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The Johnstones, Mean Tangerine, Hello Beautiful- Mon Feb 20 @ Mavericks
Event on 2012-02-20 18:00:00
spectrasonic and punkottawa.com present

the YELLOW SNOW TOUR 2 with

THE JOHNSTONES (Ajax ska/punk, Stomp recs)
www.johnstonesex.com
www.facebook.com/thajohnstones

MEAN TANGERINE (London rock/soul, Drive/Fontana North recs)
www.meantangerinemusic.com
www.facebook.com/meantangerinemusic

HELLO BEAUTIFUL (Whitby rock/hiphop, Slaight Music recs)
www.hellobeautifulmusic.com
www.facebook.com/allhellobeautiful

FRESHLY CUT (Orleans reggae/ska)
www.freshlycutsound.com

and more

Monday February 20 @ Mavericks (221 Rideau St.)
All Ages/Licensed 19+ – 6pm doors – advance + service charges

tickets available at Vertigo Records, ticketweb.ca and from the local bands

direct ticket link: www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4209775

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at Mavericks Bar
221 Rideau Street First Floor
Ottawa, Canada

Youngblood Hawke – Lady Danville – Useless Keys – Yellow Red Sparks
Event on 2012-02-06 21:00:00
This event is 21 and over
Lady Danville

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LADY DANVILLE is an indie pop trio from Los Angeles, California. With Michael Garner on keys, Matthew Frankel on the cajon, and Dan Chang on the guitar LADY DANVILLE is most recognized for their well-crafted harmonies, thoughtful lyrics and refreshing dose of energy, wit and charm, evoking the sound of Simon and Garfunkel meets Death Cab for Cutie.

LADY DANVILLE formed in 2007 after meeting as members of UCLA's Awaken A Cappella. Since then, LADY DANVILLE has gone on to play popular Los Angeles venues including the Troubadour, Viper Room, Hotel Café, and the El Rey. They have also shared the stage with Sara Bareilles, Jack's Mannequin, and Adele. In 2009, the band ventured out of Los Angeles and began to attract more attention as they brought their music to the Pacific Northwest. In March of 2010 LADY DANVILLE embarked on their first West Coast Tour and ended their run in Austin, TX making their debut appearance at the annual SXSW 2010 Music Festival. In April of 2010, they toured the East Coast where they played with Jack's Mannequin kicking off their first ever East Coast tour.

Other accolades include the prominent feature of their song "Cast Away" on a recent episode of MTV's The Real World: Washington DC as well as "Love to Love" on E!'s Keeping up with the Kardashians. Furthermore, their music has been consistently featured on Dorm Life, Hulu's most watched web show, as well as on the acclaimed independent documentary Craigslist Joe. They have also earned tremendous praise from media outlets as diverse as LA Weekly, LAist.com, and Billboard.com.

LADY DANVILLE finished up a new Tour EP with producer Mikal Blue in August and performed out in NY for CMJ this past October. The band is taking a break from the road after touring with superstars Ben Folds and Dashboard Confessional to work on writing new material.
Yellow Red Sparks

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A tortured soul, particularly that of a closet poet – or in the case of our protagonist, a songbird in a dark cage – can only find solace when pen meets paper or the cover to the cage is lifted and the door left open. Without these outlets, a daily breakfast of prescriptive meds is oftentimes the only means of survival for such an individual, as it quiets the mind from its former state of discontent. Such is the story of a young man from Irvine, California, Joshua Hanson, the son of a lounge singing mother who passed on the genetic predisposition of melancholia to her son.

From the age of fourteen Joshua spent the next ten years living 'comfortably numb', until finally at the age of twenty four he literally flushed the chemicals from his home and decided it was time to 'feel' life, not simply get by. Josh picked up a guitar and one note at a time plucked out a song, convinced that he must release the poetry locked in his head by way of melodies that, until that point, were only songs of the heart. The words and music flowed like water, and Yellow Red Sparks was born.

Enlisting the talents of upright bassist PJ Wyderka and drummer Darren Goldstein, two talented local musicians that needed a muse, the trio began working in earnest on crafting Joshua's songs and preparing to record an album. The songs of Yellow Red Sparks quickly found local ears, and when Thrice's lead singer Dustin Kensrue stumbled across the music he sought out Joshua and immediately took him out on tour. Los Angeles based producer Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem, Lucero, Flogging Molly, Bouncing Souls) discovered Joshua and his music as well and asked if he could record the band's debut cd 'with or without a label behind the band'. Grammy award winning mixer Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Avett Brothers, We Are Scientists) caught wind of the project and came on board for the final mixing, and thus the commercial story of Yellow Red Sparks begins. The lyrics of Joshua's songs are personal and at times clearly autobiographical, which is ironic for a man committed to keeping his private life private but now telling his stories on stage in front of an audience. After a recent Yellow Red Sparks show, writers described the band�s music as "filled with beautiful acoustic melodies and gentle vocals" (Untitled Records) and a sound that is simple but never simplistic" (OC Weekly), and of the message behind the music, one writer noted that "Joshua has the lyrical mind of a playwright" (groupee.com).

The Yellow Red Sparks story is just beginning to unfold, yet Joshua and his band mates, though excited about all of the interest in their project, are clearly patient knowing that they have a long career ahead of them. To quote the lyrics from one of Joshua's songs, "this life's a circle with 10,000 hurdles; don't jump them all just yet".

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1717 Silverlake Blvd
Los Angeles, United States

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