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Joel Plaskett Emergency Close Canadian Tour On High Note

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) May 28, 2007 2:00 pm
Joel Plaskett has gone from Ashtray Rock and travelled across Canada in support of his new album of the same name, and his tour ended in grand style with people "getting wasted on a Saturday night" at the Opera House. While he isn't necessarily selling as many records or getting as much radio play as he deserves, the fact that he could...
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Joel Plaskett Emergency — Ashtray Rock

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) April 17, 2007 8:28 pm
A minute into hoser anthem "Drunk Teenagers," there's a gang-hollered, "I hate Clayton Park!" It's a line sure to send panic shivers through the hearts of fans of Plaskett's last band, Thrush Hermit. But the lyric is merely an attention-grabbing dangle to Ashtray Rock's greater narrative. It's really a concept album about two young rockers caught...
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Joel Plaskett Emergency — Truthfully Truthfully

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) October 21, 2003 10:49 am
Oh man, this record rocks so hard. The opening track, "Written All Over Me", showcases bluesy riffs that explode into a Led Zeppelin-esque wall of sound, and then Joel howls, "Tip, tap toe go the footsteps as they’re COMING DOWN THE HALL!!" It’s a great intro into this excellent follow-up to Down At The Khyber. Overall,...
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The Joel Plaskett Emergency @ NXNE 2000

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By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) June 14, 2000 11:30 am
Hometown: Halifax, NS Background/Composition: Plaskett returns with a countrified power pop trio. Bass, drums and Mr. Plaskett on geeetar. Achievement of Rock 'n' Roll Expectations: 80-100: Band exceeds skill and knowledge expectations. Rocked us so hard we peed our pants. 70-79: Band achieves required skills and knowledge. Meets rock...
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Joel Plaskett Talks Polaris 2009 Nomination

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) July 7, 2009 3:40 pm
Joel Plaskett has just made the 2009 Polaris Music Prize Short List for his triple-layered concept album, Three. He's now got a one in 10 chance of having his album declared the most artistically awesome record made in Canada in the last year. We spoke to Plaskett earlier today about what this all means. CHARTattack: So how do you feel right now...
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Wintersleep Join McCartney Bill

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 26, 2009 10:35 am
Wintersleep have been added to the bill for Paul McCartney's July 11 concert at the Halifax Commons. It was announced on Thursday that McCartney hand-picked The Joel Plaskett Emergency to open the show, which coincides with the Tall Ships Nova Scotia Festival. Tickets are still on sale online and will cost you $136, while VIP seats will run you...
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Plaskett Opening For McCartney

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 25, 2009 12:34 pm
The Joel Plaskett Emergency have been picked by Paul McCartney to open his July 11 show at the Halifax Commons. The Joel Plaskett Emergency will be accompanied by singers Rose Cousins and Anna Ege and Plaskett's father, Bill Plaskett, at the gig, according to CBC Radio 3. Plaskett reportedly told CBC Radio 3 he's "pretty damn excited...
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Joel Plaskett Adds Western Canada Dates

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By CHARTattack Staff February 17, 2009 5:51 pm
Joel Plaskett has added western dates to his Canadian tour in May in support of MapleMusic's March 24 release of his triple album, Three. Fans can choose from a variety of ticket options for these new shows from the Maple website, starting on Wednesday. (It's probably worth noting there are three options for each date.) Plaskett is in Memphis...
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Joel Plaskett Reveals Three Track List

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 26, 2009 3:21 pm
Joel Plaskett has revealed the track listing to his upcoming triple album, Three. The disc is out on March 24 (a multiple of three) through MapleMusic and, appropriately enough, many of the song titles feature words repeated three times. Every disc features nine tracks and nine is, of course, a multiple of... three. When Plaskett said he liked...
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Plaskett Sets Release Date, Plots Shows

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 20, 2009 5:42 pm
Joel Plaskett will release his highly anticipated triple album, Three, on March 24 through MapleMusic. A track list for the numerology-inspired album hasn't been announced, but Plaskett has revealed the disc's cover. Check it out: Since when did Plaskett start gang signing? We kid... or do we? Plaskett will open for Sarah McLachlan at a...
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Joel Plaskett Times Three

