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18 January, 2010

                                                                HAPPY NEW YEAR WORLD!

A new decade, a  new beginning......
                            we are in the process of re-creating our website, slowly but surely planning out a quick two week tour of a few provinces, mixing our tracks, finalizing the artwork for our album and rehearsing our butts off non-stop.

SOOOOO.... I know this album of our has been a long time coming, but i must reassure you all, that it will be WELL worth the wait. With the amazing recorded tracks we did with Geraldo Dominelli at Mushroom and Cobweb studios, we are able to get the mixes  nearer to the finish line. WOOT WOOT!  

                 
                                      Pssstt!!: The Purple Crab exists no more, so no acoustic show if ya' came here looking fer one. keep posted                                                           for future shows and updates on our progress with the cd!
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Painted Cities




17 December, 2009

Last friday was wicked epic!
YEh-yeh to Ema Postl, Augusta Trio and Lemming Dynasty for making the railway rock!  It sure was nice to see familiar faces that don't get many chances to come see us live....(, this is more directed to Matt Hamar, and Mattieu's Ma & Pa. and of course, good 'ol Uncle Ken!)          
                    We don't have anything lined up as of yet for the new year, except for finishing off this freaking recording project!               In the meanwhile,      Eva and I will silk screen the remaining t-shirts (yes, and the one's our dearest friends Amanda and Ehren so eagerly requested), sending off packages to a few hopeful festivals, recording a music video with Vasho AND planning out a potential quickie tour in BC, Alberta, Coastal Islands and pooooooooosssibly the Yukon Territories for the 2010 summer.    

  OH YES my friends, we have BIG hopes and dreams for Painted Cities .........  so be there with us when music eventually breaks out of this consistently boring scenester/radio-pop/crap rock sound penetrating our everyday existences..... music is better than this. and EVERYONE OUGHTA know!!!  

<3 u!  
Painted Cities






4 December, 2009

I trust you've all taken a sneak peak at some of the other bands/musicians that we will be performing with on December 11th, and that ALL of you have booked time of work for this epic EPIC event.     'cause if not....   i'd be a little sad. : (    trust me, sad Katie is not a sight to behold.   nuh-huh sireee.....

       SOOOooo.... with the massive help of Eva Dominelli, we shall be selling some t-shirts and patches next friday. It was a quick step of putting a frame together, and I can't wait to get my hands painted silk screening some t-shirts of YOUR liking.          
                                      So if ya want, bring an extra $15  for some gear to cover your back or some smaller schrapnel to cover the cost of a patch for that nasty hole in your hipster jeans.

As many of you have probably heard, we have just received the second set of ten mixes to listen to and adjust to our liking and then it's OFF for mastering!!! It's hard to believe we're nearing the end seeing as it's been ten months of recording.... in, and out of the studio.  
         but soon enough children, we shall have the cds available to you. mouahaha....ha.    ha......
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Painted Cities, OUT!
 




20 November, 2009

Sexy poetry readings
                            live music                            AMAZING art                                      silly circus performers                                      and friendly people             ALL        made Eva Dominelli's art show,
                                                                                                                     Between Membrane and Reality,  

                                                                                                                                                                     a HUGE success!
Thank you everyone for dancing.     (even though you may have been severly intoxicated.... hehe)

 As we get heavy into winter, the probability of snow fall is near. and so is another show.      THIS ONE, should NOT be missed.
      I tell ya'.          Lemming Dynasty is a force to be reckonned with as Bruno Dominelli leads the brothers of NINJASPY into epic musical awesomeness (not that they have any problem with it on their own) and the AUGUSTA TRIO play sweet folk-jazz music with beautiful vocals by Karen Augusta. While EMMA POSTL will simply awe you with her ease of singing jazz melodies and improving scat guitar solos,  YOURS TRULY will be there.... doing our own thing.    <---- ya' know... pop-rock danceable like tunes that are sometimes quick, sometimes dark and ALWAYS fun.

So if you have the time and are in the mood for a nice evening of musical variety, head on down to The Railway Club on December 11th of oh-nine. (that'd be a friday peoples).   See ya' thurr!!

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Kate (and Painted Cities... duh.)




