Canadian indie rock darlings, Sloan, will be performing at St Andrew’s Hall tomorrow night. Doors are at 8 and the opening act goes on at 9. Tickets are still available and $19 at the door.

Sloan is (or are if you’re from Canada) a four piece rock ensemble formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the early 90’s. The group saw moderate success in the US with the single, “Underwhelmed,” from it’s 1992 debut LP entitled, “Smeared.”

The multi-demonsional quartet has released 8 LP’s in total to go along with an earlier EP, a live album (1999’s 2-disc “4 Nights at the Palais Royale”) and a greatest hits collection in 2006.

Sloan’s latest, “Never Hear the End of It” was released January 9th in America on Yep Roc records.

The group’s sophomore release, “Twice Removed,” is widely regarded as the group’s best, and, while it helped end their relationship with DGC, it endeared them to fans in their native Canada who hail  it as the greatest Canadian album of its generation.

In the early 90’s the group started it’s own record label, Murder Records. The label featured such acts as Eric’s Trip and Thrush Hermit who would later find US labels and some radio play. The venture was more artistic than financial and loose binds were often broken when bands were discovered by more established labels.

Although never fully embraced by America as a whole, Sloan has many dedicated fans in the states. Detroit and the surrounding areas hold a large portion of those fans. Radio play on Windsor/ Detroit’s 89X has certainly helped the cause.

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