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Patrick Watson's Show Of A Lifetime

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) July 6, 2009 2:43 pm
Montreal's Patrick Watson gave the performance of a lifetime in front of 100,000-plus local fans on Sunday — the type of musical zenith that elevates an artist from your everyday Polaris Music Prize winner and most cherished adopted son of old francophone couples everywhere to mythical, "where were you on that fateful night?" status....
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Patrick Watson's Set Is A Dream

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) May 4, 2009 3:49 pm
Patrick Watson had five megaphones sprouting from his back on twisted wires like Dr. Octopus drawn by Dr. Seuss. His band were trailing behind him on patch cord tethers, all plugged into his megaphone suit, wandering through the aisles of Trinity-St. Paul's United Church. Up on the balcony, he sang through five robot mouths to a charmed audience...
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Patrick Watson (photo by Carrie Musgrave)

Patrick Watson — Wooden Arms

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) April 28, 2009 1:39 pm
The mysterious and textured Wooden Arms — the follow-up to 2006's Polaris Music Prize-winning Close To Paradise — represents a gigantic leap forward in Patrick Watson and his band's ability to tell stories and capture precise moods with a cinematic grace. Watson scored a dark comedy film from Quebec in between records, and some of that foley...
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Montreal Jazz Fest Roundup: Sean Lennon, Besnard Lakes, Patrick Watson

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) July 12, 2007 3:30 pm
A festival built on second- and third-generation jazzmen paying respect to what's generally a musical genre living only in historical tribute wasn't the best venue for Sean Lennon to spread his wings and fly beyond the legacy left by everyone's favourite Liverpudlian musical hero. In the Montreal International Jazz Festival, where music fans...
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Patrick Watson — Close To Paradise

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) September 26, 2006 9:25 am
When your daily acid dose has just kicked in and you're kind of stressed about the fact that your skin's dripping off your face, Patrick Watson is the perfect guy to pry the scissors from your grip and smoothly talk you down. Close To Paradise, the Montreal singer-songwriter's latest album, is trippy yet pretty, commanding but, for the most part,...
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Patrick Watson @ NXNE 2006

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) June 10, 2006 11:00 am
Hometown: Montreal, QC Background/Composition: Patrick Watson is a Montreal-based singer/songwriter who uses the piano as his weapon of choice. It's hardly a new concept, but he seems to possess those indescribable intangibles that should advance him to the next level while we all sit back and watch. He's cocky, brash and...
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MP3 Roundup: New music from The Polyphonic Spree, Patrick Watson, and Eight and a Half

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By CHARTattack (CHARTattack) January 25, 2012 5:59 pm
The Polyphonic Spree - “What Would You Do” The Polyphonic Spree are back. The orchestral rock collective have announced their first tour since 2007, and to celebrate we get “What Would You Do,” a triumphant and dangerously catchy single that will soon be released physically and digitally (along with a “surprise B-side”). If this single doesn't...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 5, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 5, 2011 2:44 pm
City And Colour's Dallas Green and Shad will release a collaborative EP, Two Songs, on Jan. 11. It features, yes, two songs: a new track and a remix. You can preorder it here and here. All the proceeds will be donated to Skate4Cancer. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will hit the road with Surfer Blood this spring. Trail Of Dead will...
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New Patrick Watson Single Available

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 25, 2010 3:43 pm
Patrick Watson's first new music since 2009's Polaris Music Prize short listed Wooden Arms, a single dubbed "Sit Down Beside Me," was released exclusively to iTunes on Tuesday (May 25). Watson and his band of the same name recorded the tune at Watson's home studio. Its myriad of instruments include piano, acoustic guitar, drums,...
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Sevens Project At Cabaret Just Pour Rire

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
Cabaret Just Pour Rire
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
April 9, 2010
Sevens Project (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Sevens Project At Cabaret Just Pour Rire

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
Cabaret Just Pour Rire
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
April 9, 2010

Sevens Project At Cabaret Just Pour Rire

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
Cabaret Just Pour Rire
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
April 9, 2010
Sevens Project (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Sevens Project At Cabaret Just Pour Rire

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Photographer: 
Cindy Lopez
Venue: 
Cabaret Just Pour Rire
City: 
Montreal, QC
Date: 
April 9, 2010
Sevens Project (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Spotlight Shines On Patrick Watson During Sevens Project Show In Montreal

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) April 13, 2010 2:46 pm
Last week for this very website, I interviewed Sevens Project and Moondata member Ryhna Thompson about this exciting Montreal musical collective, starring her Moondata cohorts Peter X and Matt Lederman, Patrick Watson and Bell Orchestre's Stefan Schneider. "It's more of a document of a time and place, and a musical community where everyone...
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Sevens Project (Photo by Cindy Lopez)

Patrick Watson Touring Quebec In April

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 4, 2010 4:09 pm
Here's your chance to see Patrick Watson and his band parade around with all sorts of weird stuff on their backs or go all circus-freak-y on you. The Polaris Music Prize winner and his backing band will mount a brief tour of Quebec in late April in support of last year's Wooden Arms album. Tickets to the Quebec City show are on sale now...
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Patrick Watson (Photo by Brigette Henry)

Patrick Watson Does Not Stand Alone In Australia

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) January 8, 2010 5:09 pm
A near-capacity crowd filled the Northcote Social Club for the first of two gigs at the venue by Montreal's Patrick Watson. He was originally slated to play only one concert in Melbourne during his Australian tour, Tuesday's (Jan. 5) show was added due to an overwhelming demand for tickets. With everyone seated on the carpeted floor drinking...
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Patrick Watson Announces Euro Tour

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By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) November 5, 2009 2:32 pm
Polaris Music Prize mainstay and five time GAMIQ award-winner Patrick Watson has announced a European tour with his band of the same name, kicking off in France. Watson and company are out in support of this year's Polaris Music Prize short listed Wooden Arms, and will be on a worldwide tour until late January. They'll play France, Switzerland,...
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Patrick Watson Wins Five GAMIQ Awards

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 5, 2009 4:28 pm
Patrick Watson walked away with five GAMIQ Awards at a ceremony at Montreal's Club Soda that was hosted by the United Steel Workers Of Montreal on Sunday night. Watson and his band of the same name, whose Wooden Arms was short listed for this year's Polaris Music Prize, won trophies for artist of the year and songwriter of the year, both of...
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Polaris Short Listers Suggest Future Nominees

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By Aaron Brophy and Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 22, 2009 3:20 pm
"I call bullshit!" Chad VanGaalen shouted from the stage just after he pieced together that Leonard Cohen, who turned 75 that day, didn't make it to the short-list at Monday night's Polaris Music Prize gala. Cohen's Live In London double CD/DVD package made this year's Polaris Music Prize long list and was a bit of a contentious pick...
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Patrick Watson At Polaris Music Prize 2009 Gala

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Photographer: 
John Papamarko
Venue: 
Masonic Temple
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 21, 2009
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