Just a reminder that we’re back in the Hammer at the Corktown Pub on Thursday. The word is starting to go out, should be a party! Check out footage from last month’s show below…
RWTK Invade Hamilton – Corktown Pub
April 2nd, 2011
RWTK VS JUMPLE – Saturday, April 16 @ The El Mocambo
April 2nd, 2011So you may have heard that RWTK and JUMPLE have been in the middle of a feud for sometime now. We’ve finally decided to have it out once and for all and let our fans decide Toronto’s craziest live band. SATURDAY, APRIL 16 – Mark your calendars because we’re going head-to-head at the El Mocambo.
Nate ran into JUMPLE’S front man, Eugene a couple weeks ago and things got pretty heated. So to start getting under their skin, we showed up at the JUMPLE Mediazoic Showcase last Thursday, took over the set & kidnapped their bass player! You can see the highlights below….
Below that is Nat’e confrontation with Eugene…
We’re back at the Cameron this Tuesday so come out and get sloppy with us, we can only assume Jumple is going to try and copy our style again and invade our set.
Frank Marchetti Live in Africa Featuring RWTK!
March 1st, 2011Okay, we’re not exactly going on a tour of Africa with Frank, but this is about as close as we’re going to come until that big record deal finally shows up in our mail box. Frank wanted to take a little piece of Ontario to Africa with him and we couldn’t be happier he did! We’ll be posting pictures from his (our) adventure up on this blog post along with the his notes as they come in. Enjoy!
From Frank: “The kitten journey has begun… – The Giza pyramids in Egypt.
“More kitten photos!
They are all from Egypt. first place is The Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el Bahari. then a bunch of shots from Ramesseum – wicked site. then a couple of night shots at Luxor temple. then a bunch of shots at Abu Simbel. this is a major site in Egypt but when i was there all the tourists had already fled, and so it was just me and this chick from Taiwan. it is so cool to be at such a major place without the crowds! then a shot of the travelling man on those shitty egyptian buses. and then finally the situation at the airport, just barely getting out.
cheers from Mahdia, Tunisia”
RWTK Take On Hamilton, ON
January 18th, 2011
That’s right folks, in our attempt to be the hardest working live band in Ontario, Run With The Kittens have added yet another monthly residency to the mix. Besides, Toronto, Guelph, Kitchener and Midland, you can now see us every month in Hamilton Ontario at The Corktown Pub & Fare! We’ll be there February 3rd to get things started and unless we make enemies with the town, will be back on the 1st Thursday of every month after that. This is going to be a Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) event, and we’ll be playing from 10:00 PM until you’re sick of us.
The Corktown Pub & Fare is located @ 175 Young St. See the map below to suss it out! The official Poster is right below the map.
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Come help us celebrate the launch of Cameron House Records
January 10th, 2011
Come help us celebrate the launch of Cameron House Records
LEGENDARY QUEEN WEST INSTITUTION, THE CAMERON HOUSE, LAUNCHES NEW RECORD LABEL.
JANUARY 5, 2011 (TORONTO, ONTARIO) – Since opening it’s doors in 1981, The Cameron House has been home to well over a thousand bands and has been one of the most influential venues on Toronto’s infamous Queen Street West music scene. Many of the artists who have inhabited the Cameron’s two st…ages have gone on to enjoy very successful careers including Gordie Johnson, Blue Rodeo, Holly Cole, Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry, Willie P. Bennett, Molly Johnson, Justin Rutledge, Royal Wood and The Barenaked Ladies. Now, the second generation of Cameron House management is taking their love of supporting great local musicians one step further by starting Cameron House Records, a full scale music company involved in all forms of live and recorded music. The label will officially launch on January 22, 2011, with several musical performances at the Great Hall located at 1087 Queen Street West at Dovercourt.
In May 2010, The Cameron House changed its management for the first time in fifteen years. The months leading up to that change were full of speculation and reports that The Cameron House was being sold or turned into yet another Starbucks. Neither of those things happened, in fact, The Cameron House is still owned by one of its original owners, whose Son, Cosmo Ferraro is the new manager. It didn’t take long for Cosmo and business partner Michael McKeown to realize the best thing they could do to support the local artists in a bigger way, was to start a record label. With a continuous influx of new talent, (The bar hosts upwards of twenty different acts a week) they feel like they are able to showcase the most promising independent artists Toronto has to offer.
The artists that will be featured are:
David Baxter
Jack Marks
Jadea Kelly
Run With The Kittens will headline
Cameron House veterans John Borra and Corin Raymond, as well as newcomers Kayla Howran, and Ferraro will appear as special guests.
