Mother Mother @ Rogue Bar

The owners of The Rogue, Lindsay & Manny, are two of the coolest, nicest people around. I’ve worked at and with many different club & bar owners, and I can tell you that these 2 set themselves apart by the way they treat both patrons and staff (and guest DJs). Most owners I’ve known simply crunch numbers and make cold calculations with regard to bookings and so on. L & M actually like people, and enjoy music. It really does make a difference, both for the people attending and the people working.

I mention that because The Rogue will be playing host to Canadian indie darlings Mother Mother this weekend, and I happen to know Lindsay is quite the fan, so the atmosphere is bound to be filled with excitement and good vibes. I’m fairly bummed I can’t attend myself, but don’t let the absence of my presence discourage you from going if you live in the greater Phoenix area (in fact, that may an added bonus for some of you out there).

A few PR factoids:

Vancouver Canada’s Mother Mother are generating much recognition with their original approach to modern pop/rock music; a beautifully bent portrait of vocal harmony, clever, offbeat lyricism, and dynamic instrumentation. Their sound is best encapsulated on their sophomore album, O My Heart, produced by Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers).

O My Heart is Mother Mother’s second album on Last Gang Records (Metric, DFA 1979, The New Pornographers, Crystal Castles) and since its release in September of 2008, has achieved great milestones:

#1 on Chartattack’s weekly Campus Radio Top 50 for four weeks
#1 on !Earshot’s weekly Campus and Community Radio Top 50 for six weeks
#1 on !Earshot’s monthly Top 200 for two consecutive months (ranking at #13 in the Top 200 albums of 2008)

In its year end accounting of noteworthy albums during 2008, iTunes Canada positioned O My Heart as:

#3 Best Canadian Album of The Year
#3 Best Indie Album of The Year
#5 Best Alternative Album of the Year
#5 Best Overall Album of the Year

Admission is $8 with doors at 8PM. This event is restricted to attendees 21 years of age and older. Support bands will be announced shortly at Myspace.com/theroguebar.

Mother Mother – Ghosting

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