Lullabye Arkestra

Wavelength Turns 11, We Turn 10!!!

2011-02-20T08:37:00.000-08:00

Lullabye Arkestra and Wavelength kinda share a birthday which is why we have been asked to play the anniversary almost every year since 2001. It's just one big celebration.

This year marks 11 years for the mighty Wavelength and 10 years for us as a band.
So come down to the Garrison tonight where we'll be inviting some special friends onstage to play with us.

Also playing is Neon Windbreaker, Simply Saucer and Ghostlight.
Get more info on the Wavelength website here.

xo
-Ark

Bad Lazy Rock n Rollers

2011-02-20T08:24:00.000-08:00

Well slap our wrists....we haven't updated this blog since October....and it's February.
Oops.

I think we only missed posting about the amazing Four Corners gig we played on Jan 14th at the Steelworkers Hall in Toronto. Here are some reviews and pics:

Review here
Ivy Lovell photos here

Opening for THRONES this Friday

2010-10-07T12:08:00.000-07:00

Oct 8, 2010 at Parts & Labour
THRONES
Lullabye Arkestra
Christian Mistress
Wyrd Visions

$10 adv/$12 door

Upcoming Shows - August

2010-08-19T13:16:00.000-07:00

We're playing at The Garrison on Thursday Aug 26 along with Titan and Hot Kid.

Click here for the Facebook Event link.

Come get all hot and sweaty with us!
xo

-Ark

Photos from Sound Academy with The Dead Weather

2010-07-16T08:35:00.000-07:00

Last night was our show with The Dead Weather at the Sound Academy in Toronto. We had an awesome time and The Dead Weather played an amazing set and were super nice people.
I have posted some photos...the ones of us are by Jeff Barber and the ones of Dead Weather are by me (Kat).

xo

Summertime Rockin'

2010-06-02T11:15:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce dates for our upcoming East Coast tour plus one Toronto show (and one show cancellation).
See below for details.

*CANCELED - June 26, 2010 - Cobalt, Vancouver, BC. Official afterparty for The Cheaper Show

July 15, 2010 - Sound Academy, Toronto, opening for The Dead Weather
July 21, 2010 - Quai Des Brumes, Montreal, QC
July 22, 2010 - L'Agitee, Quebec City, QC w/The Aversions
July 24, 2010 - Evolve Festival - Antigonish, NS
July 26, 2010 - Capital, Fredericton, NB w/BA Johnson
July 27, 2010 - Plan B, Moncton, NB w/ BA Johnson
July 28, 2010 - Gus' Pub, Halifax, NS w/Metz, Horses
July 29, 2010 - TAAC Grounds, Truro, NS w/Metz
July 30, 2010 - Baba's, Charlottetown, PEI w/Metz
July 31, 2010 - Sappy Fest - Sackville, NB

xo

Ark

Spring Tour Dates with Pierced Arrows

2010-03-15T07:32:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce that we will be embarking on a full North American tour this Spring and many shows will be with our Vice label-mates Pierced Arrows!

See below for the cities and dates.

03/05 - Mercury Lounge, New York, NY w/ Pierced Arrows
03/06 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ w/ Pierced Arrows
03/07 - Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT w/ Pierced Arrows
03/09 - Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA w/ Pierced Arrows
03/10 - DC9, Washington, DC w/ Pierced Arrows
03/11 - Golden West Cafe, Baltimore, MD w/ Pierced Arrows
03/12 - Modern Formations Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA w/ Pierced Arrows
03/13 - Bernie's SCION ROCK FEST, Columbus, OH w/ Pierced Arrows
03/16 - Rubber Gloves, Denton, TX
03/17 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/18 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/19 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/20 - SXSW, Austin, TX
03/22 - Plush, Tucson, AZ w/ Pierced Arrows
03/23 - Sail Inn, Tempe, AZ w/ Pierced Arrows
03/24 - Bar Pink, San Diego, CA w/ Pierced Arrows
03/25 - Detroit Bar, Costa Mesa, CA w/ Pierced Arrows
03/27 - Redwood Bar, Los Angeles, CA w/ Pierced Arrows
03/30 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA w/ Pierced Arrows
03/31 - Dante's, Portland, OR w/ Pierced Arrows
04/01 - The Funhouse, Seattle, WA w/ Pierced Arrows
04/02 - Capitol Theatre Backstage, Olympia, WA w/Pierced Arrows
04/03 - Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
04/06 - Brixx, Edmonton, AB
04/07 - Republik, Calgary, AB
04/08 - Exchange, Regina, SK
04/09 - The Albert, Winnipeg, MB
04/10 - Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
04/11 - Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL
04/13 - Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI w/Pissed Jeans
04/14 - The Casbah, Hamilton, ON
04/15 - City Lights (venue change), St Catherine's, ON
04/16 - The Garrison, Toronto, ON
04/17 - Call the Office, London, ON
04/22 - Kazoo Fest, Guelph, ON
04/28 - The Legendary Red Dog, Peterborough, ON
04/29 - Casa Del Popolo, Montreal, ON
04/30 - Cafe Dekuf, Ottawa, ON
05/01 - The Mansion, Wine Cellar, Kington, ON

