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The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer

Submitted by toothblackner on February 15, 2017 - 3:09pm
Event Info
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer
Event Date/Time: 
Friday, March 31, 2017 - 8:06pm
Location: 
Royal Canadian Legion #1
Licensed 18+, No Minors

THE HARPOONIST & THE AXE MURDERER

w/ RYAN McNALLY

Royal Canadian Legion #1

March 31, 2017

Doors at 8 pm

18+ No Minors

Advance tickets $22+ S/C on sale February 1 at 10AM available at Ticketfly.com, , Sloth Records, & Lukes Bridgeland

(January 30, 2016) Calgary, AB- “With a name like The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, you might be forgiven for thinking that the Vancouver-based duo is some sort of concept group based on a hypothetical love story between Captain Ahab and Lizzie Borden.” (Chris Oke, Yukon News) 

In reality, Shawn ‘The Harpoonist’ Hall and Matthew ‘The Axe Murderer’ Rogers evoke much more than just grisly nautical imagery. Armed with an arsenal of harmonicas, a mess of foot percussion, and a road-worn Telecaster, the duo kick out raw and primal blues in the tradition of a ‘decades-deep blues style’ (Scott Brown, What’s up Yukon), while infusing the genre with a jolt of renewed energy. 

The two met and bonded over music while recording a radio jingle. Their memorable name is inspired by a lyric from Kris Kristofferson’s ‘Bobby McGee’ that references the blues harp, (‘I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana’) and ‘axe’, a common term for the guitar. 

Their influences range from the iconic songwriting of Willie Dixon to the boundary pushing of Jack White and Danger Mouse but their sound is distinctly their own, smothered in greasy, gritty soul and imbued with funk. Shawn Hall provides the rousing, rugged vocals and blues harmonica, while Matthew Rogers rips on the guitar and pounds the skins with his feet. Their music is unapologetic. It slaps you in the face and makes you sweat like it’s a sticky, summer night. It cuts you to the core. It’s the blues played the way it was meant to be played.