Radio Sunday

This past weekend we spent time recording a few new tunes live off of the floor with the production team at CKUT. Be sure to tune into the last edition of the MTL Sessions on the 29th to have a listen to them!

Thanks to Marc, Sarah and Kara at CKUT for their tech wizardry!

Here are a bunch of photos from the session.

Erin on her perch

Amber's Tele

Jeremy's artwork

Kara's zombie

Marc's mixing board

Sarah in the booth

Empty bottle of homemade apple cider!

Pour

Work by Holton Rower

Three ways to pour.

1. Pour yourself a glass of something strong for St. Patrick’s Day; if the day means nothing to you, celebrate it as the day Montrealers try to coax springtime into the city.

2. Pour some cash into the coffers of Japanese communities who need it. Fixture Records have something excellent going on. From their website:

For the next month, we will be donating 100% of download sales on our website to the Miyagi Prefecture in Japan to help with their relief efforts.

DOWNLOAD ALBUMS AVAILABLE:

Dirty Beaches – Bird EP »  Listen / Download
Dirty Beaches – Seaside EP »  Listen / Download
Postcards – self-titled cassette »  Listen / Download

• All downloads cost $5 CAN
• We can process payments using paypal or credit card
• After checkout, you will be automatically re-directed to a page to download a zip file containing the mp3s and album art

Our friends at Big Love Records in Harajuku, Tokyo will forward your donations to the Miyagi government to allocate as necessary. They believe that sending donations directly to the local regional council will have the fastest and most efficient result.

If you already have these titles and would still like to contribute, you can make a simple donation through Big Love and/or order records and merch marked “charity” in theironline shop.

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More about Holton Rower’s Pour series right here.

Martin / Mike / Moon / Music

Martin Horn (Cotton Mouth) and Mikey Bwickers (Mixylodian/Asthma Camp) were righteous on today’s edition of The Montreal Sessions! The two collaborated on three cover tunes, executed with the help of a saxophone, some backing tracks, a pretty blue guitar and Martin’s pipes. Have a listen to their live set:

We interspersed the live tunes with some great conversation about making music in montreal, Martin’s recording studio Digital Bird Studios, touring, the lunar perigee and loads more, as well as listened to songs by Gobble Gobble, Purity Ring, Mixylodian, Sick Friend, Cotton Mouth and more. Have a listen right here (March 15th) for the whole show.

Thanks again to Mark and Joe of CKUT for teching the live set!

Tune in next week to catch Sick Friend!

Martin Horn (Cotton Mouth) on the radio!

Photo by Mike Rollo

The third show of the March edition of the Montreal Sessions is today and the musician we’re hosting is none other than Martin Horn of Cotton Mouth! Martin will be playing his tunes with Mike from Mixylodian, which will surely be awesome. Tune into CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal between 3-5pm to listen to them play live, chat and help DJ tunes. If yer not in Montreal, listen along on-line by visiting ckut.ca.

• Have a listen to Cotton Mouth on Band Camp!
• Watch a snippet of cotton mouth’s set at Osheaga last summer:

Lunar Perigee

via a little ship of dreams

From Tumblr:

“Biggest full moon in 19 years this Saturday.

On the 19th of March the full moon will reach a point called the ‘lunar perigee’ – the point in the lunar cycle when the moon is closest to Earth. This time around the perigee will be the closest one to earth since 1992, at a distance of 221,567 miles.

The full moon could appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter in the sky, especially when it rises on the eastern horizon at sunset or is provided with the right atmospheric conditions.

Be on the lookout fellow stargazers!!!”

Rewind Reversing Falls

Jesse

Tyler

Charlie

Charlie's feet and pedals

Tyler's pedals

Reversing Falls were a helluva lot of fun on yesterday’s edition of The Montreal Sessions! If you missed the show, don’t fret, you can it via the archives (their live set starts at 48min. 47sec, interview is later in the second hour). The live set is also embedded below. These gents have well-crafted tunes replete with “sick tones, sweet riffs and fresh beats” and their banter is pretty witty tune.

You should listen to the whole two hours when you have a chance, we played tunes by Ancient Kids, Cotton Mouth, new tUnE-yArDs, Patti Smith, Marnie Stern and a whole lot more, plus we kicked off the show with some Sleater-Kinney and a short spoken piece dedicated to International Women’s Day, which was yesterday, the 8th of March.

Thanks again to Mark and Joe of CKUT for teching the live set!

Tune in next week to catch Martin Horn of Cotton Mouth!

Reversing Falls on the radio!

Jesse, Tyler and Charlie are Reversing Falls!

The second show of the March edition of the Montreal Sessions is today and the band we’re hosting is none other than Reversing Falls! Tune into CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal between 3-5pm to listen to them play live, chat and help DJ tunes. If yer not in Montreal, listen along on-line by visiting ckut.ca.

• Have listen to Reversing Falls and check out their sexy video for the tune Party Martyr below.
• Check out the gossip over on their blog!
• Visit the Facebook event for the radio series.

MAVO-LOUS!

Our first Montreal Sessions episode, featuring Mavo, was rad! They rocked and talked hard and everyone at CKUT loved how much the second floor above the studio was vibrating from their powerfully loud and lovely sound. Missed it? No worries, we’ve got you covered with the archive of the show, available below. Be sure to tune in next Tuesday between 3–5pm to hear our next band, Reversing Falls.

• Listen to the Montreal Sessions archives on ckut.ca
• Listen to Mavo’s set thanks to Tessa of Fixture Records!

Live set:

Interview:

Photos and video by Amber.

Mavo on the radio!

'Mavo jumps' by *safesolvent

The first show of the March edition of the Montreal Sessions is today and the band we’re hosting is none other than Mavo! Tune into CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal between 3-5pm to listen to them play live, chat and help DJ tunes. If yer not in Montreal, listen along on-line by visiting ckut.ca.

• Have listen to Mavo’s myspace page to check out some awesome new songs, like H8 Chrymes.
• Visit saidthegramophone to listen and read about another song of theirs, Pay As You Go.
• Visit the Facebook event for the radio series.

NW

THE MONTREAL SESSIONS

This March, Nightwood is the artist-in-residence for the CKUT 90.3FM’s Montreal Sessions radio program. Each Tuesday from 3-5pm we’ll be DJing, as well as interviewing and hosting rad bands Cotton Mouth, Reversing Falls, Sick Friend and Mavo. Expect live performances from each band (and by us!) as well as lots of talk about sick tones, stellar riffs and sweet beats.

March will be a righteous radiophonic happening and you won’t wanna miss any of it!

• If you’re in Montreal, be sure tune in to CKUT 90.3FM every Tuesday between 2-4pm.
• If you miss the show or live outside of Montreal, listen on-line or download the archived shows by visiting ckut.ca.
• RSVP to the Facebook event

For more info or to nab a seat in-studio to watch one of the bands, e-mail us at nightwoodband@gmail.com