02.06.10 - Hear what mixes sound like in the rainforest.
An update from Stephen Carroll on how the album mixing is going:
I went surfing and ate seaweed right from the sea floor with my teeth, and was chased by an eagle who dove in the water after me and told me underwater that we should take the trumpet out of Lost Art. We high-fived and then a salmon swam by and I asked it back to the studio. He has great mix ideas, though I think it is napping now. Gibson has carved a totem pole on his side of the couch of an orca playing a bongo (a little kitschy if you ask me... maybe that's his thing), and he keeps asking for more cymbals. We are taking regular hacky sack breaks and are smoking so much weed that Daryl was worried the hard drive was getting high and would forget all its parts. So now we are going to buy some crystal meth from the Trailer Park Boys who live in the house and I am going to break into some neighborhood houses for kix while we clean up the tracks. The Eagle said he might stop in, but him and the salmon are fighting over some overdubs from the last session. All in all going well. So yeah, when we are not watching Daryl's back we are driving around in his pickup truck listening to mixes and trying to pick fights with organic farmers or their friends. They are harder to spot than you'd think. The Salmon is a tough one. "Watch out", we say to the farmers. "He's a biter." I am going surfing in the morning to hear what the mixes sound like in the rainforest.
Best,
Stephen.
02.03.10 - Words that ring with broken dreams.
We've lent our song "Underground" to Sean Garrity's new film titled "Zooey & Adam". You can find out more about the film and showtimes at www.zooeyandadam.com.
01.31.10 - Pretend with me that silence is a thing that sounds brand new.
Album recording completed!!! On it's way to Victoria, BC for mixing...
L-R: Shaun Gibson, Brandon Reid, Sean Vidal, Keli Martin, Jon Plett, Stephen Carroll.
(Prairie Recording Co. January, 2010.)
12.15.09 - These are a few of my favorite things.
As we prepare to record a new record (and then tweak the live show for a heavy dose of touring next year), we thought we'd share with you a list of our favorite albums and shows of 2009:
TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2009
Gibson:
1. Jenn Grant - Echoes
2. Joel Plaskett - Three
3. In-Flight Safety - We Are An Empire, My Dear
4. Attack in Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
5. Dan Mangan - Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Vidal:
1. Joel Plaskett - Three
2. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
3. Leonard Cohen - Live in London
4. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillon
5. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Jon:
1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
2. Joel Plaskett - Three
3. Regina Spektor - Far
4. U2 - Unforgettable Fire (Remastered)
5. Blue Rodeo - The Things We Left Behind
Keli:
1. Metric - Fantasies
2. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
4. Jenn Grant - Echoes
5. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
TOP 5 SHOWS OF 2009
Keli:
1. Metric - 04/20/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - Pyramid Cabaret
2. Hold Steady - 09/24/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - West End Cultural Centre
3. Mother Mother - 03/18/09 - Austin, TX. - SXSW (Canadian Blast BBQ)
4. Nomeansno - 04/13/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - Royal Albert
5. Jenn Grant - 03/14/09 - Toronto, ON. - The Reverb
Jon:
1. Hawksley Workman - 05/25/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - West End Cultural Centre
2. Bloc Party - 03/14/09 - Toronto, ON. - Kool Haus
3. Luke Doucet - 03/19/09 - Austin, TX. - SXSW (Velveeta Room)
4. Mother Mother - 05/22/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - Pyramid Cabaret
5. Wooly Leaves, Baby Eagle, Bry Webb, Greg Smith Sounds - 04/19/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - Lo Pub
Vidal:
1. Iron and Wine - 07/10/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - Winnipeg Folk Festival
2. Okkervil River - 07/12/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - Winnipeg Folk Festival
3. Mother Mother - 03/18/09 - Austin, TX. - SXSW (Canadian Blast BBQ)
4. Bloc Party - 03/14/09 - Toronto, ON. - Kool Haus
5. Hawksley Workman - 05/25/09 - Winnipeg, MB. - West End Cultural Centre
Gibson:
1. Pearl Jam - 10/30/09 - Philadelphia, PA. - Wachovia Spectrum
2. Wintersleep - 06/19/09 - Toronto, ON. - Dundas Square
3. Holy Fuck - 03/14/09 - Toronto, ON. - Kool Haus
4. Jenn Grant - 10/24/09 - Halifax, NS. - St. Matthews Church
5. Arkells - 08/08/09 - Calgary, AB. - Virgin Festival
12.08.09 - Under the mattress you'll find a postcard...
