Great Aunt Ida

Great Aunt Ida — Our Fall

Another gorgeous quiet-pop secret from Hive Fidelity, Ida Nilsen's girl/piano combo pulls off a small miracle and sounds nothing like any of the other million girl/piano combos out there. Her talents on the keys create tragic, peppy and angelic sounds. Then there's her voice — Nilsen can do "sweet" on the pop whimsy of "Macarena...
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Great Aunt Ida - Our Fall

MP3 Roundup: Theme Park, Guided by Voices and Great Aunt Ida

1) Theme Park - "Ghosts" If you’re a fan of Talking Heads, there’s no reason you can't be a fan of Theme Park, too. The highly appealing foursome have put out their fair share of hip-shaking music. A good example is this new track, “Ghosts”. This ‘80s-sounding song can be found on their recently released 7-inch, Milk.  2...
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Great Aunt Ida Playing Across Canada Through May

Vancouver's Great Aunt Ida are set to embark on their first coast to coast tour in support of their second album, How They Fly. The Ida Nilsen-fronted group have toured Canada before, but this will be the first that touches both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The routing will go from west to east and back again. Nilsen recently finished...
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The Waterboys Ride Lightning With New Studio Album

Irish folk-rock band The Waterboys will issue their new Book Of Lightning album on April 2 in Europe through Universal Records, though no North American release date has been confirmed yet. According to the band's website, the 10-track album was produced by lead singer and band founder Mike Scott along with Philip Tennant. It was primarily...
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Watch Great Aunt Ida Fly On New Album

Vancouver singer/songwriter/pianist Ida Nilsen and her band Great Aunt Ida will release the follow-up to 2005's Our Fall on Sept. 19. How They Fly, which will come out through Northern Electric, received funding from the Canada Council. Nilsen is joined on the album by bandmates JP Carter (Inhabitants, Fond Of Tigers) on trumpet, Scott Malin (...
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