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LOLA Festival Day One

With just two previous years under its infant-sized belt, the much-lauded LOLA Festival is maturing at a supernatural rate. London, Ont.'s premier offering of independent music and visual art is taking on all the traits of an angst-filled teenager. Fuelled by the dedication of all those involved in its upbringing and the energy provided by a...
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Do Make Say Think (photo by Zack Vitiello)

Valley Of The Giants — Valley Of The Giants

Valley Of The Giants could be construed as a supergroup of sorts, given that the project involves Canadian music manipulators Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene), Charles Spearin (Do Make Say Think) and Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! Black Emperor), among others. Ostensibly inspired by a viewing of the sci-fi western flick, Westworld, the...
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Valley Of The Giants - Valley Of The Giants

I Read The News Today... For July 14, 2011

Martin Scorsese (The Departed, Taxi Driver) has directed a new documentary about George Harrison. Living In The Material World will be coming out on DVD on Oct. 10, and will premiere on HBO this fall. It's got interviews with Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector, Ringo Starr, director and former Monty Python member Terry Gilliam (...
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Do Make Say Think, Charles Spearin, Years Touring Europe

Do Make Say Think, along with that band's Charles Spearin and Years (better known as Ohad Benchetrit) will spend October and November touring Europe. Do Make Say Think are out in support of the upcoming Other Truths LP, their sixth studio album due out Oct. 20 through Constellation. The disc features four tracks called — wait for it — "Do,...
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Charles Spearin, Years, DMST Tour

Charles Spearin and Years (a.k.a. Ohad Benchetrit) will be on the road this fall and winter supporting their recently released solo records and band, Do Make Say Think. Both Spearin and Benchetrit released albums this year through Arts & Crafts. Spearin's The Happiness Project made the long list for this year's Polaris Music Prize. The album...
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Do Make Say Think Album Started

First comes happiness, then life-changing, heartbreaking truth. "My moustache is fake," says Charles Spearin, Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think member, and newly appointed happiness expert since releasing The Happiness Project earlier this year. That sound you hear is the stampede of hands pounding on keyboards worldwide,...
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Charles Spearin Talks Happiness

Enter "happiness project" into a Google search and, in addition to Charles Spearin's debut solo album, you'll find information on an in-the-works book about living life to its fullest and a website for a collective of psychologists, life coaches and ministers that run self-help seminars. It's tempting to dismiss the study of happiness...
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BSS' Charles Spearin Releasing Solo Album

Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene's Charles Spearin has decided to make Valentine's Day a bit more special with the release of The Happiness Project. The Arts & Crafts album was arranged, recorded and developed at Spearin's home studio and at bandmate Ohad Benchetrit's studio, Th' Schvitz (Yiddish for "Sweat"). The project...
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Do Make Say Think At LOLA 2008

Photographer: 
Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
Date: 
September 19, 2008
Do Make Say Think

Do Make Say Think At LOLA 2008

Photographer: 
Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
Date: 
September 19, 2008
Do Make Say Think

Do Make Say Think At LOLA 2008

Photographer: 
Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
Date: 
September 19, 2008
Do Make Say Think

Do Make Say Think At LOLA 2008

Photographer: 
Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
Date: 
September 19, 2008
Do Make Say Think

Do Make Say Think At LOLA 2008

Photographer: 
Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
Date: 
September 19, 2008
Do Make Say Think

Do Make Say Think At LOLA 2008

Photographer: 
Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
Date: 
September 19, 2008
Do Make Say Think

Do Make Say Think At LOLA 2008

Photographer: 
Zack Vitiello
Venue: 
Victoria Park
City: 
London, ON
Date: 
September 19, 2008
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Do Make Say Think Play LOLA

It's been nearly half a year since Do Make Say Think played a gig. But with the London Ontario Live Arts (LOLA) Festival quickly approaching, the Toronto post-rock collective are dusting off the cobwebs and gearing up for their headlining performance at one of the Forest City's premier cultural showcases. DMST have yet to experience LOLA, but...
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Apostle Of Hustle Team Up With Do Make Say Think For North American Tour

Apostle Of Hustle are taking their Spanish-tinged folk-rock sounds on the road for a North American tour that will include instrumental rock act Do Make Say Think for six Canadian shows. Apostle Of Hustle are the creation of Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman, who shares multi-instrumental duties with Dean Stone and Julian Brown....
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Do Make Say Think Avoid Rust With More Touring

After spending May in Europe supporting the Canadian campus radio chart-topping You, You're A History In Rust, Toronto's Do Make Say Think have scheduled a couple of summer festival appearances and a fall North American tour. While not recording or performing their own music, the primarily instrumental band's Ohad Benchetrit and Charles Spearin...
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Do Make Say Think Shake Off Rust With New Album And Tour

Toronto instrumental group Do Make Say Think will launch a North American tour this month to coincide with the release of their fifth studio album. You, You're A History In Rust picks up where 2003's Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn left off, with acoustic guitars as the focal point and surrounded by drums, percussion, horns and electric...
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Do Make Say Think Holds Onto #1 For A Second Week

After a week of little chart movement, things have become chaotic again on the campus radio Top 50 chart for the week May 9 - 16, 2002. There are two new releases by the same artist, the release of a highly anticipated year-old album and another favourite album from 2002 matching a new chart landmark. Let's get to each of these topics in a moment...
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