Monday, September 24, 2007
UPCOMING SHOWS:
* FIVE BLANK PAGES 'LAST BLUSH' CD RELEASE PARTY! *
Oct 19 Toronto @ The Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 26 London @ The Salt Lounge
Oct 27 Mississauga @ Trinity Church
Oct 30 Barrie @ The Foundation
Nov 9 Oshawa @ The Velvet Elvis
Nov 24 Oakville @ Oakville YMCA
Dec 1 Milton @ Milton Memorial Arena
OUR NEW ALBUM "LAST BLUSH" + CD RELEASE PARTY!
We apologize for the non-updates but it was worth the wait- Our first full-length album entitled "Last Blush" will be released nationally October 23rd on our own label, City Mouse Records - the CD release party is Friday, Oct 19th at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto and we hope and wish that every single one of you will be there to join us in this celebration- it's been a long time coming! For this extra special show, we'll have guest musicians on strings & horns playing with us. We'll also have a pre-order of the album for those of you who can't make it to this show- order it securely online here! If you have not signed up for our mailing list, now is the time to send us an email and sign up! And look for us coming to a town near you - we'll be bringing our new album & new merch with us!
Counting the days,
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Friday, June 29, 2007
SUMMER SHOWS!
Watch out- we are coming to see you! Including our first shows ever in Ottawa, Alton and Wakefield, QC. All the details are at myspace.com/fiveblankpages - just click on each show for their details or View All.
See you soon!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Monday, May 21, 2007
SHOWS & FESTIVALS A'PLENTY!
Lots coming up- likely near you since it looks like we'll be all over the place!
We miss you!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
OVER THE TOP FEST + ST CATHARINES ALL AGES
Thanks to everyone who came out to CMW, Pitter Patter, Hart House, BIAF and the Junction CD release- we had a ton of fun at all of those shows. Next up we're going to be taking it easy to focus on recording once again, only playing a few select all ages shows including Eric Warner's awesome Over The Top Festival and Epic Youth Night in St Catharines.
All ages shows rule!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Saturday, February 3, 2007
U OF T, BIAF, THE JUNCTION CD RELEASE, CMW, PITTER PATTER!
It's been two months away and every member has had their adventures out of the country and/or province- We've decided to come out of our break with a BANG. Check out the fantastic shows we'll be a part of on the shows page- We'll be a Toronto staple while returning to Mississauga (which we've missed very much) and Oshawa, whom we have not seen in years- Whoa.
We hope to see you!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Friday, January 19, 2007
FIVE BLANK PAGES GREET 2007 @ BIAF
Happy New Year! Although we STILL don't have rocketboots or full meals in pill form to show for it, we welcome 2007 warmly. We've had some holiday fun and (EDIT: almost) everyone in the band has gotten the travel bug out of their system- we'll be back to play shows very soon, starting with Fri, Feb 9th @ the Drake Hotel to launch the Brampton Indie Arts Festival in TO (the real fest is the following week in Brampton). This will also mark the 1 year anniversary (+ 1 day) of Rajiv's first show with Five Blank Pages, so come out, celebrate the beefy dancing goodness that is Rajiv, as well as the Brampton Indie Arts Festival, which our good friends are also playing (Cain And Abel! The Lollipop People! Cities In Dust!). How can you lose?! You just plain can't.
Hope to see you there,
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
NOYAN PLAYS ACOUSTIC DEC 30th @ THE DRAKE
The Drake Hotel will be hosting their first annual End oF Year Festival, and Noyan will be a part of it! Come check out a special acoustic set to cap off the year of 2006 on Saturday, Dec 30th- it's a fantastic line-up: The Coast, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Barons And Lengthy & The Calendar Girls (Graham from Tokyo Police Club).
Happy holidays!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
GOOD-BYE 2006!?
Sunday night we walked out of our rehearsal space to catch the first snowfall- it was pretty beautiful, even though it seemed like it was limited to about 1 square kilometre around our rehearsal space. Hopefully you got a glimpse of it too! (cue clever segue) ...and maybe we can catch a glimpse of you (or even more), this Saturday, December 9th at 9:30pm, at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto- we'll be playing with our friends in Magneta Lane, Die Mannequin and The Ghost is Dancing. All fantastically amazing bands in their own rite and all ready to party until it hurts, just a little bit. Well, in a good way.
This fine event will be our final full band show of 2006 so we hope you can be there with us to celebrate a great year!
And check out these awesome posters: Poster 1 by myspace.com/fort_polio and Poster 2 by FlamingUnicornSkeleton.com- radness!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
NOV 17 IN TORONTO ...CANCELLED
Our apologies- the show this Friday at Sneaky Dee's has been cancelled due to a double booking. The Sourkeys Toronto CD release is currently being rescheduled. You can check www.thesourkeys.com for the new mid-December date, which we unfortunately will not be on because of the other Toronto show we have near that time. Otherwise, come on our to our other Toronto shows coming up (Nov 25 and Dec 9!)- They promise to be a more then swell time.
xo noyan
Saturday, November 11, 2006
WE TAKE OVER TORONTO WITH AMAZING SHOWS!
Our East coast tour was fantastic! Could Halifax BE more fun? And thanks to everyone who came out to Edge 102- so nice to play our new songs to a full house!
Now, to top the year of 2006 off, we're going to unintentionally play the shit out of Toronto, on three amazing shows: Nov 17 with THE SOURKEYS for their CD release; Nov 25 with the amazing MALAJUBE from Montreal; and Dec 9 w/ our awesome friends MAGNETA LANE, DIE MANNEQUIN & THE GHOST IS DANCING. Wow. All of the details are on the shows page.
