ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS REPPED ARTISTS @ Indie Week Toronto (Oct 16-20) – Australia’s Arcane Saints, Matt Blais (Calgary), Breached
Australia’s ARCANE SAINTS whom are trekking all the way to Toronto for three shows at Indie Week in support of their new album ‘Turning The Tide’ released on July 26th via Firestarter Distribution and produced by multi-Grammy Award winning producer Toby Wright (Metallica, Kiss, Korn, Alice In Chains) whom after hearing their earlier singles on US radio, invited the Arcane Saints to his hometown of Nashville, TN to record their debut.Toby was a close friend of the late Layne Stayley, singer of Alice In Chains and delighted Arcane Saints by allowing them to use a microphone once owned by the late grunge legend during the recording. In addition to recording, a chance late night meeting in a Nashville bar also lead to Peter Keys (pianist from the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd) making a guest appearance on the album.Upon its release the album spent 10 days at number one on the sales charts at Waterfront Records, one of Australia’s largest online music retailers. Shortly afterwards, the band became the first Australian band to grace the cover of USA’s Music Insider Magazine.Indie Week Shows:Event Link for all shows – https://www.facebook.com/events/538332339561786/
Date: Thursday, October 17
Venue: Cherry Cola (200 Bathurst)
Time: 11:30pm – 12:15am
Date: Friday, October 18
Venue: Underground Garage (365 King Street West)
Set Time: 11:00pm – 11:30pm.
Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/379371935498522/
Date: Saturday, October 19
Venue: The Hideout (484 Queen St. W.)
Time: 2:45am – 3:15am
The first single from the album ‘Your Ocean’ is now streaming at the following links along with a FREE DOWNLOAD.
Video – http://youtu.be/YpNjo4jxrlY (please feel free to share and embed on your media outlet)
FREE DOWNLOAD – http://www.triplejunearthed.com.au/arcanesaints
Live Video of them performing at a huge music fest in China – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjmQu7qmHGs
INDIE WEEK press release – https://ashermediarelations.com/2013/09/25/australias-arcane-saints-confirm-additional-shows-at-torontos-indie-week-oct-16-20/
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Local heavy melodic rock band BREACHED whom are releasing their new and third EP ‘Left Behind’ on October 22nd and having their launch show during Indie Week on
Saturday, October 19th at The Rivoli w/ Joy Arson and guests. (Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/636369836408343/)
The band released the title track as the first single to radio across Canada and can also be heard at the following links.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/left-behind-single/id705999464
Soundcloud: http://snd.sc/16xVsES
Youtube: http://youtu.be/tj05vofLo1w
Here’s also a spoof infomercial they did for the EP – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBVd5cDt05Y
Vocalist Bobby Noakes commented
“We’re incredibly stoked to release the first single and title track from our third official EP, ‘Left Behind’. The EP encapsulates the energy and direction we’ve been working towards perfectly. It’s a song that describes the struggles and frustration of moving forward from what you thought you needed.”
The EP was recorded in between Canadian and US dates during the spring and summer months of this year while the band toured to promote their second EP ‘Revolution Sessions’, an acoustic version of their debut EP with a bonus stripped down cover of Alice In Chains ‘No Excuses’, which was also joined by a series of in-studio music videos.
More info on them can be found at this news release link – https://ashermediarelations.com/2013/09/17/cranked-heavy-melodic-breached-launching-new-ep-left-behind-streaming-title-track/
and EPK link – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-breached-left-behind-ep-2013-release-date-october-22-2013/
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Matt Blais who’s blues alternative rock has won a ton of fans across Western Canada is now returning to Toronto to play three shows at Indie Week in promotion of his latest release “The Hearbeat’, which he is currently on Canadian tour in promotion of.
He actually filmed his new music video ‘Goodbye Sunshine’ in Toronto on his last tour.Matt Blais – Goodbye Sunshine – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOlj_goWMYSingle Stream – http://mattblaismusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-heartbeat
He’s playing Indie Week for these following dates:
Tour Press release can be found at this link – https://ashermediarelations.com/2013/09/24/rocker-matt-blais-confirms-additional-shows-at-indie-week-new-canadian-dates-for-the-heartbeat-tour-new-music-video-goodbye-sunshine/
EPK – https://ashermediarelations.com/epks/epk-matt-blais/
Gaining strong comparisons to artists such as Sam Roberts, Matt Mays and Joel Plaskett, Matt Blais’ latest release ‘The Heartbeat’ combines elements of fiery rock and roll with smooth vintage soul to form a sound so uniquely his own that one can’t help but become emotionally charged. The combination of a high energy live show and a passion for song writing is Blais’ formula for success, which thus far has been very well received by critics and the audiences that continue to grow in number.
Matt Blais comments:
“I’ve missed being on the road. I like to think of myself as a musical troubadour, or some kind of old school minstrel. The road is my home, especially the Canadian road. I don’t think there is a better time to tour Canada than in the fall so I’m excited to take my music to any city that will have me!”
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