my hometown of Fredericton, NB, which provided much of the soundtrack to my early years of gaining "creative" access to local bars, and learning about what tequila is.

Flicker State will be on support duties for the following dates:

Wednesday, August 29th - Casa del Popolo, Montreal

Friday, September 1st - Rivoli, Toronto

Saturday, September 2nd - Mavericks, Ottawa.

Looking forward to catching up with the boys, and seeing some friends out on the road!

And now for something completely different

So I had the pleasure of playing drums with my pals Hexes & Ohs the other night at Bar l'Escogriffe. Quite a different scene from the previous weekend at Mutek! Here's a clip of our unrehearsed encore, a cover of All Apologies:

Tepid Spring

Here's a new short video made by Corse's trumpet man, Philippe Battikha, with a soundtrack by the band. The footage was taken at the Banff hot springs one evening in February, when the water was... not so hot.



See more of what Phil is up to at www.philippebattikha.com/

Pre-Pamplemousse tune from 2005

Haven't heard this song in a while... this is from before the formation of the Pamplemousse Explosion with Anna Daigneault, I believe our first ever performance together. Good memories:

Triceratops is BURNING by bananalazuli

Flicker State - Alma Sessions EP released

I'm pleased to annonuce the release of the first EP by Flicker State, called the Alma Sessions EP. I'm on drums, Geneviève Clermont is on violin, viola and vocals, and Mikael Tobias (the mastermind!) is on guitar, bass, vocals, electronics, and programming. Snazzy physical copies of the album can be purchased from bandcamp (limited edition of 75) - or you can stream or download it there as well. More shows and awesomeness from this band is planned for the nearish future.

Corse / CA CA CA Video

Here's a video done by our friend CA CA CA to a tune from our album, "Corse".

Excerpt from CORSE (CA CA CA) from Corse on Vimeo.

Corsage

Check out this video of Corsage (that's Corse plus two) playing "Pink/Pythagoras". Album of this stuff and more coming soon.

Corsage - Pink/Pythagoras from Corse on Vimeo.

Flicker State - Escapist Blues

Here's a video (in two parts) of our tune "Escapist Blues" recorded live at Casa del Popolo on August 15, 2011.

Blast from the past - O: Laundry Room Live

I recently rediscovered a cassette recording of my first - and still possibly my favourite, in a way - band, "O," that we did in my parents' laundry room back in 1999. Anywho, here it is (it's a free download on Bandcamp). Credits and other info are on the Bandcamp page. Enjoy!

We Are PostRock - Flicker State Video

Here's a video of Flicker State's song "Go About It," recorded live at our first show at Casa del Popolo in Montreal on July 3rd, 2011.

Flicker State Preview

So I've been playing with this band Flicker State for a while now. The live show and the studio album are underway (next show is at Casa del Popolo Monday August 15th!) and coming along nicely. Here's an almost-finished mix of one of our tunes, Clarity:

Haunted Clockwork Records presents: Summer Solstice Compilation 1 (Free Download)

Here's a really great compilation out of the Haunted Clockwork camp, featuring, among many other things, a previously very limitedly-released track by Corse, "untitled," which appeared on our 3" demo CD from 2008. There are plans for more compilations for the coming solstices, so stay tuned. Oh right, and there's also a *classic* and particularly zany track, "Secret Cheese Spread" by The Pamplemousse Explosion. Good fun.

Kill Chicago does Old MacDonald

Here's a nice little rendition of an old classic.