Videotape (band)

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Videotape
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Years active2007–present
LabelsIndependent
MembersAdam Saikaley
Nathan Gara
Ryan Patterson
Websitebirdandflag.ca

Videotape is a three-piece pop music project of Canadians Adam Saikaley, Nathan Gara and Ryan Patterson,[1] based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

History[edit]

Videotape was formed in Ottawa by three former members of As The Poets Affirm, after that band broke up in late 2007.[2]

Videotape was listed on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop 2008 charts.[3] Their debut album, My Favourite Thing, was independently released in 2008,[4] and appeared on the Canadian campus charts.[5] It was later available for download. A single from the album Smiling Heads, was distributed through Zunior.[6]

(Gara and Patterson are now based in Toronto) They are signed to Toronto record label, Bird & Flag.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

  • 2008: My Favourite Thing (Independent)

Compilation appearances[edit]

  • 2008: Coke Machine Glow 2008 Fantasy Podcast

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Videotape – My Favourite Thing [Review"]. Photogmusic, By Ming Wu on January 27, 2009
  2. ^ "Videotape spooling forward". Ottawa Citizen, 2008-03-20. Fateema Sayani
  3. ^ "Village Voice" -"New York Pazz & Jop 2008". Village Voice. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  4. ^ "Videotape My Favourite Thing". Coke Machine Glow, By Conrad Amenta | 13 August 2008
  5. ^ "Chartattack" -"Top 50 Chart". Chartattack. 2008-07-04. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Double Pumpers' primal hit tops my chart". Ottawa Citizen, Dec 27, 2008. Fateema Sayani

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Reviews and Press[edit]