Impossible singer/songwriter locator challenge accepted?
October 16, 2023 9:22 AM Subscribe
When I was in college in the early aughts at McGill University in Montreal. I used to attend a folk singalong at the Yellow Door Cafe. There were two women, also McGill or Concordia student, my age who performed together as Allicide (or maybe Alicide?). I loved their music. I want to find it now. It seems...impossible? Is this in fact the case?
Other details-- googling Alicide gets me nowhere. I used to have a homemade CD of their music but I'm not sure if it ever ended up online and if so how to find it. I don't remember either woman's name. Are there other ways to search I'm not thinking of? Or is this, in fact, not solvable?
Other details-- googling Alicide gets me nowhere. I used to have a homemade CD of their music but I'm not sure if it ever ended up online and if so how to find it. I don't remember either woman's name. Are there other ways to search I'm not thinking of? Or is this, in fact, not solvable?
Best answer: Well, you just made my day, because believe it or not, I am one member of that long-ago band :) I don't play a ton these days, so having someone remember our music from 20ish years ago is really lovely.
I think I probably still have some old CDs lying around - MeMail me and I can figure out where to find them and get one to you.
posted by sabotagerabbit at 10:19 AM on October 16, 2023 [248 favorites]
I think I probably still have some old CDs lying around - MeMail me and I can figure out where to find them and get one to you.
posted by sabotagerabbit at 10:19 AM on October 16, 2023 [248 favorites]
This story is just adorable, and so now I want to hear the music that would still tug a listener's heart twenty years later, too! Is it available online anywhere? (I have to believe that getting CDs past the Border Pines would be a pain in the neck.)
posted by wenestvedt at 11:04 AM on October 16, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by wenestvedt at 11:04 AM on October 16, 2023 [6 favorites]
I'm going to see if I can upload the CD - will update here if I manage it!
posted by sabotagerabbit at 11:14 AM on October 16, 2023 [24 favorites]
posted by sabotagerabbit at 11:14 AM on October 16, 2023 [24 favorites]
Don't forget that MeFi Music exists -- see the link up top? :7)
Not much protection or anything, but...it's there if you just need a little hosting. *shrug*
posted by wenestvedt at 11:46 AM on October 16, 2023 [10 favorites]
Not much protection or anything, but...it's there if you just need a little hosting. *shrug*
posted by wenestvedt at 11:46 AM on October 16, 2023 [10 favorites]
Response by poster: Holy moly! This was a) not the outcome I was expecting b) SO EXCITING!
posted by jeszac at 4:42 PM on October 16, 2023 [21 favorites]
posted by jeszac at 4:42 PM on October 16, 2023 [21 favorites]
Poor nonane - immediately came up with the correct answer to an obscure question and isn't even the best answer in the thread.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:03 PM on October 16, 2023 [38 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 7:03 PM on October 16, 2023 [38 favorites]
Response by poster: Jacquilynne- I got so excited by response #2 that I didn’t click the first link. Hat tipped and answer marked as best! There is clearly very little AskMetaFilter can’t figure out…
posted by jeszac at 7:09 PM on October 16, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by jeszac at 7:09 PM on October 16, 2023 [3 favorites]
Inspired by the fact that I think half this thread lives in Ottawa, I have posted a proposed meetup.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:28 PM on October 16, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 7:28 PM on October 16, 2023 [8 favorites]
Mod note: [btw, sabotagerabbit's answer and this thread have been added to the sidebar and Best Of blog]
posted by taz (staff) at 1:32 AM on October 17, 2023 [9 favorites]
posted by taz (staff) at 1:32 AM on October 17, 2023 [9 favorites]
Best answer: It almost took my own Ask, but I managed to upload the album from an old iPod and pop it onto YouTube for nostalgic enjoyment.
This was recorded in two 3-hour sessions, live off the floor, while I had a very bad cold/laryngitis. I was living in Montreal and the other half of the band was in Ottawa, so scheduling was super tricky, and we were broke students. We had a lot of fun, though, and our live shows often involved matching t-shirts and other gimmicks that our 19-year old selves thought were pretty hilarious - folk musicians, we crack ourselves up.
I also uploaded my one-and-only solo album that I released four years later, and others have found, Andrea's recent music is more readily available online already!
(And sorry for stealing your excellent internet sleuthing thunder, nonane!)
posted by sabotagerabbit at 11:06 AM on October 17, 2023 [27 favorites]
This was recorded in two 3-hour sessions, live off the floor, while I had a very bad cold/laryngitis. I was living in Montreal and the other half of the band was in Ottawa, so scheduling was super tricky, and we were broke students. We had a lot of fun, though, and our live shows often involved matching t-shirts and other gimmicks that our 19-year old selves thought were pretty hilarious - folk musicians, we crack ourselves up.
I also uploaded my one-and-only solo album that I released four years later, and others have found, Andrea's recent music is more readily available online already!
(And sorry for stealing your excellent internet sleuthing thunder, nonane!)
posted by sabotagerabbit at 11:06 AM on October 17, 2023 [27 favorites]
Say, sabotagerabbbit, would you prefer us to buy this on Bandcamp, so you can get some money for it?
posted by wenestvedt at 11:25 AM on October 17, 2023
posted by wenestvedt at 11:25 AM on October 17, 2023
That is very kind, wenestvedt, but I'm okay making it available to you fine folks (and the broader internet), given the long time lapse since recording! Thanks for checking.
posted by sabotagerabbit at 12:03 PM on October 17, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by sabotagerabbit at 12:03 PM on October 17, 2023 [2 favorites]
This is why I love Mefi :)
posted by bluesky43 at 12:07 PM on October 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by bluesky43 at 12:07 PM on October 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
Too late, I just threw a few bucks in your guitar case. :7)
That album is really good!
posted by wenestvedt at 12:37 PM on October 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
That album is really good!
posted by wenestvedt at 12:37 PM on October 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
This is delicious music, thanks Metafilter for putting well-harmonized complex music in my ears today.
posted by Jesse the K at 4:44 PM on October 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Jesse the K at 4:44 PM on October 17, 2023 [1 favorite]
What are the odds!
MeFi meet up at Lola Rosa anybody?
posted by cacofonie at 6:38 AM on October 19, 2023 [3 favorites]
MeFi meet up at Lola Rosa anybody?
posted by cacofonie at 6:38 AM on October 19, 2023 [3 favorites]
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posted by nonane at 9:47 AM on October 16, 2023 [27 favorites]