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Sailboats Are White @ CMW 2006

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) March 4, 2006 2:00 pm
Hometown: Hamilton, ON Background/Composition: Hardcore post-punk disco with a lot of screaming and a drum machine. Grade: 95 Comment: This group didn't waste getting to the point. They jumped right in with heavy guitars, bass, keyboards and a drum machine. A punk band without a drummer? You read correctly and these boys definitely...
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Sailboats Are White — Turbo!

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) October 25, 2005 11:19 am
Hamilton's electro-punk entry is the raucous Sailboats Are White. Combining the talents of Kevin Douglas (who gives the finger to enunciation and delightfully engages in zombie-like shouting) bassist Matt Bourassa and a drum machine cranked to a healthy b.p.m., the group have released a rightfully boisterous mix of lo-fi '77 punk, power chords,...
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Over The Top Festival 2006

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Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Drake Underground
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 6, 2006
Sailboats Are White

Over The Top Festival 2006

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Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Drake Underground
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 6, 2006
Sailboats Are White

Over The Top Festival 2006

in
Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Drake Underground
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 6, 2006
Sailboats Are White

Over The Top Festival 2006

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Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Drake Underground
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 6, 2006
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R.I.P. Sailboats Are White

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By CHARTattack Staff October 17, 2008 4:17 pm
Check out this performance by Sailboats Are White at this summer's S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival in St. Catharines, Ont. The Hamilton, Ont. quartet recently announced their break-up after seven years together. Read the full story here.
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Sailboats Are White Sink

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) October 17, 2008 3:30 pm
After seven years together, Hamilton, Ont. punk thrashers Sailboats Are White have called it quits. A Stillepost thread titled "SAW RIP" was posted on Oct. 8 by user nogginskull with the following: "so it was a good 7 years but we are officially done. you can listen to our entire new record Turbo 2 at www.myspace.com/...
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Sailboats Are White Get Motoring

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By Phil Williams (CHARTattack) October 31, 2006 6:00 pm
When Sailboats Are White lost their live drummer and replaced her with a Roland 909 drum machine, they caught onto something. They recorded Turbo! themselves and released it in Canada in 2005 through the Let's Just Have Some Fun imprint. It was recently re-released in Australasia through Low Transit Industries/Inertia (the same label that...
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On The Road Again: Dearly Beloved, Sailboats Are White And Billy And The Lost Boys

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By CHARTattack Staff July 26, 2006 4:30 pm
Toronto's Dearly Beloved will play a hometown show before heading east on a tour that will include 10 shows in Newfoundland. The punk-influenced alt.rock band led by Rob Higgins have dubbed their journey in support of their You Are The Jaguar debut The Rugged Casual Tour. See and hear the group here: July 28 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern w/C'...
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Sailboats Are White Sign With Poptones

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) April 11, 2006 5:00 pm
Alan McGee — the man responsible for Creation Records and signing Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Oasis — has added Hamilton post-punk, disco-rock noisemakers Sailboats Are White to his Poptones label. "Intense rock 'n' roll motherfuckers from Canada," is how the Sloan fan describes his latest signing. "...
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