It's hard to resist the line up of artists the organizers of Rock the Shores have put together this year.
Simply by looking at the 6 biggest names over the two day event you can tell that they get it.
Matt Good
They get what the average western Canadian music fan wants and put it together for a ticket price that costs less than when Bon Jovi rolls through Vancouver.
90 bucks to see Weezer, Sam Roberts Band and the Sheepdogs would be a great ticket...
Weezer
...but add Matthew Good, Mother Mother, Awolnation, Jimmy Eat World, 54-40 and more to the bill.
You can bet that this is a ticket that'll go fast.
Jimmy Eat World
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, March 22nd, at 10am, and you can find out all you need to know about tickets over at www.rocktheshores.com
I'll be back tomorrow with a full post on one of the bands you'll hear on Fresh Tracks this Sunday at 6!
Mother Mother aren't really known for being a trouble making band, but lately they've been seeing an awful lot of the police.
It makes me wonder just what it is that they're up to.
The first incident came on March 2nd when an unmarked police van pulled them over in a Tim Horton's parking lot.
I'll have a double double, a chocolate glazed and one Canadian rock band to go, please.
Of course there are plenty of jokes that can be made here. Did you hear the one about the police officer that pulled over a Canadian rock band at Tim Horton's? They were doing donuts in the parking lot.
The band has declined to comment as to exactly why the police pulled them over, but many believe that they may have been trying to smuggle baked goods into the US.
Dastardly.
Now, if this was the only incident, I'd probably think nothing of it.
But, it happened again today. Literally less than an hour before I started writing this the photo below was posted on Mother Mother's Facebook page (with a stylish Instagram finish, I might add).
Officer, what would you say if I told you you'd look pretty as a watercolor?
Some say that the officer simply wanted the band's autograph.
I say, Mother Mother are up to something.
I don't know what it is, but obviously the police got a look at the band and thought to themselves, "Those punk kids are up to no good."
And who am I to argue with the long arm of the law?
In all seriousness, I bet it's a driver with a lead foot driving through parts of the country they don't usually visit and getting caught up in speed traps that most locals manage to avoid.
As long as their string of speeding tickets doesn't lead to an increase in ticket prices, I think it'll be okay.
In other Mother Mother news, it looks like Infinitesimal will be the group's next single.
