Summer time!! And we've got some awesome dates lined up for you, and us, and all your hombres! Looking forward to seeing you this summer, so make sure you catch us at one of these dates! - Mike
COCA - Canadian Organization of Campus Activities, Halifax N.S. Friday - June 21
Oasis Night Club in Halifax, N.S. - June 22nd With special guests My Living Will, and Brite-VU
The Roxy Cabaret in Vancouver - BC June 27
ArtBeat Chemainus BC - Friday, June 28 (All Ages)
Port Coquitlam Canada Day Monday - July 1st
Opening for Platinum Blonde, Mary Winspear Sidney, BC July 2
26th annual Oyo Stampede Party Calgary, AB - Friday, July 5
The Libertine Lounge, Calgary AB - Monday, July 8th
Broken City, Calgary, AB - Wednesday, July 10
Voodoo Lounge-Calgary, AB - July 12 - Tickets at the door
Summer In The Square, Centennial Square Victoria - Friday, July 19 (All Ages)
Music In The Park at Riverside Park, Kamloops, B.C. - Thursday, August 8, (All Ages)
Big John Bates at Doc Willoughby's Downtown Pub, Kelowna - Friday, August 9th Tickets at the door
Parks Alive! Kelowna Music in the Park - Saturday, August 10th (All Ages)
Music in the Park at the Southwood Community Association, Calgary, AB - Thursday, August 22 (All Ages)
"Summer at the Peak", Sun Peaks Resort, Kamloops, BC - Friday, August 23
International Pop Overthrow Music Festival at The Railway Club, Vancouver BC - August 28th to 30st (TBA)
Lucky Bar, Victoria - Saturday, August 31
The Saanich Fair - Sunday, September 1st (All Ages)
Michael Wood Band has been selected to play at the HMP Records Cross Canada Tour Show Case at the V-Lounge in Victoria, BC. June 3 2013 5 PM. Tickets available from the band or Eileen at 250 886 5209.
Michael Wood Band has been selected to play a show case at the Toothy Moose Night Club In Halifax Nova Scotia on June 21 2013 at the COCA National Conference.
The Michael Wood Band has been selected to play a show case at the Vancouver Island Music Busness Conference in Courtenay BC. on May 18 2013. Whistle Stop Pub. 9 PM
I’m sitting in a busy coffee shop with 21-year-old John Lennon look-alike Josh Weed when the namesake member of Michael Wood Band shows up, fashionably late as I’m told is customary. He’s just come from a class on The Beatles at University of Victoria and it’s immediately apparent that below their young and jovial exteriors these two are serious music men.
Michael Wood Band is from the Victoria area, and after releasing their debut album Occupy This in 2012 they’re off to a fast start. All band members are under the age of 22 and have already played over 30 shows since their album debuted, including the Calgary Stampede.
Next up on the tour roster Michael Wood Band heads to Sun Peaks to play at The Club on January 26, which coincides with Australia Day. I took the liberty of explaining the extent of Australia Day at Sun Peaks Resort to Wood and band-mate Josh Weed, after which Wood shared a story about a sample encounter during a show in Victoria.
“I used to have a regular gig at this café and the best time I ever had playing there was when these three Australian guys came and they were really stoked that I played an Australian song,” says Wood. “They got rowdier and rowdier until finally all three of them finally got kicked out.”
Sound like a familiar scene? Ensure that you make it to and through the Michael Wood Band’s show and you’ll see why this band is turning heads around the world. Wood and Weed both say that they have a European following and that they hope to get out that way to do a tour at some point as well.
Occupy This is an astoundingly good album. The fab four, comprised of Weed and Wood on vocals and guitars, Jon Baergen on bass and vocals and Alex Campbell on drums and vocals, have produced a modern-sounding rock album with catchy lyrics and hooks. Weed and Wood, both big Mother Mother fans, have ideas for their next release, which they say is currently in the works.
“I’d like to get a heavier, more analogue and roots-y sound to our next album; heavier but not darker,” says Wood, adding that they would like to release their Hendrix-inspired cover of “All Along the Watchtower.” Weed would like to up the tempo a bit to make it better for dancing.
And despite the politically-charged title of their album, both band members shy away from too much political advocacy, saying that it can take away from the music itself when not preached to the right crowd. Regardless there are hints of angst and socio-political awareness on the album, such as in “Should We Be Afraid” which is about the Arab Spring movement that took place in Egypt. Currently Wood is immersed in philosophy classes at the University of Victoria and Weed is a self-professed science and scepticism nerd, so time may tell where that will lead their music but for now it provides a firm basis and mature understanding of critical observance required for solid songwriting.
Rikki is a frequent concert-goer who always has one ear to the ground and the other to the speaker. Always looking out for new and innovative artists, she loves everything Indie and keeps a close eye on what’s going on in music locally and internationally.
MWB is getting ready for the Start of their western Canadian Tour. 20 dates starting in Victoria January 14th and ending at Canadian Music Week in Toronto March 25th. More dates being added every week. Looking forward to seeing you at our shows
A fresh alternative rock sound mixing classic elements with the edginess and bite of modern concepts. The Michael Wood B and is rock for the new age.
"Shockingly fresh, well written songs with great delivery. Infectious grooves that bring to mind The Police, Kings Of Leon and Red Hot Chilli Peppers with undertones of Hendrix, the Ramones and Tom Petty. I had to listen to the music from start to finish...then press repeat." Aaron Bethune, Play It Loud Music
"Huge congratulations to our 2 XS New Artists of the Month, The Michael Wood Band and The Swills! You'll hear a lot more of these guys in coming months on 99.1 CKXS
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