Saturday, May 17th - NMW Week showcase at The Stone Temple.

Sugarblade starts the evening off with an early show. We are onstage at 7:30 SHARP.
Also playing are our good friends Crop Circle and headliners Splitting Adam.

Doors - 7 pm
Sugarblade on at 7:30
Cost - $5 with presale ticket, $10 at the door, or free if you have an NMW wristband.
Stone Temple Nightclub - 1082 Granville St. (at Helmecken St.) 

 

 

If you are like almost everyone else, chances are you have a Facebook profile now. If you do, stop by and join our group there, and show your support!

 

Bad news folks...our show at The Buffalo Club has been cancelled due to the fact that the club has permanently closed it's doors for business. The following is a statement issued from the promotor for the July 12 show:

"Due to unfortunate circumstances, the Buffalo Club has closed it's doors. The club will no longer be open at all.

Tickets for the July 12th event can be returned to whom you purchased them from for full repayment.

We do apologize, and we will let you know when this event will be rescheduled for.

Your event co-ordinator,

Kev Mitchell
garageent.com"

In the meantime, anybody who purchased a ticket for this show from Sugarblade can contact us for a refund, and hopefully we can reschedule another show soon. 

POSTPONED - Kim has been asked to give a drum clinic at Note-Able Music in Lethbridge, AB. We opted to postpone the date of the clinic to sometime in August due to a festival that Lethbridge is hosting that weekend which will monopolize most of the downtown core. More info TBA.

Contact Mike @ Note-Able music (403) 380-2130 or visit www.noteablemusic.com for more info. 

Thank you to everybody who voted online for Sugarblade over the last week! You rule! Online voting has closed, and now we move on the the Cage Match portion of the contest.
Tune into the 8 O’Clock Cage Match with Danger from May 28-June 8th (Our night is May 31st) and call in to vote for your favourite bands. These results will be combined with the results gathered during last week’s internet voting to make up the top 10. The top ten bands will be announced on June 11th on the Rock Report. Please note that the pairings below are not head-to-head match-ups.

If you do not live in the Vancouver area, you can tune in online at CFOX.COM and click on the "Listen live" icon.
Starchoice Satellite Radio -Channel 838.
Fox Phone # - 604-280-CFOX (2369)
Provincial Toll Free: 1-877-FOX-ROCKS (1-877-369-7625)
Text Messaging Text the station at 843369

As always, for up to date info on the contest, visit
THE CFOX SEEDS PAGE

Thanks again for all your support!


 

You may have heard of the Seeds competition before....bands like Nickelback, Default, Matthew Good, and Bif Naked have all been a part of CFOX Seeds in the past. Now it is our turn! We have been fortunate enough to be selected as one of twenty finalists for Seeds 2007. Help us get to the Top 10 by voting for us at the CFOX website. Click on the Fox logo below to vote!!!





 

It has been over a year since we recorded our CD "Faux". We have got the recording bug again (not to mention a lot of new songs) so we are going to be focusing more on preproduction, and rehearsing for the next little while to get some new tunes out to you. Stay tuned, and make sure to let us know what your favorite live songs are, so we can work on those first! 

Demand it! Go to EVENTFUL TO DEMAND SUGARBLADE 

Thursday, March 15th
Come out and rock for a good cause.
R.O.A.R. presents
Sugarblade, Dasha, and Viv Savage
at The Buffalo Club
tickets are $10 and door proceeds go to support the BC Cancer Foundation
Doors at 8
More information can be found HERE

SUGARBLADE RETURNS TO THE ROXY!!!
Thursday, March 22nd
Sugarblade returns to headline Canadian Content at The Roxy Nightclub on a special Thursday edition.
As usual, your admission includes FREE BEER and PIZZA!!!
The show starts at 8 pm - come early to check out opening band Columbia.
Cover is $10 at the door, or only $7 with advance ticket from us.
That's only $7 for a beer, pizza and two local bands.

March 31st- Sugarblade makes it's first full band appearance at The Maplewood in North Vancouver. Just off the Second Narrows Bridge, it's easy to find and there's no cover. Tha's right...FREE.
Plus you get to see Kim and Greg rock out with In Davey's Grip as well

See you soon!
 

If you are interested in having a Sugarblade music player for your profile like this one, just click on the button that says "Embed this collection" to get the code. You can customize the color scheme, and you can listen to Sugarblade tunes anywhere you post. (Myspace, blogs etc.)
 

