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The Monster Show

About Me

The Monster Show are the essence of ghosts — sounds of longing, of remorse; creaking door, whispers, bells. They are the plunking banjo (its bull’s-eye-with-arrow) and swirling keys, the big bodies of bass and drums stirred into simmering melody and snare-rattle. But The Monster Show heat up when the hollow guitar chimes. They boil up beneath our feet and overflow with smoke and song — blanketing us all in country, soul, funk, rock & roll.
January 2009 marked the release date for The Monster Show's first full-length Album, And In Our Final Days As Archipelago.
To get your hands on a copy of the album head on over to CD Baby dot com or show up at a gig. The album is available for digital download at iTunes and through CD Baby.
For those of you in the KW or Guelph area, you can pick up albums at these fine local establishments:
Orange Monkey Music - 5 Princess Street West, Waterloo, ON N2L 2X7
Encore Records - 54 Queen Street South, Kitchener, ON N2G 1V6
Ground Floor Music - 13 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON N1H 2T1
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/08/2006
Band Website: for EP, bookings, etc.: [email protected]
Band Members: kerry -- drums
daev -- bass
jennie -- keys
duncan -- other noises

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Influences: Influences, of course, are of a transitory nature --- they float in and out of one's frame of vision continually, leaving residual traces that get blended into the cognitive soup.

Here's what we've been moved by most recently:
kerry --- 45:33;
daev --- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten;
duncan --- M. Ward, Sufjan Stevens, Lucinda Williams;
jennie --- Little Boots, Vampire Weekend, Fantasies, Great Lake Swimmers

Sounds Like: Tube socks and gym shorts.


Record Label: We eschew the idea of corporate fodder.

My Blog

CBC's Bandwidth plays The Monster Show

The New Album is nearly done. We're looking at January (though for our most ardent fans, drop us a line in mid-December, and we may be able to hook you up an advance copy).Alan Neal of CBC's Bandwidth...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:22:00 GMT

Shows & the New Record

Hey hey hey.So --- we've been enjoying a little break since a pretty busy summer of gigs and recording and mixing until our brains are mushy.Anyway, here's the news:There Will Be Shows --- starting at...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:05:00 GMT

Hillside Festival: Friday July 25

Thanks to all of you who have been patiently waiting for news about our slot at this year's Hillside Festival.We will be performing on Friday July 25 at 8 pm, which seems like a pretty golden time of ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:43:00 GMT

TorontoIndie.com interview

Lidia had some great questions for Dunc; with his tongue in cheek, he answered from the heart, as always.  http://www.torontoindie.com/?p=303
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:24:00 GMT

Feature article from KW Record’s ’Nightlife’

Jason Schneider spoke with Duncan in May. Here's the end result: http://news.therecord.com/arts/NightLife/article/357819
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Review from the Rivoli,Toronto - April 10, 2008

We had a great time this night, and it appears, so did others. http://itsnotthebandihateitstheirfans.blogspot.com/2008/04/n evado-records-presents-seedy-ease-bass.html
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:15:00 GMT

Monster Show Facebook Group

Hey hey: You can find us on Facebook too. Join the 'Monster Show' facebook group for an extra-spicy good time,
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:43:00 GMT

CD Release --- Production Notes & Lyrics

Thanks to everyone who came out and made our CD release the happening event it was.Here's everything you could ever hope to know about the ep: lyrics, who did what, stuff I was thinking about, etc.Rec...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:41:00 GMT

New Pics, Mixes, Welcome to The Monster Show

Howdy all --- and welcome to The Monster Show's Blog. We'll post thoughts, lyrics, updates and such in an ongoing manner.At the outset here, I'd like to point out that the great pics are by devicfotos...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:28:00 GMT