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daytrotter.com today

We are in Davenport, Iowa and we are doing a daytrotter.com live session today (Tuesday April 17th). The session is being recorded for later use, but you can listen in to rehearsal and soundcheck today at around noon (Iowa time)…. Click on the link on the right side of the daytrotter.com page. Meanwhile, if you live in the midwest make sure that you check our tour dates….

Leonard Cohen tribute concert

We are very honoured to be participating in a concert at Massey Hall (Toronto) on May 14th in honour of Leonard Cohen who will be there to receive the Ninth Glenn Gould Prize. We will be performing two Leonard Cohen songs, one of which will be a duet with John Prine. Other guests include Jimmy Dale Gilmore, James McMurtry, our old friend Greg Keelor along with Travis Good and many more. Tickets are now on sale.

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The Wilderness – Daily Telegraph review

There are good things being said across the pond as well… this is from one of England’s national papers. Check out the different packages that we have available…Also, we are on the road again in a week. Please check out the upcoming tour dates.

The Daily Telegraph – 5 out of 5 stars
Each word and note of this album feels so deeply percolated and thoughtfully placed that it’s hard to believe that this is the fourth record the experienced alt-country band have released in 18 months. Songwriter Michael Timmins explores loss and loneliness with austere clarity warmed by a steady glow of humanity and tinder dry sparks of humour. Margo Timmins’s beautifully bruised vocals float through a dreamy fog of shivering cymbals and muddy guitars. A masterclass in lo-fi longing.
 

Doc Martian’s Lounge – Deconstruction of the Blues

This review/blog reminds me of the good ole days when Cream and Circus and Crawdaddy reigned supreme, back when Rolling Stone was a music paper. Back then music reviews had some heft and lots of personality, sometimes the reviewer was as much a part of the review as the music (which could be a good or bad thing depending on the reviewer). If you have a few minutes, take a look: Doc Martian’s Lounge.

The Nomad Series – Box Set available for pre-order

The Nomad Series box set is now available for pre-order.The box set includes 5 compact discs: Renmin Park (volume 1), Demons (volume 2), Sing In My Meadow (volume 3) and The Wilderness (volume 4) as well as Extras, which is made up of 10 songs recorded during the making of The Nomad Series but not included on any of the volumes (these songs were all available on the bonus digital EPs. The box set also contains a 52 page colour booklet.

Also, we’re back on the road in two weeks, so make sure that you check out the Tour page to see if we are coming anywhere near you.

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The Wilderness – Post Media review

Canada steps up again with an excellent national review throughout the Post Media chain. The album is now on sale and there are all sorts of bargains out there, including here on our own website and on Amazon. Also, if you live in the US mid-west make sure that you check out the upcoming Tour dates. we have also just announced a cross-Canada Tour opening for John Mellencamp (we’ll be adding our own shows to that tour in the next few weeks).

The Wilderness – The Nomad Series: Volume 4

4 stars

Considering the self-imposed time restriction, the Nomad Series – four albums within less than two years – has been distinguished by a startling lack of filler. It has also been distinguished thus far by sturdy conceptual frameworks; going by that criterion, The Wilderness is the weakest of the lot, connected with tenuous threads of loneliness and existential quests (according to songwriter Michael Timmins) that could apply to almost any Junkies disc. But taken as a standalone release, this is one of the discography’s crown jewels, featuring some of the group’s purest expressions of melancholy. Especially in light of the 5-month-old Sing in My Meadow’s cacophonous jamming, The Wilderness feels like a return to the quietude of the band’s early days, although the peppy comic relief of F—, I Hate the Cold makes it very clear that the Junkies aren’t bound by their history.

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