And to celebrate this wonderful year you've given us, we will be giving away a few t-shirts and CDs at these shows! We've also got a number of maracas back from the maracas hospital. Come on out!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
EAST COAST MINI TOUR! FREDERICTON, HALIFAX & MONTREAL!
We're coming to the east coast! It will be short and sweet- sandwiching our first appearance at the amazing Halifax Pop Explosion (w/ The Barmitzvah Brothers) with Fredericton (w/ The Golden Dogs) and Montreal (w/ The Figurines). All three shows have fantastic line-ups so if you are in any of these cities, come see us, OR if you have friends or family in these cities- tell them they have to see us! And say hello! We'll be really far from home and we'll need all the love we can get!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Saturday, September 9, 2006
SHOWS ADDED IN MONTREAL, ST CATHARINES & TORONTO
Check the details out on the shows page, write them down in your most handy calendar, and then be there with bells on! We'll see you there!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Sunday, September 3, 2006
TORONTO FILM FEST LAUNCH PARTY & HALIFAX POP EXPLOSION!
It's great to be back playing shows- thanks so much for the warm welcome in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton and Port Dalhousie! We've got some more goodies coming right up, including a show for the Toronto International Film Festival, happening at The Drake Hotel with The High Dials, The Silver Hearts & The Jewish Legend, as well as a show in Georgetown (which we've missed) and... a trip to Halifax to play at Halifax Pop Explosion with The Barmitzvah Brothers- Woo! Many good times ahead. If you are out there, or have friends out there, please tell them to come by and say hello as we'll be pretty far from home.
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
FIVE BLANK PAGES RETURN
Wow, it feels like forever! We really missed you and are really excited to be playing shows again- and we've got some great ones coming up! Toronto (Clementine XO CD release!), Brampton (MC/DC Parking Lot Bash w/ The Junction), Mississauga (Beating Heart Festival w/ The Junction), Hamilton (Binary night!) and Port Dalhousie (Rock Dalhousie V!). More info on each show is on the shows page. Writing for the record is going very well and we hope to debut another new song or two at these shows. By the way, thank you so much for an AMAZING NXNE show! We had a blast and you all packed the place. It was an amazing last show before our break. We hope to see you at these upcoming shows!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Monday, May 29, 2006
NORTH BY NORTHEAST & HAVE A NICE SUMMER
Finally! We've been able to get our site back up. Website hell, I tells ya. Anyway, anytime that happens, please head on over to our myspace page (bookmark it!). It's actually easier to update so you may even want to go there right after you come here, just to make sure you've got all your bases covered, ya know? Anyway, Carrasauga was lots of fun and we were really happy to be a part of it- thank to those who made it out and enjoyed the Turkish experience.
We'll be playing the North By Northeast Music Festival this year and we hope that you will make it. Our set is nice and early so you can even come right after school (if you are 19 or older- sorry!) or work and not even worry about missing any other sets since it's at 8pm, right before most showcases begin. Let us start off your night! 8pm @ the Silver Dollar on Thursday, June 8th with some really amazing bands, including a personal hero of ours, Matt Murphy's (Superfriendz, Flashing Lights) band, Cityfield. Grammar anyone? I didn't think so... We'll see you then!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Monday, April 24, 2006
w/ MAGNETA LANE in MILTON + CARRASSAUGA
Well well, we just got asked to play with Magneta Lane & Cities In Dust in Milton on May 6th and we couldn't pass that up, especially since we miss the people in Milton so much! We'll also be playing at the Turkish Pavillion as part of Carrassauga in Mississauga on May 28 (1pm set). Come on out for some great food and an afternoon show.We'll also be playing at NXNE this year in June- details to come! After that, we are not playing any shows until August- no joke! We'd also like to apologize for Noyan having to cancel his April 2nd acoustic set in St Catharines due to illness. We hope the whole band will be back there in August! See you all soon?
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Sunday, March 28, 2006
OPENING FOR PILATE & THE ELECTED!
Wow, North Bay was a blast! This week in Toronto we're opening up for The Elected who has people from two bands we love in it, Rilo Kiley and Ozma. Come out if you can! And next week, we're opening for Pilate at a special show at the Drake Hotel (Sorry, you can only win tickets to this- please see the shows page). So excited!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Sunday, March 12, 2006
NORTH BAY + BRAMPTON + ST CATHARINES!
Thanks so much to everyone who came out to see us at CMW and the Horseshoe last night- muchos fun had by all, fo sho! Viva la Grates! We've had a super last few weeks of playing shows again and now it's time to get down to some brass taxes(?) with our new album. We'll be heading up to play a show in North Bay on March 25th, then to Brampton on March 31st (all ages!), and then Noyan will be playing an solo acoustic set at our friend Jamie Hunter's CD Release in St Catharines- after that, Five Blank Pages will be laying low on the live front so we can finish off the writing and recording our new record. It will be 10-11 songs and it's really shaping up. You may have heard a few new songs recently? Yes, yes, you have. We hope to see you at these last few shows as we won't be playing regularily until the autumn; just popping up from time to time to say hello with a new song or three.
Three cheers & much love,
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
WE WELCOME A FOURTH MEMBER & CMW THIS WEEK!
We're very excited to announce that Rajiv Thavanathan has joined Five Blank Pages on bass! Pinar will be heading over to the keyboard for good now, instead of running across the stage at each show to play both instruments. Rajiv is a wonderful person and an amazing musician. Please say hello and welcome him when you see him!
