(picture by Meghan Smith)
Its
the summer, so that means The Town Pants must be on the road... The
band is currently on tour throughout Canada and the United States.
Perhaps we're coming to a city near you? Check out our SHOWS page for more details. And note there will be some additional shows added, so check back.
Thanks
to all who came out to see our TWO nights in Ottawa over the June
20/21st weekend. It was hot, packed house and it was great to see so
many new faces and old fans at the show. Cheers!
Well be performing
at the big outdoor show at Loggers Live in Pembroke, Ontario on Canada
Day July 1st. You can download the poster and entertainment schedule in
PDF format HERE.
If
you've recently stumbled across the Town Pants from finding us on
iTunes or buying a song or two--much appreciated! We've had some
startling data arrive in recent months about how many songs and CD's
we've sold worldwide over iTunes so if you've stumbled in--glad you're
here and welcome. Drop us a line and let us know what you ordered and
what you think of it.
Who's that familiar face in Episode #36 of
Tiki-Bar TV? Well, man the Laff-Boats as its none other than Town Pants
bassist and consigliere Dino DiNicolo who appears a Roman Centurion in
this episode of the popular web tv show. Check it out HERE.
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TheTownPants.com is band's official website but you can find us on a few other popular places on-line...
The Town Pants on Facebook? If you're a Facebook user, why not add us? Check us out HERE.
We always felt that the audience was somewhat of the hidden member of
the band you don't see in photo's of us. So its a chance to connect
with others and maybe you'll maybe find a few friends there, or some
familiar faces at shows you've been to.
In addition for you MySpace people you can find the band's MySpace page HERE
Do you use Live Journal? Check out this site administered by Jenn and Elaine some trusty fans out in New York state.
Ryan Robbins, who audiences in the Metro Vancouver area will be
familiar with as the bands dijeridoo player/ bodhranist/madman stars in
a new original series on Global TV network in Canada called The Guard.
No word on whether or note Dave, Duane and Aaron will make a guest
starring appearance as distraught victims of a tipped canoe. Ryan's got
a blog about the show and you can check it out HERE.
Check out the CBC's new and improved New Music Canada website HERE
. The NMC site amalgamates the previous site at Roots Music Canada and
listen to some Town Pants tracks and the NMC podcast that features all
Canadian indie music from across the country. Give one of out tracks a
spin or two and you'll push us up in the most popular downloads charts
on NMC.
In the mid 90's Dave
Keogh played guitar in a Ottawa based rock group called Headview with
the infamous Arman Kamal on vocals. The band released only one CD in
1996, a now-difficult-to-find out of print CD titled "Sad Tomatoes".
Perhaps the guys were ahead of their time as the CD just recently got a
blog review HERE
Battlestar
Galactica actor Aaron Douglas (who plays Chief Galen Tyrol on BSG)
who's a friend and fan of our music wears a familiar t-shirt on this interview
held at a recent sci-fi fan conevention discussing his work on the
show. Cheers, pal! The 3rd season of BSG starts airing in early
October. The Town Pants will not appear as cylons, but stay tuned for
some upcoming clips with Aaron and us soon!
On the Galaxie
Radio's Folk/Roots station, our Weight of Words CD was #8 in July, and
#4 in August. The CBC run subscription service is usually accessed by
your television via directTV or satellite cable providers, but even if
you're out of the country feel free to request a Town Pants song here.
Our shows and cd's have been piling up some reviews lately, here's some of them:
Askew Reviews, Youthink, AmericanaUK, Shite 'n' Onions, Worldbeat Canada, SceneandHeard, PartyInKingston, View Magazine...
You can find a new review of the Weight of Words album from Poland HERE.
We received a translation from Maciek Fuszara of Lomianki, Poland who
wins a Town Pants sticker for his trouble to translate the Polish
review, you can read it here.
The band has recently been included on a compilation disk called Shite 'n' Onions Volume 2- What the Shite?!. You can read a review of the album here
The Town Pants performed at Canadian Music Week 2006 in Toronto. You can hear an interview & music at MVY Radio which was taped at the CMW headquarters in the York Hotel in downtown Toronto, and read Charattack's REVIEW of the show.
