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Two Hours Traffic Let Music Do The Talking

By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) October 20, 2009 3:18 pm

Charlottetown's Two Hours Traffic have had one of the most organic rises in Canadian indie rock over the past few years. They've certainly had a lot of lucky breaks — their recording partnership with Joel Plaskett yielded a Polaris Music Prize nomination for their excellent record Little Jabs — but everything has felt like baby steps rather...

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The Danks — Are You Afraid Of The Danks

By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) July 3, 2009 12:52 pm

Since the first time I saw The Danks live, I've been saying they're Canada's answer to The Strokes. Are You Afraid Of The Danks? is the proof. Put on this disc and you'll be transported back to 2001, to the first time you heard Is This It. On the first few listens, you'll be so caught up by the wave of energy that you'll barely notice there are...

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Two Hours Traffic Jab Hard

By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) September 29, 2008 12:11 pm

Brohan Moore: is that a cell phone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? I'll never understand the need for lead singers to wear excruciatingly tight pants, but as long as the frontman for openers The Danks is channelling Julian Casablancas, I can't complain. The Charlottetown quartet came off as a little unproven and nervous (the...

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Two Hours Traffic (photo by Jessica Lewis)

The Danks @ NXNE 2008

By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) June 13, 2008 10:00 am

BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: This quartet from Charlottetown stole a member from Two Hours Traffic. THT guitarist Alec O’Hanley plays with vocalist Brohan Moore, drummer Phil MacIsaac and bassist Chris Doiron in this pop-rock group. Grade: 94 Comment: When The Danks first took the stage and powered through two energetic...

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Danks Opening For Two Hours Traffic

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 1:24 pm

Charlottetown's The Danks, which features Two Hours Traffic guitarist Alec O'Hanley and bassist Andrew MacDonald, will open Two Hours Traffic's upcoming fall tour. The jaunt runs from mid September to late October and is in support of the band's recently released Are You Afraid Of The Danks debut album. Two Hours Traffic are out in support of...

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The Danks — "Planet Beach"

The Danks

By CHARTattack Staff August 14, 2009 12:14 pm

Here's the video for The Danks' "Planet Beach." The band practice in a school classroom, while the principal has unbelievably weird urges to do the robot, play basketball (badly), draw doobies on pictures of students and smoke pot himself. "Planet Beach" is on Are You Afraid Of The Danks, which is in stores now.

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Pumping: The Danks - Are You Afraid Of The Danks?

Submitted by The Stereo on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 2:14pm

By The Stereo (CHARTattack) May 21, 2009 2:14 pm

Charlottetown's The Danks share two members with Two Hours Traffic, since there are apparently only so many musical peeps on the tiny island. (I kid, I kid.) They've made a good little rock/pop album, and frontman Brohan Moore has an interesting Pete Yorn-like vocal thing going on. Though the only thing I can think of when I hear or see their...

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Two Hours Traffic Cross Canada

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 17, 2008 10:51 am

Charlottetown's Two Hours Traffic have announced a fall tour in support of last year's Polaris Music Prize nominated Little Jabs. They'll play the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival in New York before heading out across the country with fellow East Coasters Hey Rosetta! and The Danks (who count Two Hours Traffic's Alec O'Hanley among their...