WINNING AMERICA The Story of A Canadian Band. Trying to Make it in The States. Juno Award winning Said the Whale touring the United States for the first time earlier this year and CBC was there to document the experience. CBC followed Said the Whale to Austin, Texas for SxSW and to all the stops [...]

Friday, March 25, 2011 D-Sisive – 9:30PM @ The Horseshoe Tavern D-Sisive kicked off a night of Juno nominees at the Horseshoe Tavern and boy did he kick it off with a bang. He brought along KC Roberts and the Live Revolution to back up his MC skills, the band comprised of guitar, keys, drums, [...]

I had the chance to sit down with Ben Worchester and Tyler Bancroft, co-frontmen of Said the Whale, before their sweaty JunoFest performance at the Horseshoe Tavern. It was a night of performances from Juno nominees and Said the Whale was up for New Group of the Year. Well, I’m pleased to say the band [...]

If you go to a lot of shows, you must already know that so many bands are connected. Some guys are roommates. Here’s an example of some love via twitter between Tyler Bancroft (Said the Whale) and Zach Gray (The Zolas): @the zolas: I need a nighttime friend. @saidthewhale: @thezolas I’ll be home in 4 [...]

  None of us could stop at 10 favourite Canadian voices. Trying to keep it as close to 10 as possible, here’s what we came up with. Amanda – Top 12 (in no particular order): Bryan Webb (Constantines) → her vote for #1 Sam Roberts Jenn Grant Hannah Georgas Tim Baker (Hey Rosetta!) Dan Mangan [...]