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Album Cover - Shakespeare My Butt

Essay: Shakespearean Music Indeed

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Album Cover - Shakespeare My Butt

Spill Magazine Gives AgitPop 4/5

AGITPOP, Review

The energy is contagious, making this brilliant album a striking, singable, and most of all optimistic offering about affecting change for the better. Previously, the band had been skeptical of collaborating with large record companies, such as Warner Music Canada. However, it’s demonstrated in Agitpop to have been a very successful move for Lowest Of The Low. Agitpop ranks right up there with Shakespeare My Butt… which says much of the effort and passion put into this album by all involved. Hawkins spoke to that in our recent interview.

Album Cover - Shakespeare My Butt

Toronto.com: Toronto band Lowest of the Low alive and kicking after three decades

Hawkins and multi-instrumentalist Lawrence Nichols sat down recently to discuss the continuing relevance of the Low, as they're affectionately known, before the band’s pair of exclusive performances at the Dakota Tavern for purchasers of the Low’s just-released vinyl box set Shakespeare My Box! — a cheeky nod to its debut album — which includes every song, save a cover or two, the band ever recorded.

November 8, 2019

Lowest of the Low cover Billy Bragg’s “Help Save the Youth of America”

May 31, 2019

Video – Permanent Revolution

May 29, 2019

Video – A Thousand Lights

May 27, 2019

Video – Midnight Maryanne

May 26, 2019

Video – Seven-A

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Sep 16

psst...
Also coming in December...
TAVERNS AND PALACES, a double live album recorded in 2019 at the @horseshoetavern and @leespalace.
Details to follow...

psst...
Also coming in December...
TAVERNS AND PALACES, a double live album recorded in 2019 at the @horseshoetavern and @leespalace.
Details to follow... ...

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Sep 16

So many birthdays in December!
@leespalace is 35! @horseshoetavern is 74!
Shakespeare My Butt... is 30! 🤯
We're playing some Toronto shows!!!

So many birthdays in December!
@leespalace is 35! @horseshoetavern is 74!
Shakespeare My Butt... is 30! 🤯
We're playing some Toronto shows!!! ...

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Sep 14

Original LOTL poster art now available! @lowdrummer created these for the livestream at Lee's Palace. Now ready to hang on your wall. DM @lowdrummer for sizing, prices and more examples of this series.

Original LOTL poster art now available! @lowdrummer created these for the livestream at Lee's Palace. Now ready to hang on your wall. DM @lowdrummer for sizing, prices and more examples of this series. ...

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Sep 7

#OmarComin ...

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Sep 2

"My mind's a blur..."

"My mind's a blur..." ...

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Sep 1

Say it with Gregs.
@gegsmithsounds
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#hohoho

Say it with Gregs.
@gegsmithsounds
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#hohoho ...

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Aug 24

Mad respect to this legend.
RIP Charlie Watts.

Mad respect to this legend.
RIP Charlie Watts. ...

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Aug 12

Happy birthday to the inimitable @miniaturelions aka Michael McKenzie!
🤟🤟
📸: @joe_mac22

Happy birthday to the inimitable @miniaturelions aka Michael McKenzie!
🤟🤟
📸: @joe_mac22 ...

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Aug 9

Relaxing before the Molson Amphitheatre show, 2001.
📸: @chillrobbieg

Relaxing before the Molson Amphitheatre show, 2001.
📸: @chillrobbieg ...

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Aug 5

Just over 20 years since we hit the Molson Amphitheatre with @billybraggofficial, @theweakerthans and about a hundred thousand aphids who had chosen that day to attack Toronto. Good times.

Just over 20 years since we hit the Molson Amphitheatre with @billybraggofficial, @theweakerthans and about a hundred thousand aphids who had chosen that day to attack Toronto. Good times. ...

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Jul 23

You should all hop over to the @lowdrummer account and check out the amazing artwork David has available for your walls.
xo.

You should all hop over to the @lowdrummer account and check out the amazing artwork David has available for your walls.
xo. ...

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Jul 22

Photo of Ron's battlealaxe by @joe_mac22 taken in December 2019.
Life is coming back.
Get vaccinated!!

Photo of Ron's battlealaxe by @joe_mac22 taken in December 2019.
Life is coming back.
Get vaccinated!! ...

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Jul 20

MAKING OF: Detail of a photo by @cnicholsonca, who graciously allowed us to bludgeon it into an abstraction for the back cover of LIVE AT LEE'S.
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#merch #canadianmusic #musician #recordstoredaycanada #rsddrops #torontomusic

MAKING OF: Detail of a photo by @cnicholsonca, who graciously allowed us to bludgeon it into an abstraction for the back cover of LIVE AT LEE'S.
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#merch #canadianmusic #musician #recordstoredaycanada #rsddrops #torontomusic ...

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Jul 18

Some days you feel as though absolutely nothing can stop you.

Some days you feel as though absolutely nothing can stop you. ...

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Jul 17

Blue vinyl @lowdrummer wishes you luck in finding all your favourites this @recordstoredayca.
Happy hunting!
📸: @joe_mac22
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#recordstoredaycanada #vinylcollection #recordstoredaydrops
#canadianmusician #canadianmusic

Blue vinyl @lowdrummer wishes you luck in finding all your favourites this @recordstoredayca.
Happy hunting!
📸: @joe_mac22
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#recordstoredaycanada #vinylcollection #recordstoredaydrops
#canadianmusician #canadianmusic ...

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Jul 13

TOMRADES! This Wednesday, July 14th at 8:30PM EDT our dear friend and colleague @gregsmithsounds will be performing live on his Facebook page to promote his new album THREE OF THE SAME GUITAR.
"See" you there!

TOMRADES! This Wednesday, July 14th at 8:30PM EDT our dear friend and colleague @gregsmithsounds will be performing live on his Facebook page to promote his new album THREE OF THE SAME GUITAR.
"See" you there! ...

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Jul 10

Available Saturday, July 17th as an exclusive for @recordstoredayca. 12" blue vinyl single recorded live at @leespalace in 2019.
@warnermusiccanada
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#vinyl #recordstoreday #recordstoredaycanada #recordstoredaydrops

Available Saturday, July 17th as an exclusive for @recordstoredayca. 12" blue vinyl single recorded live at @leespalace in 2019.
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#vinyl #recordstoreday #recordstoredaycanada #recordstoredaydrops ...

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Jul 6

All double-vaccinated!
Hope to see you soon!

All double-vaccinated!
Hope to see you soon! ...

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Jul 2

Well, the hits start coming and they don't stop coming.

Well, the hits start coming and they don't stop coming. ...

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Jul 1

Thinking today about all those who were lost.
We need to face the truth. We need justice.
We need to do better.
#FindThemAll

Thinking today about all those who were lost.
We need to face the truth. We need justice.
We need to do better.
#FindThemAll ...

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