We're superpumped to about playing CMW this year for a few different reasons:
1} Rajiv will be dancing up a storm and be playing his first CMW with us;
2} We are playing at The Rivoli, one of the coolest venues in Toronto;
3} It is our third time playing CMW- woo!;
4} We'll be playing at least 2 new songs!; and
5} We haven't played in Toronto in 3 months and are anxious to play for all of our Toronto friends.
Thanks to Koray Ozel for the rad poster on our splash page too. We really hope you'll all be there to party with us this Friday!
xo noyan, pinar, chelen & rajiv
Saturday, February 11, 2006
SHOWS IN LONDON (W/ AN ANGLE) & BARRIE (w/ MONEEN) ADDED
Please visit myspace.com/fiveblankpages for details. We will update the shows pages shortly!
We will add a new update soon as well to tell you some great news about Five Blank Pages growing. Hope to see you in London & Barrie!
xo noyan, pinar & chelen
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK SHOW ANNOUNCED!
As promised, we've added the details for our Canadian Music Week 2006 Showcase- this will be our first show in Toronto in about 3 months so we hope to see all of your shining un-tanned faces there (new songs!). In addition to being excited about playing CMW again, we are ecstatic about playing at The Rivoli, which is one of our favourite places to see shows. We are finishing off (or dare I say "headlining"?) a great line-up on the Friday night with a 1am set. Yes, it's late, but we know that it's the start of the weekend. Woo!
And before I sign off, we've got a very special surprise that we will be announcing next Wednesday night (February 8th) at the launch of the Brampton Indie Arts Festival 2006. Curious? A bit? Be there! See you very soon,
noyan, pinar & chelen
Sunday, January 15, 2006
COMING UP FOR AIR
Happy New year! We hope you've all had an amazing holiday and that you are all well. Our writing break is going wonderfully. We're working on many, many new songs, some of which will be going on our first full-length album, and some will be just for our live shows. Speaking of shows, we miss them and you! We've got a couple appearances coming up in Brampton (Brampton Indie Arts Fest!) and St Catharines which we hope to see you at. All the details are on the shows page. We'll also be playing this year's Canadian Music Week Festival in Toronto in March. We'll have the info for that show shortly. After these shows we'll be continuing to work on the new record so we will not be playing as many shows as usual so we can focusing on getting the new CD out. We'll be debuting a few of our new songs at these shows so we hope to have your ears (and the rest of your lovely bodies) there to check them out.
See you soon,
noyan, pinar & chelen
Monday, November 14, 2005
LAST SHOWS OF 2006 AND FOR A WHILE
That's right- our last few shows of 2006 are all lined up, waiting for you to add them to your calendar. We'll be taking a break after these shows to focus on finishing writing and then recording our first full length album which slated for release on Sunday League Records in mid-2006.
We hope you can catch one or more of the shows we have coming up as they either have great line-ups (we are opening for Rainer Maria this Thursday, Nov 17th @ Lee's Palace, for example), are for great charity organizations (Nov 18th @ The New Brunswick House for the Daily Bread Food Bank, for example), or are all ages (Fri, Dec 2nd in Brampton!).
We really hope to see before the end of 2005!
xo
noyan! chelen! pinar!
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
FIVE
BLANK PAGES RETURN Please
check the shows page for a few full band shows just added. We hope to see
you this Fall (did I just say "Fall"? Gah!). Goodbye Summer... xo, noyan,
chelen & pinar Saturday,
August 20, 2005 ACOUSTIC
SHOWS ADDED *S.C.E.N.E.
FESTIVAL 2005, SPOOKEY RUBEN & MORE We
would like to proudly announce that Five Blank Pages has now joined Sunday
League Records. They will be helping us get our music “out there”
and we're confident that they will be of great help. Please check out their
site at www.sundayleaguerecords.com.
We look forward to releasing an album with them in the near future... You
can also read a story on it at the Mississauga News http://www.mississauga.com/mi/arts/story/2663105p-3087989c.html
and Ambush The
Night. There
are many shows coming up, including a few weeks of acoustic performances while
Chelen takes some well-deserved time off in Europe. These acoustic shows include
two in-store performances at a West 49 stores. Also, we will once again
be participating in Eric Warner's amazing Over
The Top Fest in May. We're quite excited to be playing with Matt Pond
PA, By Divine Right and Head of Femur (members of Bright
Eyes!). Advance tickets are already selling well so get yours while you
can. Check out all the details on the shows page.
So
much more news on the way — See you soon! xo, noyan,
chelen & pinar xo, noyan,
chelen & pinar See
you soon, noyan,
pinar & chelen :) Thursday,
January 13, 2005 If
you have MySpace, let's hook up! Our page is up at www.myspace.com/fiveblankpages.
We've
got a few shows coming up, including a special show in Hamilton - if you're
in the area, we hope to see you there! We'll also be opening up for Tristeza
(out of San Diego) at Lee's Palace in Toronto on Wed, Feb 2nd. We've
just announced or CMW Showcase in March! These shows will be a lot
of fun! We
hope to see again you soon, noyan,
chelen & pinar :) Wednesday,
November 3, 2004 REQUEST
FIVE BLANK PAGES ON THE RADIO! ONTARIO:
WEST:
EAST:
SPACES...
NOW AVAILABLE IN STORES & ONLINE! Also,
if you'd like securely order the CD online, head on over to www.sonicunyon.com
and search our name in their online store. Thanks for your support! "A
Point Of Reference" and "Richie T." are available
for FREE MP3 download on the audio page if you'd
like to sample the CD before you buy. Feel free to share these free MP3s! FIVE
BLANK PAGES IN PRINT: September
7, 2004 Phew!
