Best Band T-Shirt In The Tri-City Area

As I was doing the final updates on Facebook for the group I had created for my radio show this semester, I realized I had blog gold that I had yet to share. My radio show was on Radio Laurier and called The Feature, a show that featured up and coming local bands from the Tri-City area. That's Guelph-Waterloo-Kitchener for all you big city folk. One of the bands that I featured and saw a few times this year was The D'Urbervilles, who have been on the rise as of late. Originally from Oshawa and then students at the University of Guelph, The D'Urbervilles, as described on their myspace, came into being "equipped with little more than a borrowed amplifier, an Echo & The Bunnymen cover and a band name lifted from a 19th century British novel." In 2007, they finished recording their full-length album We Are The Hunters, which was released with critical acclaim within Canada on Toronto indie label Out Of This Spark in February 2008 and is currently available for digital download on iTunes.

The last time I saw the D'Urbervilles was at the end of February with other local acts Green Go and Bocce and was absolutely blown away by their live show. Not to mention I got the coolest band t-shirt ever which I wear more than I should to rep small-town Ontario. It was the last one they had left, but even better than that was the drunken conversation I tried to have with the adorable lead singer who shocked and amazed me with a voice that sounded like the singer from The National.

"Hot Tips" - The D'Urbervilles
"Dragnet" - The D'Urbervilles