Photos from Wavelength

2010-02-01T16:51:00.000-08:00

Click HERE for some great photos from our recent Wavelength show at the Garrison.

Ark Play Wavelength

2010-01-07T10:01:00.000-08:00

Our next show will be January 24th at The Garrison, Toronto as part of the fabulous Wavelength.
Unfortunately we are unable to participate in the big 10 year Wavelength anniversary in February since Justin will be away. This is very sad for us since it has become somewhat of a tradition for us to play it every year. It'll rule though so you should go.

xo

-Ark

Announcing the Release of "Icy Hands" Video

2010-01-07T09:52:00.000-08:00

Our latest video for the tune "Icy Hands" or "The Icy Hand that Guides Us" as it is actually called, has officially been released. Many thanks to director Dylan Reibling and DOP Stephen Chung for all your great work.

Check it out:

Lullabye Arkestra - Icy Hands from Scion A/V on Vimeo.

Sonic Boom Instore Video

2009-12-17T13:46:00.000-08:00

Hey all,
Here's a video of us playing Telepathic President at our recent Sonic Boom instore show.

Lullabye Arkestra @ Sonic Boom from NOW Magazine on Vimeo.

December News

2009-12-10T08:27:00.000-08:00

Okay, here are a couple of things. First, we made the Exclaim Year in Review Top 10 list which is pretty cool! You can read what they had to say here.

Second, we have a few shows coming up next week so here are the details:

Tuesday Dec 15 - Starlight Lounge, Waterloo w/ The Constantines
Wednesday Dec 16 - The Casbah, Hamilton
Thursday Dec 17 - The Garrison, Toronto w/ Tropics and 2 secret headliners

Hope to see you out there.
xo

-Ark

NOW Magazine Votes Us Toronto's Best Punk/Metal Band

2009-11-04T13:28:00.000-08:00

We almost let this go under the radar since we hadn't picked up Now Magazine last week.
But here ya go, apparently we're Toronto's Best Punk/Metal Band.

Now Magainze, Best of Toronto Issue

And be sure to read all the banter in the comment boxes below...it's pretty amusing!

xo

-Ark

Photos - POP Montreal 10-01-09

2009-10-08T09:16:00.000-07:00

Here are some great photos from our Pop Montreal show opening for the Butthole Surfers at the beautiful Theatre L'Olymipa. 10-01-09. Click on them to see them bigger.

Taken by David Waldman. For more of David's work click HERE.
xo
-ARK

Upcoming shows - Oct 2009

2009-10-06T12:41:00.000-07:00

Oct 12 - Time to Laugh Comedy Club
394 Princess Street, Kingston
All Ages. 8pm. Local opener TBA.

Oct 13 - Middle East Upstairs
480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
THROWED (18+), 9pm
w/ INFERNAL DEVICES (NYC) + E-MARCE + TEXAS MIKE

7.5 from Pitchfork...Not too Shabby!

2009-10-06T12:39:00.000-07:00

Here's a review of Threats/Worship from Pitchfork.

Upcoming shows

2009-09-24T09:34:00.001-07:00

We have a couple of shows coming up. Detail's are below.