We hope this summer has treated you well- we hate to see it end. Maybe we'll
see another sunny weekend before Fall hits. We hope. See
you soon! xo,
noyan,
pinar & chelen Tuesday,
August 3, 2004
Thursday, January 15, 2004 Sunday,
November 2, 2003 Monday,
October 6, 2003 As
for the new website, look around as there's plenty to see. Shows will be updated
as soon as they are confirmed. Check out posters, show details, and a gigography
of past noyz/Five Blank Pages' performances. Chelen
has done a great job designing the site and we hope you like the new look.
The old noyz websites, www.noyz.8m.com
& www.noyz.net, will
no longer be updated with news and show information but we'll keep them running
with a link to this page. For those of you who haven't updated your bookmarks,
you can press CTRL + D to bookmark this page right now, or just add www.fiveblankpages.com
to your favourites. There
are shows coming up in Oakville, Hamilton, and Guelph. More info on the shows
page. We've
reduced the prices of all of the noyz To
be added to the Five Blank Pages mailng list just send us an email at info@fiveblankpages.com Check
out full songs and pictures on the media page.
We've got some old live recordings of some unreleased songs on our new mp3.com/fiveblankpages
site. Photos, new mp3s, the new bio, and press,
are all on their way... This
page will be updated as often as there is news. When there isn't news, maybe
we'll make stuff up. Check back soon as the site is far from finished and
will have more content soon. noyan,
chelen & pinar
While Pinar is away in Europe/Asia, Noyan will be performing a few solo acoustic
shows that we hope you can check out. We'll be kicking off October with a
return to full band shows in Toronto and Mississauga, with more shows coming
up in Waterdown and Brampton. Check back for more soon.We hope to see you
October 14th for a special show at NOW Magazine's
NOW Lounge for a showcase we are playing.
Hope to see you soon,
noyan, chelen (& pinar by proxy)
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
NEW T-SHIRTS & BUTTONS!
We'll have shhh-nazzy new shirts available for sale at our upcoming shows.
Two designs, in a total of four colours. They look "hawt" apparently.
We also have 5 new button designs and brought back two "classics".
Ha!
ALL AGES SHOWS IN BRAMPTON
& ST. CATHARINES ADDED
Our good friends Faint & Hearted Records and Jon West have both added
us to great shows next week — we hope you can make it! These will be
our last shows in Brampton and St Catharines for the summer. See you there
and at the Horseshoe on August 1st!
xo,
noyan, chelen & pinar
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
WITH SCOUT NIBLETT IN TORONTO AUG 1
Thanks so much to everyone who made it out last week when we opened for Nicolai
Dunger — It was seriously one of the most fun shows we've had yet. We'll
be back to play at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern on Monday, August 1st, opening
for Scout Niblett & Picastro. It will be an amazing show so we hope you
can finish off your long weekend by joining us.
EAST COAST TOUR CANCELLED
For reasons beyond our control, our planned Canadian East coast tour has been
cancelled. We were really looking forward to the road trip but we hope to
be out there some other time soon. Our apologies to anyone that was hoping
to see us in Montreal and the Maritimes. We will try to reschedule as soon
as it's possible.
Please console us on August 1st at the Horseshoe.
xo,
noyan, chelen & pinar
Thursday,
June 30, 2005
TORONTO SHOW DATE CHANGED TO JULY 14
— FREE GUESTLIST
The show we had originally on Monday, July 18 is now being changed to
Thursday, July 14. We are no longer playing with Neva Dinova and Mayday, which
is unfortunate, but we will now be opening for Nicolai
Dunger who is on tour all the way from Sweden. This show is still to thank
you for all the continued support you've shown us, so please take advantage
by e-mailing us to get in free
on the guest list. Otherwise, tickets are $10.50 each. We hope to have you
out!
Just a brief update. More coming soon.
Noyan, Chelen & Pinar
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
LISTEN TO “SHE SLEEPS SOUNDLY”
The new Five Blank Page track “She Sleeps Soundly” is now available
for your listening pleasure at http://www.myspace.com/fiveblankpages.
The song will be available on “A Compilation for Reach for the Rainbow”
which will be released in music shops nationwide on June 28th. Please pick
up a copy to support the charity by owning some amazing rare & unreleased
music by Canada's best independent artists. The complete tracklist is at our
myspace page (link above). More info on the release is in the news updates
below.
THANK YOU... WITH A FREE SHOW IN TORONTO!
..for making our North By Northeast show last Friday in Toronto and The Vulcan
Dub Squad CD release in Brampton both so amazing! Last Friday night in Toronto
was filled to capacity (and hot with and extra “t”) — we apologize
to anyone who came out and did not get in! Your support for our 1am slot was
fantastic. We had a really fun time playing our first North By Northeast showcase
thanks to you! Our final show in Toronto before we head out east will be opening
for the awe-inspiring Neva
Dinova and Mayday
(Saddle Creek Records). EMAIL US
TO GET IN FREE* on the guestlist! Thank you for all your support this year
— it has done amazing things for us, and as a small token of thanks,
we'd love for you to come to this show for free. We hope you can make it!
*Please email full names, or yourself plus the number of guests you would
like to come.
We are happy to announce that for the first time (another first), Five Blank
Pages will be participating in Bedlam Society's annual S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival
in St. Catharines on Sunday, July 10th. We're very excited to be a part of
this growing festival and hope that if you are in the area that you can come
out to watch our set. Venue details and times to be announced shortly. We
will also be playing a show in St Catharines before that on Fri, June 24th
as part of Brett Friesen And The Great Lake's CD Release. And lastly, we will
be opening for the amazing Spookey Ruben in Peterborough on Mon, July 4th,
with our dear friends, The Vulcan Dub Squad. Should be wickedly fun.