17 October, 2009

 THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK-YOU to everyone who came out last night!!!! Rad living room set by Analog Bell Service followed by the most wicked dance party hosted by Fur Bearing Animals.  There were some poor excuses for housecoats, a lot of sweaty dancing people and RAD tunes.  *Big thanks to IMU for putting it on =)*

             If you are visiting this site for the first time and are looking for one of those free cd's I mentioned last night, don't hesitate to e-mail us and arrange a meet-up/ invite us over for tea and monopoly (not going to lie, Sol kicks ASS at monopoly so uh, you better watch out...... unless your a sore loser, then you might want to pull out the boggle instead) OR you can simply wait until our next show at The Chapel Arts on November 12th. This will be first and foremostly Eva Dominelli's artshow, so come prepared for live entertainment as well as several rooms FILLED with beautiful/strange and awesome pieces.


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Kate




16 October, 2009

TONIGHT, is the NIGHT. (when two become one?) shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.........  no.
                       
                                    PAINTED CITIES plays PUB 340!!!!  

We are opening for Fur Bearing Animals and Analog Bell Service, two rad-tastical Vancouver bands that are garanteed to knock your socks off!!! Doors are at 8:00, and we go on at 9:30 so come on out and party with us!!

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Kate


12 October, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!  

     I am forever thankful to my great-great-grandparents Kanak who moved to Canada from Ukraine in 1910 and lived in a sod hut for their first Canadian winter until they could build themselves a log house in Saskatchewan in 1911. My great-grandmother's family uprooted trees; breaking the land by hand for 3 consecutive years to make acres of suitable soil for harvesting grain.
                   On summer trips when I was younger, my grandmother Nykoluk told me stories of how she and her 12 brothers and sisters grew up churning their own butter,  taking the horse and carriage in the dead of winter to get to school and how they warmed up their home with a wood-burning stove.         Instead of using machine-power to plough a field, a factory to make butter and a furnace to heat our homes,  my grandmother's childhood seems much more romantic than mine. I grew up not having to care about the acres my father and brother would crop to sustain our family in the winter. My mother baked, but we always bought our butter from the grocery. And due to the shift in global thinking regarding carbon emissions from burning wood, it's now a luxury to have a old fashioned fireplace in your home.
 
Yes, I am thankful.  Thankful for what my family has done to get by and without their sacrifices, I could not appreciate the advances in technology we so easily let ourselves forget we have.  


     PS: I've added a new date onto our shows Calendar. Eva Dominelli will be hosting an art exhibit on November 12 2009 at The Chapel Arts in Vancouver where we will be performing.
                                                                                             Come and be thankful. =)

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Kate




24 September, 2009
 
It's thursday morning, and I've already listened to "Railroad" by Analog Bell Service five times. Conveniently, we'll be playing with these guys and Fur Bearing Animals at Pub 340 on October 16th.
      Just as much as the next person, I love love LOOOOVE finding new music that is local and QUALITY. and seeing as both of these bands have amazing music and are obviously talented musicians, October 16th is sure to be a night to remember.       Since we're playing early (9:30), there will be plenty o'time to hear all three bands perform, party with us and drink our crazy young faces off.

So book off that Friday and come out to support great local music!

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Kate



10 September, 2009

Fall always does this. It creeps into August and as soon as the first days of September hit, it's already sweater weather and by the tenth day... there's fog. Just like the change over of seasons, we've felt the release of recording 20 songs (and although we are still in the proccess...) we've been hard at work knitting our new sweaters.
Vancouver Island was good to us. So good in fact, that we got to stay at the Cambie Hostel free of charge and a very VERY exceptional young gentleman-cook at Logan's pub had put up ELEVEN of us at his place in Victoria. Sean plays sax in the funk/rock band Dano Stern Project *and he's cute too... did i mention that?*
Thanks for standing by while we take our time finishing this very lengthy album. I promise you, it will TOTALLY be worth it!

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Kate



13 August, 2009

As we gear up to head over to Nanaimo and Victoria to play The Cambie and Logan's Pub with out good friends The Wind Whistles, we are sad to announce that the party we have been anticipating to play at has been canceled. :-( No worries though! I'm sure Our good friend Matt will have pleeeeeeeenty more parties where you can hear us play very impromptu sets! But you can't really come if you don't where where to go.... So don't hesitate to send us an e-mail asking to hang out at some of these parties, or to say hi, or to chit chat about having us come out to play a show you think we should!
 We hope to see you on the island with us, (we'll probably be sleeping in John or Matt's truck) or at a show near you! *thumbs UP!!!*

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Kate

PS: we have another performer coming out to play Logan's with us, his name is Bucky Coe. He's an amazing Musician who has his own music as well as plays in a band called Red Light Monestary. Check him out here---> buckycoe.com



23 July, 2009

WHOOOPSIE! I got the island dates mixed up! We'll be playing Nanaimo first on friday August 14th and then head of to Logan's for saturday the 15th.  Thanks for checking back and stay tuned for more info as we head into polishing of the vocals and begin laying down Sol's lead!

