"Goodbye Doris" Released Nationwide on iTunes

Our debut album, Goodbye Doris has just been released digitally across Canada through Fontana North.

Be sure to grab your copy via iTunes today! Click here to get it.

Summer Time and the Livin's Easy... Late Night Summer Smash Crazy Foxx Tiff 'n Blast.

Well, livin' can be a drag sometimes, but not in the summer -- unless you've got a broken heart left over from Spring time... Check us out in the home of summer love and rock and roll and promnad days and kyempenfest... Barrie Ontario, we shall play you and slay you! So, this Friday at the side door of the Roxx... an Friday August 1st on the patio at TIFF's. It's gonna be hot and sweaty and who knows what will happen, but we hope you are there?

Does anyone actually read these ? Leave us a message if you do. We feel lonely sometimes. Time for racquet ball.

Horseshoe, Elephant!

Howdy Folks! Well, it's been a couple weeks since last we spoke, and there's a lot to tell! This week Brandyn became a first-time homowner, with a nice little pad in South Central Barrie... the band also purchased a surfin' Safari van for upwards of $500... as well, it's recording season, and we're heading to the lovely home of Nevado Records' recording headquarters in Brampton, Last Ounce Studio. To boot, we also purchased a medium sized ProTools set up to try our own hand at recording metal albums (if you want one of your own, don't hesitate to contact us)... and the most exciting news of all, Daniel Brandon Allen of Fox jaws announced that he has yet again fathered an offspring! It's gonna be a boy, and he's gonna be born a bad-ass!

So, we hope all of your lives aren't as busy as ours, so you can spend your weekend with us on Saturday with our friends, Elephant at the Horseshoe! It's the release of their new full length album, which I believe marks the first official release on Nevado Records! Yippee Kayay!!

We the Jaws will be on early, at 9:30 pm, so be there or be an obtuse triangle, and stick around for the lovely Pachyderm lads!

See you there!

North by Northeast, Fridee

Request Fox Jaws on XM Radio

It's quick and easy... click on link below to request us on your favourite Satellite radio station... besides, who listens to FM anymore anyways?

XMFan.com

NXNE!

Stay tuned for Friday June 13th at the Rivoli, a we're playing there for North by Northeast. Gonna be a right wicked time, especially if Carlin Nicholson (the 6ixty 8ights) is doing sound. Visit the nxne web site for more details.

Thanks a million!

Thanks so much to everyone for their support of our good friend Brett Caswell. We managed to raise a healthy amount of coin to help him in his recovery. Hopefully we'll see him and his Marquee Rose sometime in the near future.

Benefit for Brett Caswell!

So, as some of you in the inner circle of Barritude might be privy to, our best buddy Brett Caswell has just returned from Nicaragua (with Carleigh too), where he accidentally fell off a modestly high (6 or 8 foot) balcony, and smashed his face and busted his arm. It was surely the worst vacation anyone could ask for, but you'll have to ask him -- we're just assuming. After 5 days in the Nicaraguan hospital in Managua where no one habla ingles, he was released and free to fly back home to Canada, where he is now going under the knife at Sunnybrook hospital to fix his broken Jaw.

Seeing as Brett incurred quite a hospital bill in Central America -- and even worse -- a busted jaw and appendage which are nearly priceless, he will need our help to stay afloat in the over-expensive inflated North American economy. This ain't Nicaragua no more! People can't be payed less than 5 cents a day! Brett will not be able to work for a while, as he is a singer and guitar and piano player, and a music teacher to boot.

Hence, we Fox Jaws with our good friends Sonora Aero Club and the fine young lads from Brett's band the Marquee Rose are throwing a special benefit concert in Brett's name at the Foundation Night Club in Barrie. It will be on Tuesday April 29th, All Ages, 8:30pm sharp! There will be special edition cds, art prints and t-shirts for sale, with the proceeds going to Brett.

Be there! Brett needs you!

Thanks
B
FJxo

Fox Jaws on XM Radio this week!

Hey friends, our session at the Verge studios in Toronto are being broadcast tomorrow at 6am and 6pm, as well as Sunday at 9am/9pm. If you have that nifty little XM gadget in your car, listen up, channel 52, should be a good time!

We will have the recording available for download too, most likely just after they have been broadcastered. We'll keep y'all in the loop.