TICKETS:
$15.00 Advance
$20.00 Door
Available at:
- The Cameron House
408 Queen Street West
- Rotate This
801 Queen Street West
- Soundscapes
572 College Street
Purchase them online at:
http://tinyurl.com/CHR-Lau
For More Details Contact: info@cameronhouserecords.c
New Years Eve With The Kittens & The Silver Hearts
December 28th, 2010
So here’s the low-down: RWTK will be bringing in the New Year this Friday night in Midland Ontario with The Silver Hearts (FKN AMAZING! – check them out here). We’re playing at The Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre (175 Yonge Street, Midland, Ontario) Click for map. The Silver Hearts take the stage at 9:30, the Kittens @ 11:30 – The Silver Hearts will be joining us on stage for a magical version of Auld Lang Syne at midnight! Tickets are $49 and include food – Aps and a curry bar later on.
We’ve got a special gift for everyone coming too, limited edition, silk screened, dated & numbered posters – see above and shirts to match!
For tickets call: (705) 527-9199 with a name/phone/credit card/first born son/etc. They’re moving quick so get on it if you’re planning on coming down to party with us!
Special props to FRANX for the awesome poster/shirt design: checkout his portfolio here!
Saying Goodbye To Paul Sannella, We’ll Miss You
December 17th, 2010Paul Sannella and Run With the Kittens started a relationship together around the fall of 2003 when the Kittens began their 5 year residency at Toronto’s Cameron Public House. In our early beginnings there, we sloppily blasted him away every Tuesday night with our lose and unrefined stage show.
Often you could hear him yelling at us about how loud and punishing we were. He was right on the money.
As time passed we became tighter as a band and so did our relationship with Paul. He was never afraid to make harsh criticisms regarding our performances and shows at the Cameron. In a way, he was almost like another member of the band.
Playing live in the front room of the Cameron every week coupled with Paul’s caring and up front ways really helped us become who we wanted to be. We all owe a little something to Paul. I was usually the last one with him at the end of a Tuesday night and always, without fail, as I walked out the door he’d look me straight in the eyes, and with his voice bouncing off the walls of the empty bar, he’d say “Great job tonight Nathan”.
If you ever wanted empty compliments or bullshit you had no business talking to Paul. He could lash you with brutal honesty and send you away feeling warm and refreshed. We are all carrying around very heavy hearts this week.
On behalf of the entire band,
Ciao Bella
RWTK VS Balcony TV ‘The Sun Don’t Ever Shine’ Live & Acoustic
December 6th, 2010
The good people at Balcony TV got a hold of us last October & asked us to come in record an acoustic track for them. It just went live today on balconytv.com and was selected as an ‘Editor’s Pick’! Here’s the clip – enjoy! Oh yeah and don’t forget to check out the rest of the videos they have on the site, just follow the link above, there’s some great stuff in there!
‘Myth In The Sky’ Live @ the Jimmy Jazz
November 23rd, 2010So, to start off on an embarrassing note, here’s a gold star for super fan Carly Epps who obviously knows the songs better than I do – She rightfully pointed out that I got the name of the song on our last post wrong (it was ‘Live Forever’ not ‘Who’s Gunna Love ya”. Well sleep easy Carly Epps, whoever you are, it’s all been corrected and I’ve double checked this post 3x for accuracy. Here’s a version of ‘Myth In The Sky’ that’s 2 parts guitar grime, 2 parts Guelph sized mixed drinks all night and all parts blues. Hope ya like it. Oh yeah, also, we posted a picture of the mystery interpretive dancer boy from Guelph below, that guy rules!
Actually, why stop at a picture when we have live video footage (it’s a bit dark, but he’s hard to miss)…Not to mention this gives us an opportunity to give it up to Dewy 1 more time!
‘Live Forever’ LIve @ The Explorer’s Café, October 09, 2010
November 11th, 2010Okay, so we’re not the best bloggers, that’s pretty obvious, but realistically, who cares about reading dumb, useless, shit we’re trying to make up for the sake of blogging, right? Right. For now on this is going to be the spot to go to see videos clips and pictures from our last show. We’ve had a few in the last month or so, but we’re going to start things off with highlights from Midland last month. Midland is one of our favourite towns to play, the room sounds great, the audience gets sloppy and rowdy with us, the food is unbelievably delicious and the couple that book us to play there every so often are 2 of the coolest cats in the game. Here’s a pretty psychedelic version of ‘Live Forever’ – Hope you enjoy it!
Oh yeah, here’s another reason why Midland rocks – Every time we go there, half the room is wearing RWTK shirts, and when ever we make a new design they run us over at the merch table during set break, they support hard! Thanks Midland, the Kittbens love you!
