We’ve got a new album. It’s called “Caramel Log Cabin” and you can download it totes McGoats fer FREE RIGHT HERE. Or Stream it like you mean it RIGHT HERE:For optimal listening, we suggest possessing any combination of the following:
- A Cabin
- A Crackling Fire
- A Ghost who may or may not be yer Long Lost True Love
- A Dark Secret from a Bygone Era
- An Unquenchable Thirst fer Vengence
- Functioning Speakers/Headphones
Sincerely,
TYGER TYGER
So last night we went to this show at thee Decadent Squalor, and were sooooooo stoked on THE FACIALS. They’re high energy, scramblin pop punk - reminds me of the 80s sometimes, but they really rip. Seems they have an LP on the make and I’ll be looking for a copy of that when it drops, but until then they have a couple tracks online at their bandcamp page.
Montreal, you’re so full of soul!
Yo. We’ve been making us a rock and roll band since moving to Montreal. So we recorded at our jam hall a while ago and a few songs are posted over at soundcloud.
It’s The Bloodwashed Band. Dig it.
So Dylan and I have both played in all kinds of bands over the years. One of the bands I used to play in, called The Horse Museum, just out-ranked some big hitters on some top twenty concept album thing. We beat Neutral Milk Hotel and The Microphones! Who the hell decides these things? Anyway, you can look at that here.
We also just recently put the whole album (Divorce Lawyers I Shaved my Head) up on bandcamp. If you haven’t heard it, you can find that here. It’s a long story about all sorts of confused stuff but it’s also one of the best things that I’ve done. Listen to it, download it, share it. If you’d like a hard copy of the thing and you live in Montreal I would be happy to deliver! We can mail some shit too.
Tonight Bum Tickins are playing a show with our dear friend Davita G at the greenhouse on of top concordia. It’s a fundraiser for the space, so come and hang out amongst all the little bud(dies) and support the growing up of delicious food! The show will follow a presentation about intensive small scale gardening, so if you’re interested in that, too, come early!
You should check out whydoesitexist.com if you are interested in any of the following: movies, bad movies, bad jokes, friendly banter, getting drunk, drunk in public, virtual publicity. One of our songs was featured in a podcast about some movie that Val Kilmer and 50 Cent made last year. I didn’t hear about this movie at all. Maybe I’m not the most connected to the film circuit, but aren’t those guys pretty marketable? I remember Val Kilmer from Batman Forever (1995). He was a decent Batman! Anyway, this is a film blog about the best of the worst - investigating why someone would invest their time and energy into making something that lacks any merit.
Also: last night we went out to ye olde Wheel Club to see our new friend John Misrahi, who’s quite the lap steel player around Montreal. He really did rip it up playing in Eddy Blake’s band, there. I was also really stoked about Les Typhoons - a rad surf band from Quebec City. Unfortunately I can’t find them on the internet, but trust me that they’re good.
And so, here’s The Sonics.
Holy Smoke, what a week!
But we’re home now and our plants are still alive. Turns out that southern Ontario is a little tropical, and Montreal is still a little ice. Oh well. We can wait for spring. I think we’ll be settling into the city for a couple months again to do some work and chill out. So get in touch if you’ll be in Montreal, or we’ll see ya on the road when the sun gets hotter.
We’re on the road now! I almost forgot that we were travelling. Earlier tonight we played a set at The Daily Grind with the very exciting Mudplots. It was a great show. Folks were real friendly, and the Daily Grind is a fine venue.
Tomorrow we’re going to Huntsville, for a Pizza Party engagement at Rozow Pier.
Wednesday night we’re in Guelph at Arthur Street with S.Ayton, Richard Laviolette, and Adam CZ.
Thursday night is at Toronto’s finest club, The Tranzac (Toronto Australia New Zealand Club). Our set should begin around 9:30, but folks should come early to catch some of Houndstooth - the band that started Bum Tickins’ journey into bluegrass… .
Then we’re chilling till Sunday afternoon for a luncheon concert at The Hedgehole.
Wonderful!
We got itchy feet - it didn’t take long.
We only have a few weeks to spare this time, so we’re going on a little tour headed south east from Montreal. We’re playing lots of shows in town before we go, though, so if you’re a local we’d love to see you on the home turf.
The schedule is pretty much booked up, but there are a couple of holes we’d gladly fill with you. If you live somewhere we don’t already plan to be, and you’d like us to come, we would be so very happy to make our way in your direction. If we’re already visiting your town, we cannot wait to see you there!
Lots of house shows, so if you need an address just let us know. We plan to bro down hard with some good old pals. Heartwarming as shit.
January 21st - Montreal: Laurier House
January 22nd - Quebec: Julia and SImon’s
January 27th - Montreal: Hootenany at Mainline Theatre, 3997 St. Laurent
January 28th - Montreal: Bar le Pastel, 426 Rachel E.
January 29th - Ottawa: The Daily Grind, 601 Sommerset
January 30th - Hunstville: Rozow Space Port
January 31st -
February 1st - Guelph: Arthur St.
February 2nd - Toronto: Tranzac
February 3rd - Welland: Ben’s
February 4th - Hamilton: The Hedge Hole
February 5th -
February 6th -
The Night Kitchen is a montly event in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, held at the Al Whittle Theater. It’s sort of a variety show. I think there were eighteen (18) acts in the show we played. Everybody played one song. At the Centennial show each song was supposed to represent a decade. We did this Townes Van Zandt song for the 70s (even though it was from ‘68).
Look here to see the real deal.