Fox Jaws Signs (with a Beer) to Nevado Records

Our good friends at Nevado Records in Toronto, Ontario, have taken us under their wing. Our new best friends are mostly animals, but not rabid in any way, especially not the great mastermind, Nick Bernal, who signed us with no more than five Stalla Artois. We would have done it for 2 Stellas and 3 cans of Budweiser, but Nick is a generous man, and we are supremely happy to be part of his new pride/pack/herd, and we can’t wait to build a great future together. Cheers friends, and thanks for the listens and all the support over the past year or so. It’s been a real long winter (like we’ve ever known any different), and we’re glad it’s over, and on to better times for all.

To find out more about Nevado Records, go to www.nevadorecords.com

Stay tuned here for some more great news and a special treat on our debut album anniversary…

Your pals, together in spring time,
Fox Jaws xo

New Gallery

Check out the new photo gallery kids! Photos by Anton Volek.

The Week of Rock

Hi Friends, thanks so much for all who attended our shows last week, in Windsor, London and Barrie. We had a blastoid, and we met a lot of cool new folks. Special thanks to the D'Urbervilles, who rock harder than Kelly Gruber's mullet, and to Bass Lions and Nevado Records for lending us their sweetass 15-passenger beast of a van. We love you guys and all that you do.

Stay tuned for some treats from the Barrie show: a production team under the guide of Mr Scott Weatherall filmed our set at the Foundation Nite Club, and we'll release a DVD of it in the next couple of months (as long as the sound works out -- Johnny G style)... Also our new best friend Anton Volek took some killer photos for us, and they'll be posted up here for all to see real soon.
We'll keep you posted as far as shows go in the spring -- there's a couple goodies, but for the most part, we're takin 'er easy till summer time... and the livin's easy...
Peace!

Brandyn Made a Flyer.

CMW was a heck load of fun!

Hey, thanks to everyone who made it out in the snow storm (again) to see us on Saturday for CMW. It was a really great time, and much thanks to the CMW crew and Dan Wolovick from Two Way Monologues for all their support.

Saturday was, among other things, a real confirmation of this theory: Fox Jaws is cursed by mother nature! Yes, it was again a huge snowstorm on the date of our show, as was last week in Guelph, and countless other times we've hit the road. We just can't seem to escape it! The world may be trying to tell us something, but we're not listening for now, and hopefully our hard work and persistance will just prove the world wrong and make us stronger. Perhaps we need more First Nations prayer circles and burnt sweet grass... Maybe Dan can get that started.

On another note, we stopped by the Edge 102 studios to talk woth Adam Ricard before our show... why don't you go to The Edge 102 and request a song! That would be real nice!

CMW This Weekend!

This Saturday, March 8th at 11pm, see your local Fox Jaws heroes at Rancho Relaxo! If you aren't getting a full week wristband, then click here to purchase tickets in advance for Saturday's show. They're only $6! See y'all there!

XM Radio

Hey friends,
We've recorded a live session for XM 52, the Verge! It was a real fun time, and it will be available for download in April. It will feature 3 oldies and 2 new ones, so be sure to brown load it when you can!

We and the D'Urbervilles

Hello friends... first, thanks to all the Allistoners who came out to the Groundswell! It was a great time and a sure nice place to play, so hopefully we'll see you all again soon.

On another note, we've added some shows in March to be played with the wonderful D'Urbervilles! If you've nigh heard them, check out myspace.com/thedurbervilles. They're really great, and we can't wait to play with them... the dates are Monday March 17 in Windsor at the Phog Lounge, Tuesday March 18 at the Alex P. Keaton, and Wednesday March 18 at the Foundation in Barrie. This should be a real fun little tourette, and we can't wait to reach the South of ONT.

You build cars, we build rock and roll.

Tonight, tonight! A nice little show with Bass Lions, and some additional (local) acts. Believed to be All Ages. Maybe your parents build cars, and you listen to Rock and Roll, either way, come check it out.

Get on the Guest List!

If you want to come to the Horseshoe this Friday, send us an email at foxjaws@sympatico.ca (make sure the subject field says "Horseshoe Guest List"), and we'll add you and your friends to the list! No problem!

