Doing some Sunday shopping at the local dump is something a lot of Northerners can relate to, and the synth laden garage rock duo Soda Pony from Whitehorse, playing a set at this weekend's Folk on the Rocks are no different.
Whitehorse's Soda Pony, consisting of Aiden Tentrees, left, and Patrick Hamilton take a light hearted approach to garage rock and note the influences of dump culture in their music and lives. The pair will be playing this weekend at Folk on the Rocks.
Patrick Hamilton, simultaneously playing drums and key-bass, and Aiden Tentrees on guitar, vocals and synth, have been friends since childhood, cruising through dumps as long as they've been playing music together.
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While not searching for treasures in the trash heaps, Hamilton and Tentrees jam together in the small, but supportive Whitehorse music scene, carving out their niche with playful and charismatic performances.
Since forming in 2013, they've been playing at international festivals, have toured though Canada and released two albums: Self Titled Debut and the 2017 Sophomore.
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This coming weekend, the pair will be showing off some new material for Yellowknife from an upcoming album which caps off their SA国际影视传媒渉igh school nostalgiaSA国际影视传媒� trilogy, which has been a underlying theme in their music.
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For now, the pair have been enjoying their stay and getting ready for this weekend's performance.
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