Precious Memories
Going through some files a little while ago, I found this document (undated, or rather re-dated to when I transferred files from an old computer, but judging by its references, seemingly from around...
View ArticleSummer of Pain Free Download Series, Part 5: Taylor Savvy
Taylor Savvy is perhaps the most mysterious member of the “Canadian jackass crew” that spawned the WP along with Peaches, Feist, Chilly Gonzales and Mocky. You may have seen Savvy onstage with Mocky,...
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Checking in with Mocky
In the summer of 1998, I had just graduated from film school. I was bumming around doing random jobs, and I’d just laid down some tracks of my newly formed solo project at a friend’s bedroom studio....
View ArticleMusical News
I’ve been in the studio recording new WP tracks. So far we have one song in the can, another almost done. I feel good about these tunes, and I look forward to sharing them. In other musical news: WP...
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Enabler – 10th anniversary edition
Ten years ago this week, my album Enabler was released on Ta-Da Records. I’d self-released The Elements of Style a few years previous, but this was my “official” debut on a label. Though the label has...
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2015: The Year in World Providing
Montreal’s finest Police cover band at one of Montreal’s finest venues, Snack n’ Blues. Photo by Richmond Lam. I only did two WP shows this year (plus one with the Police cover band Stinkronicity,...
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Gordon Thomas (1916-2016)
Photo by Lee Towndrow Sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s, I heard the music of Gordon Thomas for the first time via my friends Mocky and Taylor Savvy. It was on a tape, that had clearly been...
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Always EP out now!
The World Provider’s new 6-song EP, Always, is out May 27 from Ting Dun Productions. You can buy it on iTunes or other digital stores, stream it on Spotify, Google Play or wherever music is streamed,...
View Article2016: The Year in World Providing
Let me just start off with this: HOLIDAY SALE! Buy anything on the WP Bandcamp page and get a 10% discount by entering the code holiday_sale at checkout through December 31. After a quiet period,...
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2018: The Year in World Providing
2108 was a big year for the WP. In case you might have missed it… We released a new EP, Old Dreams. Check it out on your favourite music platform here. I collaborated with director Adam Traynor, editor...
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