Canadian Music

Sloan – First Live Show

Today Sloan uploaded a video of their very first live show which was 30 years ago to this day – February 8 1991 at NSCAD Cafeteria. It is self described as A mixture of unwatchable and unlistenable which it is. Prophetically the first song they ever performed live was Underwhelmed which would end up being …

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The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 4 of 4

The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 4 of 4 D: Have you ever thought about doing albums with your brothers? Or are they not involved in music anymore? M: They are all fully involved. They’ve proposed it. I’ve thought about. It’s too weird; families are creepy (laughing). It would be amazing harmonies though, strange. …

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The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 3 of 4

The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 3 of 4 After a short Break I ask Martin about the failed Rheos reunion in December 2012, which were cancelled several days prior. I ask him about his stage fright and if that was what the reason was for him backing out of the shows. Christine Peters …

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The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 1 of 4

The Martin Tielli Interview 23Aug2013 – Part 1 of 4 Martin Tielli used to work as a Scientific Illustrator at The Royal Ontario Museum. Then he joined a band called Rheostatics with Dave Bidini, Tim Vesely and Dave Clark (later replaced by Don Kerr and then Michael Wojewoda). He painted and sang and played guitar …

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