Ever seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show? Sure you have. Ever seen it done by members of Broken Social Scene, Apostle of Hustle, The Hidden Cameras, Kids on TV, Republic of Safety, the Old Soul, the Phonemes, and reportely a guest appearance by Sook Yin Lee? I doubt it. Now scratch Rocky Horror and change…
Last Republic of Safety EP: Succession
Republic of Safety, as a unit, is gone but in what I’m pretty sure will be the last post to their myspace blog it was announced that you can now get their ‘new’ EP – this was previously only available at their last show at Sneaky Dees. The only way it is available is through…
the End of the Republic
Yet another tragedy for Toronto music: Republic of Safety has announced that January 26th at Sneaky Dees will be their last show ever. Reprinted here is the text of their announcement from their Myspace Blog. I hope they don’t have a problem with me reprinting it in full (links added for emphasis), but it’s worth…
Free downloads from Republic of Safety
To me, one of the most impressive people in Canada (especially in the indie scene) is writer, award winning playwright, illustrator, political activist, former NDP candidate and musician Maggie MacDonald. You simply have to admire anyone who can seemingly do everything and do it well. As a musician – in addition to her work with…
RoS – There Were Holes
There were holes last night in Republic of Safety’s show at the Horseshoe if you were there, you know all about them, if you weren’t – go to more shows, you miss things otherwise. Maggie MacDonald & Company quickly grabbed and held an audience that had largely (I got the impression) come to see the…
Repuplic of Safety at the Horseshoe
Tommorrow Night at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern (which is celebrating it’s 60th anniversary this year), Republic of Safety will be playing with Portland Oregon’s The Blow. If you don’t know RoS imagine if the Cramps met the Go-Gos and ate them. Or don’t imagine and just go have a listen.
RoS get famous!
Republic of Safety (who I personally only discovered recently), grabbed a small piece of the spotlight this week with their first ever magazine cover. The Toronto band grabbed the cover of Echo Weekly “covering the tri-city area of Guelph, Kitchener/Waterloo and Cambrige, Ontario” in anticipation of their upcoming show in Guelph. Thursday June 28
Kazoo music…