Old World Vulture

Open Guest List for Upcoming Toronto show!

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:57:25 +0000

On Wednesday, May 9, we’re playing Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern with our friends in Bronx Cheerleader. Rounding out the bill is Indoor Voices and Albatross. There’s an open guest list for the show.

Just send us an email with the names you want on the list and we’ll make it happen.

Up Next

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:48:55 +0000

NOTE: The venue has changed to The Magpie Taproom (831 Dundas Street West). The lineup, set times and date remain the same.

New Single + Canadian Music Week showcase info

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:53:37 +0000

Today we released “J.R. Flood,” another digital single off of our upcoming LP. (The first being “Trophy Lovers,” which you can still download for free here.)

Click here to download a 320 kpbs MP3 version of “J.R. Flood.”

A little bit about the song:

Just when you thought we were getting all soft and shit with “Trophy Lovers” we return with this tasty slab of goodness, a guitar-heavy bruiser that delivers like a punch straight to the gut. The song takes its title from a band that Rush drummer Neil Peart played for in the early ’70s in St. Catharines, Ontario. “J.R. Flood” was recorded, mixed and produced by Chris Hegge (Fucked Up, The Meligrove Band) at Audiolab Recording Company in Toronto between November 2010 and May 2011, and mastered by Harris Newman (The Besnard Lakes, Handsome Furs) at Grey Market Mastering in Montreal.

Here’s some footage of us playing it live.

CMF/CMW Showcase

We’re playing the El Mocambo (upstairs) on Thursday, March 22 for Canadian Music Fest/Canadian Music Week. Here’s the lineup for the night:

8:30 PM – Old World Vulture
9:30 PM – Labirinto
10:30 PM – Waterbodies
11:30 PM – Lifestory Monologue
12:30 AM – Neufvoin
1:30 AM – Ambisonic

Click here to get tix in advance for just $5.

Model Citizen – opening reception

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:52:25 +0000

For those of you that live in St. Catharines, Ontario (or within the vicinity of), Mike’s having an opening for his first collection of works in a long, long time. Model Citizen opens this weekend. The images are watercolour on paper depicting various political figures from the last 200 years. Details are below:

Saturday, December 3rd, 7pm
Niagara Artists Centre (Member’s Gallery)
354 St.Paul Street
St. Catharines

Artist statement: This body of work represents my interest in the history of modern propaganda, the public image, youthfulness vs. aging, nationalism vs. individualism and the illusions contained within.

Here’s a link to the Facebook event page.

Photos: Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, November 12, 2011

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:28:52 +0000

The Take Media took some photos at the Two Way Monologues showcase we played with The Famines and OPOPO. Check them out here.

Hear|Here Video Series Vol. 1 featuring The Famines & OPOPO

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:16:46 +0000

Over the years we’ve had the chance to play with some great bands, and outside of archived show listings we’ve never truly documented the lineups.

We’ve started a Hear|Here video series that will feature clips and a brief write-up for every band that we play with. Simply put, there are way too many bands out there not to share with you. Support these artists when they roll through your town.

Band: The Famines
Hometown(s): Edmonton/Montreal
Website: thefamines.ca
Label: mammothcaverecording.com

Is this one song or three? In the end it really doesn’t matter. These guys are all about intensity. One of them lives in Edmonton, the other in Montreal. We were told they practice trough Skype, which clearly shows their dedication to the sport. Nice guys to boot, and they had a wicked graphic design aesthetic for all their albums, including a newly minted 12-inch that compiles tracks from 2008-2011.

Band: OPOPO
Hometown: Toronto
Website: opopo.ca
Label: urbnet.com

OPOPO sound like a two-piece garage rock band that only ever listens to house music. Pretty intense live set, too. We told them they had a lot in common with The Stone Roses and Screamdelica-era Primal Scream. They had never heard either band before. We made them vow to rectify this tragic mistake. Grab their entire catalogue here.

The whole night was put on by Two Way Monologues.

How the West Was Revisited

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:38:04 +0000

Download new single: “Trophy Lovers”

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:40:58 +0000

Click here to download.

A little bit about the song:

“Trophy Lovers” was recorded and mixed by Chris Hegge (Fucked Up, The Meligrove Band) at Audiolab Recording Company between November 2010 and May 2011 and mastered by Harris Newman (The Besnard Lakes, Handsome Furs) at Grey Market Mastering. The song’s title is from a series of paintings by Toronto artist Jane Duncan. The cover art was designed by Mike Costanzo.

It’s a bit more synth-focused than anything we’ve done before, and much of the new LP follows this direction. The song was written around the main synth melody (at the 1:04 mark) in bits and pieces over the course of a few months in 2010. We initially had a different ending, which, thankfully, was cast aside for what you hear now. We’re also not ashamed to admit that the new ending is reminiscent of Dire Straits’ “Walk of Life.” Your dad probably loved that song.

So there you have it: the first song off our new album

Thanks, as always, for coming out to the shows. 2012 is ramping up to be a great year. More details on the LP soon, we’re just sorting out some last-minute odds and ends.

A little older, a little wiser

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:18:59 +0000

Sheeeeit! It’s been, like, forever since we’ve played live, let alone updated this blog. We’ve all aged a little bit, lost some hair, gained some wisdom, expanded our families, and recruited a gun-slinger of a harmonica player named Mac (bottom-right). Check out his steely, stone-cold gaze in our new press photo. Run for cover.

We’re getting back into the live swing of things on November 12th with a solid show put on by our friends over at Two Way Monologues. We kick things off at 10pm, followed by The Famines and Opopo. Details are below:

Saturday, November 12th @ Rancho Relaxo, Toronto
Doors: 9pm
Cover: $7

Old World Vulture – 10pm
The Famines – 11pm
Opopo – 12am

ALSO! We’re giving away something special to our e-news subscribers the first week of November. Our communication is sporadic at best, so you need not worry about us spamming you too hard. You can sign up here.

Last show of the summer?

Mr. OldWorldVulture — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:59:51 +0000

Just a quick update to fill you in on what might be our last show of the summer. We’re playing Wednesday, July 6th in Toronto at Hard Luck Bar with Portland/Boston-based ambient soundscapers Arms and Sleepers and our friend Ken Reaume, a.k.a. Black Walls. This isn’t a show you’ll want to miss. Another fine, fine a mountain far… event.

The plan, henceforth, is to spend our collective energy finishing the LP. We know we’ve been talking about this thing for a while. Well, here’s some stuff we can tell you about the record:

We went back to Audiolab and recorded it with Chris Hegge
There are nine songs
One of the first song we wrote is on it
There are lots of synths
There are lots of drums
There’s a lot of bass
There’s a moderate amount of guitar, but it’s tasteful
There are horns on it
Two of us listened to unhealthy amounts of Steely Dan while mixing the record
The other two abhor everything Steely Dan has ever released