The Bovine, Hideout, CMW and More!

Well we are just back from Canadian Music Week and I must say it was fantastic! Arriving on the Wednesday night we indulged in the local Keg Steak House were I finally met up with Cara Heath (and her husband Ian) who's company With a Bullet PR had successfully placed us on the bill for The Bovine Sex Club on March 6th and worked tremendously in promoting the band before and during CMW (www.withabullet.ca).

The day of the first show at the Bovine was pretty hectic as we were in the Royal York Hotel most of the day meeting people. The Bovine was rocking that night and we met up with familiar faces from last year Ian, Yoko, Renee, Pete, Myles etc. It was a great slot to be on at midnight and a great crowd battled the snow making it to our show. Below are some photos taken by Pete Nema (www.petenema.com) at the Bovine.

 

 

 

 

 

The next few days were saturated in interviews with Greg Godovitz on Rock Talk CRFB 1010, Yoko Sanchez Show, My Living Room Radio Show, Andpop.com, The Radtastic show, Noise Makes Enemies etc. It was also great to finally meet Cheryl Hoar who had also helped with us in 2007. Below is me Keith and Mark on the Yoko Sanchez show:

On the 8th, snow storms had left Paddy Casey and Delorentos stranded in New York so we filled the last slot on the bill for the Music From Ireland showcase that had some great Irish acts on the bill such as Fight Like Apes, Iain Archer, and the Lost Brothers. In fact it was the worst snow storm Toronto had seen all winter! Again it was a packed show and we were greatly received and I must say hello to two Canadian bands we struck up a bit of a friendship with over at CMW firstly The Conmen....the whisky drinkers and secondly MicLordz and Sauce Funky who I thought had a great show in The Smiling Buddha!

Sunday normally a day of rest saw us meet more people from many labels and producer Paul Milner (Keith Richards, The Cult) and discuss some more exciting developments for the band. Monday was a city centre photoshoot that meant a swift recovery from the drinking session in the hideout with the other Irish acts on CMW. Looking forward to the pics Renee and Pete!

Flying home on Tuesday we got ready for our first live TV broadcast on BBC2 N.Ireland on the Imeall Gael show (13th March) and also found ourselves the editorial feature of Northern Homes and lifestyle!

 

We hope now to return to Toronto for NXNE and follow on from the fantastic week at CMW!