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Said The Whale — Islands Disappear

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) October 14, 2009 2:28 pm
Last year's Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia was a long-player, but it was technically a re-released EP with some extra songs tacked on. That more or less makes Islands Disappear Said The Whale's debut full-length, and it's a clear statement about where the B.C. five-piece are headed. Islands Disappear's strength lies in its deliberate restraint. We...
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Said The Whale @ NXNE 2009

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) June 22, 2009 1:32 pm
Background/ Composition: This Vancouver band creates blissful and delicate pop rock when they're not taking kudos from Perez Hilton or getting pulled over by the police on 4/20. Grade: 91 Comment: These guys (and girl) provided a jam-packed set of great harmonies and showed diverse songs that touched on blues, pop and rock. Achievement of Rock...
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Black Mountain Help Ladyhawk At Transmission

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By Quinn Omori (CHARTattack) December 5, 2008 5:19 pm
The first night of live events for 2008's Transmission Festival kicked off with a bang on Wednesday night. The festival, which runs alongside a conference that organizers describe as "a future-focused, solution-minded music and digital technology conference," got rolling at Vancouver's Biltmore Cabaret with a night of performances by...
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Said The Whale @ NXNE 2008

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 16, 2008 10:30 am
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: An indie rock band that's free of irony and hipster posing? That's what Said The Whale claim, at least. They've got one of Canada's best band names, mainly because, like "in bed," you can add it to the end of almost any sentence and hilarity ensues... said the whale. Grade: 80 Comment: As always, the...
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Said The Whale — Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia

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By Zack Vitiello (CHARTattack) June 10, 2008 4:18 pm
I generally consider comparison reviews a bit of a cop-out, but after listening to Said The Whale's debut full-length, I can't help thinking that their CD collection is composed of nothing but Decemberists and Shins albums. It's impossible to listen to Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia without noticing the similarities. "Live Off The Lamb"...
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Said The Whale @ CMW 2008

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) March 10, 2008 10:30 am
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: Said The Whale recently won a 2007 CBC Radio 3 Bucky award for Best New Band Name and it just may pave the way to making sentence-fragment monikers cool again. They've been called Canada's answer to The Shins, but are they good enough to avoid becoming a Shins knock-off? Grade: 82 Comment: To add to the "...
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I Read The News Today... For July 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 11, 2011 4:10 pm
Arctic Monkeys are heading on a North American fall tour in support of their recently released Suck It And See album. It takes place from September to November and four Canadian dates are on the itinerary. Gallows vocalist Frank Carter is leaving the band when their current tour is done. He's just launched a new project called Pure Love, and the...
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The Longest Running Albums On The Campus Radio Chart

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 12:24 pm
Here is the complete list of every album that has been on the Campus Radio Chart for 20 or more weeks since September 1995. The albums are listed in chronological order with each week total.The dates in the brackets indicate the week the record initially entered the chart, followed by the last week of continuous presence before exiting the chart....
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I Read The News Today... For April 19, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 19, 2011 3:29 pm
Holy crappers! Radiohead have released "Supercollider" and "The Butcher," the two tunes they released on limited-edition vinyl on Saturday for Record Store Day, to fans for free download. There's no catch, and they're apparently giving them away as a "thank you." —NME If you're a grunge obsessive whose VHS copy of 1991: The Year Punk Broke, a...
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Said The Whale Explain "SXSW Mustard Incident"

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 29, 2011 11:17 am
One of the most bizarre incidents to come out of this year's South By Southwest music festival was the inexplicable mustard attack a woman perpetrated on mild-mannered Said The Whale drummer Spencer Schoening.When CHARTattack caught up with the band on the red carpet at the 2011 Juno Awards, where they won for Best New Group, we couldn't help but...
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Said The Whale Attacked By Mustard-Wielding Harpy At SXSW

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 18, 2011 11:34 am
Can someone please give Said The Whale a break already?The Vancouver indie rockers were robbed in California a few weeks back, and a lot of gear was taken from their trailer. But now drummer Spencer "Spenny" Schoening's felt the wrath of a woman we're going to dub the South By Southwest Mustard Lady. He was just chilling out, shirtless, in the...
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Said The Whale Robbed In California

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 9, 2011 2:54 pm
Remember a few years ago, when Montreal seemed to be the Band Theft Capital Of The World? Could Sacramento, Calif. be on its way to earning that dubious dishonour? Said The Whale might say yes. They were robbed of what we're going to call a shit-ton of gear in Sacramento yesterday, waking up to discover someone had made off with a lot of stuff in...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 11, 2011 5:46 pm
About a year ago, Toronto's Oh No Forest Fires broke up. And that sucked. But now they're playing a reunion show on April 1 at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern! Yay!!! —Facebook Scalpers have been selling tickets to LCD Soundsystem's farewell performance at New York City's Madison Square Garden for $1,500. James Murphy is FUCKING PISSED. —Twitter Said...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 19, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 19, 2010 4:40 pm
The Golden Dogs have announced a handful of Ontario dates that will take place in the province next month and in January. No, you can't bring your golden retriever with you, likely because of city bylaws at every venue. —MySpace Said The Whale won $75,000 from 100.5 FM The PEAK's The PEAK Performance Project. You can hear a new Said The Whale song...
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I Read The News Today... For June 7, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 7, 2010 1:43 pm
Against Me! recorded a Daytrotter session last week in Rock Island, Ill. Two of the tunes are from their upcoming fifth album, White Crosses, which is out tomorrow. —Daytrotter Tegan And Sara, Scarlett Johansson, Amanda Palmer and Holly Miranda are among those covering Steel Train on an all-females covers album that's due out June 29. —Paste...
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Said The Whale, Hannah Georgas, Jeremy Fisher Biking To Work

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 13, 2010 10:41 am
We hear a lot lately about the horrendous impact touring has on the environment and how bands are offsetting their carbon emissions in particular ways. But what better way to do it than biking? Jeremy Fisher, Said The Whale, Hannah Georgas and Aidan Knight are doing that this July with something called The Malahat Revue. They'll spend 10 days...
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Plants And Animals' La La Land Hits #1

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 28, 2010 10:36 am
It appears the city of Montreal continues to have a stranglehold on the campus charts. After a month with The Besnard Lakes holding the top spot, Plants And Animals' La La Land shoves Are The Roaring Night out of the #1 spot. With its rise to #1 this week, La La Land has gone where no other Plants And Animals album has before. The band's...
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The Besnard Lakes Continue Roaring At #1

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 14, 2010 11:05 am
There was a point a couple of weeks ago when there was a possibility of a true battle for the #1 position on the campus chart. But in the ensuing three weeks, it's been a one-sided trouncing as The Besnard Lakes have fought off all comers. Are The Roaring Night, their latest album, retains the #1 position for the week of April 4 to 10. This...
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The Besnard Lakes Extend Their Hold On #1

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 6, 2010 10:01 am
It's that time of the year when many things come to an end and others are just beginning. With the campus charts for March 28 to April 3, its a time of consolidation and growth for the #1 album, The Besnard Lakes' Are The Roaring Night. Last week the Montreal-based band was in a bitter dogfight for the top spot with the runner-up, Jason...
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Said The Whale Release Catherine North Demos As Tribute To Dan Achen

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 17, 2010 1:24 pm
Said The Whale have made available four demos recorded at Dan Achen's Hamilton, Ont.-based Catherine North Studios as a tribute to the late producer, who died on Monday (March 15). Said The Whale cut some demos for some songs that eventually ended up on last year's Islands Disappear and the Magician EP at the studio in October 2008. They'd first...
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