{"id":15479,"date":"2018-11-21T14:31:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T14:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/regional\/review-yukon-blonde-heats-up-the-studio\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T18:52:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T18:52:25","slug":"review-yukon-blonde-heats-up-the-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/review-yukon-blonde-heats-up-the-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Yukon Blonde Heats Up The Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take smooth synthesizers, blend them with bongo beats, then add a gaggle of talented musicians, and you have\u00a0Yukon Blonde<\/a>\u00a0last night at\u00a0The Studio.<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite the colder temperatures outside,\u00a0inside The Studio, things were heating up. From the very beginning the band had the going from the strums of the first song Too Close<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks for playing Hamilton!\u201d a<\/i>\u00a0fan shouted out towards the band. They responded by saying\u201cThanks for having us you guys! We\u2019d never skip The Hammer! Thank you for having us, and thank you for coming!\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Yukon<\/div>\n
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Having played in steel town \u201cat least five or six times\u201d the band knew exactly what the crowd wanted. Upbeat rhythms, toe tapping beats, and even a bit of a sing along, including a nod to The Beach Boys’ Good Vibrations<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA bit too old for you guys?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cNo!\u201d\u00a0 <\/i>the crowd shouted back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Yukon<\/div>\n
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The band has been a staple in the Canadian indie rock scene since 2005, and has built a reputation for putting on stellar shows, packed with a blend of raw energy, smooth sexy beats, and a bit of Canadianna twang. Those in the audience who have followed them from their humble beginnings out west, were happy to see the band pulling out throwbacks.<\/p>\n\n

Yukon Blonde found a great balance in promoting their new album\u00a0Critical Hit<\/a>, while still throwing in fan favourites.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/i>What\u2019s crazy about this tour, is that we did the work, and we love playing our new stuff, and we\u2019re very aware that people are like \u2018they’re only playing their new shit\u2019 and then we end up playing a bit of our old stuff, but then people yell out the song\u00a0<\/i>names off of our new album!\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Yukon<\/div>\n
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For a minute, the band got so caught up in the moment, that they forgot what day it was.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/em>You guys can now say you\u2019ve been to the best Monday night show ever!”<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s Tuesday dude.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kicking off the night were\u00a0The Zola\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0captivated the room with their own unique sound, something reminiscent of 80\u2019s digital rock and modern rock and roll.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/div>\n
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The Yukon Blonde tour continues<\/a>\u00a0until December 6, with various stops including Chicago, St. Paul, Winnipeg, Red Deer, Calgary, and Vancouver, before wrapping up in Victoria.<\/p>\n

Their new album Critical Hit is out now in stores and\u00a0most major streaming outlets.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bonus! Yukon Blonde Set List – The Studio<\/b><\/p>\n

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  • Too Close<\/li>\n
  • Emotional Blackmail<\/li>\n
  • Cry<\/li>\n
  • Love The Way<\/li>\n
  • Brides<\/li>\n
  • Oregon Shores<\/li>\n
  • Dear Nancy<\/li>\n
  • Spain<\/li>\n
  • Rather<\/li>\n
  • The Bluffs<\/li>\n
  • Radio<\/li>\n
  • Saturday<\/li>\n
  • Feeling Digital<\/li>\n
  • I Wanna Be Your Man<\/li>\n
  • Favourite People<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    \"Yukon<\/div>\n
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    Were you at this show? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Take smooth synthesizers, blend them with bongo beats, then add a gaggle of talented musicians, and you have\u00a0Yukon Blonde\u00a0last night at\u00a0The Studio. Despite the colder temperatures outside,\u00a0inside ...","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":15486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8071],"tags":[1662,1785,1786,283,19,20,805,545,1787,1788,1789],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/YukonBlondeLEAD-copy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15485,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15479\/revisions\/15485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}