Steven Page has released two brand new tracks – entitled “A Different Sort Of Solitude” and “Manchild” – and they are available for download now via his BandCamp page.
The tracks cost $1.98 (approx. £1.30) and UK customers can checkout using debit/credit cards or PayPal.
“Manchild” was co-written with Craig Northey of The Odds and the release came about after Steven’s tweet “Anyone want some new music?” was met by eager fan feedback.
There is also an article and interview from the Windsor Star on the singer’s lifelong battle with depression.
Do share your thoughts on the tracks over on Facebook and Twitter. What do you think of music being released in this manner, a track at a time? Has this whet your appetite for some more new material from Page?
BNLUK would like to wish all its readers a very merry christmas, happy holidays, and best wishes for 2012. With many thanks for being part of a great community of music fans, and for the continued support throughout the year. Also a very merry christmas to Barenaked Ladies and families: good luck Ed on your trip to Kenya with Me2We. Let’s hope 2012 has lots of fun in store!
Please do enjoy the following tidbits for download over the festive period.
Free download: Glastonbury 1993
An unearthed gem – download this Glastonbury bootleg from many moons ago!
Canadian Musician Special
With many thanks to Karen Graves for sending this in, check out this article from Maybe You Should Drive-era with BNL talking music, music, music.
Christmas Videos
A selection of Christmas videos for you to enjoy.
Christmas BNL songs from the community
BNL tunes – Christmassified! Taken from BNLUK followers on Twitter and Facebook.
The video features some special guests including Kevin’s good friend, Mr. Boothby Graffoe.
Kevin Hearn’s new album Cloud Maintenance is out now and has been receiving glowing praise from all quarters. Read articles on the album from Street Date Radio, American Songwriter, Rock Cousteau and some chap called Booby.
UK fans can purchase “Cloud Maintenance” from iTunes or Kevin’s site, and you can stream the tunes over at AOL Music.
“Cloud Maintenance” features an abundance of guest appearances, notably from Kevin’s Thin Buckle band mates, Boothby Graffoe and Jenn Grant, among others. The album is co-produced by long-time BNL collaborator, Michael Phillip Wojewoda.
An animated music video for the eccentric album closer “Monsters Anonymous” is coming soon – stay tuned to BNLUK and kevinhearn.com for further updates!
Feel free to send over any reviews of the album using this link, and as ever, share your thoughts over on Facebook and Twitter!
With The X Factor coming to an end for the year on our screens, and in a stretch to be topical, check out this new post where you can see the reality show format given a twist – a Barenaked twist. Back in 2005, Canadian Idol featured a very special episode dedicated to BNL. Read up about it and watch the videos here.
So there we have it – two newly moustachioed Canadians – nice work to anyone who donated to the brilliant cause!
Ed and Tyler of Barenaked Ladies are sprouting hair from the top of their lips like noone’s business this month – and all for a good cause!
‘Movember’ (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men. You can read more about the charity here.
You can see the early stages of Ed and Ty’s moustaches in the photos above, but things are gonna get bushier, so keep track of their hairy endeavours on the Canadian Movember site: Ed’s page is here and Tyler’s is here.
Check it out and donate what you can!
It appears that 6Music played portions of BNL’s set from Glastonbury ’99 between 4 and 5am last night. You can listen again via iPlayer here. Lots of fun!
Also, the Express are carrying a short review of the new Hits collection online and in page 52 of today’s paper. Good to see some attention from a UK publication!