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Victory Square Block Party

When it came to the profiles of their respective lineups, the Victory Square Block Party was dwarfed by the New Pornographers-curated Stanley Park Singing Exhibition on the other side of town. In fact, the first day of the Singing Exhibition opened with one of Victory Square's headliners, The Evaporators. But despite the fact that the Stanley...
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The Evaporators (photo by Quinn Omori)

The Mohawk Lodge — Wildfires

The sophomore album from The Mohawk Lodge sees a definite shift in tempo from 2004's Rare Birds. While that album was dense with folky campfire ballads, the new face of The Mohawk Lodge bears a closer resemblance to music you'd hear on a stereo at a backyard party that gets out of control and ends with uninvited guests breaking shit. Primarily an...
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The Mohawk Lodge - Wildfires

I Read The News Today... For May 17, 2010

My Chemical Romance have offered Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player LeBron James a lifetime of free tickets if he signs with the New York Knicks. He'll be a free agent when the off-season begins. —VH1 A-Trak's Dirty South Dance 2 mixtape is available for free download here. Liam Gallagher's new band will write the soundtrack to his upcoming...
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The Mohawk Lodge: The Music Always Comes First

The gritty, classic rock-inspired tales on The Mohawk Lodge's Wildfires may have all the characteristics of determined planning, but it was an impulsive decision that first landed main Mohawk man Ryder Havdale in Darryl Neudorf's Toronto studio. "We'd finished a tour," he recalls, "and Sam [Mallal, bassist] and I were driving back...
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The Mohawk Lodge Find Order In Chaos

To say that The Mohawk Lodge frontman Ryder Havdale is a busy individual would be a significant understatement. While his band's blue-collar rock-infused Wildfires disc is actively creating a demand for live appearances, the Vancouver-based musician is also trying to juggle a number of other bands' releases on his White Whale Records label....
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The Mohawk Lodge Ignite Wildfires

Vancouver's The Mohawk Lodge have expanded the dirty folk sound of their Rare Birds debut with their new, guest-filled album, Wildfires. The White Whale Records release will arrive in stores on July 31. It was produced by Darryl Neudorf (The New Pornographers, Neko Case) and The Mohawk Lodge singer, songwriter, guitarist Ryder Havdale and...
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