Tuesday, April 7, 2009

SubCity Dwellers - When The Beat Starts To Pound



The SubCity Dwellers are:

Ian : Vocals & guitar
Kevin : Keys & organs & vocals
Matty : Guitar & vocals
Darryl : Saxophone & vocals
Allison : Trumpet
Rob : Trombone
Darwin : Bass & vocals
Alain : Drums & percussion

The SubCity Dwellers first started playing ska punk in 2002, and has evolved into the fun loving crazy live show that it is today.

 The SubCity Dwellers third album "When The Beat Starts To Pound" is filled with punky ska tunes with a heavy 2 Tone and Third Wave sound. Imagine if Rancid had a horn section, was from Winnipeg Alberta, and you did not need to read the liner notes to decipher just what the hell Tim Armstrong was saying when he sings. This is what SubCity Dwellers sounds like. Released on Longshot Records in 2007, this is an album that can heat up any chilly Canadian winter!




The SubCity Dwellers - When The Beat Starts To Pound

Track Listing

1. Give Up The Gun Tonight
2. Pill Popper Rockers
3. After My Heart
4. Wicked World
5. Don't Believe It
6. Hey Brother, Don't Be Shameful
7. Chillin'
8. When The Record Comes Kicking In
9. Take Some Time
10. One More Time
11. Is This Normal?
12. Sweeya
13. No More Lies
14. Don't Say
15. Go On!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

King Apparatus



King Apparatus was a Canadian third wave ska band, active in the early 1990s. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band's lineup varied over its lifetime, including vocalist Chris Murray, guitarists Sam Tallo, Paul Ruston, J. C. Orr and Paul McCulloch, bassist Mitch Girio, organists Mark LeBourdais and Alex Dmitrovic, conga player Greg Clancy, saxophonist Bruno Hedman, and drummers Brian Christopher, Dave Kennedy and Mike Southern.
The band released two full length albums and two EPs on Raw Energy Records.
Chris Murray has continued to pursue a solo career in music. Mitch Girio is still active in the Canadian ska scene. Mark LeBourdais, the grandson of journalist Isabel LeBourdais, is currently a teacher in Ulukhaktok.




King Apparatus S/T

Originally released in 1991 on Raw Energy Records.

King Apparatus self titled first album can best be described as a skanking fun treat for the ears. You can feel the energy on each track on King Apparatus, and you will find your toes tapping along to the faster paced songs like "Non-Stop Drinking" and "Made For T.V." and your head bobbing along to the more reggae inspired number "King Apparatus".

This is a must have for any fans of the 2 Tone sound. If you love to dance, this album is for you. And as an extra bonus, the Asian Man reissue has 3 extra tracks added on.




Track Listing
01. Nonstop Drinking 
02. Break Your Heart 
03. Live Feed from Heaven 
04. Dancing Fools 
05. Wasteland 
06. Five Good Reasons
07. Made for TV
08. Tom Metzger's Big Plan
09. Hospital Waiting Room
10. Feel No Pain
11. King Apparatus
12. Solid One Love
13. Death Car on the Freeway
14. Searching for the New Guitar Her
o
15. Hangin' On 
16. Buy Our Stuff
17. Heartless

Extra Tracks: (released on the Asianman Reissue)
18. Liars
19. Hold Me Down
20. Something That I Need