Preparing the Saddle, the Horseshoe is Coming

Howdy Folks! We're all a real excitid to be a playin' the ole' Horseshoe Tavern agin. It's been a real long time since we a been thire, and we's a can't a wait ta git back in the saddle!
See y'all on Fridee!

Tonight! The EDGE!

Young ones, come to us! 228 Yonge Street, tonight at 9pm SHARP! Be there or be a trapazoid!

Review: Spill Mag

Review: Spill Mag

Barrie, Ontario's Fox Jaws, formerly known as Doris [Day], is fresh out of the gate with this fantastic debut. Goodbye Doris is full of some very well crafted ambient pop rock. These guys pull off some excellent boy/girl vocal harmonies and duets to a massive effect. Vocals are sweet, soaring, and only sometimes raunchy and overdriven, yet always impassioned. Goodbye Doris full of richly textured and orchestrated songs, and along with the lyrics, it is ever evocative of the greater Canadian experience. Strong and varied percussion holds most of the album together, leaving the guitars to create large echoing sounds that sweep across the speakers and build upon the rhythm. Though young, this band has fast become masterful of their craft, creating massive soundscapes ranging from the roots-ier 'Karmonica' to the vaguely psychedelic 'Forging a Truce'. Comparisons to Broken Social Scene can certainly be made – the size of this band's soundscape is at times that large, and their tasteful use of multiple instrumentation could soon put them at the forefront of Canadian music.

-Jesse Kline

Derek is Gone for Good.

Yes it is true the once six legged fox has now been reduced to five again. Five alive, Pearl Jam, whatever. I suppose now we will be operating under a moderately strong family dynamic. Derek was one of the founding members of this band, a brother, and a fucking good player.

Godspeed Magulman

Andrew's Apartment Explodes.

December 6, 2007, Andrew's apartment building exploded and burnt to the ground. Thankfully no one was injured, but everyone lost everything they owned. Check out the video section to see the news reel of the event, and stay tuned for a special charity show later this month to help the victims of this horrific tragedy. We believe it was linked to Thai vigilante group, The Sword of Buddha :)

The New Audio Section

Hey Friends, check out the Media section and listen to our songs with our new audio player. Make sure you have the latest Flash Player, version 9 (get it at www.adobe.com). Dig it!

Mildly Explosive

All right, so we're mildly exploding all over Toronto this month, with 2 shows... check the Shows section for full details... The Biggest Deal will be at the Drake Hotel on Thursday November 15th. Get this: the line up is Fox Jaws, Oh No Forest Fires, and Foxfire Forest. I don't know what genius thought up this idea, but it should be a wicked night!
See you there!

We'll Play Toronto 'till we Explode!

Hey.
We're playing some more Toronto shows for all you concrete-walkers.
November 8, 15 and 24. Basically November is "blast Toronto 'till we explode month".

Stick around for further details...

Money, not ours!

Well, too bad, but we unfortunately didn't get a chance to play for $10,000. But the winner's list does seem a little fishy over at the B101 Basement Tapes contest... some weird voting inconsistencies must have occurred concerning our friends Johnny Confidence and Jeff Wardell, but we don't really know any details. Anyhow, congratulations to our even closer friends, Used For Glue, who will perform for the big bucks on Tuesday. Good Luck Boys!

We Want Money! You Can Help Us!

Hello friends,
You may think it's lame, and yes, we somewhat agree, but we've entered a contest on Barrie's B101. Go to their site: www.b101fm.com. Then find our song "Karmonica" and vote for it. You can vote every day if you like, and if we get enough votes, we can get a chance to win $10,000! Then we can buy a van and drive it across the country to see you all!

Thanks for your support, and be sure to tell all your friends!

The Videos Section

Hey Friends, check out the new Videos section in the Media gallery. We'll keep it updated as much as possible so you never forget what we look like in live action.

See you at the Drake this Thursday!

Review: NOW Magazine

Barrie six-piece indie rock/pop act Fox Jaws, in not very much time at all, have put together an exceptionally well-crafted debut (recorded by Ryan Mills, the man behind Most Serene Republic) that ably showcases the kids' impressive and raw songwriting talent.

