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Born Ruffians Better Than Ezra (And The Rest Of Vampire Weekend)

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) April 28, 2008 1:00 pm
I hate Vampire Weekend. I don't even hate their album so much, but that's part of the problem. You see, their popularity has been mysteriously manufactured. Why every blog and mainstream magazine picked these guys is beyond me. They have terrible style, and singer Ezra Koenig, while fine on record, acts like he knows how awesome everyone thinks he...
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Miracle Fortress — Five Roses

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) May 22, 2007 10:24 am
You may know Montreal multi-instrumentalist Graham Van Pelt as a member of the increasingly popular Think About Life. Miracle Fortress is his other band, and Five Roses is their debut full-length. Van Pelt has constructed some propulsive dream pop by carefully stacking layer upon layer of instruments and vocals with a meticulous attention to...
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I Read The News Today... For July 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 4, 2011 3:11 pm
Herohill has put together a special Canada Day Gordon Lightfoot tribute album. Turning Back The Pages Of My Sweet Shattered Dreams features artists like Adam & The Amethysts, Olenka Krakus of Olenka And The Autumn Lovers, The Schomberg Fair and Cursed Arrows covering Lightfoot's songs. It's available for free download here. Seriously, now,...
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Miracle Fortress Surprise By Hitting #1 On The Campus Chart

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 31, 2011 1:06 pm
There have been some months on the campus charts where the same three or four albums sit week after week in the same spot and this chart analysis must instead focus on the new debuts or surprise re-entries further down the top 50 chart. Then there are those periods when there's some real competition among various albums for the hearts and ears of...
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Miracle Fortress — Was I The Wave?

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 19, 2011 4:15 pm
Miracle Fortress' long awaited follow-up to 2007's Polaris Music Prize short-listed Five Roses, has already been described as "more electronic" than its predecessor, with some saying Graham Van Pelt has ditched the indie rock that marked his debut.But that's reductionist and absolutely not the case. While Was I The Wave? definitely features more...
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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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I Read The News Today... For March 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 31, 2011 3:50 pm
Miracle Fortress is finally releasing a new album. Sophomore LP Was I The Wave?, which is the follow-up to the 2007 Polaris Music Prize short listed Five Roses, is out April 26. Listen to "Raw Spectacle" here. —Secret City Records Holy shitballs: Muse are building a special stage for their appearances at the Reading and Leeds festivals this year...
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Song Of The Day: Miracle Fortress' "Raw Spectacle"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 31, 2011 10:44 am
Miracle Fortress, the Polaris Music Prize short listed project consisting mostly of Think About Life's Graham Van Pelt but which also features The Luyas' Jessie Stein and Adam & The Amethysts' Adam Waito live, are back! Was I The Wave?, the long-awaited follow-up to 2007's Five Roses, comes out April 26 through Secret City. "Raw Spectacle" is...
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Miracle Fortress at M For Montreal

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
NRJ Stage at Cabaret
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
November 19, 2009
Miracle Fortress (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Miracle Fortress at M For Montreal

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
NRJ Stage at Cabaret
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
November 19, 2009
Miracle Fortress (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Miracle Fortress at M For Montreal

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
NRJ Stage at Cabaret
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
November 19, 2009
Miracle Fortress (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Miracle Fortress at M For Montreal

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
NRJ Stage at Cabaret
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
November 19, 2009
Miracle Fortress (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Miracle Fortress at M For Montreal

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
NRJ Stage at Cabaret
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
November 19, 2009
Miracle Fortress (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Miracle Fortress at M For Montreal

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
NRJ Stage at Cabaret
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
November 19, 2009
Miracle Fortress (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Think About Life Top M For Montreal Night One

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) November 20, 2009 3:10 pm
A tragic yet ultimately inevitable thing has happened to the yearly M For Montreal musical showcase, now in it's most biggest-ever fourth edition: the music has been upstaged by the city. While earlier editions of the shindig (designed to expose out-of-town music industry decisionmakers to the city's deep musical bench) could tout the...
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Miracle Fortress' Graham Van Pelt Explains "Beach Baby"

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By Graham Van Pelt (CHARTattack) May 22, 2009 9:39 am
"Beach Baby" started as a really quick snippet of trees blowing above my roof. I chopped all but a few milliseconds from the recording, leaving just this tiny slice, more of a sine tone. I was sort of noodling around and recorded that out of my stereo into this little Realistic brand keyboard sampler (an SK-1 knockoff). That meant I...
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Miracle Fortress: Not Just A Clever Name

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) February 9, 2009 5:37 pm
Montrealer gets dreamy with his side-project I really like Graham Van Pelt's new record, Five Roses. But when I tried to tell him that I was left with little more than dead silence and a hurried "Oh‚ thanks" before the subject quickly changed. The crushingly modest Van Pelt is the man behind the increasingly popular Miracle Fortress,...
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Slim Twig, Miracle Fortress & Born Ruffians At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Rachel Verbin
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 26, 2008
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Slim Twig, Miracle Fortress & Born Ruffians At Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Rachel Verbin
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
April 26, 2008
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Miracle Fortress Summer Tour

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 30, 2008 4:30 pm
Graham Van Pelt's Miracle Fortress will head back out on the road for a few summer dates in July and August. They'll mainly be playing with associated acts like Think About Life (of whom Van Pelt is a member), The Luyas (who feature guitarist Jessie Stein) and Adam & The Amethysts (who include Adam Waito). The Polaris Music Prize-nominated...
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