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There's something immediately familiar about Montreal's The High Dials. When you first listen
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Sixeyes Saturday Mix: Oct. 4th
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Black Diamond Bay + The High Dials + Hilotrons | Pianos | 11.09.2008
-Canadian night at Pianos put together by the folks at the Musebox. Fellow Montrealers� The High Dials had
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The High Dials - Moon Country
. This is what makes me love Montreal's The High Dials so much. In their original incarnation as The Datsuns
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and Labor The Ceasing Now Contrived Eavesdropping The High Dials Open up the Gates Hannah Georgas
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Confession: Neko Case is LEGIT
to donate $300 for 2 shits just to stick it to the man. Openers, The High Dials, were pretty good. Only
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Time to get Shitty: NXNE
bands on the bill include, Paper Lions, The I Spies, The Two Koreas, Kakkmaddafakka, High Dials. You can
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Artist MySpaceMontreal-based The High Dials make lush, psychedelic pop; dreamy anthems built on bittersweet melodies, bright harmonies and moody guitar sounds.
They debuted on Rainbow Quartz Records in 2003 with “A New Devotion”, a 60’s-style concept album with 12-string guitars, retro synths, and Revolver-esque 3-part harmonies. The album made a fan of Little Steven, of Bruce Springsteen fame, who slotted them in with the Strokes and the Stooges at his festival and played them frequently on his Underground Garage radio show. With “War of the Wakening Phantoms” (2005), their sound evolved into moodier, shoegazing territory, pounding pop anthems interspersed with dreamy acoustic ballads. It won them new fans and rave reviews in Spin, New York Post, the Independent on Sunday, The Sun (UK) and Globe and Mail. It made the year-end top-10 list of the Washington Post and Magnet Magazine, and was declared “psych pop perfection” by NME. The album also went to number one on Canadian college radio charts. The band toured the US and UK on sold out tours supporting Brian Jonestown Massacre and Neko Case.
The High Dials have won some notable fans along the way. Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre declared them “the best band in North America,” Andrew Loog Oldham, original 60s hustler and star-maker to the Rolling Stones, also lists them as a favorite. Rod Argent, legendary songwriter of the Zombies, performed on one of their B-sides!
Their third album, “Moon Country”, slated for release in Canada in September 2008, may be their best album yet, delivering everything from droning dance grooves to spaced-out rock anthems to wistful psych folk. As a nod to the classic LP in an Mp3 age, the release is divided into two sides, A and B. Begun in a remote stone cottage in Ireland and completed in the studio in Montreal with producer Joseph Donovan, “Moon Country” is a must for anyone who loves the album as art form!
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