Kim has been featured in the annual newsletter called the Black Page put out by Ted Goode Music in Brandon, MB. Here's the interview:
KIM URHAHN....A NEW KIND OF MONSTER

For anyone who has dared for a second to make believe that a woman cannot rock a kit just as hard as a man, prepare to get your proverbial backside whooped. Vancouver native and former Lillix skin basher Kim Urhahn is more than prepared to prove you wrong; and in the process you may just learn something. The newest employee of Taye Drums Canada was gracious enough to answer a few of my queries regarding drums, Japan, Steven Tyler and The Pink Monster. This is one drummer we should all aspire to be. Enjoy.


Kim how did you get hooked up with Lillix?

I auditioned for Lillix in Vancouver in 2002. I had met their manager, Jonathan Simkin, through another project that I had been in for 3 years called Superchild. The singer, Nikki Hurst, now has her own, self titled, project that you can check out at www.myspace.com/nikkihurstband.

I recently learned you have shared the stage with one of my hero's Steven Tyler. How did that come about?

Lillix got asked to play a show for a New York based radio station called Z 100 at Giant Stadium in New Jersey. We played at about noon and Aerosmith went on a 10pm…lol…it makes us sound way cooler than we actually were.

What would you say is your most memorable moment onstage?

I have a few memorable moments, but one was when Lillix was touring Japan and I looked into the crowd of about 2000 people and saw a sign that read: Happy Birthday Kim. I couldn't believe that these kids don't even speak the same language as me and they made the effort, not only in learning all the lyrics of the songs, but also to write out a sign just for me. Japan is one of my favourite places on Earth.

What would you say has been your worst onstage disaster?

Lillix was playing a show at the Knitting Factory in New York and I was using a minidisk player for tracks with a click. I guess I was rocking extra hard that night, it fell off the riser while we were playing and the audio started skipping in the middle of the show!..lol…that sure taught me lesson. From then on, it was taped securely to the rest of my stuff.

What got you started in drumming?

I saw the movie Rock'n'roll Highschool featuring he Ramones and fell in love with the drums. It still took 2 years of asking to get my parents to let me play though.

How would you describe your sound and what do you do to achieve it?

This is always the hardest question to answer, but I guess I'm a pretty "meat and potatoes" kind of player. I like to pick out things in the melody and put them into the beats that I play, but I'm not a flashy player. I don't play a lot of crazy fills. Man, I don't know…ask my bass player…lol! Or you can judge for yourself at www.sugarblade.com or www.myspace.com/sugarblade

Who are your biggest influences in music?

As far as drummers go, I'm a huge Jeff Porcaro fan. I also really like Stewart Copeland, Steve Jordan, Levon Helm, Stanton Moore. There's so many! As far as bands go, The Ramones, The Police, The Gogos – they got me started anyways.

What got you into World Music?

I auditioned for University of Victoria and bombed, but the teacher, Sal Fererras, liked me and thought I had guts, so he asked me to come out and audition for the Community College in Vancouver. At the time, the Latin percussion program was still a pilot, so I was able to float between the Classical and Jazz programs, as well as, take private percussion lessons with Sal. I actually dropped the drum set for 3 years while I was at Vancouver Community College and focused on congas and marimba among other percussion instruments.

How has your training in Latin/Brazilian percussion influenced you behind a kit?

I think by learning about Latin/Brazilian rhythms and cultures I have expanded my ideas while playing drum set. I spent about 6 months re-training myself on the kit after college, but it was well worth it. However, I never learned to play a lot of the traditional Latin/Brazilian rhythms on the drum set, so by no means do I consider myself a Latin kit player.

What other instruments are you capable of playing?

Like every good Chinese kid, I was put into piano lessons really early, so I play a bit of piano…lol. I also played the trumpet in high school band. And currently, I front a band called In Davey's Grip www.indaveysgrip.com
or www.myspace.com/indaveysgrip which I sing and play guitar.

What is your process when you are writing for an album?

I've never sat down and tried to write an entire album all in one go, I write songs and then hope that I can get 12 or so good ones for an album.
In Sugarblade, Alec (guitar) and Miguel (vox) or Greg (bass) will bring an idea to the band and then we'll make a song out of it as a band.
In In Davey's Grip I'll usually write a melody with basic chords or a riff (Bassist, Greg, is good at writing riffs) and then we'll put a song together as a band.

How has being a drummer influenced you as a vocalist/guitarist?

The songs I write as a vocalist/guitarist are very rhythmically driven because I think like a drummer. Although, some of that changes when Andrew (guitar) gets a hold of my ideas because his style is really bluesy. Also, I've noticed that I take some of my vocal cues from the bass and drums. I'm probably one of the only vocalists that needs bass up in the monitor! I'm just so used to taking cues from the bass as a drummer!

