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 The Ketamines http://www.myspace.com/ketamines

http://ketamines.bandcamp.com/

 The Ketamines are  a Lethbridge based arage rock/ punk band.

JAMES LEROY drums vocals organ PAUL K LAWTON vocals guitar MARTINE MÉNARD bass EVAN VAN REEKUM guitar JANE EDMUNDSON organ synthesizer piano 

How Ketamines can create such warming, vibrant sounds in the great white north is still confusing our team of scientists, but the three raw and sunny-sounding blasts of pop on this debut EP will surely have your chest pounding with excitement, and I’m not even a doctor. Formed from the ashes of the revered Myelin Sheaths and Endangered Ape, and current Fist City and Mammoth Cave Recordings figure heads, Ketamines are truly the Alberta super group you need to hear. It’s a rush of swirling pop psychedelia that doesn’t veer too far off the deep end, and ropes you into a technicolor world conjuring visions of the UFO Club, cross-wired with luxuriously textured Simply Saucer vibes, all crushed comfortably around teetering lysergic song structures.

Whether it’s the metronomically phased choruses and flanged nuances that shift effortlessly between the inescapable hooks, or the eerily cheerful songs you simply can’t shake out of your head for days, the Ketamines debut EP is everything you wouldn’t think they’d be based on their moniker alone. They still harness the hazy, confident stride of the dazed legends that came before them, and their psychedelic pop should carry them straight into the arms of today’s most jaded with ease.

WITH:
UNCLE BAD TOUCH (Montreal, QU)
http://unclebadtouchband.tumblr.com/

Uncle Bad Touch is a collaborative effort between Priestess' lead vocalist Mikey Heppner and newcommer Kathryn McCaughey. In a short year, they've been building the reputation of one of the most exciting bands in the current Montreal scene. Their debut LP (being reissued by Infinity Cat) is one of our personal favourite musical discoveries of the year, alternating between ballsy rockers and melancholy torch songs meant for rainy days.

AND:
Babysitter (Victoria, BC)
http://babysitter.bandcamp.com/
Second time in Lethbridge for Babysitter this year, everyone's favourite new band.