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Bend Sinister — Stories Of Brothers, Tales Of Lovers

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) November 27, 2008 5:55 pm
It's a little bit more than obvious that this Vancouver band are taking a few pages from the past for this album. Stories Of Brothers, Tales Of Lovers kicks off with "The News," a song sung exactly like The Beatles' "A Day In The Life." In the same song, Dan Moxon belts out the rather obvious line, "The grass is green, the...
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Bend Sinister — Bend Sinister EP

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) September 4, 2007 3:12 pm
Bend Sinister are that band who you thought you didn't like, but then three days after hearing one of their songs, you catch yourself singing it while you walk down the street. The Vancouver-based act have been likened to Supertramp and tagged with every label in the pop/rock canon, most often "prog." But it's safe to say that this is...
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I Read The News Today... For April 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 21, 2011 1:25 pm
Big Music Fest 2011 has been cancelled in both Owen Sound, Ont. and Belleville, Ont. The Tea Party were supposed to play the Owen Sound date. Clearly dark magic is afoot? —The Owen Sound Sun Times Yesterday — 4/20 — rapper Afroman, famous for the single "Because I Got High," was sued for allegedly forgetting he was to play a show. We'd make a joke...
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Bend Sinister's Dan Moxon's Top Albums Of 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 9, 2010 5:47 pm
We asked a pile of our favourite musicians about their top albums of 2010. Here's what Dan Moxon from Bend Sinister said:Says Moxon of Brasstronaut's Mount Chimaera: "I love how it takes jazz, electronica and many things technical and interesting and musical and fits them into a pop record that all can enjoy."1. Brasstronaut — Mount Chimaera2....
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 9, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 9, 2010 11:23 am
Arts & Crafts will reissue Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub, which will contain the two EPs by Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin's pre-Broken Social Scene band K.C. Accidental, on Oct. 26. It'll be available in double-LP and CD formats, as well as a digital download. —Arts & CraftsHedley will release a live CD/DVD, Go With...
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I Read The News Today... For May 27, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 27, 2010 11:19 am
Hey Rosetta! are travelling to China for the Shanghai World Expo in August. —MySpace Music videos from Zeus, Gentleman Reg, Hannah Georgas, Coldplay, Metric, Massive Attack, K'Naan and LCD Soundsystem will be screened on June 5 as part of the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto. —worldwideshortfilmfestival.com Billy Talent have been...
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Bend Sinister @ CMW 2010

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By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) March 15, 2010 12:04 pm
Background/Composition: Five young men (two guitarists, a bassist, a drummer and a keyboardist/vocalist) from Vancouver playing rock 'n' roll with a bit of a hippie influence in the cool, lovin' and fun way, not the stinky dude jam band way. Grade: 90 Comment: With Bend Sinister and singer Daniel Moxon, the indie rock generation has found its...
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CMW 2010 Hot Acts: Bend Sinister

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By Valentina D'Aliesio (CHARTattack) March 3, 2010 5:11 pm
Vancouver's Bend Sinister know a thing or two about upgrading. The band have gone from playing fruit stands and local bars in British Columbia to performing in front of a crowd of 3,500 as part of the 2010 Olympics concert series. Soon, the prog-rockers will kick off a three-month tour stint in eastern Canada, including a set as part of one of...
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Bend Sinister Working On New Material, Plotting Eastern Canadian Dates

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By Valentina D'Aliesio (CHARTattack) March 1, 2010 5:25 pm
This is shaping up to be a huge year for Vancouver's Bend Sinister. They're hot off their Olympics performance, where they played to a crowd of 3,500 people. If that wasn't enough, the rockers finished third as part of the PEAK Performance Project contest in January, winning $50,000. They're now working on new material and plan to spend the...
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Bend Sinister Vs. Q-Tips

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) May 21, 2009 2:35 pm
There's a reason why Q-Tip boxes warn you not to put them in your ear canal. Bend Sinister drummer Jason Dana has suffered pain and hearing loss after using a Q-Tip, which has put the band's plans to record later this month on hold. Bend Sinister vocalist/keyboardist Dan Moxon wrote in a recent MySpace blog entry that Dana showered, used a Q-...
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Mobile And Bend Sinister Get Fictional

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 30, 2009 3:34 pm
It's probably appropriate that Montreal's Mobile and Vancouver's Bend Sinister will be on the road together throughout March on what's dubbed the Sound Of Fiction Tour, considering both bands released albums with titles that reference some kind of written work last year. Bend Sinister are touring in support of their Stories Of Brothers, Tales...
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Bend Sinister Get Conceptual

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) December 4, 2008 2:16 pm
Vancouver's Bend Sinister have made some significant transformations since forming seven years ago. What started as an instrumental prog rock experiment has morphed into a piano-driven rock outfit who don't have a problem tossing around terms like "concept album." CHARTattack caught up with singer/guitarist Dan Moxon to discuss his band...
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Bend Sinister Think Big

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) November 19, 2008 1:50 pm
Bend Sinister's Dan Moxon is the type of person who doesn't mind tossing around grandiose ideas. The concept for his band's latest album, Stories Of Brothers, Tales Of Lovers, took nearly four years to come to fruition. It first emerged as the quintet (who are rounded out by guitarist Naben Ruthnum, drummer Jason Dana, bassist Joel Meyers and...
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Bend Sinister Get Distorted Again

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By CHARTattack Staff September 22, 2008 2:18 pm
Vancouver's Bend Sinister released a digital-only EP through Distort Digital last September, and will now offer their sophomore album through Distort Light on Oct. 21. The band began writing the disc's material after the release of their Through The Broken City debut album in 2005. Recording of the 14-track Stories Of Brothers, Tales Of Lovers...
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Bend Sinister To Be First Band On Distort's Online Label

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By CHARTattack Staff August 29, 2007 4:30 pm
Distort will launch its new digital-only label with a self-titled EP from Vancouver's Bend Sinister on Sept. 4. "Many of the bigger digital services do not enter into individual deals with bands,” explains Distort Digital president Greg Below. "Distort has an established relationship with outlets such as iTunes and can explore...
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Bend Sinister Set To Hit The Road With New EP

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By Quinn Omori (CHARTattack) August 1, 2007 4:30 pm
VANCOUVER — Vancouverites with their ears tuned to their local scene are already hip to Bend Sinister. But once fall hits, the band will take another crack at letting the rest of the country know what they're missing. In September, the five-piece band will embark on a two-month, CBC Radio 3-sponsored tour that takes them from their west coast...
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