Marketing Magazine has named us one of 10 Canadian Artists to Watch. Funny enough, Marketers made our top ten list of who we fear being watched by…

*Well, #1 on the !earshot jazz charts for the month of December. (!earshot charts reflect actual airplay on campus/community stations). Also #1 on Ottawa’s CHUO and #2 on Vancouver’s CITR this week (ending Jan 29th).

Sometimes, there really is nothing in a name. Take acclaimed Vancouver instrumental septet Fond of Tigers, for example. Far from making a statement of solidarity with endangered species, guitarist/founder/leader Stephen Lyons is somewhat ambivalent about cats.

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This is a really well done review by CokeMachineGlow’s Mark Abraham
“seeing this band live proved a couple of things: first , the nauseating time signature play that undulates through their music like an urban landscape in real time is really that impressive, and, second, “Pemberdunn Maple Wolves” is some next-level shit.”    Read more…. 

Fond Of Tigers‘ second album, Release the Saviours, is a mutant potpourri conjured from equal parts schizoid jazz, prog, math-rock, and whatever else the septet feels like throwing into its visceral mix. Bolstered by its double-drummer attack, Fond Of Tigers has evolved from its 2003 beginnings into a thunderous outfit that seems most in its element when indulging its bombastic side. Be sure to stand clear, for example, when epic incinerators like “Pemberdunn Maple Wolfs” and “A Long Way to Temporary” steamroll forth for a high-octane twelve and fifteen minutes respectively. A penchant for odd-metered time signatures isn’t a new thing, of course, but to its credit Fond Of Tigers never makes the proposition seem like a purely academic exercise. Translation: the group rocks, whether or not the tune’s in 4/4 or 5/4… Read more… 

“Another thrilling kaleidoscopic set which defies classification— just the way we like it.

It’s been a very difficult task trying describe in words, the music of a band like Vancouver’s Fond of Tigers…”

Read more of this review from this great Montreal-based online music magazine