{"id":21399,"date":"2016-04-28T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21399"},"modified":"2016-04-28T07:39:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T11:39:30","slug":"magic-gang-play-cmw-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=21399","title":{"rendered":"The Magic Gang play at CMW 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Magic Gang are 4 kids from Brighton, UK. They all live together in a house, a bit like The Monkees, they even sound a bit like The Monkees only if Rivers Cuomo was in the band instead of Mike Nesmith.<\/p>\n<p>The band recently released their debut EP, simply called &#8216;EP&#8217; via\u00a0the new label\u00a0Telharmonium. It\u00a0features 5 tracks of the kind of sugar coated guitar pop songs that feel equally at home in a 1950s disco as they do at a present day house party. The EP was produced in part in London by Dreamtrak (Foals, Swim Deep, Cymbals) and also at\u00a0Tuff Gong\u00a0in\u00a0Jamaica\u00a0with the legendary\u00a0Sly And Robbie. You can take a listen via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F184727890&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=bab6b4\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s trip to Jamaica and session with\u00a0Sly And Robbie\u00a0was filmed and made into a short\u00a0documentary for\u00a0Noisey.\u00a0It&#8217;s called\u00a04,700 Miles, view it below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UiyN1Vkf2Lw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The band will be playing a few showcases at this year&#8217;s Canadian Music Week &#8211; see the list below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CMW shows:<\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, May 04 &#8211; The 300 Club 10:00PM *<br \/>\nThursday, May 05 &#8211; The Handlebar 1:00AM<br \/>\nFriday, May 06 &#8211; The 300 Club 11:00PM<\/p>\n<p>*Mar On Music Presents @ CMW (<a href=\"http:\/\/maronmusic.us12.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=a1f7c01ff0c75c9522fc6fbbc&amp;id=f13a5dbf7d&amp;e=ae84ad277d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">facebook.com\/events\/797442360357911<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The band have toured the UK with acts such as\u00a0Wolf Alice\u00a0and\u00a0Courtney Barnett. They&#8217;ve just announced appearances at\u00a0Reading\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Leeds\u00a0festivals 2016.\u00a0CMW will be their first appearance in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Magic Gang are 4 kids from Brighton, UK. 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