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
Friday, September 19, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Minks enter charts with High Kicks
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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)
NOW TORONTO
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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Snotty, shouty Stolen Minks: Arthur speaks to Halifax band the Stolen Minks PDF E-mail
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.
Vue Edmonton
Mini Review
The Stolen Minks
High Kicks
New Romance for Kids
What an awesome band!
Sloppy and delicious like
Sex with Dan Carlyle!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Minks 1st review of new rec.
The Stolen Minks
High Kicks
(New Romance For Kids Records)
Not a lot has changed with the latest release from Halifax's premier garage rock foursome---and that's wicked. The Minks still play a combination of sassy punk rock and fuzzed-out garage scorchers. Opener "Bring It" sets the scene on a slow groove with hipsters readying for the dance floor, then heads into modish territory as all members trade verses over a riveting two-chord progression. The remaining songs stay true to the fast and sweaty party-hearty vibe. With cleaner production amping up their joyous brand of rock 'n' roll, High Kicksstands as their present peak---hopefully to be exceeded by whatever comes next.
--Andrew Robinson
Stolen Minks in the Coast
Minks kick out the fun
With a new album High Kicks and a 10-week continental tour ahead, The Stolen Minks make noise outside the garage.
Gathered around food while shooting jokes and giggles back and forth, it's obvious The Stolen Minks are a band that appreciates fun times. There are very few pauses in conversation as they talk about all that's led to the release of their second full-length album, High Kicks. They wouldn't seem out of place as kooky-yet-cool characters in a John Waters film like Hairspray. But where the girls in that movie were left dancing to the music, these ladies would be the ones inspiring all that tail-feather shaking.
It was in part the wild dance party vibe of Hairspray that helped inspire the group to make punchy rock 'n' roll that has an ear for the past while also sounding fully in the now.
High Kicks is a big leap on the raw power scale, with wildly fuzzy vocals matched by screaming guitar and bubbling rhythms that allow the band to take off and never look back over the course of 22stellar minutes.
It's an energetic listen, and it benefits greatly from the production of their old friend Dave Ewenson, who recorded the album for them at Echo Chamber in Halifax. He was one of their earliest supporters, hosting a Tuesday evening open mic at Stage Nine where the band performed some of their first sets. "Dave's been our music friend for as long as we've been a band," says bassist Tina Johns, who plays in the Minks along with former Coasters Stephanie Johns (no relation), Rachelle Goguen and Erica Butler.
Being a band specializing in garage rock, the group had strong ideas about how they wanted the production to sound for the new album. "We put a lot of effects on the vocals to make them sound 'crappy,'" says Tina, attributing this idea to the musical taste of guitarist Steph. It was Stephanie in fact who made producer Ewenson a mixed CD to provide some pointers on what they were looking for. The buzzy vocals of Jay Reatard, Coachwhips and the Carbonas are definite points of reference when listening to sassy tracks on High Kicks like "North End Strangler" and "Reflexes."
Vocals weren't such a pressing issue when the band first got together almost five years ago. Following the demise of the Chitchats, a band that featured Stephanie and drummer Butler, The Stolen Minks were initially an instrumental band. Their skills were still developing at this point, so focusing on their chops was a good start. "You're just playing and not having to worry about singing," says Stephanie.
She says once they realized what a good singer keyboardist Goguen was, trying to be an instrumental band seemed unreasonable. After spending their early years recording both their own songs and covers by the likes of Link Wray and Roger Miller, the Minks have now come out with their first album of all-original material. Like on previous albums, the vocals are split pretty evenly, with all four members getting turns at the microphone, often in the same song, as on album opener "Bring It."
Having already done a short Canadian tour earlier this summer with B.A. Johnston, the band will soon head out on a massive, 10-week trek taking them across Canada and into the US (because of school commitments, Goguen will not be making the cross-continent trip). Aside from looking forward to playing down south for the first time, the Minks will also open for The Black Lips in that band's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. It's a gig that's left Stephanie "on cloud nine," as she writes in an email.
The rip-roaring fun won't be strictly of a musical variety when The Stolen Minks host their CD release show at Gus' Pub Friday. Inspired by a pie-eating contest once held at a show by the band Oh God, the Minks plan on doing some serious baking in preparation for their own cupcake-eating contest. They're unsure how it'll work out, but Goguen has a solid tip: "The winner is going to be the one that eats the cupcake wrapper." Once again, it's a group giggle.
Click here to listen to the 'Minks new song, "Bring it!"
The Stolen Minks High Kicks CD Release show w/Bloodsport, The Memories Attack and The Maynards, Friday, August 22 at Gus' Pub, 2605 Agricola, 10pm, $5, 423-7786.
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It was in part the wild dance party vibe of Hairspray that helped inspire the group to make punchy rock 'n' roll that has an ear for the past while also sounding fully in the now.
High Kicks is a big leap on the raw power scale, with wildly fuzzy vocals matched by screaming guitar and bubbling rhythms that allow the band to take off and never look back over the course of 22stellar minutes.
It's an energetic listen, and it benefits greatly from the production of their old friend Dave Ewenson, who recorded the album for them at Echo Chamber in Halifax. He was one of their earliest supporters, hosting a Tuesday evening open mic at Stage Nine where the band performed some of their first sets. "Dave's been our music friend for as long as we've been a band," says bassist Tina Johns, who plays in the Minks along with former Coasters Stephanie Johns (no relation), Rachelle Goguen and Erica Butler.
