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Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains — Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains

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By Evan Dickson (CHARTattack) October 21, 2008 4:38 pm
If you're like me, you're still coming to terms with the fact that Death From Above 1979 is DFE (dead forever). Fortunately, DFA's former elephant-nosed vocalist/drummer has come back around to take us out on the town and help us move on with our lives. Conveniently, he's also crafted a 12-track power pop soundtrack for our joyful recovery. As...
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Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains — American Names EP

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) July 1, 2008 12:52 pm
The bad news for Death From Above 1979 fans: the singer's solo work sounds about as close to his previous duo's work as MSTRKRFT. The good news: it's much, much better. This EP previews two tracks from Grainger's fall debut full-length, and if "American Names" and "Ways To Come Home" are any indication, Grainger has a much...
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Foals Arrived More Like Bucking Broncos

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) May 5, 2008 11:00 am
British rock quintet Foals' first Canadian set was quite the beautiful, barely comprehensible mess. The only point where it wasn't so pretty was when Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains opened the late night show. Despite the pedigree that comes with being Death From Above 1979's ex-vocalist and drummer, I wasn't impressed. Grainger and his...
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Deerhoof Bring Dazzling Lights

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) March 7, 2008 12:30 pm
Before we begin, here are three facts about my relationship with Deerhoof. 1. The first time I heard the band was when an uber-fan played Milk Man to a room full of hipsters and a) I was immediately ashamed I was the only person in the room who didn't know the band, which was compounded by the fact that b) I fell in love with them from the first...
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Deerhoof (Photo by Rachel Verbin)

Sebastien Grainger Et Les Montagnes @ NXNE 2007

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 11, 2007 10:00 am
Background/Composition: The pressure's on, that's for sure. Grainger's former bandmate Jesse Keeler has already found success with MSTRKRFT. Backing band in tow, it was Grainger's turn to prove there's life after Death From Above 1979. Grade: 90 Comment: While Grainger and company were on stage waiting for CBC Radio to go live, they...
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Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains — "I Hate My Friends"

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By CHARTattack Staff November 25, 2009 11:58 am
This clip finds Sebastien Grainger performing for a room full of screaming teenage girls who want to paint their faces and jump up and down to his tune. "I Hate My Friends" is on Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains, which is out now.
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Sebastien Grainger's SXSW Fight

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 23, 2009 12:53 pm
Sebastien Grainger's guitar was destroyed when he and his backing band, The Mountains, got into a fight with a stage manager at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday. Grainger & The Mountains were halfway through "Ways To Come Home" when the Radio Room's stage manager "jumped on stage and insisted to...
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Sebastien Grainger To Tour With Single

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 13, 2009 2:09 pm
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains will launch a spring tour in support of last year's self-titled album. The dates follow Grainger and company's stint at Austin, Texas' South By Southwest Music Festival next week. Grainger will be joined on the jaunt by drummer Leon Taheny, bassist Nick Sewell and keyboardist/guitarist and (soon-to-be-ex?)...
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Sebastien Grainger Heading To Europe

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By Mandy Savoie (CHARTattack) December 19, 2008 2:30 pm
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains will tour Europe in February after playing the last four shows of the Jingle Bell Rock tour with Metric, Tokyo Police Club and The Dears in Calgary and Vancouver this month. The former Death From Above 1979 member's band released their self-titled debut album in October. Grainger played most of the...
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Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains (photo by Leia Jospe)

Avoid The Hype And Sebastien Grainger

Submitted by Chris Burland on Sat, 10/11/2008 - 9:16am
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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) October 11, 2008 9:16 am
Dear Friend, I just had the wind taken out of my sails. I was about to rail against  the current crop of indie rock know-it-alls who believe they are the  be all and end all to rock criticism. Sure they get something’s right  like the debut records by Interpol, The Strokes et al. But after listening to the latest musical output by ex-Death...
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The Verge Music Awards

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By CHARTattack Staff October 7, 2008 12:13 pm
ChartAttack was on hand at Toronto's Tattoo Rock Parlour for the inaugural Verge Music Awards presented by XM Satellite's The Verge station. Check out video interviews with winners The Weakerthans and Hey Rosetta! and performances by Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains, The Stills and Broken Social Scene.
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Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains @ 2008 Verge Music Awards

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
Tattoo Rock Parlour
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Toronto, ON
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September 24, 2008
Sebastien Grainger (photo by Kate Harper)

Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains @ 2008 Verge Music Awards

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
Tattoo Rock Parlour
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 24, 2008
Sebastien Grainger (photo by Kate Harper)

Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains @ 2008 Verge Music Awards

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Photographer: 
Kate Harper
Venue: 
Tattoo Rock Parlour
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 24, 2008
Sebastien Grainger (photo by Kate Harper)

Sebastien Grainger's New Sound

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) September 25, 2008 11:57 am
Jesse Keeler got a major head start in the coming back fromDeath From Above 1979's break-up department with MSTRKRFT. But if Sebastien Grainger's new material is any indication, he's going to catch up quickly. Grainger made a low-key comeback at the end of 2006 that quickly escalated when he was asked to open a leg of Bloc Party's tour in early...
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Sebastien Grainger (photo by Kate Harper)

Weakerthans, Hey Rosetta! Win Verge Awards

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) September 25, 2008 10:15 am
The Weakerthans and Hey Rosetta! are both $25,000 richer after winning the two prizes up for grabs at the inaugural Verge Music Awards ceremony on Wednesday night. The Weakerthans were named artist of the year, while Hey Rosetta!'s Into Your Lungs (And Around In Your Heart And On Through Your Blood) was chosen as best album. More than 45,000...
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Sebastien Grainger Stages Return

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) September 17, 2008 3:56 pm
Of all the Canadian bands who broke up long before their expiry dates came due, Death From Above 1979 remain among the most popular. Their songs still get piles of radio play and you can't go a week without seeing their T-shirts on the street. But if anything good — besides MSTRKRFT, sort of — has come from a bad situation, it's frontman/drummer...
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Virgin Festival 2008: Day Two

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By CHARTattack Staff September 16, 2008 1:34 pm
Check out Day Two of ChartAttack's coverage of the 2008 Virgin Festival on Toronto Islands, including performances by Oasis, Stereophonis, Danko Jones, The Weakerthans and many more!
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Grainger And Mountains' Debut LP

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By CHARTattack Staff August 13, 2008 3:44 pm
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains will follow their American Names single and EP with a self-titled debut album on Oct. 21. The Outside Music release from the former Death From Above 1979 singer/drummer and his new band was written, recorded and mixed by Grainger at Toronto's Giant Studio. Metric's James Shaw lent engineering assistance on...
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I Saw Everyone But Bruce Peninsula At The Bruce Peninsula Show

Submitted by Kate Harper on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 10:19am
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 13, 2008 10:19 am
Instead of subjecting myself to Wolf Parade on Saturday night (I love them on record, but like Jen White I think they're horrendous live), I opted to head to the Whippersnapper Gallery on College West for the Bruce Peninsula show. Things started with One Heart Many Hands (real name Steve Hesselink) who's the drummer for We're Marching On. As One...
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