All Absent Sound Bandcamp Albums Are FREE

Enjoy all of the Absent Sound Bandcamp albums for Free now.

Please keep in touch and let us know what you think, take care.

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Absent Sound and SoHoly HeadCase Moving to Montreal

Here is you last chance to experience Absent Sound and SoHoly HeadCase here in Winnipeg before they move on to Montreal - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201684186570816  
They are taking the leap to a larger centre to rock the countryside!
We celebrate with some great friends - COME AND HANG OUT AND SAY TIL NEXT TIME!

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A Big Absent Sound Spread on The Sirens Sound Blog

Check out the big Absent Sound spread on this huge music authority blog, The Sirens Sound 
http://www.thesirenssound.com/

Plus 2 of our older albums, It's All True and Gathering Of The Clan Mothers are fully up on Bandcamp, ENJOY!


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Absent Sound at Winnipeg Folk Fest Campground 2011

Thanks a lot Rob Williams!
LATEST NEWS
Winnipeg Free Press
A riffs-roaring successful bash
Fest a hit no matter the attendance
By: Rob Williams
Posted: 07/11/2011
FAVOURITE CAMPSITE SETS
Andrew Neville, Thursday; THE ABSENT SOUND, Saturday; unknown horn-fuelled party band at the Castle Boys’ speakeasy, Saturday.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.c​om/breakingnews/A-riffs-roarin​g-successful-bash----125342008​.html

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Stylus Review For "Turn Them Off"

Absent Sound – Turn Them Off EP

The Absent Sound’s fifth release opens with “TV Song,” containing the simple and resounding message; “Talk back to your TV as if it had something to say.” The guys from Absent Sound have always put an astounding importance on community, having organized the semi-annual celebration of Element Sircus for years, and this album is a call-to-arms for those looking for more than a mundane electronic/escapist life. It’s obvious that Turn Them Off is the product of A.D.D.-free minds. Absent Sound negotiate these five-minute-plus songs in a pretty calm and collected (though energetic) headspace and the band’s songs turn slowly from start to finish, revealing more mysterious layers as they go along. The time signatures and tempos of “Occupying Home” shift prismatically like few other bands in the city (except maybe their peers Mahogany Frog) could replicate, and the self-effacing angst of “Stuck in Line” is for great dramatic effect. Closer “Hip Hop Knights” keeps its groove for a good seven minutes, making it a great ethereal pop song that closes the album and echoes off into the distance. (Independent, www.absentsound.bandcamp.com) Taylor Burgess

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Great Photos from the Ellice Theatre show

 Wow ! beautiful photos taken by Suzanne Friesen at the Ellice Theatre on May14th.
Enjoy!

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Absent Sound is playing A Journey Through Space And Time on May 14th

Absent Sound will be taking part in a wicked night of music and visuals at the Ellice Theatre -

 A Journey Through Space And Time on May 14th

Dirtbag Productions and CKUW Presents

A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE AND TIME

every once in a while we all need to get together and celebrate the fact that the prairies have some awesome jams. This night is one of those nights


Saturday May 14th 2011
Ellice Theater - 585 Ellice Ave.

Mahogany Frog http://www.myspace.com/mahoganyfrog/music/featured
Shooting Guns(saskatoon) http://www.myspace.com/shootingguns
Absent Sound http://www.myspace.com/absentsound  Lighting and Visuals by Royal Soul and Absent Sound
Feral Children(saskatoon) http://www.myspace.com/feralinchildren
IMGC http://www.myspace.com/illusivemind
Celestial Machine http://www.myspace.com/celestialmachinemetal


Live Visuals By the one and only JAYMEZ

10$ in advance
15$ @ door

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE @ WAR ON MUSIC(42 Albert Street), The Peace Sign(102-904 Portage Ave), and Kustom Kulture(D-470 River Ave)

surcharges may apply.

COME EARLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Show starts @ 6
Doors @ 5:30

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Download the new SoHoly HeadCase EP for Free

Hey everyone, you can enjoy Rob's, SoHoly HeadCase EP for FREE here http://soholyheadcase.bandcamp.com/
He is playing this Saturday at The Royal Albert with Braids and Departures. 

 Hope to see you out,
AS

Spring Is Coming!!!

   Oh how nice is this beautiful sunny day. It is making me feel the Spring fever right around the corner. I think Winnipegers or I guess all the prairie provinces enjoy spring time more than others. It is a time where we really blossom again after being confined to the indoors for so long. The cold forces us to stay inside for long periods and we seem to take that opportunity to create and build new works in what ever art form we desire.
   So when the slightest warmth and sunny days come rolling in, we are so excited and inspired to get out there and release our creations to the world.

   Well that's what I did a lot of this winter and most others too, is create new works. My solo project, SoHoly HeadCase has a set of brand new material and will be showcasing some of it at the Braids show on April 2nd at the Royal Albert here in Winnipeg.

Event Page


I am sure Dave's project Twin is ripping up a whole wack of new stuff too down there in LA and now Mexico. We shall be excited for their return.


Kelly was so lucky to have been invited up North to Churchill by his friends Kerplunks. He will be filling in a gig or two once again on the kit. Also he has been rockin with a couple of other bands as well.


Dobbsicle is busy as a bee playing 300 projects this past winter, most notably Vampires and our
Absent Sound.



Well hope to see you out and about in this beautiful weather, take care everyone.


Rob


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Twin Making Waves Down in LA

 Look at the stupid corporate media how they spin Twin's APPROVED canoe tour down the LA River.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ktla-band-trespassing-on-la-river,0,3115192.story

comment please

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Wow Birthday Month!

