Arctic Archive

  • New Single “White Walls” from Vancouver’s ARCTIC: Free Download & Upcoming Tour Info!

    New Single “White Walls” from Vancouver’s ARCTIC: Free Download & Upcoming Tour Info!

    Vancouver’s space rockers ARCTIC are offering their latest single “White Walls” for download in exchange for a newsletter sign up to all Raised on Indie readers.  Visit ARCTIC’s website to sign up or have a listen here. This fall ARCTIC will be crossing the country...

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  • Band & solo shows, Vancouver & Squamish, this June & July!

    Band & solo shows, Vancouver & Squamish, this June & July!

    Our next Vancouver show is Saturday, June 12 at the Railway Club in Vancouver, as part of Waltz Darling’s CD Release party with Tyranahorse and Gold Stars Are For Suckers. Here’s the Facebook page for the event. Then, on June 25, Marcus wi...

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  • What else can we say about the BP spill?

    What else can we say about the BP spill?

    We’ve written some harsh words in the past about offshore oil drilling. But it’s been hard to find the right words for what’s happening in the Gulf of Mexico at the moment. At the time of this post, the BP oil spill has extended towa...

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  • "Through the Spaces" on The Georgia Straight’s "Instant Playlist"

    "Through the Spaces" on The Georgia Straight’s "Instant Playlist"

    Arctic - Through the Spaces “The guitars are like hot-coiled snakes, the drum patterns seem totally random, and the vocals are almost as unintelligible as Thom Yorke at his most out-there, but damned if this isn’t the most captivating oddit...

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  • ARCTIC tours Western Canada this spring

    ARCTIC tours Western Canada this spring

    We’re hitting the road for a string of weekend jaunts around the West. Come see us here: April 10: Ottoman Lounge, Medicine Hat, AB April 12: The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC April 16: Voodoo’s, Penticton, BC April 22: The Slice, Lethbr...

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  • ARCTIC Front in Western Canada!

    ARCTIC Front in Western Canada!

    March 13: The Railway Club, Vancouver, BC April 10: Ottoman Lounge, Medicine Hat, AB April 12: The Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC April 23: O’Hanlon’s, Regina, SK April 24: Marquee Room, Calgary, AB ARCTIC is creeping through the mountains to the prairies this spring, but don’t...

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  • We love sushi.

    We love sushi.

    But we’re uncomfortably aware that every bit of sashimi we eat is from one less fish in the ocean. Overfishing, collapsing fisheries, overpopulation, pollution and unsustainable practices can put a bad taste in your mouth. At seachoice.org you c...

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  • ARCTIC at the Railway Club, Saturday, March 13

    ARCTIC at the Railway Club, Saturday, March 13

    Saturday, March 13 at the Railway Club - ARCTIC, Nixie (all the way from Kelowna!) and Waltz Darling! Doors at 9, show at 10, $10. Join the Facebook event page here! ARCTIC: Haunting and moody with a hypnotic groove, ARCTIC conjures up chilly northern...

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  • Join us at a benefit for Haiti this Sunday, Jan 24

    Join us at a benefit for Haiti this Sunday, Jan 24

    This Sunday, January 24, we’re playing a Benefit for Haiti at the Railway Club in Vancouver (579 Dunsmuir @ Seymour). Proceeds support the Red Cross effort in Haiti. Featuring D Trevlon, The Modelos, ARCTIC, Uncle Nestor, Graham Brown, Big Joe Bu...

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  • New live tracks available

    New live tracks available

    When we were in Ottawa, the good people at Zaphod Beeblebrox recorded our set for us and now we have a fine selection of live tracks to offer you. You can get the MP3s a number of different ways: Buy them at Amiestreet.com If you’re on Twitter,...

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