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Kelp Records 16Th Anniversary In Toronto!! at Horseshoe Tavern

Toronto Event Date: Wed, May 12, 2010 – Thu, May 13, 2010

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Kelp Records 16Th Anniversary In Toronto!!

Kelp Records & Chromewaves.net
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KELP RECORDS 16TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY!

with
Bill Fox (Cleveland, OH)
http://www.myspace.com/billfoxfans

Andrew Vincent (Toronto, ON)
http://www.myspace.com/andrewvincentsongs

Chris Page (Ottawa, ON)
http://chrispage.bandcamp.com

Leif Vollebekk (Montreal, QC)
http://www.myspace.com/leifvollebekk

Wednesday May 12th
THE HORSESHOE TAVERN (368 Queen St W)
8:30pm doors, 9:00pm music!
$10 advance

We are very excited to be taking our regular anniversary parties on the road this year! And these are going to be particularly special to me, as one of my all-time heroes BILL FOX is coming up from Cleveland for shows in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

For those of you that haven’t heard of him, BILL FOX fronted the late 80s power pop outfit THE MICE, who were gone in a flash, but some of you “elder” Toronto rockers may remember them coming through in 88.

Ten years later, Bill made two well-received albums on a four-track in his apartment and emerged as a critical darling, hailed in a 1998 CMJ cover story as “one of the best songwriters of his generation.” In 1999, he mysteriously bowed out yet again, disappearing from music.

With accents and phrasings borrowed from Dylan, the Everly Brothers and Big Star, Fox’s pop-tinged folk smudged his influences into something intimate and timeless, finding huge melodies and lyrical flights in small-bore bedroom recordings. Guitar, harmonica, piano, and his own overdubbed harmonies all stitched to this dusky voice that strained with emotion. Over the years, Fox quietly influenced Guided by Voices, Elliott Smith, Superchunk and M. Ward, the latter of whom reached out to have Fox open for him in 2006 in the hopes of celebrating his talents, but to no reply.

Bill has re-emerged in Cleveland pubs over the past year, to the excitement of long-time fans. As far as I can surmise, these will be Bill Fox’s first Canadian dates in well over a decade. This will be the show of the year!

ANDREW VINCENT is no stranger to the Toronto music scene, and a veteran of the Kelp roster, having released five albums over the course of the past decade. His recent European tour cemented his reputation as a treasured Canadian songwriter, and a new EP recorded at the House of Miracles is due in short order.

  • - Q Magazine
  • - The characters in Canadian Andrew Vincent’s interesting lo-fi fifth album suffer frustration at every turn. Beneath the almost naive instrumentation, there lurks a grim pattern of blight, accentuated by his clean but slightly weary voice. – Irish Times

Vincent writes intelligently with clarity of purpose and melody, and across the breadth of the album proves himself adept at capturing the sensation and minutiae of a situation. It is this preciseness of the record that lends it such warmth… – The Line of Best Fit

CHRIS PAGE’s new album “A Date with a Smoke Machine” was released by Kelp on February 16th, his fourth solo record to add to a portfolio of rock from his current (CAMP RADIO) and former (THE STAND GT) bands. Critics have lauded his new album as his best yet—-come find out why!

“It’s this sense that Page is deftly walking the fine line between folk and rock that gives A Date With A Smoke Machine its resonance. True power pop fans will not be disappointed.” – Exclaim!

“A Date With A Smoke Machine with its mix of folk and rock and punk gets better and better with every listen. 9/10!” – Americana UK

LEIF VOLLEBEKK is a good pal, and we are happy to have him along for the ride. His album INLAND was issued by Nevado Records earlier this year, and has been the subject of much critical acclaim, finding influences in singer-songwriter staples such as Dylan. His live show brings a new vibrancy to the songs, speckled with delay pedals, violin loops and his powerful voice.

“Inland effortlessly transcends the singer-songwriter paradigm, leaving preconceived opinions about the genre in its dust.” – EYE Weekly

Advance tickets available soon….stay tuned for details. Show starts EARLY at 9pm, so please take note.



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