PEI Indie Rock to be Featured on "Atlantic Airwaves" Today

Stolen from PEILocals:

Tune in to CBC this Saturday at 5:05 PM.

This Saturday on CBC Radio One (96.1 FM in Charlottetown) tune in for the last in a four part series on the Maritime indie music scene. The episode airs from 5:05 to 6:00 PM and will contain a 20 minute segment on the PEI local scene featuring music and interviews with several of our local bands. Featured talent includes Officer Girl, Midnight Auto Supply, Smothered In Hugs, Pat Deighan & the Orb Weavers, James Phillips, Mars Hill, and Two Hours Traffic.

Update: OK, it's over. It was actually kind of lame. The presenter (not Stan Carew, just some girl) just played tracks from Well-Oiled, no audio of bands playing live. And the host's commentary was pretty awkward, with lines like "Two Hours Traffic will be heroes of their own sidewalks in Charlottetown soon." *shudder*

I'm just surprised that a show dedicated to Maritime music took this long to finally notice that people, you know, play music around these parts.

On a similar note, everyone should be sure not to miss the ECUA No-Cases shows during the ECMAs. This is where the bands that aren't seen as tourist-draws will be playing. It's not a part of the official EMCAs, but these sorts of 'guerrilla shows' have become a tradition now. No firm schedules or line-ups yet, but it looks like most of the action will be at Hunter's Ale House. I think it's something I'll be writing a lot about.

Update 2: Gabrielle and Kelly, who are organizing this yeear's no-cases, used to host a radio show for Radio@UPEI, called "The Mixed Tape", and they did a show about last year's No Cases in Sydney. You can listen to it here.
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