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The Stolen Minks
Posted: May 19, 2009 – Halifax, Canada
This is all ancillary though. I am here at Gus' Pub to see Halifax (why not) legends and recent Black Lips tour mates, The Stolen Minks.
Just in case you aren't an aficionado of the Halifax indie-punk scene: The Stolen Minks are an all-girl punk trio. They are made out of power chords and A-frame stances, and one of them wears glasses. They play music to cretin hop to.
Stolen Minks songs aren't sung as much as they are blurted in an explosive staccato; the band was originally conceived as an instrumental group. Like the best punk songs, The Minks' are simple in an anthemic sort of way. They are curt and punchy, and over so quickly you don't need to worry about the danger of spraining your neck from all that vigorous head-nodding. A typical Minks song deals with such hoary issues as the frustration of watching your friends grow and mature while you languor in post-adolescent squalor, your highest ambition to smoke pot and listen to Green Day. The Minks' guitarist has an oversized skull tattoo. As she plays I watch it bop happily, left to right, along her upper arm.
As the Mink' set comes to a close, I spy DCT's shants-wearing, and apparently steam-powered, bass-player hanging out at the periphery of the crowd. With slack-jawed amazement, I watch as this beshantsed tank-man clears out the entire dance floor in one fluid motion.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Midnight Poutine // Stolen Minks @ L'Esco
June 25, 2009
Stolen Minks @ L'Esco, 20 Juin
Posted by Ralph in Music
Grâce aux prometteuses jouvencelles de Stolen Minks, j'ai véritablement chéri la fois où un groupe de noise-rock très connu à Montréal m'a parlé de leur vision de la musique indépendante au Canada et de la façon si « oh comme la vie est jolie, on a des pulls de laine et l'on fait des cup cakes » qu'ont les groupes canadiens de promouvoir leur «spiel».
Avec un line up aussi massif qu'éclectique, la dernière chose qu'on souhaitait endurer était un anti-climax fastidieux . Souhait réalisé, la soirée fut impeccable de A à Z, et laissez-moi vous dire, on a probablement compté toutes les lettres entre A et Z avant d'arriver à la fin, mais même si c'est aussi rare que de la merde de pape, le bill au grand complet avait de la substance à offrir, que ce soit le gracile shock-casio-rocker-Atom-and-His-Package-rencontre-GG-Allen-et-Homer-Simpson B.A. Johnston, les noise-rockers à la Hot Snakes de Desert Owls, les bourreaux de travail The Stolen Minks ou les punk rockers à la sauce The Kids de The Confusers.
À moins que ma risible mémoire des évènements ne fasse défaut, c'était mon quatrième (ou cinquième) concert des Stolen Minks. En fait, ce fut mon préféré car elles semblent avoir perdu un peu de naïveté infantile au profit d'une expérience sur la route -elles ont tourné cinq mois au total l'an dernier- et d'un jeu beaucoup plus habile et droit qu'auparavant.
Les poneys de l'écurie New Romance for Kids ont subséquemment fourni une friande pondération de rock n roll primitif au public de l'Escogriffe, qui comportait une députation dense en ex-résidents des Maritimes (Insérez la blague de votre choix sur Moncton ICI).
Photo prise sur le myspace des Stolen Minks
Stolen Minks @ L'Esco, 20 Juin
Posted by Ralph in Music
Grâce aux prometteuses jouvencelles de Stolen Minks, j'ai véritablement chéri la fois où un groupe de noise-rock très connu à Montréal m'a parlé de leur vision de la musique indépendante au Canada et de la façon si « oh comme la vie est jolie, on a des pulls de laine et l'on fait des cup cakes » qu'ont les groupes canadiens de promouvoir leur «spiel».
Avec un line up aussi massif qu'éclectique, la dernière chose qu'on souhaitait endurer était un anti-climax fastidieux . Souhait réalisé, la soirée fut impeccable de A à Z, et laissez-moi vous dire, on a probablement compté toutes les lettres entre A et Z avant d'arriver à la fin, mais même si c'est aussi rare que de la merde de pape, le bill au grand complet avait de la substance à offrir, que ce soit le gracile shock-casio-rocker-Atom-and-His-Package-rencontre-GG-Allen-et-Homer-Simpson B.A. Johnston, les noise-rockers à la Hot Snakes de Desert Owls, les bourreaux de travail The Stolen Minks ou les punk rockers à la sauce The Kids de The Confusers.
