Saturday, July 27th. 11pm on the Vera Stage.
Doldrums is a musical venture produced by Canadian artist Eric Woodhead.
The project began in 2010 when he started posting videos and designing websites by fictional bands under a variety of different band pseudonyms, ‘Doldrums’ being one of them, the name taken from a favorite children’s book, Norton Juster ‘s ‘The Phantom Tollbooth”. He gained notoriety in his native Toronto through performances at Everlasting Super Joy, his studio and DIY venue, as well as involvement in flash parties in abandoned spaces. He released several 7″s in 2010 including a split with DD/MM/YYYY and a VHS mixtape of his own music videos.
In 2011, after hearing his interpretation of their song ‘Chase the Tear’, Portishead announced they would release his song as the b-side to their single. At the same time, new tracks fell into the hands of cult London indie label No Pain In Pop, and were quickly confirmed for release as ‘Empire Sound’, his debut EP.
Though now based out of Montreal his sound and attitude screams Toronto, where artists like Skrillax, Crystal Castles and Fucked Up are known for challenging existing ideologies about format and genre. He released is first LP Lesser Evil on February 2nd, 2013
Check out some of my favorite songs from this years line up on the CHBP 2013 playlist on Spotify. You can also view my personal Block Party Schedule! P.S. It’s my birthday weekend! July 28th: the big 2-6!
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