Brrr... It's getting cold here in Winnipeg. Hopefully you were able to bundle up and pick up the HOT 103 Christmas album... BUT... If it was just too darn cold for you (or you just live outside of our icy city), fear not, we have made not one, but TWO versions of our holiday song "Strings and Ribbons" available on the audio/visual page.
...Or if it's too cold to click over to that page, you can just download them right here:
Strings and Ribbons. ♫
Strings and Ribbons (Extended Version) ♫
Stephen Carroll plays pedal steel on the song. It was recorded by Jack Shapira at Unison Studios sometime in 2007. We had a lot of fun that day. Enjoy!
Over the next couple weeks we're putting the finishing touches on the new songs before a short break to visit with our families/escape the cold. We're heading straight into the recording studio when we reconvene in January. Busy busy!
11.26.09 - I scrape my windows with a credit card...
Hello again. A year or two ago the four of us got together with our friends Jack Shapira and Stephen Carroll, and recorded a holiday song called "Strings and Ribbons." It periodically showed up on our myspace player. Anyways, it is now available on a benefit Christmas CD put out by local Winnipeg radio station HOT 103. We're told the CD will be on sale Friday, December 4 at One Big Day for Christmas at the Safeway on Ness Ave. by Polo Park in Madison Square for just $10. (following that day the CD will be available at HOT 103 Studios - 3rd floor 177 Lombard Ave.)
HOT 103 presents The 12 Days of Winnipeg Christmas
in support of the Christmas Cheer Board and the Winnipeg Humane Society.The 12 Days of Winnipeg Christmas
The Shouting Ground - Feliz Navidad
Keith and Renee - Winter Wonderland
Jaylene Johnson - Winter Wish
Pushing Daisies - Silent Night
Don Amero & Jason Gordon - All I Need For Christmas
Flo - Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)
Quinzy - Feast!
Paper Moon - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Jodi King - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
JP Hoe - The Shopping Mall Santa
James Struthers - All I Want For Christmas (Is You)
The Details - Strings & Ribbons
Fenom - We Three Kings
Mike Burnard - Santa Please
Ace Burpee feat. JP Hoe - The Happiest Christmas Tree
Chrissy Troy feat. Troy Westwood - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
Ace Burpee, Chrissy Troy, and LTI feat. Sierra Noble - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
11.25.09 - If you want to speak out, speak out.
Sorry if you experienced website problems, or if emails bounced back. We tracked down the problem, and it's all fixed now.
Also, just wanted to let any interested parties know that we're now on Twitter. Find us at twitter.com/the_details. If you can peel your eyes away from Larry King (aka @KingsThings) for two seconds, maybe we'll have something interesting to say...
11.17.09 - Hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo for hours.
Lately, we have been bombarded by questions such as "who is producing your album?" or "ma'am, why won't you get off my lawn?!" So, this morning we were digging around in our figurative 'album-news' satchel, and we found a few newsworthy items that we hoped to share with you and the rest of the world today...
First, we will not get off your lawn until you return our tennis ball.
Second, we cannot tell you the name of the person producing the album. The reason is that we have enlisted TWO people to help us produce this album! Co-Producers!!
We're very excited to announce the involvement of our dear friend and The Weakerthans axe-slayer Stephen Carroll. Sitting either stage-right, stage center, or stage-left to Stephen throughout the recording is New York's own Brandon Reid (The National). Obviously, someone forgot to inform Brandon of standard January temperatures in Winnipeg (or perhaps he is confused about the celsius/fahrenheit conversion).
Together, we're hoping these two gentlemen will help us craft an album worthy of your ears, and will keep a tight lid on any studio shenanigans preventing yet another TMZ scandal (see: 'Plett/Gibson Not Drawing Borders...' July 2008).
11.09.09 - A mess of wires and tangled cords.
Hello? Still here? Oh, good. Looks like someone (me) lost track of website updates for a few months. But that's okay. We've got a lot of news to report over the next little while. So, you may recall almost a year ago when we teased information about the upcoming album recording. Well, it's actually happening. We're just putting the final touches on the arrangements of each of the tunes before taking them into the studio in January. We're looking at locking ourselves away from the snow in Prairie Recording Co. for a couple of weeks and emerging with our indie-rock cred intact as well as minimal frostbite.
Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we'll provide further information and announce the names of all the lovely people involved in this project, who we are very excited about working with.
09.25.09 - Capture and develop this.
Just a few site updates today. Check out all the photos from the last few years we've put up on our Audio/Visual page. We've also added a remix to our song Floor Plans done by our dear friend Matt Janzen. As well, there is a sweet clip someone filmed at our last Winnipeg show at the West End Cultural Centre, featuring Halifax's Jenn Grant and her bandmates Kinley Dowling and David Christensen.
06.02.09 - Second NXNE show added in Toronto.
In addition to our Thursday night showcase at The Rivoli for North By Northeast on June 18th (10:00pm), we will also be playing a 4:00pm daytime slot at the NXPO DayStage at the Hyatt Regency, which is NXNE HQ this year.
05.28.09 - We said we wouldn't let our lives go on too long without having a little bit of fun.
It's true. The Details are coming out of hiding to play a hometown show at the newly rebuilt West End Cultural Centre on Friday, June 26th, presented by Curve 94.3. The lovely Blue Sky Addicts open the show, and expect to see some super special guests up on stage throughout the night...
Tickets are $10 in advance available now at Music Trader or online at www.thedetails.ca, or $15 at the door. Keep in mind, this is the first hometown show since November's 'Two in a row at the Lo' so tickets will go quickly...
There will also be a huge merchandise blowout that night. Everything on the merch table will be $5... T-shirts... Albums... Tote bags... Nettie... $5!!
In other news, The Details are very excited to be heading back to Toronto in June for North By Northeast. The Details play at The Rivoli on Thursday, June 18th at 10pm sharp. The full NXNE lineup can be found here.
04.01.09 - There's evil on Queen Street.
The Details @ SXSW 2009 from NOW Magazine on Vimeo.
After a busy and exciting Canadian Music Week and South By Southwest The Details are headed right back to Toronto for a FREE show at The Rivoli on Queen Street to promote some of the fine sounds coming out of our province.
Manitoba Music at the Rivoli
Thursday, April 16 | Doors open 8pm
Free admission
with
Oldfolks Home @ 9pm - http://www.myspace.com/oldfolkshomemusic
The Details @ 10pm - http://www.thedetails.ca/
Tele @ 11pm - http://www.myspace.com/tele
Presented by
Manitoba Music - http://www.manitobamusic.com
Manitoba Film & Music - http://www.mbfilmmusic.ca
Manitoba Homecoming 2010 - http://www.manitobahomecoming2010.com
02.12.09 - Hello out there we're on the air.
Someone must have forgotten to carry a 1 somewhere, because in a strange/exciting twist, Jon and Sean V have been scouted to play on the male... *ahem* celebrity *ahem* ...team for the Moving for Miracles Celebrity Hockey Challenge Saturday, Februrary 21st at Max Bell Arena at the University of Manitoba.
Listen HERE to some very kind things Ace Burpee had to say about the ol' Details on his HOT 103 morning show yesterday.
Moving for Miracles Celebrity Hockey Challenge
HOT 103 presents the Moving for Miracles Celebrity Hockey Challenge.
It's on Saturday, February 21 at the Max Bell Arena at the U of M.
See the female Manitoba Bisons hockey team play a team of male celebrities.
Celebrities include:
Hot 103's own Ace Burpee, Chris Fantini, Young Mike, and game announcer Adam West
Ex-Winnipeg Jets Thomas Steen and Russ Romaniuk
Two-time Stanley Cup Champion Chuck Lefley
Bejing Olympian and 2008 Manitoba Athlete of the Year Jay Lyon
CKY's Gord LeClerc and Kevin O
Jon and Sean from The Details
Roland from Pushing Daisies
Plus many more
Tickets are available at HOT 103 Studios (3rd Floor - 177 Lombard Ave.), The Movement Centre of Manitoba (1649 Henderson Hwy.), and The Max Bell Arena at the U of M.
Moving for Miracles is in support of the Movement Centre of Manitoba - a non-profit organization that is committed to improving the physical health of children and adults with physical disabilities.
For more info visit www.movementcentre.ca