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Essay: Shakespearean Music Indeed
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A nice little essay by Rex Crum (writer, father, raconteur) reflecting on The Lowest of the Low album "Shakespeare...My Butt". Check out the full post on his blog.
These are songs about what it’s like to live in that hazy demarcation area between the reminders of what has made us what we are and the unknown that we must rise into every day and face whether we are ready for it or not. Memory can be something beautiful, but it can also hold you back. And hope can fuel inspiration, but what do you do if that hope goes unfulfilled for reasons you can’t foresee? Rex Crumhttps://rexcrum.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/shakespearean-music-indeed [/av_textblock] [/av_two_third]
Spill Magazine Gives AgitPop 4/5
The energy is contagious, making this brilliant album a striking, singable, and most of all optimistic offering about affecting change for the better.
John Graham - Spill Magazine
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.
Rahul Gupta, Toronto.com
Agit Pop Release Party Review
The new material is wholly their sound, still full of activism, boldness and the gritty love of those in need that their band name speaks to, with a well done accompanying video display that weaves historic civil rights march footage with the contemporary and the local, as seen as a backdrop on “The Barricade”.
Jaqueline Howell, Disarm Magazine
You should all hop over to the @lowdrummer account and check out the amazing artwork David has available for your walls.
xo.
Photo of Ron's battlealaxe by @joe_mac22 taken in December 2019.
Life is coming back.
Get vaccinated!!
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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Some days you feel as though absolutely nothing can stop you.
Blue vinyl @lowdrummer wishes you luck in finding all your favourites this @recordstoredayca.
Happy hunting!
📸: @joe_mac22
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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!
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
All double-vaccinated!
Hope to see you soon!
Well, the hits start coming and they don't stop coming.
Thinking today about all those who were lost.
We need to face the truth. We need justice.
We need to do better.
#FindThemAll
Coming July 17th for @recordstoredayca on 12" blue vinyl. BLEED A LITTLE WHILE TONIGHT and PAMPHLETEER recorded live at @leespalace in 2019.
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Bellissima!
*chef's kiss*
Heads up: The pictured Instagram account is not Ron and is in no way affiliated with the band. Please ignore any messages you receive from them. Cheers.
More vintage paper.
Hey friends, tomorrow's scheduled TDT has to be postponed as Ron has suffered a pinched nerve in his back.
We'll be in touch with a new date.
Cheers!
Two years ago tonight we threw a release party at @thedanforthmusichall for our album AGITPOP. Our friends @aceofwandsband started the night off in style.
Hopefully we can have this kind of fun get-together again soon!
New TDT this Tuesday, June 1st at 8PM EDT on the Ron Hawkins Facebook page.
"See" you there!
Milestones piling up.
1992, probably.
Tonight at 8PM EDT on the Ron Hawkins Facebook page!
"See" you there!