FLYING A KITE NEAR POWER LINES
We have also contributed two songs (“Your Best Day is Yet to Come”
and “A Point of Reference”) to the recently released benefit compilation
“Flying A Kit Near Power Lines”. The release is to raise money for
Bethesda House, a shelter for battered women, so please support! The album
has a total of 19 bands on 2 CDs, for only $10, currently available at select
shows of the artists on the comp. Please visit www.dysfunctionaldesign.com
for more information on how to pick one of these CDs up.
News/dates/cities on our CANADIAN EAST COAST TOUR (late July to August) is
coming very soon!
It's hot out — get out that Slip-n-slide!
xo,
noyan, chelen & pinar
Thursday, May 26, 2005
UPCOMING SHOWS:
VULCAN DUB SQUAD CD RELEASE PARTY THIS WEEKEND!
Join us in Brampton this Saturday as we celebrate the release of The Vulcan
Dub Squad's new CD “Just Watch Us”. The album is great and you should
pick it up as soon as you can. The show is going to be a blast as we are playing
with many friends, including The Vulcan Dub Squad, The Junction, Sleeper
Set Sail, and Escalate. Come early as this show will fill up fast!
REACH FOR THE RAINBOW: June 14th
That's right, the long awaited benefit CD “A Compilation For Reach For
The Rainbow” will be released on Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 through Maple
Music/Universal Records/Basement Recording Company. Pick up your copy from
all major records stores. If they do not have it in stock or are sold out,
please ask them to order you a copy or two. In addition to exclusive tracks
by Hayden, Howie Beck, Cuff The Duke, Raising The Fawn, Great Lake Swimmers,
A Northern Chorus, The Inbreds, The Rheostatics, Joel Plaskett Emergency,
Hawksley Workman, and many more, Five Blank Pages have contributed the new
and previously unreleased track “She Sleeps Soundly” which was recorded
by Greg Dawson at BWC Studios. The song will be up in streaming form at our
www.myspace.com/fiveblankpages
page soon.
FIVE BLANK PAGES AT NXNE
This year will mark our first appearance at the illustrious North By Northeast
Music Festival. Our showcase is on Friday, June 10th @ Cameron House. We play
at 1am but we hope that you can make it out to end the night with us. More
details are on our shows page and at www.nxne.com.
We hope you can make this even more fun than our Canadian Music Week showcase
was in March! We also have shows coming up in Burlington, St Catharines and
Cambridge. It would be nice to see you if you live near any of those cities.
xo,
noyan, chelen & pinar.
Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Chelen's back from a wonderful jaunt in Europe and we're all set to play full
band shows once again! Noyan had lots of fun doin' the acoustic thang all
of April — thank you for coming to those shows!
A few new dates have just been announced with great line-ups; This Thursday
will be awesome as we'll be playing Eric Warner's acclaimed Over
The Top Fest with By Divine Right, Matt Pond PA (CD Release) and Head
of Femur (members of Bright Eyes). Saturday we're in Milton with our good
friends The Most Serene Republic, and then soon after we have shows with Magneta
Lane (May 19th) and The Pettit Project (June 4th — all ages!) in Burlington.
Also, we are super excited to be playing in Brampton on Sat, May 28th for
our friends The Vulcan Dub Squad's CD Release party! Pals The Junction, Escalate
and Sleeper Set Sail will also be joining us. Roarrr! Details for these shows
are here.
Time for May flowers,
noyan, chelen & pinar
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
THANKS
SO MUCH to everyone who came out to see us at CMW in Toronto and in St. Catharines
the next night with Wintersleep. We had a blast and couldn't have had such
a great time if you weren't there. These were some of the most fun shows we've
played yet! Please check out our friends The
Most Serene Republic if you haven't already — friggen awesome band
and people.
We've just finished recording a new song called “She Sleeps Soundly”
for a benefit compilation coming out on Basement Recording Co In late April,
to be distributed throughout Canada. Confirmed artists on the comp are Hayden,
Howie Beck, Joel Plaskett, The Inbreds, The Rheostatics, A Northern Chorus,
Sleeper Set Sail, and many, many more. More info coming soon... We've got
more shows coming up before we take a short break in April — we hope
to see you out in Toronto, Brampton, Streetsville, Mississauga, and Hamilton
before then!
xo always,
noyan, chelen & pinar
Monday,
February 21, 2005
Our
Canadian Music Week show is drawing near. We really hope to see you there!
We've also got a few new dates up, including a show in St Catharines with
Wintersleep, Chris
Bell (ex-Chore), and our friends The
Most Serene Republic.
In other happenings, we're going back into the studio (with Greg Dawson @
BWC Studios) in the next few days to record a shiny new song for an upcoming
benefit CD which is being released nationwide sometime in April. This CD is
already being heralded by some as one of the best Canadian compilations ever.
Enough hype? Stay tuned for more info.
xo,
noyan, chelen & pinar
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Add us to
MySpace!
We've just added a show in St Catharines opening for Wintersleep,
as well as a an acoustic performance in Brampton. Don't forget about CMW!
Sunday, January 30, 2005
More shows just added - ALL AGES shows in Burlington, Hamilton, Brampton,
Waterdown - and don't forget about the rad shows in Toronto, including Canadian
Music Week!