Being a band specializing in garage rock, the group had strong ideas about how they wanted the production to sound for the new album. "We put a lot of effects on the vocals to make them sound 'crappy,'" says Tina, attributing this idea to the musical taste of guitarist Steph. It was Stephanie in fact who made producer Ewenson a mixed CD to provide some pointers on what they were looking for. The buzzy vocals of Jay Reatard, Coachwhips and the Carbonas are definite points of reference when listening to sassy tracks on High Kicks like "North End Strangler" and "Reflexes."
"We put a lot of effects on the vocals to make them sound 'crappy.'"
Vocals weren't such a pressing issue when the band first got together almost five years ago. Following the demise of the Chitchats, a band that featured Stephanie and drummer Butler, The Stolen Minks were initially an instrumental band. Their skills were still developing at this point, so focusing on their chops was a good start. "You're just playing and not having to worry about singing," says Stephanie.
She says once they realized what a good singer keyboardist Goguen was, trying to be an instrumental band seemed unreasonable. After spending their early years recording both their own songs and covers by the likes of Link Wray and Roger Miller, the Minks have now come out with their first album of all-original material. Like on previous albums, the vocals are split pretty evenly, with all four members getting turns at the microphone, often in the same song, as on album opener "Bring It."
Having already done a short Canadian tour earlier this summer with B.A. Johnston, the band will soon head out on a massive, 10-week trek taking them across Canada and into the US (because of school commitments, Goguen will not be making the cross-continent trip). Aside from looking forward to playing down south for the first time, the Minks will also open for The Black Lips in that band's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. It's a gig that's left Stephanie "on cloud nine," as she writes in an email.
The rip-roaring fun won't be strictly of a musical variety when The Stolen Minks host their CD release show at Gus' Pub Friday. Inspired by a pie-eating contest once held at a show by the band Oh God, the Minks plan on doing some serious baking in preparation for their own cupcake-eating contest. They're unsure how it'll work out, but Goguen has a solid tip: "The winner is going to be the one that eats the cupcake wrapper." Once again, it's a group giggle.
Click here to listen to the 'Minks new song, "Bring it!"
The Stolen Minks High Kicks CD Release show w/Bloodsport, The Memories Attack and The Maynards, Friday, August 22 at Gus' Pub, 2605 Agricola, 10pm, $5, 423-7786.
Stolen Minks tour blog on Exclaim.ca
The Stolen Minks Tour Blog
Hunting For Truths About Van Kind
Hi! We're The Stolen Minks, from Halifax, Nova Scotia! We're headed on a giant tour of the universe, and we want to tell you, the internet, all about it. You know how college kids take trips across Europe and "find themselves" or "find God" or "smoke the world's biggest doob in Amsterdam"? This trip is sort of like that, except that we're poor and kinda old. But we will look deep within ourselves to answer such questions as; does McDonald's taste different in Medicine Hat than it does in Halifax? How smelly can a van get? How loud can we turn up our amps before we suffer permanent damage to our ears? And, the eternal question, can we sleep on your floor? Join us on our journey! You just might learn something about you!
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Live concerts & New recs
So many tours my head his spinning: the Stolen Minks, Black Ships, Hifi Handgrenades and the Sainte Catherines are all supporting NRK releases this fall. Dates are starting to appear in our tour section @ www.newromanceforkids.com
and here it is, the release calendar for 2008
NRK-017 - Black Ships / Low CDEP out now
NRK-018 - Hifi Handgrenades / Carry On CD out now
NRK-019 - Jail Weddings / the Spell has Lifted 7" 08-2008
NRK-020 - Yesterday's Ring / After the Jam / Live 7" 10-2008
NRK-021 - The Sainte Catherines - Us Against the World / Pourrito Split 7" 09-2008
NRK-022 - Black Ships / OMEN (CDLP) 16-09-2008
NRK-017 - Black Ships / Low (12" re-issue) 16-09-2008
NRK-023 - The Stolen Minks / (CDLP) 16-09-2008
NRK-024 - The Sainte Catherines/Chubb-e Pelletier (7") 10-2008
NRK-025 - Yesterday's Ring / When Rich Feels Better (12" re-issue) 11-2008
NRK-026 - Yesterday's Ring / We Haven’t Played Since Last XMAS (7") 11-2008
LOTS OF MOVEMENT COMING
and here it is, the release calendar for 2008
NRK-017 - Black Ships / Low CDEP out now
NRK-018 - Hifi Handgrenades / Carry On CD out now
NRK-019 - Jail Weddings / the Spell has Lifted 7" 08-2008
NRK-020 - Yesterday's Ring / After the Jam / Live 7" 10-2008
NRK-021 - The Sainte Catherines - Us Against the World / Pourrito Split 7" 09-2008
NRK-022 - Black Ships / OMEN (CDLP) 16-09-2008
NRK-017 - Black Ships / Low (12" re-issue) 16-09-2008
NRK-023 - The Stolen Minks / (CDLP) 16-09-2008
NRK-024 - The Sainte Catherines/Chubb-e Pelletier (7") 10-2008
NRK-025 - Yesterday's Ring / When Rich Feels Better (12" re-issue) 11-2008
NRK-026 - Yesterday's Ring / We Haven’t Played Since Last XMAS (7") 11-2008
LOTS OF MOVEMENT COMING
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Much needed updates - not today
So we have decided not to release anything this summer, cos' releasing records in the summer has sucked in the past. We are ready to announce some Grandiose plans for fall, but not today! In the mean time check out a Black Ships studio update "OMEN"
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Black Ships Chart High with Low ** UPDATED**
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