Evil Masters is a ruin. Its a thousand years old. There are a few standing walls, a garden, a stairway. When it plays you through your tour, it’s not really holding your hand; instead, its making wise little suggestions about where to go, gently flowing you down hallways of peaceful discovery, blowing open doors to vast halls that have hosted fucked up feasts of ecstasy as well as endless ceremonies of mourning. It’s a swirl of tape sketches, solos, and hymns hailing from 6 different years and countless evil masters. All jams are destined and guaranteed to crumble together into the dark dirt of time. Open the door, and step in.

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April 3, 2013| Toronto – Double Double Land #
April 4, 2013 | Ottawa – Pressed #
April 5, 2013 | Brooklyn, NY – Cameo Gallery
April 5, 2013 | Montreal – La Brique #
April 5, 2013 | Brooklyn – Silent Barn (moved from Dekalb Visions)^
April 6, 2013 | Poughkeepsie – Chabad Shed #
April 12, 2013 | Brooklyn – Silent Barn, 3rd floor ^#
April 17, 2013 | St. Petersburg, Russia – Zoccolo ^#

Check out the latest jam from Sean’s forthcoming record “Other Life”, out May 28th!
Preorder HERE

FRIDAY MARCH 15

Official showcase presented by

Arbutus Records and M for Montreal 

7 p.m. – Poutine party et performance de Mac DeMarco (Mtl)
8 p.m. – Sean Nicholas Savage (Mtl)
9 p.m. – Majical Cloudz (Mtl)
10 p.m. – Pat Jordache (Mtl)
11 p.m. – Blue Hawaii (Mtl)
Midnight – Doldrums (Mtl)
1 a.m. – Braids (Mtl)

Venue : Swan Dive, 615 Red River Street

Catch them at SXSW (dates below) or on tour with Doldrums and Purity Ring – full dates HERE.

Tue March 12 | Pitchfork Interactive Party | The Mohawk, 912 Red River (9:30PM)
Wed March 13 | Resident Advisor | Elysium (9PM)
Thur March 14 | Escapes Party | Club 1808 (1:40AM) DJ SET
Fri March 15 | Arbutus x M for Montreal Showcase | Swan Dive, 651 Red River St (10:20PM)
Sat March 16 | PORTALS Showcase | Hype Hotel (3PM)

The pervasive and magnificent irony of Sean Nicholas Savage’s art, most recently and brilliantly expressed in Other Life, arises out of a painstaking and exhaustive process of introspection. Songs like Lonely Woman and More Than I Love Myself move like a curtain dropping over close communion with the beloved, invoking the stranger, the ultimately and avoidably impersonal. The archangel bereft of his fig-leaf.

We are all card-carrying members of the funhouse Savage describes, lost amongst the quivering boughs of Montreal, or along the arched brows of a deposed princess of darkest Russia, the reddest part of our heart. At home nowhere, but in the end settling down.

Savage remains the dark hearted king of clubs. In the songs of Other Life he loses his men, his women, and the shadows of a place he has never quite been. This album is a mirror that will never break, held far above us all, constant as the sky, saying: ‘Change. I will do nothing for you.’ Somewhere far below is the jaw of the man forever lost and forever losing himself ‑ Savage ‑ dancing with you through chattering teeth.

Stream “Lesser Evil” HERE all week!

…and catch him on the REALITY LIGHT TOUR with Blue Hawaii and Sean Nicholas Savage across North America.

BLUE HAWAII

With Doldrums
March 20, 2013 | Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
March 21, 2013 | San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
March 22, 2013 | Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Bar

With Purity Ring
April 2, 2013 | Ottawa, ON – Ritual Nightclub
April 3, 2013 | Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
April 4, 2013 | Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
April 5, 2013 | Oberlin, OH – Oberlin College
April 6, 2013 | St. Louis, MO – Plush
April 7, 2013 | Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theatre
April 9, 2013 | Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
April 10, 2013 | Salt Lake City, UT-  Urban Lounge
April 15, 2013 | San Francisco, CA – The Independent
April 16, 2013 | San Francisco, CA – The Independent
April 18, 2013 | Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
April 23, 2013 | Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
April 24, 2013 | Seattle, WA – Neptune
April 25, 2013 | Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
April 27, 2013 |  Calgary, AB – The Republik
April 30, 2013 | Saskatoon, AB – Louis Pub
May 1, 2013 | Winnipeg, SK – WECC
May 2, 2013 | Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
May 3, 2013 | Chicago, IL – Metro
May 5, 2013 | Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom

Sean Nicholas Savage is a magnetic character. As an integral part of the upcoming Montreal music scene, and an inspiration to many, several artists eagerly accepted the challenge to cover his songs; in celebration of his past work, but also for the promise of what’s still to come.

17 of Savage’s songs – ranging from anthems to obscure gems – are anthologized on this release. As the first act ever to release on Arbutus, a community has developed surrounding Savage, his songwriting, charisma and his social philosophies.

It is a true honour to present such a mix of genre and creative thought – and this is what’s captivating about the compilation. A group of artists brought together not by genre but by circumstance: a shared home, one which Savage represents as a primary character in the Canadian music scene.

01 Chin Chin – Calvin Love
02 Bye Bye Bye – Mac DeMarco
03 Giant In The Sky – Doldrums
04 The Laughter Of Bad Men – Matt Perri
05 Days Go By – Touchy Mob
06 Someone’s Got A Secret – Eola
07 Heart Wish – Quiet Hooves
08 Like A Ghost Is White – Renny Wilson
09 Doin It Right – Brave Radar
10 Kisses Like A Girl – Majical Cloudz
11 Standing In A Line – Mozart’s Sister
12 You Changed Me – Cloud Becomes Your Hand
13 Misery Mountain – Andy Boay
14 You Won’t Leave Me – Jasamine of No Joy
15 UFO – kool music 2
16 She Left Me A Note – Agor ft. Bob Lamont
17 Paradise O Paradise! – pat JORDACHE ft. Camii Clean

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