clues

If you're like me, sometimes you really fucking miss the Unicorns. It can't be helped; it's in your system and it's never coming out. That Nick "Diamonds" "Islands'-first-album-was-pretty-good" Thorburn dude is in another band now called Human Highway that just played their first shows with Paul Simon's kid and the chick from Lavender Diamond. They sound pretty good, but what happened to the other guy?

Alden "Ginger" Penner, the Unicorns' keyboard man (is there anything these ponies love more than a keyboard man?) did the soundtrack to the 2005 film The Hamster Cage which you can read all about here. Also, he's been playing in a new band called Clues with a dude from the Arcade Fire and fuck, I want the album NOW.

From their debut concert at Pop Montreal last October:


said the gramophone review

There is a recently posted video of him in the studio that gives me hope for the future:
Alden J Penner


And you can listen to more Clues here.

you're welcome,
megan elizabeth

Tuff Jelly Ghost Bones

The Unicorns were a Canadian band that got pissed at each other after a couple of rough tours and broke up. Dudes went on to be in other bands that I don't like as much, like Islands and Th' Corn Gangg. The latter was a foray into hip-hop, YIKES.

The Unicorns were a little dark, kinda funky and rocked an analog synth like it was going out of style. Well, I guess it kind of did? Shit.

I pretty much blew my entire load with that last post, so I'm just going to cut to the videos now. Just remember, you only need two minutes 'cause I'm so intense. Two minutes in heaven is better than one minute in heaven.


Jellybones:




Tuff Ghost:



nothing clever today,

'stina.