Thursday, November 27, 2003

If you are in the Vancouver area, pick up the Georgia Straight and the Province today for articles on Hinterland. Or just follow the links in the previous sentence. Incidentally, the Province story mentions that Hinterland had a song in the Lynne Stopkewich movie Kissed. Not true, but we have licensed a song to The Life, a CTV Movie of the Week directed by Stopkewich. As soon as we find out the air date for The Life, we will post it on our News page.

posted by John @ 11/27/2003 12:09:00 PM 0 Comments

Monday, November 24, 2003

Everybody loves lists, especially at this time of year. The folks at Rolling Stone have posted their pick of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Mostly pretty predictable, but there are enough weird picks to piss off everybody. For instance, what's with putting the Ramones at number 33, when the Sex Pistols don't even make the top 40? Discuss amongst yourselves. Meanwhile, in a crazy bit of revisionism, the folks at Pitchfork have decided to completely overhaul their "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s", first posted in 1999. Wow, talk about second-guessing yourself! The '90s are over! Get over it, already!

Anyhow... speaking of year-end lists, it's not too late to pick up the latest issue of Discorder and vote for Hinterland in the year-end music poll. Hint hint hint...

posted by John @ 11/24/2003 10:17:00 PM 0 Comments

Friday, November 21, 2003

If you can pick up CBC Radio 3 on your radio, tune in Saturday night/Sunday morning between 2 and 3 a.m. to hear our song "Divebomb". Better late (at night) than never.

posted by John @ 11/21/2003 06:28:00 PM 0 Comments

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Today is the official release date of our album! Woo-hoo! Well, it's a little anticlimactic, given that we still don't have any copies of the CD (thanks, UPS!), but I thought I'd share the news. Have we gone double platinum yet?

posted by John @ 11/18/2003 09:26:00 PM 0 Comments

Monday, November 17, 2003

MP3.com is shutting down. As of December 2, the only place you'll be able to listen to our songs online will be at New Music Canada.

posted by John @ 11/17/2003 08:44:00 PM 0 Comments

Thursday, November 13, 2003

HINTERLAND RADIO
Tune in to the Paul Myers Show on MOJO Radio at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 28, the morning of our show. Michaela and Kyle will be stopping by to promote the gig and talk about our new album. MOJO Radio is heard at AM 730 in Vancouver.

posted by John @ 11/13/2003 10:54:00 PM 0 Comments

Hey, Masstransfer magazine is now offering subscriptions. If you subscribe now, you'll get a free copy of the latest CD by our HybridElectric Records labelmate Tex La Homa. Visit the website for details.

posted by John @ 11/13/2003 10:47:00 PM 0 Comments

NEED A RIDE?
If you live in Victoria but are planning to come to Vancouver for our CD-release show on November 28, please contact Ben Schreiner at bschreiner@kpmg.ca to arrange transportation.

posted by John @ 11/13/2003 03:11:00 PM 0 Comments

Thursday, November 06, 2003

Our forthcoming album, Under the Waterline, has received its first review, posted on the site of the Italian indie-music magazine Losing Today. Reviewer Paul Valentine, writing about a preview copy of the album, had this to say: "Both beautiful and evocative, this album preview from Hinterland demands attention with its deep strings and gentle strumming."

posted by John @ 11/06/2003 11:28:00 PM 0 Comments

Wednesday, November 05, 2003

The November issue of Discorder features, on page 31, a year-end music poll. If you feel so inclined, pick up a copy and vote for Hinterland in the Best Local Band of the Year and Best Gig of the Year categories. We'd sure appreciate it. For some reason the online version of Discorder hasn't been updated since July, so it looks like you'll have to pick up a copy of the actual magazine.

posted by John @ 11/05/2003 02:11:00 PM 0 Comments