A few months ago we were contacted by the creators of the Canadian television program, The Border. One of their characters, Hieronymous Slade, is a tech-wiz extraordinaire, with a fondness for hipster-geek
culture, and they wanted to know if they could obtain some YBP t-shirts for this character to wear on their program. How nice of them to think of us! Of course, we were flattered, and so we happily agreed. So far, Slade, played by Jonas Chernick, has appeared rocking Hayden, and Broken Social Scene (two Canadian bands). Stay tuned for more episodes, where Slade will be seen wearing other YBP tees! The Border airs Monday nights at 9:00 EST and 9:30 NT on CBC. The next episode which will feature Slade wearing another YBP tee will be episode 9, on November 24th. Thanks to nice folks at CBC for approaching us, and for helping to make this happen.
I love it when one of my favourite bands, covers another one of my favourite bands. And, while he’s doing it he’s playing one of my favourite songs.
I recently found a live recording, from an unknown time and place, of Hayden performing a rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’. It’s played on the piano as opposed to guitar, which gives it a new twist, but still with a similar sort of baritone voice. At the beginning of the song, Hayden says that LC is ‘one of his all time favourite people in music’. Respect Hayden, respect.
The Polaris Music Prize list of nominees has been rounded down to 10 finalists! I don’t know why I get so excited about this Prize but I really love it. I guess it’s like the Oscars, but for Canadian music. In case you didn’t know, the Polaris Music Prize is awarded annually to the best Canadian album, based purely on artistic merit, and not taking into account album sales or radio play. The winner is awarded 20,000 Canadian dollars. This is the third year of the award. The first one went to Final Fantasy’s He Poos Clouds and last year’s prize went to Patrick Watson’s (or as i call him, P-Wat) Close to Paradise. Two great albums if you ask me. This year, the long list, which contained the likes of Tegan & Sara, Born Ruffians, Islands, the New Pornographers, Hayden and the Acorn, has been rounded down to a list of just 10. There is now only one yellow bird artist remaining in the running!
The nominees for outstanding performance in the land of snow and ice are:
At this time last year we released a few limited edition versions of Hayden’s red bear design. Since it was such a big hit with star crossed lovers around the world, we’ve decided to bring it back. What could be a more thoughtful gift then this?
And, if you sign up to receive our newsletters then we will automatically enter you into a competition to win a copy of Hayden’s amazing new CD, In Field & Town.
In recording news from across the seas, Holly can be heard singing on the new Hayden record, In Field & Town, which is out now in Canada & the USA on Hardwood Records and out soon in Australia on Spunk Records.
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