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Song Of The Day: Royal Canoe's "Today We're Believers"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 2, 2011 1:57 pm
Royal Canoe is the side-project of The Waking Eyes' Matt Peters. They released their Co-Op Mode debut album last year. "Today We're Believers" is a new single, and it indicates a possible change in sound for the collective, which also includes members of The Liptonians and Tele. It's more keyboard-driven, featuring quieter vocals layered on top of...
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Song Of The Day: Royal Canoe's "Kasparov"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 22, 2010 12:49 pm
Royal Canoe's "Kasparov" is an ode to — you guessed it — Russian chess grand master Garry Kasparov. But it's not merely a simple "Garry Kasparov is the greatest" tune — that would have been too obvious. Instead, the song is a make-believe love affair between Kasparov and Deep Blue, the chess-playing computer to which Kasparov lost in 1997. (He'd...
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Waking Eyes Side-Project Royal Canoe Are All About Collaboration

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 17, 2010 11:31 am
If you're in an indie band and you're looking to create a cover for your album, it could be tempting to just turn to that greatest of R-rated of spank banks: Google Images. Of course, you're going to have to deal with all kinds of pesky copyright issues — unless you do as Royal Canoe and trust in your grandparents' inability to figure out the...
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Waking Eyes Side-Project Royal Canoe's Debut Out In July

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) May 31, 2010 3:14 pm
You gotta give credit where it's due: if the songs on Royal Canoe's upcoming debut are as creative as the band name, this is going to be one rockin' side project. Upon learning of the band, this writer erupted into fits of girlish giggling while visualizing Elizabeth II steering her whole screwed up family through some raging rapids. The band is...
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Waking Eyes Member Preps Album From Royal Canoe Project

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 6, 2009 5:00 pm
Royal Canoe, perhaps better known as The Waking Eyes' Matt Peters collaborating with his friends, are preparing for the release of their first full-length record, Co-Op Mode. No track list has been released yet, but the album features songs and collaborations written by Peters and his fellow Waking Eyes members Joey Penner, Steve Senkiw and...
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