À moins que ma risible mémoire des évènements ne fasse défaut, c'était mon quatrième (ou cinquième) concert des Stolen Minks. En fait, ce fut mon préféré car elles semblent avoir perdu un peu de naïveté infantile au profit d'une expérience sur la route -elles ont tourné cinq mois au total l'an dernier- et d'un jeu beaucoup plus habile et droit qu'auparavant.
Les poneys de l'écurie New Romance for Kids ont subséquemment fourni une friande pondération de rock n roll primitif au public de l'Escogriffe, qui comportait une députation dense en ex-résidents des Maritimes (Insérez la blague de votre choix sur Moncton ICI).
Photo prise sur le myspace des Stolen Minks
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
the Stolen Minks in Pittsburgh Daily
THE STOLEN
MINKS, “High Kicks”
(New Romance for Kids)
✰✰✰1⁄2 — Canadian
garage rockers the Stolen Minks would glow on a
bill featuring the Detroit Cobras, the Kills, Bikini
Kill (resurrection, please) and Vivian Girls.
They’d be in charge, and you might find yourself
storming their merch table to take their music home.
The female quartet rocks out in a dirty, dusty
sense on “High Kicks,” a 22-minute killer that
makes the case for lo-fi, catchy punk being
something that never should fade away. All the
girls get into the act on tongue-in-cheek opener
“Bring It” and layer in the ’60s-branded guitar
licks on “Reflexes.” Raw “Get Wet” is and
isn’t as racy as you’d think; they demand you
“shut up about …” “Your Broken Heart” over
organ buzz; and promise juvenile but hilarious
repercussions on “I Hate You.” Not even
spit-shined, “High Kicks” has basement-stored
appeal, unpolished charm that sounds just right
coming out of your old, worn-down speakers,
as you sing righteously along. (BK)
The Stolen Minks play Modern Formations
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Also on the bill are
Virgin Birth and Soft Sickle. Tickets are $6.
MINKS, “High Kicks”
(New Romance for Kids)
✰✰✰1⁄2 — Canadian
garage rockers the Stolen Minks would glow on a
bill featuring the Detroit Cobras, the Kills, Bikini
Kill (resurrection, please) and Vivian Girls.
They’d be in charge, and you might find yourself
storming their merch table to take their music home.
The female quartet rocks out in a dirty, dusty
sense on “High Kicks,” a 22-minute killer that
makes the case for lo-fi, catchy punk being
something that never should fade away. All the
girls get into the act on tongue-in-cheek opener
“Bring It” and layer in the ’60s-branded guitar
licks on “Reflexes.” Raw “Get Wet” is and
isn’t as racy as you’d think; they demand you
“shut up about …” “Your Broken Heart” over
organ buzz; and promise juvenile but hilarious
repercussions on “I Hate You.” Not even
spit-shined, “High Kicks” has basement-stored
appeal, unpolished charm that sounds just right
coming out of your old, worn-down speakers,
as you sing righteously along. (BK)
The Stolen Minks play Modern Formations
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Also on the bill are
Virgin Birth and Soft Sickle. Tickets are $6.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Stolen Minks // Athens Exchange
The Stolen Minks Get Their High Kicks in Athens
by Carrie Dagenhard
03/26/2009
If you're looking for a good dose of estrogen-fueled garage punk, I have just the remedy: Stolen Minks. This three-piece from Halifax, Nova Scotia delivers the kind of fiery, no-bullshit sound that's become all but extinct in today's garage punk circuits.
A hometown favorite since their formation in 2003, Stolen Minks have been generating one distortion-packed super hit after another, with their most recent full length, High Kicks, charting for several consecutive weeks in Canada.
While the Minks are largely classified as a "girl band," I don't think it's safe to put them under the same musical umbrella as, say, The Pussycat Dolls. In fact, the Minks would eat the Pussycat Dolls for lunch. Instead, the Minks' sound conjures up similarities to Riot Grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill or Bratmobile while combining playful rockabilly riffs and old school punk distortion. The Minks categorize themselves simply as "garage punk."
"I heard a great line from a musician in Halifax," says guitarist Stephanie Johns. "The difference between garage punk and punk is that garage punks don't know how to play."
Whatever it's called, people like it. The Stolen Minks have landed gigs all over the US and Canada, playing Go Bar in Athens and a house party in Decatur this past week, traveling to Pittsburgh early next week and eventually heading back to Halifax before playing another leg of shows later this spring. Even with all of their border-crossing journeys, the girls have refined their on-road needs to just three necessities: air mattresses, moisturizer, and sour gummy dinosaurs - the latter being a favorite during the past tour.
