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Key To The City

(formerly 'Vailhalen')

About Me

Key To The City is a 6 piece pop band from Calgary, Canada.Formerly known as Vailhalen, the group has played music festivals such as Canadian Music Week, the Sled Island Festival, The Western Canadian Music Awards, and Austin’s Folk Alliance. The band has also toured extensively throughout Canada, in support of their 2005 critically acclaimed full-length album “Pop Violence” (Saved By Radio Records).They have been featured on Zed TV, CBC 3’s “In Session”, Much Music’s “Going Coastal”, and have earned features and cover stories in various Canadian music magazines, weeklies, and music web sites.Created by Calgary music scene stalwart, Chris Vail, Key To The City’s sound has been described as “rebellious” and “difficult”. The release of their new “Owls Of Getchü” recording has been delayed, as the band has yet to find a label compatible with its slick, detailed, and elaborately arranged “anti-pop pop” sound.Finishing an 8 - month hiatus since the completion of the album, the band is back playing live shows and seeking new management. It is hoped that “Owls” will find a home by autumn of 2008.••••••••••••••••••⠀¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â €¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â €¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â €¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â €¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢â€¢FIND US ON FACEBOOK:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Key-To-The-City/10519 948205?ref=s•••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••• _V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/15/2005
Band Members: ******************* ********************* Dolly Sillito (organ/vox) , Brent Gough (synth/pianet/vocals) , Chris Vail (vocals/guitar) , Chris Dadge (percussion) , Pablo Puentes (bass, vocals) , Joel Nye (percussion) . ************* **************************.. width="425" height="350" ..
Sounds Like: Dense, f'd pop music about monsters and other fictitious creatures.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

past members and substitutes

Vailhalen are:Dolly Sillito - organ/synth/glockenspiel/backing vocalsBrent "The Comish" Gough - synth/pianet/backing vocalsChris Vail - vocals/guitarPablo Puentes - bassCarl Lukasewich - guitarGarrett...
Posted by Key To The City on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:31:00 PST

Vailhalen on CBC3 "In Session"

Vailhalen played live in the CBC3 studios a few month a go, and it just got posted this week:http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/concert/Vailhalen-2006-05-29/ There are different versions of some older songs, a...
Posted by Key To The City on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:16:00 PST

RIP Zed Tunes

Vailhalen was featured on one of the last episodes of Zed Tunes while at Canadian Music Week in Toronto not too long ago. I believe that the show has been cancelled,which is really too bad. You can s...
Posted by Key To The City on Fri, 26 May 2006 07:21:00 PST

Pop Violence review (Canadian)

Calgary-based Vailhalen's first full-length is a fitting soundtrack for all kinds of strange things you can't put your finger on, like, say, the mantle above the fireplace... because it's dripping blo...
Posted by Key To The City on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:55:00 PST

"Our House Is Host"

This is the first song recorded for our new album "The Owls Of Getchu". We're going to record more as we find funding. We also need an American label for this next album, "Pop Violence" has been ch...
Posted by Key To The City on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:10:00 PST

Vailhalen photographs

Our great friend Brenda has started a Vailhalen photo album for yours and our enjoyment. For hi res/professional promo shots of Vailhalen, e-mail the band at [email protected]....
Posted by Key To The City on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:24:00 PST

vailhalen.com

   Web sites are very expensive. Apparently. Due to all the traffic lately (a good thing), we can't afford to have a fancy web site with lots of rooms and pictures and songs and things (a ba...
Posted by Key To The City on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:03:00 PST

Vailhalen compact discs

Buy Pop Violence @ Saved By Radio's web site or @ zunior.com!
Posted by Key To The City on Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:23:00 PST