Latest Sessions

Philly poppy math rock indie quartet Pattern is Movement made their way to the CJLO studios on a Sunday afternoon, October 2, 2005, before their show for Pop Montreal.  Funny thing with this session is it was initially supposed to happen in the summer but got botched up by yours truly.  See, I had called back their label to set up the session when lo and behold, I had accidentally marked down the wrong weekend for when I thought they’d be in town.  Turned out, they had already passed through the previous weekend.  Good job.

Then, by fluke, at a lunch party at CMJ, the CJLO contingent ran into the the Pattern is Movement guys and from there, personal email and phone...


Fresh off of a co-headlining show with The Last Felony at Underworld the night before, Boston death metal act Revocation rolled into CJLO on Saturday, November 29, 2009, a bright and sunny morning that seriously damaged my sleep-deprived corneas.

Quickly rubbing the sleep away from their eyes and loading in at an alarmingly fast rate, the trio were soon plugged in and ready to be recorded by Dipti and Gabe as I stood and watched band who, despite performing barely 12 hours prior, were still able to muster enough energy to load in, blast through this three-song set and then load back out.

With a show in Ottawa later that evening, the band rock and rolled (as well as growled) their way through the session. They...


Hot on the heels of burning up CJLO’s top 10 and in town for Pop Montreal, Vancouver 5-piece You Say Party! We Say Die! stumbled into the CJLO studios October 1, 2005 covered in blood.  Covered in blood?   Damn right.  Well…sorta.  The guys and gals had just got out of a photo shoot (the results can be seen here) and the fake blood proved to be a lot more difficult to get off.  Meh, not really a bad thing. the bloodied-up look is punk.

Not only was the You Say Party! We Say Die! crew traveling with CJLO pal and past SONiCs Session vet, Dani Vachon of Cadeaux (she runs their label Sound Document), buuut it turns out Jason and Stephen are fellow members of the Frodus army.  Frodus, kids…look ‘em up and rejoice.
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