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the tale of redbeard (in 5 parts)
coming soon, a home-recorded rock opera of sorts, telling the tale of redbeard the pirate. until then, a look at the artwork created by anna coe and marshall watson in edmonton. mark and marshall will also soon enter the studio in edmonton as SPARKSWOOD, our '80s synth pop project. check out the marshall stack here.
February 24, 2006
kenna, dear.
please do drop by karma on thursday, 2 march, 2006 for a solo set from lady kenna burima, prodigal woodpigeon pianist. expect to hear some new kenna penned tunes, some brenda vaqueros favourites, a few covers so obscure we'll probably all just think kenna wrote them (and she won't correct us on that, no sir), and some woodpigeon re-writes a la burima.
things kick off at 9:00-ish.
February 21, 2006
woodpigeon hearts mary christa o'keefe
from an upcoming issue of SEE magazine:
WOODPIGEON Sketchbook, (independent)
Spiritually Glaswegian yet geographically Calgarian, Woodpigeon is cardigan handclap pop at its finest, lovingly crafted by Mark Hamilton and executed by his perma-expanding and contracting faux orchestra of musical allies. Hamilton has a sweet choirboy voice that could meet Stuart Murdoch's after school by the bike racks for a tweefest bitch knockdown any day, and he uses his vocal gifts to animate agonizingly wide-eyed ditties about love and other longings and cravings of the soul. Displaying a Morrissey-esque sense of scale and a manic Dave Fridmannian (producer of Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips, etc.) glee for whimsical instrumentation and studio witchery that sometimes verges on the frankly bonkers, the adventuresome 'Sketchbook' is still as likable and smart as Murdoch's sonic stomping ground, Belle & Sebastian. The album flutters and swoons like a heart in the first lurching throws of a crush and in certain moments, such as on the stupendous 'Alison Yip School for Girls', even ascends to brilliance.
CHRISTA O'KEEFE
February 13, 2006
and oh. magazines y'all.
hey.
calgary friends can pick up beatroute this month to read all about woodpigeon's fascination with things 7"s in size and bigger.
everyone else in canada can get chart. our name's even on the front way down at the bottom. apparently we're going to rock your life in 2006.
www.chartattack.com
daniel barrow: friend of the people / beija flor: friend of the woodpigeon
just today, hot off his multi-talented sketch-pad, winnipeg artist daniel barrow has graced woodpigeon with a limited edition badge of our very own. you should check out daniel's work at http://www.danielbarrow.com if you're unfamiliar, although you've most likely already seen his stuff in collaboration with the hidden cameras, or his ingenious solo projection work. the badges are at the printer's now, ready for our show on 21 february at hi-fi with remote kid.
(that means badge-wise, we've worked with 5 of canada's finest artists already... alison yip [calgary], mark clintberg [montreal], stacey watson [alright, alright, she's officially london, uk now], jillian tamaki [yes yes, i know, brooklyn ain't canada, but at least she grew up here], and daniel barrow). best get them while you can...
details on vancouver are coming in... so far, we're confirmed to play on 25 march (at the moment as a 5-piece and a real piano) at the prince albert music society, a grand old house. excitement abounds.
and recording? well, recording's going swell swell swell. (as in, read: we're almost done, although i've lost track the number of times i've typed that up in here).
ps. extra props to beija flor for their lovely on-stage shout-out our way last saturday at their swoon-worthy show at the palomino avec the brenda vaqueros.
December 20, 2005
Beofre Woodpigeon's Snowshovel show at the 2006 Mutton Busting Festival, drop by the Rheostatics' set at the Big Secret Theatre across the hall in the Epcor Centre to catch Mark and Kenna providing vocals on a "Statics" tune each. (And then, of course, once that's done, get yourself over to the Motel Room to catch the Woodpigeon frenzy. Mark your calendars, 13 January 2006 is set to be one busy night.
In other exciting collaboration news, Sandro Perri (aka Polmo Polpo) is laying down his honeyed lap steel cameo in Toronto as we speak, while Vitaminsforyou are warming up their laptops to take on a remix of Sketchbook's "A Hymn For 2 Songs in Different Cities".
December 16, 2005
Chartattack's Elizabeth Chorney-Booth interviews Mark Hamilton.
Read
the article at MySpace.December 15, 2005
FFWD's Jason Lewis interviews Mark Hamilton.
Read
the article at MySpace.December 1, 2005
Woodpigeon are busy nested away, recording Songbook, the group's first album proper. Expect french horns, lap steel, saws, tasteful saxophone solos, melting mellotrons and marching school bands alongside instruments we don't even know the name of. Arran Fisher of AcoustiKitty Studios sits in the producer chair like Captain Kirk or something. The album finale (a real barn-stormer, we'd like to think) 'That Was Good But You Can Do Better' is dedicated to him both in endless tribute and mocking echo of his favourite recording session slogan.
In the meantime, you can hear a sample of what is to come on our limited edition EP Sketchbook, available at our live shows.
Were that not enough, Woodpigeon and Remote Kid will be releasing a split 7" just in time for Valentine's day 2006.
A. Woodpigeon - Death By Ninja (A Death Song)
B. Remote Kid - Kill Me With A Single Blow
November 25, 2005
Welcome to Pigeonbooth!
Pigeonbooth = Two songs by Woodpigeon. Two songs by Aaron Booth. Two days to record...!
(2 x 2 x 2 = ?)
Woodpigeon (Mark Hamilton) and Aaron Booth have infused their vocal acrobatics like *steeped* tea in a cave on the shores of Lake Iroquois. We sounds pretty we does.
In early November 2005, while enroute to playing a show in a cathedral in Glasgow, Woodpigeon visited the house of Booth in Toronto so the two songwriters could make some music and take Aaron's 10 month old daughter, Ruby, to have her Christmas picture taken in a faux snow sled. Mr. Moms, indeed.
Mark pleased us with his acoustic guitar, voice and a glockenspiel.
Aaron made sounds with his voice, bass, piano, synths and he also produced the songs.
01. Woodpigeon - Epic Home Movies & Flying Machines, Oh Dear! (an ode to Remote Kid)
02. Aaron Booth - Closer To The Vine (The Racoons Want Them But I Like Them More)
03. Woodpigeon - The Elegy of Mr. Dakota Stumps
04. Aaron Booth - Sleep in Cinescope (Pigeonbooth version)
This music is not for sale -- it's for you.
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