Happy
new year! As we kiss 2004 good-bye we'd like to thank you all so much for
the support you've shown us over the last year. Our Edge 102 showcase
in December went amazingly and we were happy that you all packed the place
and had so much fun.
FIVE
BLANK PAGES at EDGE 102!
Please be sure to join us Fri, Dec 17th in Toronto for a very special
showcase at EDGE 102! It's all ages and free for everyone. It's
going to be a blast! We will make this our BEST SHOW YET! All the details
are on the shows
page. If you'd like e-mail updates of upcoming shows & other news, add
yourself to our private mailing list by clicking here.
We hope to see you soon!
The following University/College radio stations now have our CD, "Spaces
to Occupy and Abandon". please help us out and ensure they're playing it by
requesting to hear it as often as possible! Every station's request contact
info is below. Every call and request counts!
Toronto, ON [U of Toronto] CIUT 89.5FM
(416)978-0909 ciut.fm
North York, ON [York U] CHRY 105.5FM
(416)736-5656 yorku.ca/chry
Scarborough, ON [U of T @ Scar.] CSCR 90.3FM
(416)287-7051 fusionradio.ca
Kingston, ON [U of Queens] CFRC 101.9FM
(613)533-2372 queensu.ca/cfrc
Ottawa, ON [U of Ottawa] CHUO 89.1FM
(613)562-5967 chuo.fm
Mississauga, ON [U of T @ Erindale] CFRE 91.9FM
(905)569-4712 feelthevibe.org
or vibe_music@hotmail.com
Hamilton, ON [McMaster U] CFMU 93.3FM
(905)528-9888 cfmu.mcmaster.ca
Hamilton, ON [Mohawk College] CIOI 101.5FM
(905)575-2101 mohawkc.on.ca/msa/cioi
Waterloo, ON [U of Waterloo] CKMS 100.3FM
(519)884-2567 ckmsfm.uwaterloo.ca
Guelph, ON [U of Guelph] CFRU 93.3FM
(519)837-2378 cfru.ca
London, ON [U of Western] CHRW 94.7FM
(519)661-3600 chrwradio.com
Windsor, ON [U of Windsor] CJAM 91.5FM
(519)253-3000 zeus.uwindsor.ca/cjam/index.html
Sudbury, ON [Laurentian U] CKLU 96.7FM
(705)673-6538 ext.1 cklu.ca
Victoria, BC [U of Victoria] CFUV 101.9FM
(250)721-8700 cfuv.uvic.ca
Vancouver, BC [U of British Columbia] CITR 101.9FM
(604)822-2487 citr.ca
Prince George, BC [UNBC] CFUR 88.7FM
(250)960-7664 cfur.ca or
email info@cfur.ca
Kamloops, BC [Kamloops Community] CFBX 92.5FM
(250)377-3988 thex.ca
Nelson, BC [Kootenay Community] CJLY 93.5FM
(250)352-3706 kootenaycoopradio.com
Burnaby, BC [Simon Fraser U] CJSF 90.1FM
(604)291-3727 cjsf.bc.ca
Calgary, AB [U of Calgary] CJSW 90.9FM
(403)220-3991 cjsw.com
Edmonton, AB [U of Alberta] CJSR 88FM
(780)492-2577 ext.234 cjsr.ualberta.ca
Lethbridge, AB [U of Lethbridge] CKUL 99.7FM
(403)329-5189 home.uleth.ca/~ckul
Edmonton, AB [U of Alberta] CKUA 94.9FM
(800)494-2582 ckua.org
Saskatoon, SK [Community Radio Society] CFCR 90.5FM
(306)664-6678 cfcr.ca
Winnipeg, MB [U of Manitoba] UMFM 101.5FM
(204)269-8636 umfm.com
Winnipeg, MB [U of Winnipeg] CKUW 95.9FM
(204)774-6877 ckuw.ca
Montreal, QC [U of McGill] CKUT 90.3FM
(514)398-4616 ckut.ca
Lennoxville, QC [Bishop's U] CJMQ 88.9FM
(819)822-9600 ext. 2689 cjmq.uni.cc
Ste-Foy, QC [U of Laval] CHYZ 94.3FM
(418) 656-2215 chyz.qc.ca
Fredericton, NB [U of New Brunswick] CHSR 97.9FM
(506)453-4979 unb.ca/chsr
Saint John, NB [U of NB Saint John] CFMH 92.5FM (506)648-5925 unbsj.ca/cfmh
Sackville, NB [Mount Allison U] CHMA 106.9FM
(506)364-2222 mta.ca/chma
Halifax, NS [Dalhousie U] CKDU 97.5FM
(902)494-2487 ckdu.dal.ca
Sydney, NS (UC of Cape Breton) CAPRFM
(902)563-1475 capr.uccb.ns.ca
or email requests@capr.uccb.ns.ca
That's right- our new CD, Spaces to Occupy and Abandon, is now available
at all fine record stores, including HMV & Sunrise. If they don't have
it in stock, please order a copy for yourself, and another copy for them to
have in the store. The CD is distributed by Sonic Unyon Distribution.
Spaces to Occupy and Abandon gets reviewed in August's edition of Exclaim!
Magazine. Check out the review here,
or pick up the free print edition, which is available in music stores across
Canada (but not for too much longer).
Thanks
to everyone who made it out to our last few summer shows in Toronto and Brampton.
The show with Moneen at Drummer's Choice was so much fun! The house
party and Holy Joe's were also a blast. It was great making so many new friends!
NEW CD AVAILABLE IN STORES AUGUST 10th!