 Holy there is a lot of friends and family having birthdays this month. We had a great time celebrating my darling Amanda and our buddy Jay's birthday here at our place on the weekend. Good friends, foods, drinks, and conversations, oh ya and wicked records being rocked on the turn table! Even a couple human head first stair slide action from the amazing Ozwald and Mitchy!

Also Happy Birthday to my sister Kim and nephew Dylan!

Love Rob

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If You Haven't Received Your Free Download, Come On In.

Come and get your free Absent Sound song right here,
http://www.absentsound.bandcamp.com
Enjoy!

Let us know what you think, thanks.

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Absent Sound loves The VSS on Pukekos

I am a huge fan of The VSS and to see Hydra Head re-release Nervous Circuits and to hear some live recordings from our pal over at Pukeos, is super exciting to me!
If you're a fan check this out...
http://www.pukekos.org/2009/03/vss.html

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Absent Sound on CBC Radio2 The Signal

Listen to Absent Sound on CBC Thursday evening.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/podcasts/thesignal.html
And on air - CBC Radio 2

The Signal - Monday to Friday 10:00 p.m. (10:30 NT), Saturday 10:00 p.m. (11:00 AT, 11:30 NT)

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ReverbNation is the new Myspace

    ReverbNation is, is my opinion, the new Myspace. It is way, way better than Myspace is and it let's you do everything you liked about them plus more. It is not difficult to get around, it does not take 10 minutes to load like the new Myspace layout, and you can create your own merch right there without paying a cent for it. You create it and set a price and when it sells, ReverNation produces it and sends to the fans then takes a cut of the sale, genius! No buying tons of merch and having it sit there in your house for years until you can sell it all at shows.
    I like the look of our Absent Sound ReverbNation site a lot, it is connected to all the main social media that we as bands need to keep up. Update here and it can update them for you as well. I could go on and on, have a look and you will be quite into it too, I believe.
http://www.reverbnation.com/absentsound

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New Absent Sound video for Stuck In Line

Here's a brand new Absent Sound video for Stuck In Line,
Enjoy!

Let us know what you think.

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Nice review of Absent Sound's EP release show!

Thank you so much Victoria King!!

http://stylusmagazine.ca/
Live Bait: Turn them Off and Shut it Down

THE ABSENT SOUND W/ POP CRIMES
@ Ragpickers’ Viva Libra Theatre
By Victoria King
Walking into Ragpickers sort of feels like walking into a real life version of Rocky Horror Picture Show. While the main floor holds a large assortment of vintage apparel, the rest of the building itself is an amusement park of eclectic art pieces, creaky staircases and an extensive used book collection. The place oozes of interest and unique authenticity. Moreover, seeing a show in the third floor Viva Libra Theatre is like sitting front row beside the speakers at a concert, no matter where you end up in the room. The space is so small, you are bound to leave with some kind of hearing impairment. Oh well. That’s what hearing aids are for.
After Saturday night, I am more than willing to go pick some aural assistance up after Absent Sound blew Ragpickers away for the release of their new EP Turn Them Off. The local experimental/psyche band definitely puts on more than your average show. If you haven’t checked them out before, I’m giving you fair warning that it’s more than just a concert, it’s an experience (fog machines, crazy lights, potentially moving image backgrounds). The show was one of the trippiest (and I use this word sparingly) experiences of my life. Holy mystic river, in three words: it was dope.
The night started off a little bit later than anticipated with Pop Crimes, a four-part experimental rock group and another local find, opening up for Absent Sound. Playing for an audience of no more than 40 people, they killed it. Relying mostly on heavy guitar riffs and some intense drumming, the band seemed to be totally channeling a Mission of Burma kind of vibe. Imagine all your favorite guitar openings, interludes and harmonies: that’s pretty much Pop Crimes.
With a room so small and intimate, it’s no wonder the band seemed to affect the audience so wholly. Absent Sound started up near midnight and the show opened with a steady progression into the opening song. Every note had its place. The fog machine started up, the lights were cued and with that it was more than a concert. The whole show was a full sensory experience. As mentioned before, the Viva Libra theatre is a tiny space. Seriously, it seems like no more than 60 people max at a time before the whole building would just crumble. With that being said, that music literally pulsed throughout the entire space. The whole show was a tight, focused, collective effort. It’s easy to get lost listening to Absent Sound. Also specializing in sound art, their music has a polished rawness to it. The whole show was nuts, right from beginning to end. Once the final song was finished, the lights fell and the audience, unsure whether to expect more, lay silent. Only until lead vocalist and guitarist David Fort clarified with, “That’s it.” Of course, clapping ensued as well as an encore. Not only did the show have the best closing I’d seen, the encore was incredible. Dedicating the song to a recent case of police brutality just outside the city, the tribute was wild. This was one of the coolest shows I’ve seen in a while.
While the EP doesn’t have the fog machine or the light show, Turn Them Off is a great stocking-stuff for any music fan on your Christmas list this year. It’s an epically haunting four-song trance/experimental/rock collection, available for purchase and download on the band’s website, www.theabsentsound.com. You can also check them out at Gio’s on December 21 at Element Sircus, also curated by Absent Sound themselves.

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Your New Favorite Band - FREE DOWNLOAD

Hello fine folks, Absent Sound would love for you to have this FREE song and tell all your buds about it if you feel so inclined. Enjoy!

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AS


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If you have not seen this intimate live Radiohead yet, ohhhhh you must!!!

 This is truly amazing Radiohead- Live From The Basement- In Rainbows.
I know you will love it too.
Take care and enjoy,
Rob



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New 'Turn Them Off' EP out now!

Pick up the new 'Turn Them Off' EP here http://absentsound.bandcamp.com/
Let Absent Sound know what you think, we appreciate it a lot.
Take care folks.
AS