Yukon Blonde opening for The Jezabels at The Independent, 10/3/12
The members of British Columbia's Yukon Blonde have been road warriors in 2012, touring much of North America and Europe in support of their sophomore LP Tiger Talk, including appearances at SXSW and a series of festival sets during the summer. Now they're heading out again, this time piggybacking two lengthy tours – first across the U.S. with Sydney, Australia's The Jezabels and then throughout their native Canada with The Sheepdogs, winners of Rolling Stone's 2011 "Choose The Cover" contest. The tour's U.S. leg finds Yukon Blonde in San Francisco next Wednesday, October 3rd, opening for The Jezabels at The [...]
Review: Yukon Blonde, Together, We Can Rule the Galaxy, The Wild Kindness @ Cafe Du Nord, 5/1/12
Doing his best to ignite a thinning Tuesday night crowd at Café Du Nord, shaggy Yukon Blonde frontman Jeff Innes turned to one of the few good things about the day following the one with the worst reputation (Mondays): Cheap fast food. That didn’t seem to reawaken the few dozen people who remained close to midnight, but luckily, the Vancouver, B.C., band’s music should convince fans to come out when the band returns; preferably on a weekend. Yukon Blonde is a dance-rock band in the vein of the Killers, but with a Southern twist when Innes harmonizes with one of [...]