Your vocal style is unique and really very good. Were you trained or did you discover your own voice?

I trained in musical theatre as a kid. My sister, Cory, and I were both involved with a musical theatre studio called Singin, Dancin, Actin, Studios. The director, Pat Waldron, was our first vocal coach. With the SDA choir we were featured as the children's chorus in Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when it came through Vancouver with Donny Osmond. Cory is still singing, as well, although her and I are very different. Judge for yourself: www.corylee.net.

Do you feel more at home on front of or behind the kit?

Fronting a band is still very new to me, so I'll have to say behind the kit. It's so safe there…in your house. And sometimes I feel left out too. I feel like the band is rocking so hard and I'm singing the melody over all that, but it's not the same. I'm still learning…I'm lucky that Ryan (drums) is really supportive of the fact that I am a drummer too.

Are there any plans for you to conquer the other side of the glass and produce?

I'd love to produce. Both Sugarblade and In Davey's Grip have CD's that are produced by the bands. I still think there's more for me to learn before I can call myself a producer though.

What in your opinion makes a track worth listening to?

I like music that is different. I'm still a sucker for a catchy melody, but I'm so tired of bands all trying to sound like each other. I've got a lot of respect for bands that do their own thing. For example, Lillix toured with a band called The Start www.thisisthestart.com that I fell in love with. What's with radio stations not supporting girl-fronted bands that rock!?

Going completely off topic how did you wind up with Taye?

I've known the people behind Taye Canada for years: I bought my first drum set from Ray Ayotte at Drums Only, as well as took drum lessons there for years. I went to summer camp with Aimee Ayotte as kids and I took drum lessons from Elliot Polsky for years. Later on, I worked at Tom Lee Music (a Taye dealer) off an on for 4 years where I connected with Taye. After my employment with Tom Lee ended, Taye was nice enough to offer me a gig with them.

Now that you are with Taye what becomes of the "Pink Monster?Are you still a Pearl endorser?
(Editors note: for those who don't know the "Pink Monster" is Kim's trademark pink drumset)

No, it wouldn't be fair to anyone involved if I were to continue with Pearl as an endorsing drum company. Upon accepting the gig at Taye, I ended my endorser relationship with Pearl. I still have the Pink Monster, but don't play it anymore. I can't bear to sell it. I'm working on getting myself a Taye Studio Maple. Right now, I'm borrowing an Indigo Blue kit from backline at Taye, until my kit is made.

How do you approach teaching?

I think it's really important for my students to learn the basic rudiments, beats and music reading, BUT it's really important, especially for younger students, to have fun. For beginning and intermediate students, I try to break up each lesson and do a section on music reading, a section on rudiments and then end the lesson playing beats and fills on the drum set. I encourage my students to play along with music they like and bring in songs if they can't figure out the beat. I also encourage them to form bands with their friends to gain experience playing with other instruments. For example, a lot of young drummers don't realize the importance of the relationship a drummer has with the bass player.

What is on the horizon for you in 2007?

Musically, my plan is to continue with Sugarblade and In Davey's Grip and keep playing as many shows as possible. With Taye, I'd like to get a drumset…lol…and keep working hard so eventually I can create a full time position for myself. 

December, 16 2006 at The Buffalo Club
1161 Granville St., Vancouver, V6E 1L4
Cost: 10.00

The Flairs are doing a smashing show, and they've asked us to be there with them.
All right - Here's the deal...Sugarblade's last show of the year and The Flairs last show in this city until sometime in spring, so get yer asses down to The Buffalo Club on Dec. 16th. This show is gonna melt faces.

Click the poster for TICKETS!!!


 

There is a review of our Halloween show up courtesy of Kezine at the following link:
http://kezine.com/music_live.html 

Tomorrow night (Oct. 27) Alec and Miguel perform a last minute acoustic set at The Nelson Cafe in downtown Vancouver. Cover is $5. Also performing will be Dasha and special guest Whit. Nelson St. at Granville. We wish Pedwell a speedy recovery. 

For those of you who are digitally inclined, and are too far away from us to get to one of our shows, you can now download our CD at the iTunes music store. Just search for Sugarblade and you can download the CD for under $7. What a deal! 

You may have noticed a new Sugarblade pop-up music player - Thanks Wayne!!! You will need to enable pop-ups for it to work, but now you can listen to the entire "Faux" CD while browsing the Sugarblade website. 

