The Waking Eyes

The Waking Eyes @ CMW 2009

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By Travis Persaud (CHARTattack) March 13, 2009 2:03 pm
Background/Composition: This Winnipeg indie rock quartet are riding the wave of success from their latest album, Holding On To Whatever It Is, which has received critical acclaim from coast to coast. Grade: 87 Comment: It's hard to imagine Matt Peters and Rusty Matyas producing CD quality vocals live, but that’s exactly what they did. With...
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Waking Eyes Play Weezer

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) February 11, 2009 5:30 pm
I couldn't believe the crowd that gathered for a Weezer tribute show on a Tuesday night. But as the evening went on, a few things became a little clearer: a) The Waking Eyes love Weezer's Blue Album; b) Weezer fans love other Weezer fans; and c) You can't really go wrong for a five-buck cover. The show started at 10 p.m. with comical MC Serb...
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Arkells, Waking Eyes Take Over 'Shoe

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 9, 2009 3:15 pm
Toronto's We Are The Take had the coveted opening slot at Friday night's show. Since they were playing before two of Canada's biggest up-and-coming bands, they were probably hoping that people would take note of their sound, too. Unfortunately, the band have a long way to go before that happens. Singer/guitarist Erik Alcock came on stage wearing...
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Arkells' Mike DeAngelis (Photo by Aviva Cohen)

The Waking Eyes — Holding On To Whatever It Is

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) November 4, 2008 2:43 pm
If it always seemed like The Waking Eyes got a softer touch from the music community intelligentsia for their radio-standard Can-rock, it's because they did. The reason wasn't because of a collective secret affinity for drive-time DJs so much as it was everyone knowing the Eyes were a band of solid music pedigree capable of so much more. After...
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Watchmen Reunion All Smiles

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By Shayne Stephens (CHARTattack) September 29, 2008 1:50 pm
Whether for friends in the basement of a seedy Winnipeg hotel practice spot, draft-swilling college kids in dank campus bars or thousands of proud patriots during Canada Day celebrations in the nation's capital, The Watchmen have always been known to put on a good show. So when the recently reconciled quartet took the stage for the second...
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The Watchmen (photo by Richard Beland)

Song Of The Day: Royal Canoe's "Kasparov"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 22, 2010 12:49 pm
Royal Canoe's "Kasparov" is an ode to — you guessed it — Russian chess grand master Garry Kasparov. But it's not merely a simple "Garry Kasparov is the greatest" tune — that would have been too obvious. Instead, the song is a make-believe love affair between Kasparov and Deep Blue, the chess-playing computer to which Kasparov lost in 1997. (He'd...
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Waking Eyes Member Learns Not To Be Gassy In Front Of Women In Imaginary Cities

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) June 17, 2010 11:47 am
There are very few universal truths out there. I hate to delve into moral relativism, but there are few things that are always right or always wrong. However, there is one such rule for men: you cannot emit gas in front of a woman. Even if that woman is your bandmate in your new project. "I've never been in a band with a girl before,...
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Waking Eyes Side-Project Royal Canoe Are All About Collaboration

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 17, 2010 11:31 am
If you're in an indie band and you're looking to create a cover for your album, it could be tempting to just turn to that greatest of R-rated of spank banks: Google Images. Of course, you're going to have to deal with all kinds of pesky copyright issues — unless you do as Royal Canoe and trust in your grandparents' inability to figure out the...
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Imaginary Cities Exist

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) June 3, 2010 2:42 pm
OK, Rusty Matyas. We get it. Only two days ago, we wrote about how Matt Peters and Joey Penner, your Waking Eyes bandmates, are getting ready to put out an album with Royal Canoe. Now, not coincidentally, we hear that you've got a new band, too. Matyas' new band is called Imaginary Cities, a group he started with Marti Sarbit, a singer/pianist...
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Waking Eyes Side-Project Royal Canoe's Debut Out In July

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) May 31, 2010 3:14 pm
You gotta give credit where it's due: if the songs on Royal Canoe's upcoming debut are as creative as the band name, this is going to be one rockin' side project. Upon learning of the band, this writer erupted into fits of girlish giggling while visualizing Elizabeth II steering her whole screwed up family through some raging rapids. The band is...
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Waking Eyes Member Preps Album From Royal Canoe Project

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 6, 2009 5:00 pm
Royal Canoe, perhaps better known as The Waking Eyes' Matt Peters collaborating with his friends, are preparing for the release of their first full-length record, Co-Op Mode. No track list has been released yet, but the album features songs and collaborations written by Peters and his fellow Waking Eyes members Joey Penner, Steve Senkiw and...
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The Weakerthans At XM Verge Music 2009

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Photographer: 
Chris Ramey
Venue: 
Mod Club
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 22, 2009
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Waking Eye Joins Weakerthans

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) March 20, 2009 2:15 pm
The Waking Eyes recently wound up their Canadian tour with Arkells, but one member is already back out on the road. Waking Eyes vocalist/guitarist Rusty Matyas is playing keys with fellow Manitobans The Weakerthans on their cross-Canada Rolling Tundra Review tour with the Constantines, which kicked off last night in St. John's and ends in...
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Arkells & Friends At The Horseshoe Tavern

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 6, 2009
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Arkells & Friends At The Horseshoe Tavern

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 6, 2009
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Arkells & Friends At The Horseshoe Tavern

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 6, 2009
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Arkells & Friends At The Horseshoe Tavern

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 6, 2009
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Waking Eyes Going Jammy Next Album

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 6, 2009 4:45 pm
Despite feeling "under the weather," Waking Eyes singer/guitarist Matt Peters was in a great mood during a recent stop in Toronto. And rightly so. His band released their third album, Holding On To Whatever It Is, digitally in July and to stores in November. The album was a bit of an artistic gamble for the October 2008 Chart cover...
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Arkells And Waking Eyes Head West

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 19, 2009 4:20 pm
Arkells and Chart magazine October 2008 cover stars The Waking Eyes have added western Canadian dates to their upcoming tour, which will now run through the beginning of March. The Waking Eyes are touring behind last year's Holding On To Whatever It Is, while Arkells are supporting Jackson Square, which also came out last year. Arkells will...
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Arkells Tour Nova Scotia And Ontario

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By CHARTattack Staff January 16, 2009 1:00 pm
Arkells will open three Nova Scotia shows for Matt Mays & El Torpedo this month before joining The Waking Eyes for eight Ontario dates. All three bands released four-star-rated albums last year. Arkells are supporting Jackson Square, while Matt Mays & El Torpedo are promoting Terminal Romance and October Chart magazine cover artists The...
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