Myles and the Fuzz have hit the road today with the Sleepless Nights, bound for Ontario and the Pitter Patter festival.

The festival founded by Keith Hamiliton [booker at the Boat in Toronto, a dj, leader of his band Hamilton Trading Co. - probably lots of other stuff I don't know about] has a pretty great vision that is hard to not get behind:

The Pitter Patter Music Festival is based on a simple set of principals:
Fair compensation to the artists
Easy access for the patrons
The need to discover and cultivate new Canadian talent
The desire to expand the radius of support for new music outside of Toronto
By sticking with the above principals and the not-for-profit ideals on which the festival was founded Pitter Patter hopes to continue expanding and ultimately envisions itself as a national festival, setting the standard for how Canada supports the arts.

See that point about easy access for the patrons? Well if you have heard of any of the bands playing but maybe are tight for cash, don’t worry. The festival is now an entirely pay-what-you-can affair for the patrons!

Check out the Pitter Patter site for: A Brief History of the Pitter Patter Music Festival and the complete schedule

For Fuzz fans, this tour will also be the first chance to grab a preview copy of their new album “You Can’t Heal a Sick Riff” which was produced by Mike O’Neill. The album will be officially released this fall.

http://www.myspace.com/mylesdeckandthefuzz
http://www.myspace.com/thesleeplessnights
Facebook Event page for the guys’ tour

Complete Tour Dates:
22 May House Show Moncton
23 May Raw Sugar Ottawa
25 May Black Shire Pub London
27 May Red Dog Peterborough
28 May Marcello’s Toronto
29 May The Boat Toronto
31 May Trepid House Waterloo
1 Jun The Ship Hamilton
2 Jun The Jupiter Room Montreal
4 Jun The Capital Fredericton
5 Jun The Seahorse Halifax

DETAILS:
Hello friends! Please help support Rocking4Dollars! Contrary to what you might think we don’t make a ton of cash every monday.
We need your help to fix up our hurtin’ drum kit. Drum kits is expensive!!!
On Saturday April 3 come check out:
Myles Deck and the Fuzz cover The Fat Stupids
Sleepless Nights cover Myles Deck and the Fuzz
Bad Motels cover Sleepless Nights
No Flyers Please cover the Bad Motels
Fat Stupids cover No Flyers Please.
It will be Insanity personified through the fucking roof. $5.
HAPPY HOUR DRINKS FOR THE WHOLE SHOW JUST LIKE EVERY SATURDAY. $2.50 shots/$3 beer.
9-11pm.

FACEBOOK:
Event Page

A WARNING:
Come on and show the love you fucking jerks. Anybody who plays Rockin4Dollars, especially only on $1000 nights, and misses this show will be automatically hit by food the next time me or Adrian see you. – Craig Hamlin, R4$ Overlord

http://www.myspace.com/rockin4dollars

Tickets on sale now at ticketpro.ca or Ticketpro outlets ($21.50adv/$29 day of show).

FYI: Every Thrush Hermit show will feature a different opening act, sorry I have no details on the others right now.

www.mypsace.com/mylesdeckandthefuzz
www.myspace.com/thrushhermitrox

Complete* Reunion Dates
8 Mar 2010 The Manhattan Club Moncton, New Brunswick
19 Mar 2010 The Paragon Theatre Halifax, NS
20 Mar 2010 The Paragon Theatre Halifax, NS
23 Mar 2010 Starlight Club Waterloo, Ontario
24 Mar 2010 Red Dog Tavern Peterborough, Ontario
25 Mar 2010 Capitol Ottawa, Ontario
26 Mar 2010 Lee’s Toronto, Ontario
27 Mar 2010 Lee’s Toronto, Ontario
* might be missing an all ages show….

Thrush Hermit – Complete Recordings- 7 DISC BOX SET-  to be released on New Scotland.  An epic project.  Scrambling madly to get it together for the Hermit reunion tour in March (fingers crossed!).

Disc 1- Clayton Park

Disc 2- Sweet Homewrecker

Disc 3- Smart Bomb and The Great Pacific Ocean

Disc 4 – All Technology Aside – 22 songs – outtakes, b-sides and unreleased

Disc 5 – Hits and Giggles – 23 songs – early singles, eps and unreleased tracks

Disc 6 – Embarrass Ourselves Awake – hodge podge of really early material from Nabisco Fonzie, The Hoods, The Hermit and The Tim Robbins

Experience.  Truly embarrassing stuff to keep you awake on long drives

Disc 7 – DVD consisting of Learn to Party documentary (1999) and lots of extra never before seen footage from 1990- 1999

Will also include a 24 page booklet with lots of photos and liner notes written by Rob Benvie.

