The Ghost Is Dancing

The Ghost Is Dancing — Battles On

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) May 7, 2009 2:32 pm
The Ghost Is Dancing's latest effort is aptly named. Toronto's happiest pop band faced tremendous adversity in recording this album amidst lineup changes (including the departure of singer/guitarist/lyricist Jim DeLuca), being broke and dipping into debt, working crappy jobs, going through three managers and surviving two near-death experiences....
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The Ghost Is Dancing @ CMW 2009

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) March 14, 2009 12:35 pm
Background / Composition: Not many people would bother to argue that The Ghost Is Dancing aren't Toronto's happiest pop band. They're notorious for filling stages with more musicians than any group would consider sane. Grade: 92 Comment: The Ghost Is Dancing had a lite-brite panel with their name written on it. It was the single greatest...
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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) March 10, 2008 10:30 am
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: The Ghost Is Dancing are a collective of class clowns. They never get the best marks, but everyone loves them because they're notorious for actually having fun while they perform. Grade: 86 Comment: There's a new gal in the Ghost Is Dancing troupe, and I'm not sure who she is, but she's playing a fairly...
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The Ghost Is Dancing — The Darkest Spark

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 19, 2007 7:36 pm
Topping last year's self-titled debut EP is likely the toughest challenge that Toronto collective The Ghost Is Dancing will ever face. With The Darkest Spark, the group made an effort to sound more like a band and less like a bunch of friends who got together on a lark. The slow but steady pace of opening track "September '01" foretells...
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The Ghost Is Dancing @ NXNE 2007

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 8, 2007 11:30 am
Background/Composition: Uh oh, it's another one of those bands that you can label a conglomeration. Thankfully, the "let's see how many people we can get on stage" philosophy seems to work in this city. Their website once detailed their involvement in an intricate time travel plot in which they formed in 2009 and returned to the...
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Brampton Indie Arts Festival Report #3: Mark Mothersbaugh, Ghost Is Dancing

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By Pras Rajagopalan (CHARTattack) February 22, 2007 2:00 pm
Saturday at the Brampton Indie Arts Festival was an all-day affair, but I was forced to miss most of the daytime festivities due to less than exemplary health. I strolled in at 7:30 p.m. to find Toronto DJ duo InsideAmind setting up their gear on the second stage. The first half of the set started tentatively, as the two DJs felt out their...
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The Ghost Is Dancing — The Ghost Is Dancing

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By Allegra Shepherd (CHARTattack) September 26, 2006 8:41 am
For Toronto's The Ghost Is Dancing, making indie pop is a lot like balancing a chemical equation. They have the right reactants and products — wistful, slightly nonsensical monosyllabic lyrics, sweetly feminine back-up vocals, and a bevy of instruments not usually found in the average four-piece — but their skill at mixing them is middling. This...
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Flaming Lips' Embryonic Hits #1

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) November 24, 2009 3:59 pm
As our neighbours to the south head toward their biggest holiday of the year, American Thanksgiving, one of their prestigious veteran collage radio acts, The Flaming Lips take over the top spot on the Canadian campus radio chart for the week Nov. 22 to 28. Embryonic, the Lips' latest, rises a spot to grab the #1 spot. It's the second Flaming...
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The Ghost Is Dancing — "This Thunder"

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By CHARTattack Staff October 29, 2009 12:43 pm
The Ghost Is Dancing's clip for Battles On's "This Thunder" recreates classic film scenes from Bande A Part, Jules Et Jim and Breathless. It was shot in Toronto at the Royal Ontario Museum, in High Park and at former Organ singer Katie Sketch's The Henhouse bar in Parkdale, according to Eye Weekly. Battles On is out now.
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Ghost Is Dancing — "Without Friends"

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By CHARTattack Staff May 11, 2009 12:40 pm
Here's the first video for the last song on The Ghost Is Dancing's latest release, Battles On. The video, directed by Mark Matechuk and shot by Jon Simonassi, features frontman Jamie Matechuk running for his life down a country road. He's later joined by his bandmates, who constantly look back in fear of an unknown predator. (A hungry bear?...
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The Ghost Is Dancing Keep Battling

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) April 22, 2009 12:54 pm
The Ghost Is Dancing may have been referred to as Toronto's happiest pop band on their recent Canadian Music Week report card, but it hasn't been easy to keep up those smiles. The act will release their sophomore full-length, Battles On, through Sonic Unyon next week. Completing the record was no small feat. The Ghost Is Dancing have faced...
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The Ghost Is Dancing Battle On

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By CHARTattack Staff April 2, 2009 11:22 am
Toronto's The Ghost Is Dancing will fight for music fans' attention when Sonic Unyon releases Battles On on April 28. The follow-up to the energetic indie pop group's 2006 self-titled debut EP and 2007's The Darkest Spark was recorded by drummer/keyboardist Kevin Corlis, bassist Eric Krumins, singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jamie Matechuk,...
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Sonic Unyon Host Christmas Extravaganza

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) December 5, 2008 12:04 pm
'Tis the season for Christmas parties, and Sonic Unyon's is set for Dec. 13 at Hamilton's Casbah. The all-ages event will feature performances by Cowlick, Don Vail, The Ghost Is Dancing and Vatican Chainsaw Massacre. Sonic Unyon staff members will DJ all night in the Casbah Lounge. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are five dollars at the door, and...
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CMW 2008: The Ghost Is Dancing

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By CHARTattack Staff March 8, 2008 2:20 pm
ChartAttack's Jen White talks to the happiest band on the planet, a.k.a. The Ghost Is Dancing.
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CMW 2008: Saturday Chart Showcase @ The 'Shoe

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 8, 2008
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CMW 2008: Saturday Chart Showcase @ The 'Shoe

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 8, 2008
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CMW 2008: Saturday Chart Showcase @ The 'Shoe

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 8, 2008
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CMW 2008: Saturday Chart Showcase @ The 'Shoe

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
March 8, 2008
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The Ghost Is Dancing Launch Canadian Tour

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By Lindsay Craig (CHARTattack) June 13, 2007 5:00 pm
Toronto's The Ghost Is Dancing are taking their energetic pop-rock across the country this summer in support of the June 19 Sonic Unyon release of their debut full-length, The Darkest Spark. The album's "We'll Make It" and "Shuttles And Planes" can be previewed on the band's MySpace page. The Ghost Is Dancing showcased at...
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The Ghost Is Dancing Can't Believe How They've Grown

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By Jamie Hunter (CHARTattack) May 8, 2007 4:30 pm
When we first approached Toronto's The Ghost Is Dancing last year, vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Jamie Matechuk claimed that he never thought that they'd be in Chart. It still comes to him as a surprise. "I never expected to have a second interview. We never expected anything like this. We're very honest that we started this band on a...
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