And just like any other traveling band, the Minks have encountered their fair share of dangerous escapades. While en route to Baltimore, their van was hit by a possible drunk driver. While the band members made it out safely, their vehicle has more than a few battle scars.
"It looks like Jaws tried to have a Minks snack," Johns says.
Luckily, their trip to the South has been relatively accident-free and we can only hope they'll be returning soon. If you happen to catch a show, which I would highly recommend, make sure to stick around and say hello.
"We just want to be pals with everyone who comes to our show," Johns says. "Let's be friends forever!"
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by Carrie Dagenhard
03/26/2009
If you're looking for a good dose of estrogen-fueled garage punk, I have just the remedy: Stolen Minks. This three-piece from Halifax, Nova Scotia delivers the kind of fiery, no-bullshit sound that's become all but extinct in today's garage punk circuits.
A hometown favorite since their formation in 2003, Stolen Minks have been generating one distortion-packed super hit after another, with their most recent full length, High Kicks, charting for several consecutive weeks in Canada.
While the Minks are largely classified as a "girl band," I don't think it's safe to put them under the same musical umbrella as, say, The Pussycat Dolls. In fact, the Minks would eat the Pussycat Dolls for lunch. Instead, the Minks' sound conjures up similarities to Riot Grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill or Bratmobile while combining playful rockabilly riffs and old school punk distortion. The Minks categorize themselves simply as "garage punk."
"I heard a great line from a musician in Halifax," says guitarist Stephanie Johns. "The difference between garage punk and punk is that garage punks don't know how to play."
Whatever it's called, people like it. The Stolen Minks have landed gigs all over the US and Canada, playing Go Bar in Athens and a house party in Decatur this past week, traveling to Pittsburgh early next week and eventually heading back to Halifax before playing another leg of shows later this spring. Even with all of their border-crossing journeys, the girls have refined their on-road needs to just three necessities: air mattresses, moisturizer, and sour gummy dinosaurs - the latter being a favorite during the past tour.
And just like any other traveling band, the Minks have encountered their fair share of dangerous escapades. While en route to Baltimore, their van was hit by a possible drunk driver. While the band members made it out safely, their vehicle has more than a few battle scars.
"It looks like Jaws tried to have a Minks snack," Johns says.
Luckily, their trip to the South has been relatively accident-free and we can only hope they'll be returning soon. If you happen to catch a show, which I would highly recommend, make sure to stick around and say hello.
"We just want to be pals with everyone who comes to our show," Johns says. "Let's be friends forever!"
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
the Stolen Minks - 7 inch Atlanta
Stolen Minks' latest album shows band's growth as songwriters
Artist: The Stolen Minks
Title: High Kicks
Label: New Romance For Kids
Release date: Sept. 16, 2008
On High Kicks, Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Stolen Minks prove that they have come into their own as songwriters, as clever covers have given way to eight well-crafted originals.
The album opens with “Bring It,” which is a fast-paced, autobiographical party-starter that is guaranteed to get your feet moving. Like other songs on the album, this one shows the versatility the band is allowed through their use of three vocalists.
Next is “Northend Strangler,” which, despite its sinister title and opening sample, is packed full of upbeat, keyboard-driven goodness.
“Reflexes” is a standout track because it is totally different than anything on The Stolen Minks’ debut CD or EP. This guitar-driven track and its slightly distorted vocals makes the Minks sound more like a really good Kill Rocks Stars band than a group that does well-played Link Wray covers.
“Get Wet” is another standout which shows off the band’s musical development and the band’s penchant for using all of their vocal talents on the same tune. The song also has a memorable chorus that’s anchored by torrential drumming and a catchy hook.
Up next is the repetitive, mid-tempo tune “Consecutives,” which is the weakest track on the album. When your album's worst track is actually very good when it's not getting compared to single-worthy cuts like "Reflexes," you're doing something right.
Your Broken Heart” and “I Hate You” are good old fashioned punk tunes. The latter is not a Carbonas cover, though the girls are known to play a banging live version of “Lost Cause.” Instead, it’s an energetic, rough-around-the-edges tune which could easily be covered by the Carbonas.
The album wraps up with “Viola Desmond,” which is another out-of-left-field tune that shows the band can still rock out while indulging in a little folksy storytelling.
Before this album came out, The Stolen Minks were already a top-notch band. With these songs added to their growing canon, the all-girl trio is now on par with fellow Canadian girls Vancougar.
The Stolen Minks’ newest release may not have an instant classic about sex with Batman like their first album, but it does have eight kick-ass originals by one of Canada’s finest exports.
