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Will Currie & The Country French @ CMW 2009

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 14, 2009 11:45 am
Background / Composition: This group of Wilfrid Laurier University music students were signed by Sloan's Jay Ferguson to the band's Murderecords last year and released an EP, A Great Stage. They're now working on a follow-up and are easily one of the country's best young bands. Grade: 85 Comment: Even if this band didn't count Sloan among their...
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Mike O'Neill Starts Again With The Beginners At St. Stephen's

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 5, 2008 2:00 pm
"I was really nervous before this show, so my brother went down the street to a bar and picked me up a shot of whiskey in a plastic bottle," opener Laura Peek giggled after she'd played a few songs on Friday at St. Stephen-In-The-Fields Church. "They funneled it into the bottle. I'm not nervous anymore." The Halifax-based...
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Will Currie & The Country French — A Great Stage

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) April 29, 2008 3:50 pm
Will Currie & The Country French are one of two bands recently signed to Sloan's revived Murderecords. From the very first track, it's not hard to see why. The Toronto-via-Waterloo, Ont. sextet play upbeat piano pop that seems like it's right up Jay Ferguson's alley. He actually signed the band in 2007 after seeing them perform live, stating...
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Will Currie And The Country French @ CMW 2008

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By Jill Langlois (CHARTattack) March 7, 2008 11:00 am
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: Will Currie And The Country French are the new kids in class. Literally. They started in the basement of the Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Music in 2006 and have been playing indie piano pop ever since. Currie, the leader of the pack, is in charge of the keys, and the five other members fill out their sound...
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I Read The News Today... For March 30, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 30, 2011 2:26 pm
Will Currie & The Country French have been working on their Awake, You Sleepers! LP for a while now, but it should finally be out in October, fingers crossed. In the meantime, get a free download of new song "Tommy Douglas" over at their website. Toronto alt.country singer/songwriter Lindi Ortega is releasing her Little Red Boots debut album...
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Tokyo Police Club/Born Ruffians/Will Currie Side-Project Novels Offer Free EP

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 8, 2010 12:52 pm
Remember Novels, the Canadian indie rock supergroup of sorts that includes members of Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians and Will Currie & The Country French? Well, they've made the five-track EP they recorded in a "marathon" 24-hour session at Toronto's Chemical Sound available for free download through their website. Novels —...
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Will Currie & The Country French To Stream Shows Online

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 27, 2009 4:28 pm
If you can't make it to Will Currie & The Country French's Dec. 3 show in Waterloo, Ont., you can catch the entire thing online as it happens. The six-piece will play Waterloo's Maxwell's Music House that day, and the entire thing will be broadcast on their new Ustream channel. Yes, that means it's not a one-off thing — they intend to do it...
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Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians Members, Will Currie Are Novels

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 27, 2009 1:43 pm
Novels is a new project that includes members of Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Will Currie And The Country French and other acts. They've recorded a five-song EP that's due out sometime soon. Tokyo Police Club's Graham Wright, Born Ruffians frontman Luke Lalonde, Will Currie of Will Currie & The Country French, Tin Star Orphans' Dean...
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Will Currie, Born Ruffian And TPC Member Making Album

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By CHARTattack Staff January 19, 2009 1:56 pm
Tokyo Police Club's Graham Wright, Will Currie & The Country French's titular leader and Born Ruffians' Luke Lalonde are headed into the studio for a 24-hour collaboration album project. Dean Marino (also known as EX~PO) and Chemical Sound Studio's Jay Sadlowski will engineer the album and provide musical contributions. The five men will...
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Gushing About Sloan And The Country French

Submitted by Jen White on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 2:17pm
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By Jen White (CHARTattack) September 17, 2008 2:17 pm
Yes, yes, I'm well aware that we just published an article about this, but I also wanted to post the cover of the single by Sloan and Will Currie & The Country French, because it is awesome. Play Toronto, you two bands! Pretty please!?! (And anyone new to Will Currie, find a copy of their debut, A Great Stage, now!)
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Get Free Sloan Single

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By CHARTattack Staff September 17, 2008 1:07 pm
Sloan and Will Currie & The Country French begin a joint western Canadian tour on Wednesday night. But even if you can't see them, you can hear them on a new single they recorded together and have made available for free on Sloan's website. "Push Pins" was written by Currie and recorded and mixed by Nick Detoro at Sloan's Toronto...
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Will Currie & The Country French Put Their Trust In Sloan's Jay Ferguson

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By Jill Langlois (CHARTattack) May 1, 2008 4:30 pm
Waterloo, Ont. band Will Currie & The Country French have expectations, but none that seem too far-fetched. The piano pop sextet recently signed with Sloan's resurrected Murderecords label and have been playing shows with their longtime friends in Tokyo Police Club. "Obviously, [Tokyo Police Club] are getting huge now, which is great...
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Sloan's Murderecords Is Back With Two New Signings

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) February 26, 2008 6:30 pm
Sloan have taken their Murderecords label out of mothballs and signed Pony Da Look and Will Currie & The Country French for April 29 album releases. Murderecords was launched in 1992 as a vehicle for Sloan to release their own material, but the label went on to release more than 40 records by the likes of Thrush Hermit, Eric's Trip and The...
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