Wednesday September 30
Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa
With Army of St Joan and guest
8pm, $8 advance

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Thursday October 1st
Theatre L'Olympia, Montreal
With THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS and Nutsak
8:30, $30.00 advance

Photos from the Toronto Record Release

2009-09-07T08:53:00.000-07:00

These photos are courtesy of Garry Tsaconas. See more of his work and more from the show here.

Record Release Shows Sept 3/4

2009-09-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

We have just announced 2 shows that we will be playing to celebrate the September 1st release of Threats/Worship. See details below:

TORONTO
Thursday September 3rd
Poor Alex Theatre, Toronto
772A Dundas at Bathurst
$8

9pm Doors
9:30 Dangerbay http://www.myspace.com/dangerbay
10:15 Brides http://www.myspace.com/bridesbrides
11pm Metz http://www.myspace.com/metztheband
11:45 Lullabye Arkestra http://www.myspace.com/lullabyearkestra

******

MONTREAL
Friday September 4th
Casa Del Popolo, Montreal
4873 Boul St Laurent
$8

8:30 Doors
9:30 Squalor http://www.myspace.com/squalormtl
10:30 Metz http://www.myspace.com/metztheband
11:30 Lullabye Arkestra http://www.myspace.com/lullabyearkestra

Threats/Worship is Out TODAY!

2009-09-01T05:55:00.000-07:00

Today is the day everyone.
Threats/Worship has officially been unleashed into the world for you to crush your eardrums with.

Enjoy irresponsibly!

xo

Ark

Words from ChartAttack

2009-08-27T13:38:00.000-07:00

Click here to read what ChartAttack had to say about us.
xo

Threats/Worship Review - The New Music

2009-08-27T07:15:00.000-07:00

Click here to read a review of Threats/Worship from The New Music.

Exclaim TV Garageland Interview

2009-08-25T09:56:00.001-07:00

Take a look at a kinda silly interview we did for Exclaim TV's Garageland.

We Fuck the Night ZOMBIE Video!!!

2009-08-20T13:10:00.000-07:00

Here it is in all it's blood-spurting, limb-tearing, gore-filled glory...

Eye Weekly Article

2009-07-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

We are featured in this week's Street Spirit by Sarah Liss. Check it out HERE.

Ark are playing P.S. Kensington

2009-07-21T08:37:00.000-07:00

We're playing this Sunday, July 26 as part of Kensington Market's Pedestrian Sunday and in conjunction with the mighty Wavelength concert series.
It's a FREE outdoor show at Augusta Ave just south of College St between 3pm-7pm and we should be on at around 6pm.

LULLABYE ARKESTRA
THE GUEST BEDROOM
CLOAK'ED CLAW
MINDBENDER
DANGER BAY
ISLA CRAIG

Ark has a New Home!

2009-07-02T11:13:00.000-07:00

We are totally thrilled to announce our new home with Vice Records! Those lovely folks will be putting out our latest recording Threats/Worship to be released September 1st.
The word has already been hitting the streets, you can read a couple of short announcements from Pitchfork and Chartattack.

A new record of course means tour plans! We are currently working with some great booking agents in Canada and the U.S. to firm up our touring schedule. We'll keep you posted with upcoming shows. Hopefully we'll be coming to your city soon!

Rockin' the SLAYER

2009-06-11T10:03:00.000-07:00

Watch us play back to back covers of Slayer's Black Magic and Raining Blood.
Shot during Record Store Day at Sonic Boom on April 18th 2009.
xo
-ARK

Show this Friday at Duffy's

2009-05-28T11:17:00.000-07:00

Hey All,

We're playing a show tomorrow, Friday May 29th with UNICORPSE and KEEF at Duffy's Tavern, 1238 Bloor Street West (one block west of Dufferin).
8pm...$5....good times!

Hope to see you there
xo
-Ark

A few new pics

2009-05-19T13:08:00.000-07:00

Getting band photos of us taken is kinda like pulling teeth which is why we have so few available. We did recently do a quick photo shoot with our good friend Amelia McGoldrick so here are a couple of them...thanks Amelia.

xo

ARK

Euroshima- Live Video

2009-04-26T13:39:00.000-07:00

Watch us play "Euroshima" live at the Annex Wreck Room, April 25th, 2009 opening for Bison BC. The song is from our upcoming album.
Enjoy.

xoxo
-Ark

And here's us covering "The Kill" by Napalm Death from the same show.