For a fun bonus, scope out The Stolen Minks' tour blog, which includes plenty of pictures of cats, dogs, and Chevy Chase worship and an entry about the show they played at The Earl with The Renegades/Black Lips and The Goodnight Loving. In that entry, the band reveals they will be back this spring to play an Atlanta show with New York's Vivian Girls. That will be a can't miss show.
Artist: The Stolen Minks
Title: High Kicks
Label: New Romance For Kids
Release date: Sept. 16, 2008
On High Kicks, Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Stolen Minks prove that they have come into their own as songwriters, as clever covers have given way to eight well-crafted originals.
The album opens with “Bring It,” which is a fast-paced, autobiographical party-starter that is guaranteed to get your feet moving. Like other songs on the album, this one shows the versatility the band is allowed through their use of three vocalists.
Next is “Northend Strangler,” which, despite its sinister title and opening sample, is packed full of upbeat, keyboard-driven goodness.
“Reflexes” is a standout track because it is totally different than anything on The Stolen Minks’ debut CD or EP. This guitar-driven track and its slightly distorted vocals makes the Minks sound more like a really good Kill Rocks Stars band than a group that does well-played Link Wray covers.
“Get Wet” is another standout which shows off the band’s musical development and the band’s penchant for using all of their vocal talents on the same tune. The song also has a memorable chorus that’s anchored by torrential drumming and a catchy hook.
Up next is the repetitive, mid-tempo tune “Consecutives,” which is the weakest track on the album. When your album's worst track is actually very good when it's not getting compared to single-worthy cuts like "Reflexes," you're doing something right.
Your Broken Heart” and “I Hate You” are good old fashioned punk tunes. The latter is not a Carbonas cover, though the girls are known to play a banging live version of “Lost Cause.” Instead, it’s an energetic, rough-around-the-edges tune which could easily be covered by the Carbonas.
The album wraps up with “Viola Desmond,” which is another out-of-left-field tune that shows the band can still rock out while indulging in a little folksy storytelling.
Before this album came out, The Stolen Minks were already a top-notch band. With these songs added to their growing canon, the all-girl trio is now on par with fellow Canadian girls Vancougar.
The Stolen Minks’ newest release may not have an instant classic about sex with Batman like their first album, but it does have eight kick-ass originals by one of Canada’s finest exports.
For a fun bonus, scope out The Stolen Minks' tour blog, which includes plenty of pictures of cats, dogs, and Chevy Chase worship and an entry about the show they played at The Earl with The Renegades/Black Lips and The Goodnight Loving. In that entry, the band reveals they will be back this spring to play an Atlanta show with New York's Vivian Girls. That will be a can't miss show.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
the Toronto Star reviews High Kicks
The Stolen Minks, High Kicks. Muddy, party-starting slop-rock by four saucy ladies from Halifax. Exuberant in its primitivism, High Kicks has a joyous, slightly naive spark that sometimes evokes the sort of tuneful messes to which Calvin Johnson's name is often attached. It's insidiously catchy, good with a put-down – "Your Broken Heart" and "I Hate You" revel in their cattiness – and able to spin pop gold from a tune called "North End Strangler," so there are definitely worse remedies out there for the January blahs.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
5 Favs w/ The Stolen Minks @ That's Fucking Dynamite
5 Favs w/ The Stolen Minks
January 13th, 2009
We’re back with the Five Favorites feature…and this installment comes courtesy of Halifax’s The Stolen Minks. The band released their great new album, High Kicks, a few months back and soon after headed out on a tour that would make Magellan feel road weary (that’s right folks, That’s Fucking Dynamite, your premiere source for 15th century, Portuguese explorer humour). Tiina from the band was good enough to pass along a list of her current favorite albums, check ‘em out.
MP3: The Stolen Minks - Consecutives
Five Favorites with The Stolen Minks
Statues - New People Make Us Nervous
A perfect pop punk record. Every verse, every chorus and every bridge is catchy. There was a night on tour when were driving through the mountains in some terrible weather. I was driving, gripping the steering wheel and just about having a panic attack. Steph put on this album and I chilled the eff out and we made it though the mountains. Basically, Statues saved our lives.
The Bugs - …the Bugs
Our new friends in Portland OR, The Mean Jeans, played this band for us and we lost our minds. Fuckin’ A Right became our tour theme. If we ever get to see them play this song live, I think we’d freak out and be screaming and crying, like they were The Beatles.
Mission of Burma - Vs.
