in Vancouver and have a new album
slated to come out on April 27.

Interviews
I had the privilege of sitting down
and talking with each band.

Pure
n the dining tent past the regular
[es David Hadley, bassist,
and Jordy Birch, vocals/guitarist,
sat down to talk about their future
and philosophize about the music
industry.

After they finish with their gig at
Arts County Fair, Pure has a few
dates scheduled, but will not be
going on tour any time soon. All
their energies will focus on writing
and recording songs for their new
album. For all of those who were
wondering when the next Pure album
will be coming out, sorry, there is no
date set for that yet. They will be
going into the studios to start
recording in May and June, though
both Hadley and Birch were very
cagey about what will be on the new
album. We do know it’s not going to
be a live album, but they said there
might be one live track.

When asked about the music

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industry, Hadley and Birch came
across as very cynical and disillu-
sioned about the whole business.
“It’s a commercialized business where
selling records has become really
important to certain people...a
record is just a moment in time.
Unless you start calculating it, and
start making songs for the moment

* and for the radio.” Though this was

fun of the fact
that Pure, while
popular, doesn’t
have some of the
commercial suc-
cess that larger
bands, who have
sold out, enjoy.

They were very
happy to be
included in the
line-up for the
Arts County Fair.
It gave them a
chance to see
some old friends
and for some old
friends to come
and see them.
Marcy's
Playground stayed
backstage to see Pure and The Odds
perform. Steve Drake, from The Odds,
produced Marcy’s Playground’s last
album, and arranged for Pure to tour
with Marcy's Playground on their last
American tour.

With a half smile and a sarcastic
tone, Birch commented dryly, “It’s all
the old boys. It’s like a country club
here for us. Some people play golf,
we play rock music together.”

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Hadley added, “It’s good, because
rock ‘n’ roll is a vicious game. There
are a lot of people out there who are
not very nice.”

The Odds
ne of the questions on
QO everyone’s mind was, will this
Arts County Fair be the last
time we see The Odds perform? Are

 

 

they going to break up? The answer,
straight from Craig Northey himself,
“No, but yes.” Nice to see musicians
aren't evasive. To cut right to the
heart of the matter, yes The Odds are
breaking up, but will be getting back
together at some point to do a
greatest hits album and a follow-up
tour.

In a theme echoed by many of the
musicians at the concert, Northey