Eclectic in sound but still cohesive, Doris bounds out of the gate with the uproarious, swelling Karmonica, featuring soulful singer Carleigh Aikins belting it out until her voice almost waivers in a beautifully honest way, while closer New Body stands as an eight-minute string-laced epic and frantic farewell on an album that proves that not everyone has to sound like the Arcade Fire to get some love.
> Rating: NNNN

www.nowtoronto.com

Chromewaves Fox Jaws Contest

The good folk(s) over at Chromewaves.net are graciously hosting a contest to win a Fox Jaws t-shirt, CD, and free passes for our Drake appearance on Friday August 24... Check out their site for more details!

www.chromewaves.net

Review: Chromwaves 7.0

I barely missed catching Barrie's Fox Jaws at last year's Over The Top Fest (when they were still known as the lawsuit-inviting Doris Day) by a number of metres - namely, they were playing on the roof of the Drake and I was in the basement. Fast-forward a year to their debut full-length (slyly named for their identity change) and alls I can say is better late than never. The six-piece turns out taut and hooky rock with an energy and effervescence that belies the density and sophistication of the music but their secret weapon is singer Carleigh Aikins, whose whiskey-shot voice evokes a classic soulfulness without sounding out of time or place in a gang of young, indie-rock toughs such as these. Big things are inevitable.

-- www.chromewaves.net

Review: Two Way Monologues

You don't read about bands from Barrie, Ontario very often, but now you will, because I'm going to tell you about Fox Jaws. These six friends from what Torontonians have the gall to call "Northern Ontario" make a lot of pretty noise, and touch on a lot of different genres.

The band was originally known as Doris Day, and they were probably smart to change that, because if they ever got huge that would probably have resulted in some expensive and annoying legal troubles. And there's the potential here -- there's something of Canadian mega-groups Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene to be found on the band's debut full-length, in the drama and the slightly unhingedness, respectively. I know it's tired to trot out those comparisons, as if these are the only two Canadian bands with more than four members -- indeed, bands barely contained by the space afforded by small club stages seem to be quite in vogue these days -- but they come to mind pretty quickly. That's not to say that Fox Jaws are aping the sound of those two outfits, just that they, too, often manage to capture the something special that makes listeners take notice.

Fox Jaws know how to hold the momentum on a track, mixing up the pace and coming in and out without making things crazy or losing their way. There's a pop sensibility running throughout these eleven tracks making up Goodbye Doris that serves them well.

Despite the variation in sounds, Fox Jaws hold it all together well; these songs play like they make sense together. Still, as always, there are standouts. The previously-mentioned "Karmonica" grabs hold pretty quickly; after easing you in with some gentle guitar, "Couple of Pops" does the same. The former track has something in it that reminds me a bit of Neil Young, if Neil ceded the foreground to an appealingly raspy-voiced female singer and upped the cacophony quotient in his tracks. "Quarantine Girl" has the male vocals at the front; these songs switch back and forth, between and within them, but Carleigh Aikins and Daniel Allen play against each other well throughout.

This in, on the whole, a fun album to listen to; the enthusiasm of the band members is infectious. But it does take a few darker tunes. "Hide & Seek" has something in the guitar that is a bit more melancholy and has a tinge of 90s alt-rock crunch, while the vocals on the verses of "Swaying Tuesdays" are muffled and held back just a little, like they're about to burst forward with rage. Strong percussion drives "Warm Winter Coats" along, and Aikins' voice quavers just a little bit with fragility before the chorus busts out.

But that's just cutting the album into its parts; on the whole, it works, and that's what's most important. So, you should listen to Goodbye Doris. And I should go see Fox Jaws live.

SCORE: 8.1

www.twowaymonolgues.com

New Galleries Just Added!

Please check out the new photo galleries we've just updated. There's some old jems in there from the turn of the century... enjoy!

Usicfest Postponed

For the time being Usicfest is postponed due to government permit problems... we'll keep our fingers crossed for now. Stay tuned!

Usicfest

Summer is a time for friends and fun and, um, keggers! So if you want an amazing night of music in the great outdoors, bring your tent to Usicfest in Hillsdale. For $25 you get a shuttle bus to and from the event, unlimited beer, food and music featuring our local buddies Mugshot, as well as Ruby Coast, the Mount St Louis Ramblers and MC Absent Minded. It all takes place on a beautiful farm which boasts a nature-made amphitheatre and a man-made stage ( Jessie Coughlan, the man of the farm, has put much work into this event). The event named Usicfest -- some sort of hybrid word made to include "youth" and "music" -- is the first of many steps to creating a Charitable Organization focused on helping young people get into music -- whether through the purchase of musical instruments, instruction or management support, namely the Youth Music Project.

