ARCTIC’s video for “I Heard”, from Today Brought Me Here, was accepted into the Bornshorts International Film Festival, held annually on Bornholm island in Denmark. The video will be featured at the Scala Bar on August 28 & 29, 2009. Read more about Bornshorts here. Watch the “I Heard” video here.
ARCTIC’s first show of their 2009 Cross-Canada Expedition will be on Thursday, September 10 at the Railway Club along with The Hermit and Adaline. Doors are at 9PM, cover is $10. For more information please visit the Facebook page for the show.
Confirmed dates (updated Aug 27): September 10th: The Railway Club, Vancouver, BC September 12th: Doc Willoughby’s, Kelowna, BC September 15th: Ottoman Lounge, Medicine Hat, AB September 16th: Singing Waitress Cafe, Lloydminster, AB September 17th: Lydia’s, Saskatoon, SK September 19th: The Cavern, Winnipeg, MB September 20th: The Apollo, Thunder Bay, ON September 23rd: Maxwell’s Music House,…
From an interview with Cormac Rea, leading up to Westfest 2009. “Conceived as an alternative to traditional band structure, Martin’s Arctic project was initially a solo project, involving a boomerang audio recording device that allowed him to loop his guitar work and other instrumentation. Now including Kirsten Starcher as bassist, backing singer and keyboardist, and…
Kirsten Starcher, ARCTIC’s bassist and keyboard player, recently accompanied Bird to Prey at Toronto’s annual North by Northeast music festival. The showcase was held at Cameron House, and was filled to capacity. Bird To Prey is singer/songwriter Sarah Turk from the remote town of Fremantle, Western Australia, who mixes “folk, a little bit of blues…