buying shots for bands Turns 1!

Hi friends,

Today our little website turns 1. We’ve had such a crazy year! In one year, we’ve bought shots for 62 bands totaling 199 shots, 2 bottles of Crown and 1 bottle of Jager.

The complete list of shots recipients to date:

• The Darcys
• Huron
• Krupke
• Great Bloomers
• Lordy Lordy
• Shawn Clarke
• Gramercy Riffs
• Bravestation
• Old Crowns
• Foxes in Fiction
• Lovely Killbots
• Dinosaur Bones
• Make Your Exit
• Sandman Viper Command
• Amos the Transparent
• Birds of Wales
• Young Rival
• Dustin Bentall
• Library Voices
• Chapterhouse
• Rich Aucoin
• Hollerado
• Ingrid Gatin
• Dora Alexander
• The Ruby Spirit
• Clothes Make the Man
• Ruby Coast
• Grapes of Wrath
• Steven McKay
• Birthday Boys
• Die Mannequin
• Charlotte Cornfield
• The Balconies
• Old World Vulture
• The Cheap Speakers
• Hearts&Mines
• The Stanfields
• Michou
• Jane’s Party
• Ryan Warner & The Moonlight Ride
• The Ascot Royals
• Royal Canoe & The Liptonians
• Will Currie & The Country French
• Said the Whale
• Shotgun Jimmie
• Peter Elkas
• Oh No Forest Fires
• Yukon Blonde
• Nick Teehan
• The Mark Inside
• Topanga
• The Davey Parker Radio Sound
• Papermaps
• Little Foot Long Foot
• Parlovr
• The Elwins
• Hands & Teeth
• Hey Ocean!
• The Dirty Mags
• Lifestory:Monologue
• Brett Caswell

 
Our crazy year hasn’t just been about shots. We’ve thrown (and co-thrown) some fun events, made it into the top 20 in the CBC Radio 3 Searchlight competition for Best Canadian Website (!), covered a bunch of festivals and even had shots bought for us.

There are a lot of people we have to thank for making this year such a great one, but I’ll keep it short. Know that we owe a lot to you publicists, promoters, management, bands, and fellow bloggers. You have all been so amazing to us.

To show our appreciation, we’re throwing a party. We’ve set up a bands vs. blogs dodgeball event. Everyone is welcome to come and watch the fun. Bands and bloggers, let us know if you would like to participate in the event. For more details and to RSVP, check out the Facebook event page.

Thanks again to all of you! We hope you come celebrate with us!

Cheers,
buying shots for bands
(Catherine, Rachel, Amanda and the rest of the contributing team)