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The Blood Lines

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About Me

In 2006, two families merged and The Blood Lines were born. Brothers, Paul and Barrett Ross and siblings Maygen and S.J. Kardash soon conceived a recording and a Canadian tour, penetrating the US to play the prestigious CMJ Music Marathon.
"Move over Arcade Fire and Stars and all you trendy Arts+Crafts bands. From Saskatoon in Saskatchewan come the future of alterno-pop-rock on their self-titled debut. One of the very few good things to come out of CMJ this year."
-Harris Radio (New York, NY)
In November 2006, The Dears invited The Blood Lines to support their western Canadian tour. Since then, the band has toured as far as China, where they played the Beijing Pop Festival with acts like, Nine Inch Nails, Mando Diao and Public Enemy.
A marriage of 70’s inspired riffs and modern ideas filled The Blood Lines’ first album. Recorded on analog reel to reel in S.J. Kardash’s home studio, the record charted as high as 1 on some college stations, being named “most-played” on XM station, The Verge, and going on to win “Outstanding Rock Recording” at the 2007 Western Canadian Music Awards.
Currently, the band is working on a new album to be released in 2008.
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Member Since: 3/3/2006
Band Website: thebloodlines.com
Band Members: Paul Ross (Vocals, Guitar)
S.J. Kardash (Vocals, Bass)
Maygen Kardash (Vocals, Keys)
Barrett Ross (Vocals, Drums)
Management Contact:
S.J. Kardash
[email protected]

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Sounds Like: “Anyone in need of a heart-thumping, fist-pumping anthem should check out The Blood Lines…” “…dense group vocals occasionally wrapping the thunder in velvet.”
-See Magazine (Edmonton, AB)

“Kicking off with the gripping 'Song Salvation' and 'On My Way Back Home,' The Blood Lines dig in deep with riffs seemingly inspired by Deep Purple-via-Jesus And Mary Chain (Maygen Kardash's distorted organ is rad). Clearly, these sibling-heavy Saska-dwellers have also dug into the Dandy Warhols' bag a little, while the unison vocals on 'Not Enough' hark back to My Bloody Valentine. Prog epics like 'Orcana' and 'Off My Mind' are standouts, featuring some luscious vocal harmonies..." "...it all adds up to a top-drawer debut from these Toon Towners.”
-Eye Weekly (Toronto, ON)

“Electronic components add dimensionality to stripped-down, balls-out super sound.”
-College Music Journal (New York, NY)

“They certainly have the sound down pat, mixed with a refreshing dose of female lyrics and Kings of Leon-esque drawl.”
-Spill Magazine (Toronto, ON)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

This is cute. Trust me.

Hi, Maygen here. Hope you're well and that music is dominating your life in the most positive of ways. Anyhow, this message of cute doesn't feature a kitty-in-a-pizza-box jpeg attachment or the curse ...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Wed, 07 May 2008 01:33:00 PST

Saskatoon Postponed!

Just a quick note to let everyone know, we've had to postpone our Saskatoon show.  May is just going to be too hectic for the band with recording and such and the pressure of rehearsing / prepari...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:59:00 PST

Contest Winners

Congratulations to our three contest winners, Syd, Justin & Alex!  By adding our music to their profiles, they were entered into a draw to win autographed CDs from The Blood Lines.  Than...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:44:00 PST

goodnight

I think we’re officially exhausted.. a 34 hour drive, 4 hours of sleep, an XM Radio performance / interview, IODA party, Canadian Blast BBQ, Horseshoe Tavern BBQ, meetings, 5 hours of sleep, Mus...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:42:00 PST

Van-scapades

Well, it has been quite the week.. First, Maygen and I (S.J.) drove three hours South-East of Saskatoon to Southey, SK (fitting name) to buy the Dodge Van (as voted by you all in a previous blog).&nbs...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:05:00 PST

Our 2nd Birthday

On March 2nd, 2006 over a beer at Lydia's Pub, Paul, Barrett, Maygen and I finalized the name, "The Blood Lines" - casting out alternates "The Rebellion", "Sisters and Brothers" and "Bandcat".  N...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:39:00 PST

Chartattack Article

The Blood Lines had a feature article on Chartattack today...http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2008/02/2610.cfm ...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:37:00 PST

New Bloodmobile: POLL

Ok, seriously, we are having a REALLY hard time deciding between the following two vans, so we need everyone's opinion.  Both are about the same price.  The first one is slightly smaller but...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:34:00 PST

New Facebook Site

We just set up a new Facebook site.  It's not that we don't love MySpace, it's just that we've got to foster both addictions.We'd love it if you'd join:http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blood-Lin...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:43:00 PST

CONTEST: Whats on your player?

Oh no! Another contest from your friendly neighborhood Blood Lines!This is easy: add one of our songs to your myspace page and tell us about it (either on our wall or in a message).  For every we...
Posted by The Blood Lines on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:13:00 PST