Meisha and the Spanks w/ Tinge
Punk, indie rock, riot grrrrl. Indigenous fronted.
For fans of Black Belt Eagle Scout, Zoon, Bikini Kill, Mobina Galore, The Pack AD, L7, Babes in Toyland.
Meisha and the Spanks
Based in Calgary/Treaty 7, Miesha and The Spanks are a garage-rock two-piece who turn it all the way up. Shaking the rafters with her radiant range, Miesha Louie simultaneously wails on the mic while she riffs on her flying V, as Sean Hamilton’s performative but hard-as-heck hitting drums also captivate the crowd - revealing their undeniable chemistry on stage. High-energy performances paired with catchy power-pop sing-a-long choruses make them at home on big festival stages as well as sweaty dive bars - and they have played plenty of both!
The release cycle of the latest album Unconditional Love In Hi-Fi has taken them across Canada and into the US, UK, Germany, Sweden, and Poland. They’ve played everywhere from 80-4000 capacity venues this year, including the Burt Block Party with Billy Talent in Winnipeg MB, CBC’s “Come Toward The Fire” Indigenous showcase at the Chan Centre in Vancouver with Black Belt Eagle Scout and Zoon, and support to Bif Naked on her Alberta club tour dates, to name a few.
Whether it’s an all ages punk show or theatre showcase, Miesha and The Spanks command the audiences attention, appealing to their inner angst or nostalgia for a time when their heart’s were on fire.
Tinge
Followers of Tinge may be forgiven for believing the band’s moment has arrived. The songs of Veronica Blackhawk, an Anishinaabe multi-hyphenate from Lake of the Woods, Ontario feel timeless; yet, they sit so well amongst their sonic contemporaries that it’s hard to believe they've been over half a decade in the making. Their brand of indie rock is as raw and sorrowful as it is catchy and vast, drawing comparisons to Big Thief, Camp Cope, and Julien Baker.
Tinge’s path to the stage was a winding one. Coming from a turbulent home, Blackhawk (they/she) always found themselves grasping for a sense of belonging. Hopping from town to town, they would make friends and then move away; it was in this cycle that they met their future bandmates in high school classrooms. In the years that followed, Blackhawk wrote a collection of music during one of their life's calmer periods, attempting to reconcile their good and bad experiences through brutally honest and sincere songwriting.
In 2021, still craving kindship and community, Blackhawk built up the courage to reach out to the musicians with which they had felt the strongest bond—the guys from highschool—and a band was formed. The trio recorded their debut EP Big Deep Sigh at House of Wonders, with producer Adam Fuhr at the helm.