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Dog Day — Elder Schoolhouse

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) October 27, 2009 3:39 pm
Dog Day are getting noticeably better with every record they make. The three songs that constitute side A of this 12-inch — "Ritual," "Dark Day" (written specifically for the band by producer Rick White) and "Concentration" — are among the best they've recorded. It would be easy to credit White with this victory,...
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Halifax VFest Feels "Alternative" Like The '90s

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) July 6, 2009 1:45 pm
It wouldn't be summer without a muddy festival on Citadel Hill. This past weekend Halifax hosted the inaugural Virgin Festival Nova Scotia, free of charge due to The Tragically Hip's last minute cancellation. Virgin headquarters sent out notice less than 24 hours before the show, which stated there was an unforeseeable family emergency that...
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Dog Day — Concentration

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) May 8, 2009 1:50 pm
Listening to Concentration is kind of like staring at those Magic Eye pictures from the '90s. It takes a while for the 3-D image to develop and finally pop out from its background. The Halifax indie rock quartet's sophomore full-length is all melancholy and dreamy landscapes, yet the tracks also somehow incorporate a looming, gritty tension often...
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Dog Day Debut Album In Halifax

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) May 4, 2009 11:36 am
An early show in Halifax is tough to pull off. As a city, we've grown accustomed to pre-drinking until midnight before hitting the town. But Dog Day's CD release show for Concentration at Reflections Cabaret had to go off before the venue turned into a dance club, so that was enough reason to tear us from our growlers of Propeller. Halfway...
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Dog Day Afternoon Fest

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 18, 2008 3:21 pm
Dog Day Afternoon is an annual "festival" that's more like a small musical gathering held on a farm near Guelph, Ont. every year. The event has previously hosted NQ Arbuckle, Ohbjiou, Constantines, Feist, Sarah Harmer, Hawksley Workman, By Divine Right, Elliott Brood and many other Canadian acts. This was its 10th anniversary. About 220...
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Dog Day @ CMW 2008

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) March 7, 2008 4:00 pm
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: This boy-boy, girl-girl quartet play Smiths-inspired indie rock with hints of both Neil Young and Interpol. Maybe one of the least East Coast-sounding East Coast bands. Grade: 85 Comment: Chart's Scott Bryson gave Dog Day a five-star review last year. I checked out the disc. It was great....
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I Read The News Today... For July 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 6, 2011 2:59 pm
Cuff The Duke are playing a free show in Guelph, Ont. with Constantines' Bry Webb, hometown folk rockers Your Neck Of The Woods and singer/songwriter Donovan Woods. It goes down July 16 at the alley behind the Red Brick Cafe on Douglas Street from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Music writer Lorraine Carpenter is heading on a mini tour of Ottawa, Toronto and...
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Song Of The Day: Dog Day's "Scratches"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 22, 2011 3:56 pm
This is the title track (well, kinda) from Halifax indie rockers Dog Day's upcoming The Scratches EP. It's out March 22 and features two additional tracks on the B-side: "Belle" and "Give Me Light."The tune finds Seth Smith and Nancy Urich getting their grimy indie rock on like they do best. The track recalls '90s indie rock and Smith's voice...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 22, 2011 3:45 pm
Halifax indie rockers Dog Day will release a new seven-inch mini-album, The Scratches EP, on March 22. They're heading south of the border to promote it in March. —dogdaymusic.com Man, does Sam Roberts' new record ever sound like it's gonna be hippie. Well, I mean, everything he's done so far is pretty hippie, but this one mixes his classic rock-...
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Dog Day — "Rome"

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By CHARTattack Staff May 21, 2010 4:03 pm
Dog Day's Nancy Urich crashes her car in a forest and then wanders off into a mini model town in the video for "Rome." It's full of zombies and other heartwarming creatures, who kidnap her. She escapes, but then has to contend with some kind of hooded alien. The clip was directed by Dog Day singer/guitarist Seth Smith. "Rome...
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Dog Day Get Spookier, Noisier

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) October 29, 2009 3:23 pm
Stuff four people into a van for long enough stretches at a time, and the boundaries of their preferences and predilections will begin to blur. When Halifax's Dog Day formed in 2004, it was a coming together of splintered bands. Vocalist/guitarist Seth Smith and bassist/vocalist Nancy Urich had stepped away from the thoughtful, melodic pop of...
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Dog Day Releasing Limited Edition EP

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 7, 2009 12:48 pm
Halifax indie rockers Dog Day will release a 12-inch EP called Elder Schoolhouse through Divorce at the end of October. The five-song mini-album was produced by Rick White (Eric's Trip, Elevator) and was recorded at White's Elder Schoolhouse studio earlier this year. One of its tracks was written by White specially for Dog Day. The EP is a...
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Dog Day Stick Close To Home

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) May 25, 2009 10:49 am
Dog Day's 2007 release, Night Group, came together under some unusual circumstances. After the Halifax foursome were signed by Germany's Tomlab label, they stepped into a million-dollar studio to record, and singer/guitarist Seth Smith later flew to a hippie commune in Germany to work on the album's final mixes. Dog Day returned to Halifax to...
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Dog Day — "Happiness"

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By CHARTattack Staff May 5, 2009 4:52 pm
Here's Dog Day's brand spankin' new video for "Happiness," the blistering opening track from their recently released sophomore effort, Concentration. The video, which was directed by frontman Seth Smith, has an Aztec-y feel that's inspired by the album's artwork (also created by Smith). There's also the special appearance of Smith and...
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Dog Day's "Acid Party" Coming Soon

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) April 29, 2009 3:27 pm
Dreams about America's 16th president are usually reserved for television fantasy sequences, but they do actually happen in the real world. "I woke up, earlier," says Seth Smith, singer/guitarist of Halifax's Dog Day, "and had dreamed about our release show. I always get nervous about the big release show. I was on stage — I think...
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Pumping: Dog Day - Concentration

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) April 15, 2009 11:06 am
Now I know why music critics are all jizzing themselves over these guys. They're basically Sonic Youth except 40 years younger.
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Dog Day Concentrate On New Records

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By CHARTattack Staff February 26, 2009 3:46 pm
Halifax's Dog Day will release their second full-length, Concentration, in late April. The 11-track follow-up to 2007's critically acclaimed Night Group was mixed by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) and will be released by Outside Music. A vinyl edition will be issued by Black Mountain Music in Canada and Tomlab in Europe. You can hear...
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Dog Day Tour, Prep New Releases

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) February 20, 2009 12:16 pm
Dog Day will play some shows in Quebec and Ontario in March. According to a Facebook event page, the Halifax quartet's dates will "pave the way" to working on a new seven-inch single with former Eric's Trip vocalist/guitarist Rick White. Dog Day also plan to release the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2007's Night Group in April....
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CMW 2008: Dog Day

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By CHARTattack Staff March 6, 2008 2:48 pm
ChartAttack's Jen White sits down with Dog Day to talk about touring and their "guess the astrological sign" game.
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CMW 2008: Thursday Chart Showcase @ The 'Shoe

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Photographer: 
Rachel Verbin
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 6, 2008
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