From Here To There Wrestling presents:

* Sensational Main Event*

Myles Deck and the Fuzz
http://www.myspace.com/mylesdeckandthefuzz
vs.
Cuban Assassins
http://www.myspace.com/cubanassassins

the Nuclear
http://www.myspace.com/thenuclear
vs.
the Dead Pinkertons
http://www.myspace.com/deadpinkertons

Bell Time 10PM

Facebook Event page
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This Friday is the official release of the Fuzz’s new 7″ split with the Cuban Assassins!!! This will be a limited pressing hot red vinyl piece of magic you should get your hands on!!! Have a listen:
01 – Myles Deck and the Fuzz – Lights Out Electric Co
02 – Myles Deck and the Fuzz – The Healing Power
01 – Cuban Assassins – Money
02 – Cuban Assassins – Dead Dead Dead

You’ll be able to catch the Fuzz and Assassins in Halifax and Moncton this week:

• Thursday Nov 26 THE PARAMOUNT LOUNGE  Moncton, New Brunswick
• Friday Nov 27  GUS’ PUB – Split 7″ release! w/The Nuclear + Dead Pinkertons Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nov 11 TROIS MINOT     Montreal, Quebec
Nov 12 THE BOAT w/High Mother, Chang-a-lang and ‘It It     Toronto, Ontario
Nov 13 OSSIA w/Sons of Thor     Peterborough, Ontario
Nov 14 THE PHOG LOUNGE w/High Mother     Windsor, Ontario
Nov 15 MOON OVER MARIN w/High Mother     London, Ontario
Nov 18 THE LEGENDARY RED ROOSTER     Burlington, Ontario
Nov 20 THE MANSION     Kingston, Ontario
Nov 21 SCANNER     Quebec, Quebec

If you are curious about checking out the band, feel free to download their releases to date beforehand to help you decide:

01 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Beware! The Fuzz
02 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – California Man
03 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – I Love My Baby
04 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Thrill Seeker
05 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Filthy Addiction
06 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Master of the House
07 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Watch Your Job
08 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Ain’t Worth Tryin’
09 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – Halifax is Burning
10 – Myles Deck and The Fuzz – It’s a Long Walk

Police Cops cover art

01- Myles Deck & the Fuzz – Police Cops
02- Myles Deck & the Fuzz – Ayatollah
03- Myles Deck & the Fuzz – Boom Boom

EP as a zip

New 7″ Split with the Cuban Assassins

The weekend after they return from tour they are officially release their new 7″ split with the Cuban Assassins!!! This will be a limited pressing hot red vinyl piece of magic you should get your hands on!!! Have a listen:
01 – Myles Deck and the Fuzz – Lights Out Electric Co
02 – Myles Deck and the Fuzz – The Healing Power
01 – Cuban Assassins – Money
02 – Cuban Assassins – Dead Dead Dead

You’ll be able to catch the Fuzz and Assassins at the end of November in Halifax and Moncton:
Nov 26 THE PARAMOUNT LOUNGE w/Cuban Assassins    Moncton, New Brunswick
Nov 27  GUS’ PUB – Split 7″ release! w/Cuban Assassins     Halifax, Nova Scotia

Fortunately for these guys the “now what” part isn’t going to be hard to figure out.

First off – this weekend, Halloween night:
Live bands meet live burlesque on Saturday Oct.31st @ The Seahorse Tavern. Bang Bang Burlesque has put together individual dances for original music from The Broken Ohms, Gloryhound , Big Game Hunt and Myles Deck and the Fuzz. The stage will also be joined by Halifax’s own BLOODBATH. This night will be filled with Sexy , Dirty and Sweaty Rock n Roll with an efficient amount of gore and blood to fill all your ghoulish fantasies. Come out and be apart of this Halloween extravaganza!!!!!

Here’s the Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=ho … 96&index=1

Nova Scotia Music Week – www.musicnovascotia.ca/nsmw
In a little over a week they will be performing two sets [at least, will see about some late night opportunities] at Music Nova Scotia’s Music Week (in Yarmouth this year).

Nov 6 Th’ YARC – Warped Tour BOTB     Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
This show is a performance before Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. He will be selecting one of the bands to perform on dates for the 2010 tour.  Set time will be determined by draw at the show. Also performing are Three Sheet, The Stanfields, Ricochet and last call Chernobyl. This show is all ages.

Nov 7  Then Saturday night they will be performing a 19+ showcase at the Red Knight [stage 2]. Their set is 10:15-10:45
As part of this set the guys will also be part of a fashion project conceived by the Argyle Fine Art gallery: Project Bandstand

Ontario Tour + 7″ Split with Cuban Assassins
They then have a couple days off before heading out to Ontario and back for their “Fuzz Goes Commando Tour”. Check out that post for MP3s for all their releases to date even if you can’t catch a show because the tour will also be in celebration of their new 7″ split with the Cuban Assassins which you can hear too.

New LP
But the guys have not been resting in anticipation of these dates. They have been gigging, playing after parties and most importantly: recording a new LP you’ll be able to get your hands on in early 2010.

Those sessions have been going great, sounding better and the band is excited about the end product. I will give the credit to the wonderful Mike O’Neil who has been producing these sessions [Mike just won a Gemini for his music work on TV, congrats].

So while the band is busy recording and performing I am working on a master plan for their 2010 conquests. 2010 will see their first journey beyond Ontario  and allow the western provinces a taste of one of our rock and roll secrets.

A new LP, maybe some Warped Tour dates….

And I will be using them on this blog as guinea pigs in a series of posts for developing digital strategies for bands. There are so many options, so little time and so much confusion – what the hell is a band to do? Honestly, not a clue. Well some clues. Half an idea. We’ll figure it out.

I might love these guys
The Fuzz were the first band my wife and I released on our label.  It is great to see them still giving it their all and winning folks over with every show. I am very excited to becoming more involved with them and seeing how far they can go. Hopefully you’ll stick around for the trip too.

P.S. In honor of all that is happening may I unveil the very first official Myles Deck and the Fuzz avatar [probably a good thing you can't make out the Fuzz logo there....]

P.S.S – First person that can name which album cover that is …hmmm…..paying homage too – gets a free copy of the 7″ split when they arrive.