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I am working with the incredible Opaque Multimedia on the soundtrack to their game / VR experience called Earthlight. Check out the 360 trailer. 

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Star Tropics Release Party

As I've previously mentioned, I put out an album in Japan through Rallye Label (home to some super rad bands like Au Revoir Simone, Kisses, and Chad Valley). It's almost sold out there, and this event is the only time I will have copies available for sale. I will also have free cake. Thunder Bay's awesome New Day Records & Accessories is hosting this! So come buy some records, grab a copy of mine, and totally eat cake.

Here's the facebook event thing!

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Japan Release: Star Tropics

I'm excited to announce the release of Ocean City Defender's Star Tropics LP on Rallye Label. This is a Japan-only release, but can be ordered online from the Rallye site directly, or from Tower Records Japan!

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The Young Person's Guide to Modern Fashion & Etiquette

The new EP, The Young Person's Guide to Modern Fashion & Etiquette is released! Click here to download it at Bandcamp! 

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New video! From the new EP out this week. Watch and be utterly confounded. 

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New Things

There are a lot of new things happening at The Ocean City Defender Company! In a few weeks I will be releasing my new EP entitled The Young Person's Guide to Modern Fashion & Etiquette. Along with the EP will be several music videos - one of which was a year in the making; others of which (is that right?) were a day in the making. I will be playing locally in September as well - more details on that as soon as I have them. I have also written a piece of music for our local University radio station CILU. The theme music I wrote will be featured on the daily news show The Scoop at 8:30am starting tomorrow (September 3!) Please check it out online at http://luradio.ca/wp/

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Jan 26 Show!

I will be playing January 26th at DefSup's DERELICTE 5: A Fashion Odyssey event. 

I am thinking of wearing the most unfashionable thing I can think of and will be taking suggestions via the internet. Maybe a onesie made out of fire. Wait, do they make those?

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Twenty Twelve

Thunder Bay's best arts and culture magazine, The Walleye, held a vote a while back highlighting the city's best things in 2012. I'm really humbled that my record, The Golden Hour was voted third best! You can check out the results here. I am in great company; my good friend Jean-Paul De Roover was voted second for his excellent EP; and my friends Merk and Martel had their graphic novel Nowadays voted as Best Book AND Merk voted as Best Visual Artist! Well deserved. 

This closes out 2012 on another positive note. I'm looking forward to 2013. I've just received the masters back on my EP and hope to have that out soon.

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I am extremely excited to let everyone know that I will be a part of CMW's Canadian Music Week in March, 2013. The first round of bands was just announced at at Canadian Music Fest website! I will have more information soon. In the meantime, here's the link:

http://canadianmusicfest.com/

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Recording & Other Events

Thanks to everyone who came out to the string of shows I just did here at home. It was great to work on new material in front of people and get feedback on it. It also helps on developing how I do it on record. Speaking of which, I am finalizing several new music things which have been often referred to as "songs" in certain circles. These "songs" are currently being recorded and mixed and then will be mastered and then after that hopefully inside of your ears. Or your walkman or whatever. 

I have some really great announcements coming up on how I intend to release said music things and also on some festival and tour dates in the coming year. 

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END OF SUMMER UPDATE

Well, after a seemingly short summer where I spent my days shirtless on a sun-kissed beach, and my nights shirtless piloting stealth get-away helicopters on billion dollar diamond heists, I am ready to play some shows.

I have the following coming up in Thunder Bay:

September 14 @ The Study w/ Jon Cohen Experimental and my good friend Jean-Paul De Roover

September 21 @ The Foundry as a part of Thunder Bay's gigantic Music for the Masses festival.

September 25 @ Crocks w/ Secret Broadcast and Pedestrian Lifestyle

October 27 @ TBD as a part of Definitely Superior's The Hunger

November 2 @ Definitely Superior Art Gallery as a part of the launch of the Nowadays graphic novel release party. I will likely be playing an atmospheric music set.

I'll have more details on each soon.

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FRIDAY NIGHT (August 10, 2012)

Hey everypeople, I am playing THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. That's August 10, 2012. I will be at one of my favourite places in the world, The Black Pirate's Pub, and will likely be 2 or 5 drinks deep before playing. I strongly suggest you come see me play. I haven't played since June, and won't be playing again until September! I will be playing with a few great touring acts: The Shrugs, and Salinas. What with all the 'the' I intend on playing as THE Ocean City Defender that night.

Also, if you haven't noticed oceancitydefender.com got a lot more awesome lately. What with the gorgeous new layout and whatnot. If you're reading this on a phone, or a twitter, or a friendster, or an AOL I STRONGLY SUGGEST you get on that Netscape Navigator and chart a course for oceancitydefender.com

Wait, what?

See you all Friday!

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Nowadays - Contribute! Read!

Some very good dudes of mine will be publishing their massive 300-page graphic novel Nowadays, but they need contributions for the printing funds. They have an IndieGoGo campaign here: http://www.indiegogo.com/Nowadays

If you watch a few of the trailers, you can hear some ambient, creepy music I did for them.

Please check out the campaign and contribute. This is a unique story with incredible artwork.

In other news, I am home from NXNE and have started working on the follow-up to The Golden Hour. I should be playing a few shows through the summer, but will be focused on the new record primarily. Also working on my head-spins, and watching the new episodes of Futurama.

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Hi Friends,

Here's my video flyer for my NXNE show! Pass it around! It's recyclable!

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NXNE!

Ocean City Defender will be playing North By North East this year. I am extremely excited for this opportunity. My set will be Wednesday, June 13 @ 12AM (Midnight) at Czehoski on Queen St.

I am working on a few other dates to build a micro tour around this date. Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, and Windsor are all TBA. I'm really hoping to play Sudbury with my good friends Calendars.

I have a few other shows lined up locally as well. June 1st at the magnificent Black Pirate's Pub in Thunder Bay with some other awesome local bands. I've also got the gigantic Music For The Masses event in September coming up. I played this puppy last year and it was an insanely good time.

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!earshot review

The Golden Hour was reviewed by !earshot! The review can be read here. This is very exciting.

I figured I would also take this opportunity to say - again - if you haven't downloaded the album, to do so as soon as you can at Bandcamp. I got a call from the internet and they said that they were running out of mp3s and to get them while you still can.

Also if you're wondering how the album was made, you can watch that documentary here.

Okay, bye!

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We're talking about practice.

So, I have been practicing for tomorrow's show. "Tomorrow" as in Friday April 6, 2012. And "show" as in THIS SHOW RIGHT HERE. 

The point of this post, you ask? Come to the show if you can. There will be two new songs and some re-workings of existing joints off the EP.

I am on at 1:30am. Black Pirate's Pub.

There will also be Ocean City Defender shirts for sale.