Miguel and Alec were originally scheduled to play a short acoustic set of grunge era cover songs as part of a "Tribute to Grunge" fundraiser for our friends Crop Circle at The Backstage Lounge. Alec is unable to appear that night, but our good friend Brad Pedwell has stepped up to the plate, and will play guitar in Alec's absence. It will definitely be a very entertaining set, so come down on Sat. Sept. 16 to Backstage Lounge on Granville Island, and wonder at the marvel known as Shiver-blade. 

You can now order our debut CD FAUX online at CD BABY
http://cdbaby.com/cd/sugarblade 

View our MYSPACE BLOG for details on how to order our CD's and T-shirts. Thank you for all your support! 

There is a new Sugarblade interview at www.projectopus.com to help celebrate the release of our new CD "Faux"
http://www.projectopus.com/sugarblade-interview 

July 18th is the big SUGARBLADE CD release party.
It's at THE ROXY on Granville St. right here in beautiful downtown Vancouver.
Like A Storm will be joining us for the party.
Tickets are $10 at the door, or you could get in touch with us by clicking on that little picture of an envelope at the bottom of the page and we'll give you a ticket that will allow you in for a mere $7.
That's not all. Your admission get you your first drink and pizza .
CDs will be on sale and we'll have t-shrts there to.
So come on down and be the first to get a copy.

 

You can now listen to, and download all seven songs off of our upcoming CD "Faux" at Project Opus.

Our CD release party will be at The Roxy on July 18th.
Our guests for the evening will be Like A Storm.
CDs and finally T-SHIRTS will be available.
Don't worry, we'll definately keep on reminding you.


spin, spin, spin.
 

Hey everybody! Our song "One Step" is the top song at PROJECT OPUS
Stop by and check it out...while you are there, for a limited time, download "Feel It" for free, and let us know which song you think we should offer next. Keep rockin!!!!! 

Our good friend Kev from Garage Entertainment has very graciously asked Sugarblade to perform at his birthday party. He had one condition, and that was that we had to play acoustically. So come on down and help us celebrate our friend's birthday, check out Sugarblade, as well as some of Vancouver's other finest indie talent, all "Unplugged"

Garage Entertainment presents "UNPLUGGED" Series @ The Media Club KEV'S BIRTHDAY SHOW SUGARBLADE with ERA Flair, Pedwell and Emily Madden, and very special guest Todd Kerns!
695 Cambie Street (tickets available @ www.themediaclub.ca), Vancouver, BC Cost: $7
May 30th - be a part of it!! 

Canadian Music Revolution has an interview with Sugarblade in their Myspace blog, check it out HERE 

We have posted six new songs on our page at PROJECT OPUS.
These songs will be available to download in the next day or two, so if you can't wait for the official CD release this summer, you can get you Sugar fix here. 

We don"t want to give away the upcoming album before it comes out, but we will be posting some songs on our Myspace page to preview. Check back every week to listen to a new song. Listen HERE 

We have set up a message board for you to leave messages for the band, interact with other Sugarblade fans, and talk about almost anything you want. Go to our links page, it will be near the top, or click HERE 

If you want a Sugarblade banner to post on your website, Myspace page or weblog, click HERE . Highlight the code from the box under the graphic you want and copy to yur webpage. 

Tonight we head down the The Hive Studio to begin working on our new CD! Tentative release for July 18th. Keep your ears peeled..... 

A big thank you to everybody who came down last night, we had a blast and raised over $200 for The Vancouver Food Bank. Thanks to Rick at Reverend Cycles for donating the cruiser bike, and Lito and crew from Livid Tees for the swag. Jam industries for donating a Washburn acoustic guitar, and of course Drew at Magnetized Productions, The Pic Pub, Mouthful of Daisy and our good friends in The Turn.
For those of you who couldn't make it out because of the week night, we have some good news. Our next show is on a Friday, so come down and party til the wee hours of the morning. Check our shows page for details. 

Our friends over at Livid Tees have decided to give Sugarblade some of their new line of kick ass shirts to show off, so look for them at our next show. New Sugarblade shirts on the horizon as well!

Happy New Year! 

We have posted an acoustic mix of our song "Faces" on Myspace. It was recorded almost a year ago by our friend Manuel who then moved to the Philippinnes. He added the strings for a project he was working on. We think it sounds kind of cool, so if you want to hear a softer side of Sugarblade, you can go to our links page and click on Myspace to take a listen.
Enjoy! 

In case you haven't noticed, you are navigating our fully armed and operational website. We are very excited to have this up and running, huge thanks to Wayne at HotRodMedia for putting this together for us!
Have fun...stay awhile! 

Sugarblade has started the process of demo-ing songs, with the intent to head into the studio in early 2006 to record our full length album. "One Step", the first completed demo has been posted for your listening pleasure.