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The Abbreviations

About Me



After spending weeks at headquarters in the farthest reaches of Westdale, Andy, Dave, Fraser and Nick emerged with a new plan; to play music meant to be heard in speeding cars, running ear buds, and brick walled basements. Thus, The Abbreviations set out and crusaded to continue the lush tradition of Canadian Indie Rock. Coming to fruition one rock stomping gig at a time, they have developed and honed a booming live sound alongside such acts as Arkells, Two Hours Traffic, Grizzly Bear, Tokyo Police Club, and The Most Serene Republic. Currently recording demos in preparation for their next studio release, The Abbreviations love to play shows in clubs, festivals, bars, pubs and house parties (for booking, email [email protected]).

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/05/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/downbythepointrecords
Band Members: Nick H-K: Bass
Dave Macintosh: Guitar/Vocals
Fraser Malcolm: Drums
Andy van Kooy: Guitar/Vocals

Booking: [email protected]
Influences: The Abbreviations on Facebook!
Sounds Like: The crack of an egg on the sidewalk, flung from a fast moving van.

THE ABBREVIATIONS - The Waiting Game from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo .

..The Abbreviations - Taiwan Time
Record Label: down by the point records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Olympic Update #3

Well my glorious trip to the vancouver olympics is coming to an end but ill let you know what i got up to the last couple days. Yesterday i was at the biathlon again and this time made it to the event...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:16:00 GMT

Olympic Update #2

Well yesterday i witnessed the mens biathlon and now have a new respect for the sport. Tons of snow in whistler none in vancouver however, the weathers been great sunny and 9 degrees. Today i saw the ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:07:00 GMT

Olympic Update #1

Well I'm sitting in an apartment close to downtown Vancouver just soaking in the atmosphere! While walking by a bar with the men's moguls on I saw the announcement that we had won our first gold! Need...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:49:00 GMT

ABBREVIATIONS video?

Hey!!!!!! We've taken Nick up on his awesome Final Cut Pro skills, and he put together a video for "Taiwan Time".You can check the video out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnw8AdQQQag .Thanks to...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:20:00 GMT

House giggin' and Mini Tour!

In light of last nights show at Davey's place we all want to say hoo-ra! It was a blast and hopefully we can line up some similar house shows for the near future. Really jazzed to see some make it ou...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:47:00 GMT

Jan-na-na-nan-uary!

Well it seems we're almost halfway into January. Lots has been going on in the Abbreviations camp, mainly planning for shows and getting ready to rip it.This Friday there's a house party going down at...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:44:00 GMT

Two New Songs!!

Now remember how we told you that we were doing some recording with our good buddy Mitch Fillion? Well there are now two new tunes up on the space! The brand new Taiwan Time, and the old classic Georg...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:33:00 GMT

Recording?? Yes sir!

Our good buddy Mitch of SOUTHERN SOULS fame (www.southernsouls.ca) is helping us get a couple tracks done before we hopefully get into the studio for a full length album! So be on the look out during ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:36:00 GMT

ARKELLS and ABBREV's unite in Brantford

So we have the honor of playing with one of our favorite local bands Arkells this coming saturday at the Ford Plant in Brantford. Its the first gig of their fall tour that has them playing across our...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:20:00 GMT

blogged out

As per the usual we have left our blog in the darkness and forgot to update our cherished fan base with news; so here it is. This coming saturday(August 29th), we will be playing a gig with our great ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:24:00 GMT