I’ve been teasing this for a while, but the first batch of the limited run of custom Dog Is Blue fuzz pedals is finally ready! The design is basically a more efficiently laid out version of the kickass little Bazz…
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iPad Animated Music Video for “People” Is Here!
Holy crap I can’t believe it’s finally finished! After 3 months of painstakingly animating each frame on my iPad 2 using the Animation Creator HD app the video for “People” is ready! Clocking in at around 1670 frames this quirky…
Music Video: Handcar Slideshow from House of Miracles
It’s been just over a year since we spent a few long, scotch and coffee filled days at the revered House of Miracles (when it was still in London, Ontario) recording Tortoise with Andy Magoffin and special appearances by Anna…
Tagged with: Andy Magoffin, Anna Atkinson, House of Miracles, iPad, photos, Tortoise, video
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DIY Effects: Cookie Tin Paramix Pedal Video Demo
I’ve been building a few crazy pedals lately, so expect a lot of video demos in and around things like our upcoming animated music video for “People”. Case in point, the very versatile and useful Paramix circuit from Guitarpcb.com (designed…
Animated iPad Music Video Coming Soon!
If you follow us on Twitter or pay attention to our inter-band/marital disputes on Facebook then you might have heard that I’m working on a 1600 frame animated music video for “People” done completely on my iPad 2 using the…
Gadgets: DIY Blinking Band Sign
I cobbled this blinking band sign together a while back (painted using a similar spray-paint method as shown in our video for “Raise Your Dead (Reprise)”), but it’s one of my more precarious DIY efforts so it’s often out of…
Music Video: Sunset for The Way It Goes
Check out this awesome “moving still image” of Lake of Bays, Ontario by our friend and local artist, Joey Bruni. We’re pretty flattered that he chose our song “The Way It Goes” as the soundtrack to this serene and wondrous…
New Video: Psychedelic Raise Your Dead Live
Here’s another live video from our CD release at the Tranzac last month. This time around it’s for a tune from our first album called “Raise Your Dead.”* We busted out the light-rings for this one too, so I had…
Video: DIY Effect Pedal Board Demo
This one’s for the gear-heads, like me*. We’re back from the East Coast and have some downtime between shows, so I figure it’s high time for a demonstration of all the wacky effect pedals we tour with. This is the…
For a limited time you can get these one-off pedals (each one is painted differently by Paul) for the measly sum of $50, but that price is going up soon, so act now!
Buy them off the stage at our shows or get in touch with the builder himself to get one delivered!
Tortoise (2011)
Hot Air Balloons EP (2010)
...Makes Ghost Noises (2009)
