The Slice has a good show planned for Oct. 15 with Winnipeg laid back jazz tinged indie-rockers The Liptonians and dance
pop band Royal Canoe.“You’ll be seeing lots of synthesizers,” said guitarist Bucky Driedger, who also plays guitar in the Liptonians.
“There are five keyboards and we have two drummers, one on a real drum kit and one on an electronic drum kit,” he continued.
“There are six of us on stage with a lot of gear, so it will be a sight to see,” he said adding Royal Canoe, who make their Lethbridge debut, Oct. 16, have something for everyone in their music.
“It’s definitely different, but if people don’t want to nitpick the songs, they can shut off their brains and just dance, but for those who do, there are lots of musical goodies to just sit back and listen to,” he continued adding they will be playing much of their debut CD “Co-Op” Mode as well as some new ones.
For a complete contrast, the Liptonians, who played the Slice several years ago, will be playing more of an indie-folk-pop sound.
“There are still keyboards, but it is a bit more basic indie-pop. There are lots of vocal harmonies. We’ll be playing a lot from the record that came out a couple years ago and a bunch of stuff from the new record,” he continued adding the new record is almost complete and should be ready for release in February.
“We just need to add a few little things,” he said adding he is looking forward to returning to Lethbridge and visiting a couple of friends who went to university in Lethbridge.
“It’s going to be alot of fun,” he said adding because he listens to a lot of different types of music, it isn’t much of a stretch to play dance pop with Royal Canoe followed by indie rock with the Liptonians.
“ The guitar in Royal Canoe is definitely more textured. There is not a lot of full-on strumming chords. There are shorter parts, more little melody and verse parts. It’s definitely more textural,” he continued.
“When I was asked to join Royal Canoe, it stretched my brain a little bit, learning how to make these little parts.
When we’re writing with Royal Canoe there is a lot more sitting at a computer, recording drums and working on beats and building on them and less sitting at a piano or guitar,” he said.
— by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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