We brought a copy of Our Band Could Be Your Life on tour with us, and we’d all read bits of it here and there. Erica got the furthest in the book and therefore was an expert on 80’s hardcore. Some annoying boy would be talking shit about punk rock and Erica would be all, “Oh no, Rollins joined Black Flag in 1981, not 1980. Check your facts, son.” Erica bought a Mission of Burma CD for $5 from Amoeba records in San Francisco and we listened to it like crazy.
The Maynards - Date and Destroy
Our hometown BFFs finished their new album while we were on tour, but were kind enough to email it to us. It was such an awesome way to soothe our home-sickness. This is a super fun record from one of my favourite bands ever. My favourite song, In the CIA, has so much plot jammed into two minutes of solid rocking. There are like, character arcs. Amazing.
Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
We took a day off on tour and drove to Philadelphia just to see Jay Reatard. We listened to this album so much and marveled at how awesome it is. Then we all got a a little sad when we heard Jay, in an interview with Nardwuar, say that he generally doesn’t like female vocals. Sob! I don’t care! I can change him, Mom!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Stolen Minks round out October at N.2 on national indie charts
Chad Van Gaalen tops the top 200 for the second month in a row with Soft Airplane. Can super-stardom be far behind. Nipping at his heels are Stolen Minks with High Kicks and Mother Mother with O My Heart.
!earshot charts - october 2008 - top 200
top 200
Rank Artist Title Label
1 Chad VanGaalen * Soft Airplane Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
2 The Stolen Minks * High Kicks New Romance For Kids
3 Mother Mother * O My Heart Last Gang
4 The Stills * Oceans Will Rise Arts & Crafts
5 FemBots * Calling Out Weewerk
6 The Pack A.D. * Funeral Mixtape Mint
7 Elliott Brood * Mountain Meadows Six Shooter
8 Okkervil River The Stand Ins Jagjaguwar
9 Hexes And Ohs * Bedroom Madness Noise Factory
10 Final Fantasy * Spectrum, 14th Century Blocks Recording
!earshot charts - october 2008 - top 200
top 200
Rank Artist Title Label
1 Chad VanGaalen * Soft Airplane Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
2 The Stolen Minks * High Kicks New Romance For Kids
3 Mother Mother * O My Heart Last Gang
4 The Stills * Oceans Will Rise Arts & Crafts
5 FemBots * Calling Out Weewerk
6 The Pack A.D. * Funeral Mixtape Mint
7 Elliott Brood * Mountain Meadows Six Shooter
8 Okkervil River The Stand Ins Jagjaguwar
9 Hexes And Ohs * Bedroom Madness Noise Factory
10 Final Fantasy * Spectrum, 14th Century Blocks Recording
illinois entertainer
The Stolen Minks preview
Posted on October 29th, 2008 in Weekly, Stage Buzz
The Stolen Minks
Darkroom, Chicago
Sunday, November 2, 2008
I put The Stolen Minks’ High Kicks (New Romance For Kids) into the CD player to listen while perusing the band’s press interviews, liner notes (nonexistent), and other “important materials” us rock critics use to judge a band’s worth, but a funny thing happened: By the time I surfed to the Minks’ Myspace page, the album was damn near over!
The 10 songs on High Kicks (the band’s follow up to 2006’s Family Boycott) total 22 minutes but feel more like 15. Erica Butler, Rachelle Goguen, Stephanie Johns, and Tiina Johns don’t waste a note, chord, beat, or vocal on songs like “Get Wet” (an epic for the Halifax, Canada group, clocking in at 3:03!), “North End Strangler,” or “Consecutives,” one of a few tracks that doesn’t eclipse 1,000 beats per minute.
Despite its girl-pop makeup/background, there’s not even necessarily a lot of melody or hooks on High Kicks, but interestingly enough, it doesn’t necessarily matter. The sweaty, grimy, dank-basement (or Darkroom) intensity is enough. If you’re looking for local comparisons, consider The Dials (with shorter attention spans) or Reptoids . . . without the Slayer kick.
Hidden Mitten and The Cathy Santonies open; this is an early, 7 p.m. show.
– Trevor Fisher
Tags:Stage Buzz, The Stolen Minks Weekly
Posted on October 29th, 2008 in Weekly, Stage Buzz
The Stolen Minks
Darkroom, Chicago
Sunday, November 2, 2008
I put The Stolen Minks’ High Kicks (New Romance For Kids) into the CD player to listen while perusing the band’s press interviews, liner notes (nonexistent), and other “important materials” us rock critics use to judge a band’s worth, but a funny thing happened: By the time I surfed to the Minks’ Myspace page, the album was damn near over!
