You Should Know: The SSRIs

This band was passed to me from a friend in Vancouver and she did me a huge favor. They've managed to stay under the radar since forming in 2006 but that won't be the case for much longer I don't think. As an opening act they've played with They have played many shows with many bands, including The Doers, The Most Serene Republic, dd/mm/yyyy, The Rebel Spell, Bella, Better Friends Than Lovers, Zechimechi, and yesterday with Rah Rah and Sleepless Nights. They are currently touring Canada so your chance to check out the foursome and add them to your list is coming up shortly.

If this sounds like the kind of thing you're into



Then you should hope over to their website at thessris.com where you can download their music for free and nothing.

You can also catch them on tour at

4 Jul 2009 8 pm
The Hydeaway Edmonton, Alberta
6 Jul 2009 8 pm
War On Music Winnipeg, Manitoba
7 Jul 2009 8 pm
The Apollo Thunder Bay
9 Jul 2009 8 pm
Arcadia House Sudbury, Ontario
10 Jul 2009 8 pm
Duffy’s Tavern with MSG Toronto, Ontario
11 Jul 2009 8 pm
Marcello’s bar with Dance Electric Missisauga, Ontario
14 Jul 2009 8 pm
Poor Alex Toronto, Ontario
15 Jul 2009 8 pm
The Boat with Soft Copy and Divine Is Nothing Toronto, Ontario
16 Jul 2009 8 pm
London Music Club London, Ontario
17 Jul 2009 8 pm
Escogriffe Montreal, Quebec
18 Jul 2009 8 pm
Centre Chat Bleu Montreal, Quebec
20 Jul 2009 8 pm
The Elmdale House Tavern Ottawa, Ontario
22 Jul 2009 8 pm
Bar Ste. Laurent 2 Montreal, Quebec
24 Jul 2009 8 pm
The Apollo Thunder Bay, Ontario
26 Jul 2009 8 pm
Lo Pub Winnipeg, Manitoba
28 Jul 2009 8 pm
Canmore Hotel Canmore, Alberta
30 Jul 2009 8 pm
Biltmore with Ghost House, Hermetic & Char2d2 Vancouver, British Columbia

Sled Island Featured Artist ~ SSRIs

Calgary’s Sled Island festival is almost upon us and Off the Dial is running a cool daily feature. Every day from now until June 26th, we’ll showcase one band who will be playing this year’s festival. Here’s our first featured artist!

June 23rd, 2009 @ Tubby Dog with Sub-Linguals, Jonathan Toubin, Noah York

Vancouver’s SSRIs will be playing the very first day of Sled Island at Tubby Dog on Tuesday, June 23rd. The quartet (Elliot Langford, Joseph Hirabayashi, Anthony Dallas and Aaron McKinney) are self described as “weird/punk” which sums up their sound quite nicely. Their music is very raw, sometimes chaotic and experimental and should translate live quite interestingly. Just as chaotic their music can be, so his their history.

READ THE REST OF THE STORY AT OFF THE DIAL!