Sebastien Grainger + Josh Reichmann = Bad Tits

Harry Painter — Sun, 16 May 2010 15:30:53 +0000

Has it really only been four years since the dissolution of Death from Above 1979? Bassist Jesse Keeler has gone onto bigger things with MSTRKRFT, making these last four years seem a lot longer than they were. Ensuring the short-lived dance-punk outfit is even further from our memories, drummer/vocalist Sebastien Grainger has formed a new band, set to make its own mark next month.

It’s another duo, this time with Josh Reichmann (formerly of Canadian indie band Tangiers), and it’s called Bad Tits. According to the band’s bio, Reichmann and Grainger came together during a Toronto garbage workers strike, of all places (how punk). The duo’s first release will be a digital EP called Garbage Night, out at the end of June on Hand Drawn Dracula. There will also be a vinyl 7″ accompanying the EP, featuring single “Bankok Hilton” and two other songs. Bad Tits has released a video for the single, directed by Alex Jones, the man responsible for CFCF’s “Crystal Mines” video.

The duo will play its first gig at Toronto’s North by Northeast festival on June 17th, performing at the Hand Drawn Dracula Showcase at the Drake Hotel. Appearing with Bad Tits will be fellow HDD artists Bishop Morocco and Fields of Fur, a DJ set by Holy Fuck, and more yet to be announced.

See the video for “Bankok Hilton”, featuring a bunch of archival footage of people dancing, below, followed by the Garbage Night tracklist.

Garbage Night EP Tracklist:
01. FTW in 2010
02. Consider Yourself Crazy
03. Reincarnate Yourself
04. Serious Dome
05. Bankok Hilton
06. No Skin

Paper Bag Records have Seven Year Itch

Joe Marvilli — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:13 +0000

To celebrate its seventh birthday, Paper Bag Records has combined two of our favorite things in music: covers and free stuff. The Seven Year Itch, as Stereogum reports, is a new compilation of cover songs performed by twelve of label’s artists, and can be obtained right this very second for free. Just click here.

Launched in 2002, Paper Bag Records has emerged as one of he premier indie labels, and for good reason. In its first year, the label released the critically acclaimed You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene and has since added names like You Say Party! We Say Die!, Sally Shapiro, Tokyo Police Club, and Little Girls to its roster. NOW magazine was so pleased with its work that it recently crowned Paper Bag as the best Toronto label.

Getting back to the compilation, the 12-track effort includes covers of Nirvana, Dylan, OutKast, and Beck from the likes of Winter Gloves, Rock Plaza Central, The Acorn, and CFCF. Talk about an awesome birthday present!

The Seven Year Itch Tracklist
01 CFCF – “How Bizarre” (OMC cover)
02 Winter Gloves – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana cover)
03 Woodhands – “Electric Avenue” (Eddy Grant cover)
04 Sally Shapiro – “Dying In Africa” (Nicolas Makelberge cover)
05 You Say Party! We Say Die! – “Falling Out” (Rick Agnew cover)
06 Josh Reichmann – “Daniel” (Bat For Lashes cover)
07 Laura Barrett – “Gamma Ray” (Beck cover)
08 Rock Plaza Central – “I Want You” (Bob Dylan cover)
09 The Acorn – “Strange Animal” (Gowan cover)
10 Little Girls – “Heinz” (Artery cover)
11 Slim Twig – “Behold A Lady” (OutKast cover)
12 Under Byen – “Du er min øjesten” (Peter Malberg cover)

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Sebastien Grainger + Josh Reichmann = Bad Tits

Paper Bag Records have Seven Year Itch