The 10 songs on High Kicks (the band’s follow up to 2006’s Family Boycott) total 22 minutes but feel more like 15. Erica Butler, Rachelle Goguen, Stephanie Johns, and Tiina Johns don’t waste a note, chord, beat, or vocal on songs like “Get Wet” (an epic for the Halifax, Canada group, clocking in at 3:03!), “North End Strangler,” or “Consecutives,” one of a few tracks that doesn’t eclipse 1,000 beats per minute.
Despite its girl-pop makeup/background, there’s not even necessarily a lot of melody or hooks on High Kicks, but interestingly enough, it doesn’t necessarily matter. The sweaty, grimy, dank-basement (or Darkroom) intensity is enough. If you’re looking for local comparisons, consider The Dials (with shorter attention spans) or Reptoids . . . without the Slayer kick.
Hidden Mitten and The Cathy Santonies open; this is an early, 7 p.m. show.
– Trevor Fisher
Tags:Stage Buzz, The Stolen Minks Weekly
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
the Stolen Minks RULE
I love the Stolen Minks, not only do they play loads of shows, write great songs but they also do shit like this :
http://thestolenminks.exclaim.ca/
Very, very entertaining tour blog.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
keep playing it ya'll, keep playing it
!earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Artist - Title - (Label)
1 Chad VanGaalen Soft Airplane - (Flemish Eye/Sub Pop)
2 Mother Mother O My Heart - (Last Gang)
3 The Stolen Minks High Kicks - (New Romance For Kids)
4 Okkervil River The Stand Ins - (Jagjaguwar)
5 FemBots Calling Out - (Weewerk)
Artist - Title - (Label)
1 Chad VanGaalen Soft Airplane - (Flemish Eye/Sub Pop)
2 Mother Mother O My Heart - (Last Gang)
3 The Stolen Minks High Kicks - (New Romance For Kids)
4 Okkervil River The Stand Ins - (Jagjaguwar)
5 FemBots Calling Out - (Weewerk)
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Stolen Minks crack top 5
| !earshot Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | |||
| TW | Artist - Title - (Label) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad VanGaalen  Soft Airplane - (Flemish Eye/Sub Pop) | ||
| 2 | The Stills Oceans Will Rise - (Arts & Crafts) | ||
| 3 | The Pack A.D. Funeral Mixtape - (Mint) | ||
| 4 | The Stolen Minks High Kicks - (New Romance For Kids) | ||
| 5 | Hexes And Ohs Bedroom Madness - (Noise Factory) | ||
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
holy moly! Minks enter Top 10 pushing for first // Beck bound for 2nd place
1 1 Chad VanGaalen Soft Airplane Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
2 3 Human Highway Moody Motorcycle Secret City
3 9 Elliott Brood Mountain Meadows Six Shooter
4 7 FemBots Calling Out Weewerk
5 2 The Pack A.D. Funeral Mixtape Mint
6 19 Brendan Canning Something For All Of Us Arts & Crafts
7 5 Women Women Flemish Eye
8 21 The Stolen Minks High Kicks New Romance For Kids
9 -- Beck Modern Guilt DGC
10 8 The Walkmen You & Me Gigantic
Remembering 2006 when the Minks hit n.1.
Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
TW LW Artist Title Label
1 19 The Stolen Minks Family Boycott New Romance For Kids
2 2 Beck The Information Interscope
3 9 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Capitol
4 3 Shotgun And Jaybird Trying To Get Somewhere Sappy
5 -- Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Nrmls Wlcm
2 3 Human Highway Moody Motorcycle Secret City
3 9 Elliott Brood Mountain Meadows Six Shooter
4 7 FemBots Calling Out Weewerk
5 2 The Pack A.D. Funeral Mixtape Mint
6 19 Brendan Canning Something For All Of Us Arts & Crafts
7 5 Women Women Flemish Eye
8 21 The Stolen Minks High Kicks New Romance For Kids
9 -- Beck Modern Guilt DGC
10 8 The Walkmen You & Me Gigantic
Remembering 2006 when the Minks hit n.1.