Record Store Day Photos - Sonic Boom

2009-04-24T06:56:00.000-07:00

These pics are by Ivy Lovell www.ivylovell.com

These pics are by Connie Tsang http://www.ardenstreet.ca

Thanks for the great photos guys!
xoxo

-Ark

2 shows coming up in April

2009-04-01T08:13:00.001-07:00

Hey Kids,
We are pleased to announce 2 shows that we have coming up this month.

The first is an in-store at Sonic Boom down in their amazing basement live show venue. It is on April 18th, which by the ways is "Record Store Day" in case you didn't know! We'll be on around 7pm but the event will be going on all afternoon. We will post an update with all the other confirmed bands shortly.

Second, BISON with us and Ball Harness (wicked name!) on April 22nd at the Annex Wreckroom at Bathurst and Bloor. You can buy advance tix for this at Rotate for $10. Doors are at 8pm.

Hope to see you and one or both of these!
xoxo
ARK

ZOMBIES!!! ZOMBIES!!!

2009-03-02T05:50:00.000-08:00

We want to send out a HUGE Thank You to all the amazing people who came out and participated in our video shoot. We had so much fun making this video and you were all such troopers, we covered you in sticky blood and made you jump around all day and heard no complaining, just enthusiasm and professionalism. Special thanks to Allison and her team of make-up artists, you guys were amazing, and to Nick and Jesse for manning the cameras.

Nick is beginning the editing process now so hopefully we will have the finished video in the next few weeks. We'll make sure to post it here as soon as it's done.

-Ark

Video Shoot - Casting Call - ZOMBIES!!!

2009-02-01T08:32:00.000-08:00

We're going to be shooting our first music video for the song "We Fuck the Night" on Sunday Feb 8th. We're going to need about 30-40 audience members who will eventually get attacked and turned into zombies.

The shoot will be all day, potentially from 12-noon to midnight so we need people who can commit to a full-day. We are funding this ourselves so have no cash for the role, just a good time and some pizza.

If you are interested, please email us at lullabye_arkestra@hotmail.com and we will get back to you with more details.

-ARK
xoxo

Photos-This is Not a Reading Series

2009-01-22T14:05:00.001-08:00

Here are a few photos taken by Chris Reed from Monday's show for This is Not a Reading Series at the Gladstone. We had a great time, thanks for inviting us Lisa!

xoxo
-Ark

Live Get Nervous video from Sneaky Dee's-Jan 3, 2009

2009-01-12T06:18:00.000-08:00

Here is a video of us playing Get Nervous from last weekend's Blood Ceremony record release show at Sneaky Dee's . There is also a review of it in the Now magazine this week.

"...Lullabye Arkestra turned up the noise for an impressively slamming set of nasty thud rock that got fists pumping, devil horns flashing and the stage-front floor bouncing. It was going to be tough for Blood Ceremony to follow all that, but the Hammer-horror-happy crew seemed ready for action."

xoxo
ARK

Upcoming Show: Monday Jan. 19

2009-01-08T20:58:00.000-08:00

Monday Jan 19, 2009
Gladstone Hotel

We've been invited to play the upcoming This is Not a Reading Series event at the Gladstone on Monday January 19 from 7:30-10:30.

The night features Lisa Foad in Conversation with Mariko Tamaki. Lisa Foad is an excellent author who recently had her book of short stories The Night is a Mouth published.

Congrats Lisa!

Gettin' Our Shit Together!

2009-01-08T14:19:00.000-08:00

We've realized how incredibly bad we are at keeping our website updated, it's been over a year since our last news update and that's really pretty pathetic! Since we're living in the modern world of the web we've decided to start a band "blog" (sorry Justin, I know you hate that word) that will make it a little easier for us to keep you all up to date.

We will be posting news, live show info, photos and any other random brain blossoms we feel like sharing. So check back often and feel free to leave us your comments.

xoxo
ARK