Oakley Hall

Black Mountain Bring The Future To The Present

If earplugs didn't exist, I would be deaf right now. Well, if that was the case, I'd probably have gone deaf a long time ago. But, suspending reality for a moment, if Friday night's show at the Horseshoe was the first I'd ever been to and earplugs didn't exist, then I would, in fact, be deaf right now. Thankfully, this isn't the case on either...
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Black Mountain's Amber Webber (Photo by Rachel Verbin)

Calexico Serve Up Unpretentious Feast

The winsome double bill of Calexico and openers Oakley Hall proved that Toronto has a thirst for indie rock doused in Southern Comfort. Both acts demonstrated their unique slant on traditional southern music, updated and morphed into uniquely modern styles that borrow from the past while remaining decidedly forward thinking. The irony is that...
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Calexico

Oakley Hall

Oakley Hall certainly wrap an intriguing riddle around their music. On Gypsum Strings, they connote a mysterious aura by switching from back-porch, country-fried rockers and lonely-man lyrics ("Baby, what are you doin'/Leaving everything in ruin?") to mythical fable-type, female-sung weepers. They can also do humour: "What's up with...
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Gypsum Strings

Oakley Hall Keep Up Hectic Pace With Follow You

Brooklyn, New York band Oakley Hall will make their Merge debut with their fourth full-length, I'll Follow You, on Sept. 11. After releasing both Second Guessing and Gypsum Strings last year, and keeping a busy tour schedule, the group wasted no time in cranking out another record. Band founder and former Oneida member Pat Sullivan (vocals,...
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Oakley Hall

New Releases: Day Of The Beast Yields Horn O'Plenty

Hey everyone, have you heard the good news? Tuesday is the day of the BEAST! That's right, 06.06.06 is finally upon us and, with it, so are some of this year's most beastly releases. First on the list is one for the kiddies: AFI. There's been near silence on info about Decemberunderground, as per the band's wishes. But the veil of secrecy will...
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