Top 50
For the Week Ending: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
TW LW Artist Title Label
1 19 The Stolen Minks Family Boycott New Romance For Kids
2 2 Beck The Information Interscope
3 9 The Decemberists The Crane Wife Capitol
4 3 Shotgun And Jaybird Trying To Get Somewhere Sappy
5 -- Shout Out Out Out Out! Not Saying Just Saying Nrmls Wlcm
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Minks enter charts with High Kicks
www.earshot-online.com
1 1 Chad VanGaalen Soft Airplane Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
2 7 The Pack A.D. Funeral Mixtape Mint
3 3 Human Highway Moody Motorcycle Secret City
4 13 Stereolab Chemical Chords 4AD
5 9 Women Women Flemish Eye
6 12 The Stills Oceans Will Rise Arts & Crafts
7 6 FemBots Calling Out Weewerk
8 15 The Walkmen You & Me Gigantic
9 2 Elliott Brood Mountain Meadows Six Shooter
10 5 Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer Sub Pop
11 21 Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir Ten Thousand Shoutin' Abner Pim
12 37 King Khan And The Shrines The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And The Shrines
13 -- Hexes And Ohs Bedroom Madness Noise Factory
14 14 Azeda Booth In Flesh Tones Absolutely Kosher
15 24 Okkervil River The Stand Ins Jagjaguwar
16 8 Calexico Carried To Dust Quarterstick
17 -- Don Caballero Punkgasm Relapse
18 17 You Say Party! We Say Die! Remik's Cube Paper Bag
19 10 Brendan Canning Something For All Of Us Arts & Crafts
20 25 Fucked Up Year Of The Pig Matador
21 -- The Stolen Minks High Kicks New Romance For Kids
22 -- The Telepathic Butterflies Breakfast In Suburbia Rainbow Quartz
23 11 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Sub Pop
24 -- Black Kids Partie Traumatic Columbia
25 -- Woodhands Heart Attack Paper Bag
1 1 Chad VanGaalen Soft Airplane Flemish Eye/Sub Pop
2 7 The Pack A.D. Funeral Mixtape Mint
3 3 Human Highway Moody Motorcycle Secret City
4 13 Stereolab Chemical Chords 4AD
5 9 Women Women Flemish Eye
6 12 The Stills Oceans Will Rise Arts & Crafts
7 6 FemBots Calling Out Weewerk
8 15 The Walkmen You & Me Gigantic
9 2 Elliott Brood Mountain Meadows Six Shooter
10 5 Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer Sub Pop
11 21 Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir Ten Thousand Shoutin' Abner Pim
12 37 King Khan And The Shrines The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And The Shrines
13 -- Hexes And Ohs Bedroom Madness Noise Factory
14 14 Azeda Booth In Flesh Tones Absolutely Kosher
15 24 Okkervil River The Stand Ins Jagjaguwar
16 8 Calexico Carried To Dust Quarterstick
17 -- Don Caballero Punkgasm Relapse
18 17 You Say Party! We Say Die! Remik's Cube Paper Bag
19 10 Brendan Canning Something For All Of Us Arts & Crafts
20 25 Fucked Up Year Of The Pig Matador
21 -- The Stolen Minks High Kicks New Romance For Kids
22 -- The Telepathic Butterflies Breakfast In Suburbia Rainbow Quartz
23 11 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Sub Pop
24 -- Black Kids Partie Traumatic Columbia
25 -- Woodhands Heart Attack Paper Bag
Monday, September 15, 2008
Stolen Minks (more press)
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Disc Review
THE STOLEN MINKS
High Kicks (New Romance for Kids)
By Jordan Bimm
On High Kicks, this Halifax four-piece unleashes a brash assault of bluesy garage rock. Elements of surf and rockabilly also surface on this seven-song EP that’s cleverly disguised as a full-length offering, thanks to the addition of a handful of micro-songs that each clock in at under a minute.
A Stooges-worthy buzz-saw guitar line keeps Reflexes catchy, while opener Bring It benefits from vocals that start in a deep soulful register but quickly hit Le Tigre heights in both pitch and punch. Considering that the production on High Kicks often sounds like a live recording, the Stolen Minks are probably better on stage.
Disc Review
THE STOLEN MINKS
High Kicks (New Romance for Kids)
By Jordan Bimm
On High Kicks, this Halifax four-piece unleashes a brash assault of bluesy garage rock. Elements of surf and rockabilly also surface on this seven-song EP that’s cleverly disguised as a full-length offering, thanks to the addition of a handful of micro-songs that each clock in at under a minute.
A Stooges-worthy buzz-saw guitar line keeps Reflexes catchy, while opener Bring It benefits from vocals that start in a deep soulful register but quickly hit Le Tigre heights in both pitch and punch. Considering that the production on High Kicks often sounds like a live recording, the Stolen Minks are probably better on stage.
