Osheaga announced additional acts to their summer festival lineup. Sweet Thing is one of the new additions to the festival along with Ellie Goulding, Lupe Fiasco, Timber Timbre, Sam Adams, Glass Candy, Comis Strip, Egyptrixx, Frightened Rabbit, Dillon Francis, The Barr Brothers, Comis Strip, El Ten Eleven, Anita Tijoux, MC2, Seb Diamond and DuVall.
It’s been a long time coming but the debut album from Toronto based Sweet Thing is finally here (as bandmate and drummer Tyler put it “Today’s the last day we don’t have an album”).
Pick up the iTunes LP for some cool extra content, or if you have a hankering for the physical album, Amazon.ca would be happy to hook you up.
Oh, and the band just launched their official site, so be sure to swing by there as well.
Sweet Thing, the five piece band from Toronto that you keep hearing about, are set to release their full-length album on August 17, 2010, but they are already becoming known for their unbelievable live shows – just check out this 95-point review from Chartattack.com.
If you’re in Toronto on Wednesday, August 18, come by the Mod Club at 8PM and see Sweet Thing bring their incredible energy and edgy-pop sound to the stage. Tickets are a modest $12 – and trust us, you’ll get more than your money’s worth!
Fear not, non-Torontonian’s! Sweet Thing are also passing through 7 other cities in Western Canada with Justin Nozuka. Check out their Facebook page for all the event details.
Formed in 2004, by lead singer Owen Carrier and Alex Winter (guitar, backing vocals), the band includes Nick Rose (guitar, vocals), Morgan Waters (bass, backing vocals) and Tyler Kyte (drums). Sweet Thing recorded the debut album in Los Angeles with the help of veteran producer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith, The Vines) and engineer Doug Boehm (Katy Perry, Fall Out Boy).
The release date for the much anticipated SWEET THING album has been announced! August 17th with mark the day we will bop our heads and clap our hands to the pop rockin’ sounds of this Toronto-based quintet.
Among their biggest fans is Canadian Television and Radio host George Stroumboulopoulos who raves, “As soon as I heard Sweet Thing I thought, this is the sound and band that we’ve all been waiting for! I’m so excited for people to hear this album and I already can’t wait for their next one.”
If you have yet to hear SWEET THING, I suggest check out thier myspace right now!
Toronto-based Sweet Thing, are giving away their new single, “Dance Mother” for free on their official site, sweetthingmusic.com. To promote the download (and make you giggle ’till you pee a little), the guys recorded these five little promos.
I laughed the hardest at the cake/dildo one, which is your favourite?
Osheaga announced additional acts to their summer festival lineup. Sweet Thing is one of the new additions to the festival along with Ellie Goulding, Lupe Fiasco, Timber Timbre, Sam Adams, Glass Candy, Comis Strip, Egyptrixx, Frightened Rabbit, Dillon Francis, The Barr Brothers, Comis Strip, El Ten Eleven, Anita Tijoux, MC2, Seb Diamond and DuVall.
