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The Mohawk Lodge

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Here's the deal: We're going to make a new track from Wildfires available each week (updated each, er, Monday?) until the whole thing has been given away! last week was Wear 'Em Out, this week is Calm Down!

CBC Radio 3 presents White Whale's "Making Music With Your Friends" Tour starring The Mohawk Lodge & Octoberman

Sep 27 Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards w/ Besnard Lakes
Oct 4 Vancouver, BC @ Ukraine Hall*
Oct 5 Kelowna, BC @ Whitehous Night Gallery*
Oct 6 Calgary, AB @ Hi-Fi*
Oct 7 Edmonton, AB @ Black Spot Cafe*
Oct 8 Lethbridge, AB @ The Slice*
Oct 9 Saskatoon, SA @ Lydia's*
Oct 10 Winnipeg, MA @ The Mondragon*
Oct 11 Thunder Bay, On @ The Apollo*
Oct 12 Sault Ste. Marie, On @ The Arc*
Oct 13 Sudbury, On @ Townehouse Tavern*
Oct 14 Kitchener, On @ Circus Room*
Oct 15 Guelph, On @ Vinyl*
Oct 16 Hamilton, On @ Pepperjack Cafe*
Oct 17 Toronto, On @ The Boat**
Oct 18 New York, NY @ White Whale Showcase @ CMJ**
Oct 19 Ottawa, On @ Zaphod's***
Oct 20 Montreal, Qc @ Barfly ***
Oct 22 Waterloo, On @ House Party*
Oct 24 London, On @ Alex P. Keaton's*
Oct 25 Windsor, On @ Phog Lounge*
* w/ Octoberman
** w/ Octoberman & Moco Nell
*** w/ Octoberman & Poorfolk

Wildfires is OUT NOW! Everywhere in digital form. Canada & the US in stores. Europe on Sept.25th... Find it on eMusic or iTunes and help us with gas if you can. If you're broke like us though just find it on a torrent site and share with your friends!

We're touring Canada next month with a quick stop at CMJ, then Europe in January and the states in the spring. You can also find us at http://mohawklodge.ca or http://myspace.com/mohawklodge.

Here's a bit on the new record...

With Wildfires, The Mohawk Lodge sheds their dirty folk leanings in favour of blue collar indie soul. Whereas debut disc Rare Birds catered in campfire songs, the band's sophomore record is a musical forest fire.

While early Lodge material often relied on homespun charm, every track on Wildfires seems an act of desperate catharsis. This time around the band's songwriting manages to nod as much to Springsteen as Smog, while their playing manages to bridge the gap between Fleetwood Mac and the Constantines.

Melodic opener "Hard Times" confronts the doubts inherent in modern life and suggests that "a little love can pull us through." Armed with a strident rhythm, "Wear 'Em Out" unleashes a poetic war cry complete with an anthemic chorus while choir-backed "Calm Down" and lilting "Timber" play out as lullabies assuaging further anxieties and paranoia. Rugged "Heart of Lovers" brims with sanguine defiance, while impudent "Why Would You?" provides a self-effacing look at the life of an artist. The centrepiece of the proceedings is title track "Wildfires." Stretching over seven gripping minutes, the track melds the epic with the introspective.

Overseen by producer Darryl Neudorf (New Pornographers, Neko Case), Wildfires explores new lyrical depths for the band and evidences an emboldened musical direction. As vocalist/guitarist Ryder Havdale wails, an exhilarating sonic backdrop is forged by duelling dustbowl guitars, swirling keyboards, melodic bass, driving percussion, atmospheric brass and a boisterous chorus. It took nothing short of a small army to achieve such devastating results. Rob Josephson (drums), Arch (guitar), Samir Mallal (bass) and Cory Price (guitar) were already card-carrying members of the Lodge. However, Wildfires would have never raged without honorary recruits Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade / Handsome Furs), Jesse Gander (Ghost House), J.P. Carter (Great Aunt Ida), Marc Morrissette (Octoberman), Tiffani Mohammed, and Jason Starnes (Bells Clanging).

Since their inception, The Mohawk Lodge have left concertgoers sated and stages sweat-stained as they entrench their reputation as a live band to be reckoned with. Bringing their working man's ethic to the fore, the Lodge launch a three-pronged guitar assault supported by an airtight rhythm section backed up by the soaring melodies of a stage full of friends. Watch for The Mohawk Lodge in September and October as they tour across Canada in support of Wildfires before heading across the Atlantic to do the same throughout Europe.

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