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By Mandy Savoie (CHARTattack) December 12, 2008 12:19 pm
Halifax rocker Joel Plaskett is no elf, but he's been busy making things lately. Plaskett told CBC Radio 3 on Wednesday that he has a triple album in the works. His sixth full-length album, appropriately titled Three, will likely be out sometime in February. Each disc will have nine songs, for a total of 27. None of the CDs are more than 35...
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Joel Plaskett Emergency: Best Of 2007

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) December 12, 2008 11:20 am
Thanks to Ashtray Rock, their landmark slice of Canadiana, Joel Plaskett and his band the Emergency (David Marsh, Chris Pennell) have had enough praise heaped upon them to swell 100 heads. Ask the native Haligonian, however, and he'll swear he's baffled by all the attention he's been getting. His modesty might be annoying were it not so gee-whiz...
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Joel Plaskett Cleans Up At East Coast Music Awards

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By Matt Carter (CHARTattack) February 11, 2008 6:00 pm
Joel Plaskett and his band The Emergency will take six East Coast Music Awards from Fredericton back home to Halifax this week. Plaskett received seven nominations and was named songwriter of the year for "Fashionable People," which also took the prize for best group single and video. The Ashtray Rock album that it came from swept the...
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Chart's Top 15 Records Of 2007: 5-1

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By CHARTattack Staff December 21, 2007 11:00 am
5. JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY Ashtray Rock (Maple/Universal) The reason why I think Ashtray Rock is a perfect album became clear to me not while listening to said album, but while seeing Plaskett perform live songs from it live on the last night of his six-show run at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern. The night was foreshadowed by a nasty snowstorm that...
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Tokyo Police Club And Joel Plaskett Emergency Take Two Buckys Apiece

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By CHARTattack Staff December 20, 2007 4:30 pm
Tokyo Police Club and Joel Plaskett Emergency were the only two-time winners of CBC Radio 3's Bucky Awards, which were voted on by fans in November. The Toronto band with a Japanese city in their name were recognized for best gang vocals and bass line for their song, "Your English Is Good." Plaskett took the top video and best...
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Joel Plaskett Emergency Declared At ECMA Nominees Announcement

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By CHARTattack Staff December 18, 2007 5:30 pm
The Joel Plaskett Emergency turned the Cellar Pub & Grill at the University Of New Brunswick in Fredericton into their own Ashtray Rock when it was announced that the group have been nominated for seven East Coast Music Awards. There are lots of other multiple nominees for the awards that will be presented at a gala ceremony hosted by This...
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The Joel Plaskett Emergency Are Suffering To Make You Happy

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) December 7, 2007 5:30 pm
Chris Pennell must be shaking in his boots.The bass player just joined the Joel Plaskett Emergency a scant two years ago, but he's now being asked to take on a seemingly impossible task: learn to play Joel Plaskett's entire back catalogue in only a few weeks. Plaskett and crew's five-show December stand at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern has been...
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Joel Plaskett To Showcase Old Albums In Toronto Concert Series

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By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) November 6, 2007 3:00 pm
The Joel Plaskett Emergency's five night stand at Toronto's Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in celebration of the venue's 60th anniversary is already one of the most anticipated musical events of the winter, but things just got even cooler. In perhaps the greatest Plaskett-related concept performances since Thrush Hermit barrelled through a set of...
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Miracle Fortress, Patrick Watson, Plaskett, VanGaalen And Doiron To Play Polaris Gala

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By CHARTattack Staff August 30, 2007 4:30 pm
Five of the 10 finalists for this year's Polaris Music Prize will perform at an invitation-only event on Sept. 24 at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre, where the winner will walk away with $20,000. Montreal-based Secret City Records acts Miracle Fortress and Patrick Watson, Halifax's Joel Plaskett Emergency and Calgary's Chad VanGaalen will...
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Joel Plaskett Emergency Debuts @ #1

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) May 8, 2007 3:30 pm
It's interesting that when a week of compiling charts is missed, there's suddenly a new #1 album. If I had moved into a new house during any other week in 2007, excluding the first week in February (when Julie Doiron's Woke Myself Up hit #1 in its second week on the chart), I wouldn't be making excuses for Joel Plaskett Emergency's Ashtray Rock...
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