Stolen Minks Are Still Kicking
08/18/08 4:44pm
by Ciara McCann (CHARTattack)
All-female garage rock band The Stolen Minks will promote the Sept. 16 New Romance For Kids release of the group's second album, High Kicks, with a six-week Canadian tour before they head to the U.S. in October.
High Kicks was produced by Dave Ewenson at The Echo Chamber studio in The Stolen Minks' hometown of Halifax. Ron Bates mastered the album and Yo Rodeo!'s Paul Hammond designed the cover.
"Reflexes," "I Hate You" and "Viola Desmond" can be previewed on The Stolen Minks' MySpace page.
The Stolen Minks are composed of guitarist Steph Johns, bassist Tiina Johns, drummer Erica Butler and recently married keyboardist Rachelle Goguen. The band released their self-titled debut EP in 2005 and re-released it last year on seven-inch vinyl. Their first full-length, Family Boycott, came out in 2006.
Halifax's Gus' Pub will host a CD release party on Aug. 22, where the first 30 copies of High Kicks sold will be accompanied by a CD cozy hand-knitted by the group members. The Stolen Minks also promise "a cupcake eating contest, loot bags, costumes and fun."
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 September 2008 )
Written by Mike Butler, on 08-09-2008 10:07
The Stolen Minks play Rock n’ Roll music, plain and simple. Their snotty, shouty and sometimes silly songs inspire the kind of pure excitement you usually only find in a garage full of sixteen year olds. The all girl three piece from Halifax N.S. has released two EPs for Montreal label New Romance for Kids, and is currently on the first leg of a 60 date cross continent tour in support of their first full length, “High Kicks.” I caught up with drummer, Erica Butler, by phone as she was leaning out a bathroom window somewhere along the Trans-Canada highway.
Arthur: Lets start with the basics. How long have you guys been around and what brought you together in the first place?
Erica: I guess we’ve been around for about five years. We got together in Halifax. Basically Steph (guitar) and Tiina (bass) were working together and had all kinds of ideas to form all kinds of bands. They recruited Rachelle to play keyboards and me to play drums. Steph and I had played in a band that we had sort of thrown together for Ladyfest Halifax, so she knew I was sort of a novice on the drums. Steph was probably the most proficient, Tiina and I were pretty much novices. We did a lot of instrumentals when we started. We wanted to be a rockabilly band, we covered Link Wray and stuff like that. Then we just started writing more and more songs, and it’s been a slow progression, but I think you can notice a difference with every recording.
A: Alright. Lets talk about the new record then, and maybe how it differs from the first two.
E: This recording we did in a studio; before we were in basements. This time we understood more of what was possible. We all knew a lot more and knew what we wanted. Before, all of us were complete novices. We were working with a sound engineer for the first time, a guy named Dave Ewanson, and it was nice to be able to ask for certain sounds like, “Hey, can this be crunchier?” and then he could actually make it sound that way.
We had a lot of fun with the album like that. It doesn’t sound anything like our live shows; there are a couple sound effects and things like that, but our live shows are pretty straight up and basic.
A: Was it a conscious decision to do a full length this time rather than another EP?
E: Does it really matter? It has how many songs? We were kinda just working with what we had. We are aware of clocking in at sixteen minutes, we put in all this work and then its like “What? Its only how long?” But I think that’s the last thing to worry about. Does it really matter what its called? EP or Full Length?
A: No I guess it doesn’t. I’d like to ask you about the tour you’re on now. It’s pretty ambitious. Whose idea was it to do 60 dates over three months?
E: We all wanted to do it. The goals of the band have always been one step at a time. After we toured Canada last summer, it was like “Who wants to see the Grand Canyon?” There’s a certain romance to it, I mean isn’t the North American road trip what everyone wants to do? We’re all still at the point where we can book off a couple of months from our lives. So shortly after the summer tour last year we decided to go for it.
A: There’s a real girl power feel to some of your songs. If you had a revolution what would it look like?
E: I can’t really speak for everyone in the band, but as far as a musical revolution is concerned… I went to Ladyfest Midwest in Chicago last summer. It was awesome. The stages were filled with fifty-fifty boys and girls. Everyone’s making music, no one’s held back. That would be a good revolutionary goal. But all that stuff is kind of secondary. As far as a girl power thing goes, I think girls are too diverse a section of society to be represented by a band or a group of bands. It probably means something if you’re looking at the world and writing an essay called “On Representations of Women in Rock and Roll” or something… Then maybe. But not from our point of view. We don’t worry about it. We’re pretty much just hooked on performing and enjoying it.
The Stolen Minks are playing at the Spill on Monday September 10th with “BFF’s” The Guest Bedroom.
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