BRAIDS (Calgary/Montreal)
KNOTS (Calgary)
VIDEOTAPE
Fri., Aug. 28
@ Avant Garde Bar
Presented by Ghost Town, Manitoba.
http://www.myspace.com/braidsmusichttp://www.myspace.com/hiknotshttp://www.myspace.com/videotapevideotapeBRAIDSBraids, although routinely classified as experimental pop, can be found exploring the depths of ambient melodies and experimental textures. Their nomadic approach to music allows for an nontraditional and free creative vision that is distinctly their own. The band's captivating energetic live performance is demonstrated on their first two live self-releases. Their manner of influence varies from the diversities of worldly and tribal music, to their friends in local acts. Enamored with range, the group treads the waters between quiet humble jams and the overflowing myriad of full-bodied sound. When together, it's clear the friends are in continuous closeness with inspiration. BRAIDS, formerly The Neighbourhood Council is a four piece band based in Calgary, Alberta and Montreal, Quebec.
KNOTSOf Calgary, AB, Knots is the name under which Neal Moignard plays heartaching folk/drone/electronic/pop/
surf/japanese music. In 2009 he has self recorded and released an album of haunting, untraditional folk music, "The Blistering Sun, The Pale Moon, Hahahaha", which he is presently touring behind. Now accompanied by healing drones and tape music, Moignard attempts to raise his good feelings from the dead and revive lost ways of seeing.
