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September 18, 2008 Our new recording is in the FINAL STAGES OF MIXING. Exciting stuff! We did a photo shoot with Steve Louie recently and we've put up the pictures in our PHOTOS section! Check 'em out this instant. ----- July 27, 2008 July 25th was a fantastic show! We were worried there for a sec, because The Arbitrarys and Jeremy Stewart and The Rest were travelling to Vancouver and their van broke down in Merrit the day of the show! Luckily family was able to drive out from Tsawwassen and pick them up and bring 'em to the show! ----- June 4, 2008 Long time no news, eh? Well to update you, we are going into the studio this August to record our second album. Our first album is still available, but there were only 500 copies made. It's available to order through any HMV or record store - available by Scratch Distribution. Also, it's available on-line at cdbaby.com, and digitally through iTunes, and many other digital music sellers. In Vancouver it's at Red Cat Records on Main Street. We haven't named our next album yet but I trust the title will let itself be known before we need to name it. ----- April 16, 2008 We made it home from tour safe and sound and we had a fantastic time! Visit our myspace blog to read all about it. We also just put 3 brand new songs up on our myspace and they're available for download. These are live recordings we made as demo's for our upcoming album which we'll be recording in August at The Hive. In case you were wondering about the Juno's - The Arcade Fire's album won in the best packaging category, beating Ornamental Etherworld. We're psyched to be playing at the Mint Records & Friends show on May 17th with Parlour Steps, Awkward Stage and Rebekah Higgs. Hope to see you there! ----- March 4th, 2008 Our April minia-tour is almost completely booked. We're looking forward to hitting the road. We'll be recording soon after and the new material is rad. On April 6 the Juno winners will be announced! The suspense is almost unbearable! ----- February 5th, 2008 The artwork design from our album Ornamental Etherworld has been nominated for a Juno Award... http://www.junoawards.ca/08_nominees_cat.php?id=2355 To be in a category with Arcade Fire... words can't describe. Congrats goes to Jeff Harrison and Clinton Hussey for their work on the album. ----- January 14th, 2008 Happy New Year! April Minia-Tour -- More Shows needed! For booking, email Chris at: vonnegutdollhouse@gmail.com For beautiful new pictures of us from our January 3rd show at the Railway Club, visit ----- December 18th, 2007 We'll be playing at the new Biltmore venue on January 24th with Ford Pier. Visit http://www.myspace.com/fordpier to check him out if you haven't already done so. Ford puts on an amazing show! ----- December 7th, 2007 We are now booking our April tour that will take us through Northern BC and Alberta! It's a small tour. A miniature. ----- December 2nd, 2007 New clip by Mel Jones up now! Check the audio/visual section.
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November 30th, 2007 Photos now up in the photo section! We'll also be debuting our new live video soon for our new song "English on the Job" Stay tuned for details. Ornamental Etherworld won best packaging design at the Lotus Awards recently. Congrats goes to Jeff Harrison who designed it! To celebrate we've added another song available to download on the discography and audio visual page. "Please Accept My Anthropology," an epic prog-rock romp concerning a Sasquatch-sized adventure. Someone alert Genesis!
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November 7th, 2007 Our cd is now available on cdbaby.com just visit our page http://cdbaby.com/vonnegutdollhouse ! Sweet!
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November 2nd, 2007 Our album is being featured worldwide on websites and blogs! Here's just a few: Thanks to designer Jeff Harrison!
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September 28th 07 New review: Vonnegut Dollhouse Wow! As far as first impressions go, Vancouver's Vonnegut Dollhouse scores big points on the packaging of their debut disc, Ornamental Etherworld. If you're the type of person who selects wine based on the pretty label (and you know who you are) then this disc is for you. Ornamental Etherworld's CD sleeve unfolds into a small dollhouse, complete with walls, roof, interior décor and cut-outs of band members; and the disc itself becomes the living room shag carpet. It kept us amused for quite a while before we actually thought to listen to the disc! Recorded and mastered by Jesse Gander at Hive Studios and produced by Brandon Edwards, Ornamental Etherworld presents familiar Canadian indie pop fare with adequate doses of weirdness, clever lyrics, pseudo-artsy references to the late, great Kurt Vonnegut, and ear-friendly music. What's not so typical about Vonnegut Dollhouse is the intertwining of crunchy, 70s jazz-rock guitar licks with electronic keyboards that sound like a cross between 80's Moog and a church organ. The disc would be best described as a study in opposing forces. The lead vocals are shared by two members, Daniel Brard (Blam!, Runtun Kata) and Alyson Fun. This practice normally tends to be divisive, but in the case of Vonnegut Dollhouse, the alternating male/female vocals provide a welcome diversity, particularly as Alyson's voice is rather disquieting. With 8 tracks, the disc reaches its apex half way through the 5 th song: "Ugly Kids Steal Bikes", after both vocalists finally clam up and let their instruments do the talking. That's when Chris Cantrell (The Unwelcoming Committee, Runtun Kata) metaphorically sets his guitar on fire. Expertly supported by Jakub Svoboda (Transylvanian Polka ) on drums, James Ford (Blam!, The Unwelcoming Committee) eagerly douses the flames with funky keyboards on the next track, "My Heart is a Partition, Your Hand is a Knife". It's an excellent song featuring super-crunchy guitars and ending in a tidal wave of surf pop – a strange but aurally satisfying orchestral concoction. Vonnegut Dollhouse set themselves apart by showcasing how beautifully opposites attract. And isn't that what makes the world go round? By Anne-Marie Brugger |
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