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Kate



17 July, 2009

Thanks to Mike who let us play Main St. this past sunday and to all our friends who came out to have a listen. Its always inspiring when you guys come out, especially to the little shows and tell us that you like our music. You guys keep me pumped about what were doing!  We have some shows coming up in August with The Wind Whistles who will be back shortly from their 2nd European tour. We'll be playing August 14th at The Cambie in Nanaimo August 15 at Logan's in Victoria. Hopefully we find some better accomodations than last time we were in Victoria when 8 of us crammed ourselves into a tiny motel room out of desperation at 3 am.  Please feel free to e-mail us if you want to know where our friends house party is on August 22 its going to be a wicked time as usual at Matt's!!

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Kate



6 July, 2009

A big thank you to TEAM CREW and random people who came to support us at the JJ Bean stage June 14th! We'll be performing again for car free day somewhere along Main st. this upcoming sunday (June 12th) ... but this time I guarantee YOU will get a free cd. Last time I think Matt only brought a case of 30 and he didn't expect them to go like hot cakes!!!! I will update this as soon as I find out exactly where the stage is and what time we'll be on at. Thanks for checking back and we hope to see you on Sunday!

(several bleeding hearts) Kate



4 June, 2009

In case you've never heard of Car Free Day, it's happening Sunday June 14th on Main Street between 12th and 25th!  The day will be just that, a car free Main Street, just like how they do on Commercial! Even though there will be 7 different stages, you should come check out free live music at the one on Main and 14th St. from 12:00 until 8:00pm. You can see us playing at 7:00 but be sure to stick around for several other talented musicians such as Whitey, We destroy Tokyo, Kid Knowledge, Dj Hayze and many others!

(heart) Kate



28 May, 2009

I've just spent the past Monday and Tuesday evenings recording vocals with Geraldo and so far it has been quite a different experience than singing live. Obviously when I'm being backed up by amplified drums, bass and two guitars, hearing myself for a live show or even in rehearsal can be quite the problem. So I would just have to sing harder than normal and that's pretty much what I'm used to doing. Thankfully Geraldo has the ability to turn down the band in my headphones and turning up my voice so that I am able to stay in pitch and sound less like I'm yelling all the time. :-)  

Just to let everyone know, we have posted three new shows on the SHOWS page. And although 2 of them are on Vancouver Island, you should take the weekend of and come party with us. I'm sure it will be much like last years mini island tour where we crammed oursevles into small hotel bedrooms and the slept on the beach. 

(heart) Kate Painted

22 May, 2009

Don't forget to check out Painted Cities at LUGZ Cafe on May 24th.

-- Kylos


12 May, 2009

That's right folks, Painted Cities now has an official website! (All thanks to Kyle Wiltshire and Ryan Connors from apecakemedia.com)
As you all know by now the four of us have taken on the seriously demented task of recording a 20 track double disc album. Why you might ask?... Well we figured the only way to really satisfy any Painted Cities cravings you might have, was to record all of our songs from the very beginning of our conception right up until we began recording at Mushroom Studios in late January 2009. So every bit of Painted Cities musical style from cute and quirky to dark and edgy, is available for your listening pleasure.
In case you didn't know, Geraldo Dominelli is recording and producing us at Cobweb Studios based out of his home in Coquitlam British Columbia. He enjoys soy chai tea lattes and americano's with no room for cream. (I'm pretty much the one who brings him his caffeine fix everytime we get together...)

Here is a brief update on our progress in the studio thus far:
It's been four months so far and we have finished recording drum, bass and rhythm guitar for 19 tracks and are feeling well on our way to a healthy 20 song double disc album. Sol and I have been visiting Geraldo at his studio every chance we get (which is usually sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday) and have had the pleasure of using several guitars from his massive collection. For example:
- '67 Gibson ES-335
- '62 Telecaster Re-Issue
- '88 Holden Guitar Works Telecaster
- A very vintage Martin Hollow body electric
Each guitar in combination with his wicked old school amps (ie. Pignose and an Old Fender Bassman), create the gnarliest guitar tracks I've ever heard. Helping us to make each Painted Cities song even more unique in their own ways.


Thanks for checking out the new site and I'll be sure to update it every chance I get!

(heart) Kate Painted