It's been a while since the last update and a there's a lot to report —
We now have retail distribution for our new EP, “Spaces to Occupy
and Abandon”, which means you can go to just about any record store
(including HMV) in Canada and order it! All orders for the CD should come
into the store starting on it's August 10th release. Thanks to Greg and Jordan
at Eezeestar Records and the fine people at Sonic Unyon for their help. Happy
shopping! Please be sure to ask if the CD is in stock, and to order it if
they are out.
IMPATIENT? ORDER OUR CD ONLINE RIGHT NOW!
And for the whole world, you can also order it securely online and have it
mailed to you directly by going to www.sonicunyon.com.
If you don't have our new CD yet, now's the chance! It's SPECIALLY PRICED
online at only $5.31 plus shipping. For 2 full song samples, check out the
audio page.
UPCOMING SHOWS:
We also have more shows coming up in Brampton and Toronto. Please be sure
to make it out to Sneaky Dee's in Toronto on Wednesday, August 11th for Sunday
League Records' "Music For Playgrounds" compilation
CD Release. We will be playing a special split acoustic and full band set.
Also on the bill are Mare, Sleeper Set Sail and Mensah. The Five Blank Pages
track "A Point of Reference" has been contributed to this amazing
compilation. We hope to see you there!
Thanks to everyone who came out to see us in Mississuaga, St.Catharines, Brampton
& Toronto over the last few weeks. All of the shows have been a lot of
fun and special in their own way. Also, we'd like to give a big thank you
to Michelle for inviting us to the Rockers For Knockers Benefit show she put
together on July 25th in Mississauga. Please show your support in fighting
breast cancer by going to a show on the Rockers For Knockers Tour, and/or
by donating to the cause. More info/tourdates are available at www.rockersforknockers.tk.
FIVE BLANK PAGES IN PRINT:
“Spaces to Occupy and Abandon” gets an great review in this
month's Exclaim Magazine. Please be should to pick up a copy for your
perusal. It will be posted at www.exclaim.ca
very soon.
Also, check out this month's issue of Inside Mississauga to read a
glowing review of our new CD. To read the online version of the magazine (without
the review) please visit www.getinside.ca.
We will have both reviews posted on the site soon.
More news is on it's way. We hope you to see you soon.
xo,
noyan, pinar & chelen
Monday, July 5, 2004
Thank you!
Our Toronto CD Release at Lee's Palace on June 18th was a great success —
thanks to you! We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did. Thanks to everyone
who came out to see the bands, bought a CD, shirt or button, and hung out
with us. We will have more news on our new CD “Space to Occupy and
Abandon” very soon as we have many things in the works. If you picked
up the CD and are diggin' it, don't be shy — tell everyone you can. Your
support in getting the word out is appreciated! We have more shows coming
up all over Ontario so please mark your calendar if we're playing nearby.
We hope to see you again soon.
xo,
noyan, pinar & chelen
Thursday, June 10, 2004
TORONTO CD RELEASE PARTY!
For those of you who could not make it out to our Brampton
CD Release, or just miss us already, we have just confirmed our TORONTO
CD RELEASE PARTY for our new album, Spaces to Occupy and Abandon.
This promises to be our biggest show ever! Please join us at Lee's Palace
on Friday, June 18th for a special evening of music, drinks and good times.
We've also invited the amazing Mayor McCa.
Two other great bands will be confirming very shortly. All of the details
are right here. Feel free to bring your friends/classmates/co
workers/strangers off the street — the more the merrier! Our new CD
will be available for sale at this show for only $5. Get 'em while the
gettin's good! We really hope you can make it out to this very important &
special show,
xo,
noyan, pinar & chelen
Thursday, May 20, 2004
BRAMPTON
CD RELEASE PARTY
— THURS, JUNE 3RD @ RAXX. That's right — our CD is ready! Come get
down with us, and our friends The Vulcan Dub Squad and The Patterns, at the
our CD release party! We will have our new CD on sale for only $5.
We hope you can make it out to this very special show.
The new album, entitled “Spaces to Occupy and Abandon”, was
recorded by Greg Dawson, with artwork by local artist Matthew Daley. It includes
the songs “A
Point of Reference”, “Richie
T.”, “Your Best Day is Yet to Come”, “Used to”,
“Five Blank Pages” and “Lacewood”.
Thanks to everyone who has made it out to our last few shows in Toronto and
Mississauga. They all went really well thanks to you! We really hope to see
you June 3rd. This is a show we've been anticipating for a long time! Any
questions, please let us know.
xo,
noyan, chelen & pinar
Thursday,
April 22, 2004
SHOW NEWS: We've been invited to
play the 4th annual Over the Top Fest in Toronto! We'll be playing at Sneaky
Dee's on Friday, April 30th with a great line-up including Volcano...
I'm Still Excited, Masters & Moderns and Besnard Lakes.
We really hope you can make it out for this awesome show. Visit the
shows page for all the info. For more information
on the festival, please visit www.overthetopfest.com.
NEW SONGS! If you haven't checked them out yet, here are 2 new songs from
our forthcoming EP (May 2004): (right
click, and "save target as")
A
Point of Reference (2.6mb)
Richie
T. (2.7mb)
NEW SHIRTS! Please check out the merch page
for our new shirt designs. Available at all shows and through mail order.
Hope to see you soon!
noyan, chelen & pinar
Monday, April 12, 2004
ALBUM NEWS (!): We've just finished recording
with Greg Dawson at BWC Studios in Brampton. We can't wait for you to check
out the new EP! You can download two new songs at these links: (right click,
and "save target as")
A
Point of Reference (2.6mb)
Richie
T. (2.7mb)
Drop us a line and let us know what you think. This still-untitled album will
be released in May with CD Release parties in Toronto and Brampton. More on
this and much more shortly...
