Videotape (band)

Videotape is a three-piece pop music project of Canadians Adam Saikaley, Nathan Gara and Ryan Patterson,[1] based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Videotape
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Years active2007–present
LabelsIndependent
Websitebirdandflag.ca
MembersAdam Saikaley
Nathan Gara
Ryan Patterson

History

Videotape was formed in Ottawa by three former members of As The Poets Affirm, after that band broke up in late 2007.[2]

Videotape was listed on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop 2008 charts.[3] Their debut album, My Favourite Thing, was independently released in 2008,[4] and appeared on the Canadian campus charts.[5] It was later available for download. A single from the album Smiling Heads, was distributed through Zunior.[6]

(Gara and Patterson are now based in Toronto) They are signed to Toronto record label, Bird & Flag.

Discography

Albums
  • 2008: My Favourite Thing (Independent)

Compilation appearances
  • 2008: Coke Machine Glow 2008 Fantasy Podcast

References
  1. "Videotape – My Favourite Thing [Review"]. Photogmusic, By Ming Wu on January 27, 2009
  2. "Videotape spooling forward". Ottawa Citizen, 2008-03-20. Fateema Sayani
  3. "Village Voice" -"New York Pazz & Jop 2008". Village Voice. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  4. "Videotape My Favourite Thing". Coke Machine Glow, By Conrad Amenta | 13 August 2008
  5. "Chartattack" -"Top 50 Chart". Chartattack. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  6. "Double Pumpers' primal hit tops my chart". Ottawa Citizen, Dec 27, 2008. Fateema Sayani

Reviews and Press


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