Odario Williams, leader of Grand Analog and host of CBC Radio 2’s Afterdark radio show, will be curating an evening of music at this year’s NXNE on Wednesday, June 13th at the Rivoli in Toronto. Ghost Caravan will be kicking off the showcase at 9:00 PM and Odario will be closing out the night with a DJ set starting at midnight.
Here is the Facebook event page for the show:
https://www.facebook.com/events/199690327496512/
There’s a great article on the SOCAN website about Grand Analog and their sync success. The group has now had over 65 US and Canadian syncs in films, television shows and commercials.
Check it out:
The CBC television series Little Dog is featuring the Grand Analog track I Play My Kazoo in three separate episodes! The first was last week which is now on demand, but the song will appear again in the shows broadcast on March 29 & April 5 at 9:00 PM EST.
Grand Analog played four well attended and postively received shows at SXSW this year. Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star tweeted that “the new stuff is aces”! Thanks to the Halifax Pop Explosion, Music Ontario, the Planetary Group, Sound Dessert, CIMA, the Canadian Blast, OMF, NGage, Listen Harder and the people of Austin for the support. Cheers!
Grand Analog will be playing four shows at SXSW in Austin this week in support of their recently released EP, Survival. The group is poetic, uplifting, incredibly musical and always guaranteed to get you moving.
Check them out:
Thursday, March 15 – The Halifax Pop Explosion showcase at the Swan Dive Patio @ 1:00 AM
https://www.facebook.com/events/152703815419792/
Friday, March 16 – The Music Ontario showcase at the Swan Dive Patio @ 2:30 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/423911594713271/
Friday, March 16 – The Planetary Group showcase at the Tap Room at the Market @ 8:15 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/544238915961873/
Saturday, March 17 – The Sound Dessert day party at Icenhauer’s @ 6:00 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/331315223941282/
Grand Analog will be playing the Drake Underground on Friday, February 23rd and Le Divan Orange in Montreal on Saturday, February 24th. Copies of the group’s limited edition vinyl EP, Survival, will be available for sale at both shows. There will also be some special guests at the Toronto show.
Advance tickets for the Toronto show: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1629128?utm_medium=bks
Facebook event page for the Toronto show: https://www.facebook.com/events/319831391862805/
Facebook event page for the Montreal show: https://www.facebook.com/events/682773878778162/
Tickets for the Montreal show will be available at the door only.
The new Grand Analog video for the single Mutations featuring Posdnuos of De La Soul premiered today on the Brooklyn Vegan website. The music blog wrote that “Grand Analog make use of live instruments and there’s a clear throwback vibe to their sound. So, they sound totally natural working with a vet like Pos.” Odario Williams of the group and also the video’s director said that “our Mutations video takes you through a day in the life of a 14 year old boy, Nathan Leppky, in the midst of searching for his manhood. We peek into Nathan’s world as his single mother is at work. It’s shot in their humble Parkdale apartment in downtown Toronto. Nathan reminds me of myself when I was 14. Time moved slowly and nothing ever made sense although I thrived to understand. I was completely unaware of how awkward I was, living in my little bubble that seemed like a huge world.”
Check it out here: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/grand-analog-team-with-posdnuos-of-de-la-soul-for-mutations-video-watch/
The Wilderness of Manitoba EP, The Tin Shop, continues its winning streak with the track Wild Wind being featured in an upcoming episode of the CBS television series Elementary while the Grand Analog EP, Survival, scores its fifth sync with the track Quiet Life in an episode of the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles being broadcast on December 17th.