SHOW NEWS: Noyan will be playing solo acoustic this Thursday night
(April 15) at Sneaky Dee's in Toronto. We hope you can come hang out!
noyan
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Noyan has put together an acoustic night to showcase the talents of a few
amazing local songwriters. The line-up includes Noyan Hilmi, Jamie
Hunter, The Classic
Brown, The Wishlist,
and Ben Somer. This is taking place THIS Saturday, March 27th at The Renaissance
Cafe in Toronto. This show is going to be a lot of fun and full of great
music. All the details are on the shows page.
Five Blank Pages are also playing a full-band show on Saturday, April 3rd
in Toronto at Mitzi's Sister. Admission is free and we'll be playing an
extended set starting at about 10pm. We hope to see you there! More info on
the shows page.
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
Sorry
about the late notice, but if you're
in the London area, come check us out this
Thursday, March 4th at the Spoke (UWO). We will be going on at about
10:45 and it's FREE! All the details are on the SHOWS
page. There has also been a FREE show in Toronto added for April
3rd. Hope to see you out!
Our new t-shirts should be ready for this Thursday's show in London. We'll
have the designs up on our website very soon. That's about all for now.
We hope you're well,
noyan
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
First off, we want to thank all of the people who bought
tickets, came out, and were an AMAZING audience at the Paragon 3 Competition
at Reilly's on Jan 24th. Although we didn't advance in the competition, you
made us feel like winners anyway. Also, thanks to everyone who came out to
B-Side on Jan 30th and to The Brampton Indie Arts Festival on Feb 8th.
Thanks to Friendly Rich & The Pumpkin Pie Corporation for having us. The
last 3 weekends have been a lot of fun!
We've got a few new shows posted: Fri, February 20th in Brampton; Sat,
February 28th in Toronto (acoustic!); Fri, March 12th in Mississauga/Streetsville;
and, we're putting our own singer-songwriter/acoustic show together
for Sat, March 27th in Toronto. Please check out the shows
page for venues, details, directions & more. We hope you can make it out
to a show in your area. Five Blank Pages will also be featured on SPIRITlive
Ryerson Radio on Thurs, Feb 19th at 8pm. Be sure to tune in for live music
and an interview with myself, as well as at least three other neato indie
artists. I'll be playing at least three songs.
We want to thank Sherri Wood for the great article she put together in The
Toronto Sun for the Brampton Indie Arts Festival. If you missed it, it
included a few of my quotes and a sweet picture of us (which was taken by
Darren "The Killa" Lim). Don't we look great in print? We'll have
the article in the press section of our site
as soon as we have it scanned.
That's all for now — we hope to see you at one of these upcoming shows!
noyan
An acoustic show in Toronto has just been added. Check
the shows page for details. Tickets for our January
24th show in Toronto are still available. E-mail
us and we'll get them to you. See you soon!
noyan
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
We've just added a very important show. Please come out and support us on
Saturday, January 24th at Reilly's in Toronto for the Paragon 3
Band Competition. We're selling advance tickets, so please let
us know if you can make it out and we'll get tickets to you. Details on
the shows page. Your support is always appreciated!
noyan
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
So much for our hiatus! We've been asked to play
a few shows in the new year. On Fri, Jan 30th we'll be joining Jamie
Hunter & Valery Gore at B-Side in Toronto, and we'll be playing
the Brampton Indie Arts Festival on Sun, Feb 8th. Other artists participating
in the festival are Hayden, Friendly Rich, The Vulcan Dub Squad, Paddington,
Girl + The Machine, The Nihilist Spasm Band & more. We hope you can
make it out! Check out the details on our shows
page.
noyan
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
As mentioned in our last email, Five Blank Pages will be
appearing in a special televised piece on the program “Turkuaz
TV” on Rogers OMNI 2. The show will be airing this Saturday,
December 6th, at 9:30am. We hope some of you early-risers can catch it!
The show will include clips from one of our rehearsals, an interview with
the band, as well as live footage from the Nov 22nd show in Oakville. Thanks
to Buket, Gokce & Erdem for their efforts in putting this piece together.
We're quite anxious to see it ourselves!
Also, the final scheduled Five Blank Pages performance of the year
(& next few months) is fast approaching. It will be a solo acoustic performance,
opening for The Parkas & The Strip at the Cecil Center on Saturday, December
6th. Thanks to Jed from The Strip for asking us to play. Check out
the details and directions on our shows page.
Hope everyone is well!
noyan
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Our
final two band shows are getting close! We hope you can make it out. We've
also added a special solo acoustic show in Toronto on Dec. 6th. All
the details are on our shows page . Shazbot!
noyan
We have 2 shows left for 2003
and early 2004! We've decided to focus on pre-production for our new record
for the next while. Thanks to everyone who came out to our last few shows.
Just so you know, the November 7th Oakville show has been moved to November
22nd (same venue). Hope to see you out in Oakville and Guelph!
noyan
Sunday, October 19, 2003
Press,
photos, mp3s and
past shows are up. Enjoy!
noyan
Welcome
to the new
Five Blank Pages website!
If you're out of the loop, we've renamed the band from noyz to Five Blank
Pages. Five Blank Pages was introduced on our Oct 4th show at The Horseshoe
Tavern in Toronto. We're happy that so many people made it out to see us and
we hope you enjoyed the show.
t-shirt merch. Check it all out on the merch
page.
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