Tickets ( in the form of cups) can be purchased at Brock's apartment in Barrie ( Dunlop and Five Points), or by contacting ourselves or Mugshot. (Stay tuned for online ticket sales through our web site/Paypal) Tickets can also be purchased at the entrance for a little more money.

The terrible news is that, due to the major undertaking of permits and all that jazz, this event is 19+. However we will make it up to all those under 19 in the very near future, we promise.

The date set right now is July 14th, so mark it off. (Be aware that the date could change - stay tuned for more details)

It's gonna be a hoe-down show-down...Hope to see you there!

NXNE : Good Times.

Thanks to everyone who helped pack the Dakota Tavern this past Saturday. We had an amazing time, and we can't believe we actually fit on the stage there. Thanks to NXNE for having us, and we can't wait to do it again one day!
Stay tuned for video and photographs of the show; we'll post them as soon as we can.

Media.

Hey folks, as you can tell, this fancy little site is still under construction... Stay tuned for the MEDIA section which will feature recordings (released and unreleased), videos and other gems you can enjoy from anywhere in the world! It's the World Wide Web!

Exclaim.ca Epic Poem Review

Toothy grins and hats that hide your face, messenger bags and holey Converse, greasy hair and blazers. Those holes weren’t planted on your shoes, those hats not strategically placed, that hair not purposely unwashed; it’s who they are. It’s who we are. Void of every fad and gimmick, Fox Jaws are real people; they live, die, breathe and create just like you and I. But what they create is on the verge of brilliance, what they live are lives worth documentation, when they die it sounds amazing, when they breathe it brings the audience to life. "Karmonica" sounds like a song we never had the talent or time to write. Gorgeous indie rock is overdone and with this level of honesty it’s hit or miss. However, albums like Goodbye Doris will bring back the feeling that music is so much more than what it simply is. It’s in everything we do. Just hear "Couple of Pops", which recalls post-rock Broken Social Scene-esque beauty but with more focus, and can easily soundtrack any walk through the city on a chilly day, hands dug in pockets, nose wet and red. Listen to “Hitchcock Camera Trick", which hollows out edgier Bowie interpretations, in your headphones on the subway and you may never be able to wake from such emotions. Once known as Doris Day, Barrie, ON’s Fox Jaws already know you; do you know them?

Sari Delmar, Exclaim.ca

US and Overseas Shop Items

Hello international friends, if you want a copy of "Goodbye Doris" visit the Shop area! Be sure to buy the "US & Overseas" version of the CD (it's the same disc, just with extra shipping costs). Sorry for the inconvenience, but we've got to cover our bases! Thanks for all your support thus far!

Fox Jaws at North By Northeast 2007!

Fox Jaws will be appearing at the Dakota Tavern for their second NXNE appearance ... check out the Shows section for more details, or check out www.nxne.com

Have you ever heard of MySpace?

Don't forget, our myspace page is www.myspace.com/foxjaws

We just spiced it up a bit....

Not as cool as this site though! Keep it real!

Website Update!

Hello everyone, thanks for the kind feedback so far!

We have just released a few other areas of the website, you can now check out the Upcoming/Past shows, as well as browse the Fox Jaws Merchandise (in the Shop).

Keep coming back as more updates will be released over the next couple days.

Note: IE7 users are recommended to use FireFox 2.0, we will correct any bugs for IE7 once the other areas are completed. Thanks for your patience!

Fox Jaws Website Launch!

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to our brand new website. Take a look around at some of the features we have available for you to explore.

Please note that this website is still experiencing on going construction so some things may not look or work as expected just yet, but we are working on having everything 100% in the next week!

Some browsers (Internet Explorer especially, we recommend Mozilla FireFox) may experience mis-aligned pages, so feel free to contact our developer and let him know.

So stay tuned and keep checking the website for all the latest news, and new features as they are completed!

In the meantime, be sure to check us out on MySpace as well:
www.myspace.com/foxjaws