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Kirsten Starcher performs at NXNE 2009 with Bird to Prey, June 19
BypunchKirsten 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…
ARCTIC’s “You Coming Down” selected for Music BC 2008 MIDEM Compilation CD
BypunchARCTIC’s song “You Coming Down” was chosen by Music BC to represent British Columbia artists on a compilation CD, which will be available at MIDEM 2008 in Cannes, France, and at various Canadian Consulates. Other artists selected for the compilation include TV Heart Attack, Immaculate Machine, and John Mann (of Spirit of the West).
A shout out for Girls Rock Camp Vancouver
BypunchKirsten from ARCTIC will be volunteering this week as a bass instructor at Girls Rock Camp Vancouver, a non-profit society that builds self-esteem in female youth through music creation and performance. Groups of girls between 8-18 meet, form bands, learn to play their instruments, write a song, and perform it together on stage at the…
Southern Time
BypunchMarcus Martin and Kirsten Bole were both members of the band for the new rock opera Southern Time by Tim Bartsch of Paint, which played at the WISE Hall in Vancouver from December 4-10. Other members of the band included Jeff Smith on guitar, Alex McKechnie on drums, and Ya-Wen Wang on piano.
Marcus Martin and Kirsten Starcher give talk at Tom Lee Music, Feb 6
BypunchMarcus Martin and Kirsten of ARCTIC / Punchface Propaganda Machine will be giving a talk at Tom Lee Music in Vancouver on Saturday, February 6, as part of the In Affinity Music Collective’s “Wall of Sound” lecture series. They’ll be discussing what they do as a DIY/indie band and how they do it, and how…
ARCTIC music licensed for use in “Too Young to Marry”
BypunchARCTIC’s song “Some One Turning” has been licensed for the television movie “Too Young to Marry”, which will air on Lifetime on July 9 at 9:00 pm ET/PT.