“Gritty, grungy, rock.”
ALAN CROSS
With the release of their sixth single off latest album Unconditional Love in Hi-Fi, Calgary-based garage rock duo Miesha and the Spanks wrap up a highly successful album cycle that saw the veteran band reach new heights. “Bear Kids” is the most personal track on the album, highlighting some of band leader Miesha Louie’s strongest songwriting to date as she explores the death of her father and subsequent birth of her twins four years ago.
From the moment they kicked off their set, it was evident that this wasn’t going to be just another gig; it was going to be an experience. The venue pulsed with an electric energy as Miesha & The Spanks unleashed their signature brand of rip-roaring, loud garage rock. The duo’s performance was nothing short of mesmerizing, transporting the audience to a sonic realm that was both exhilarating and intoxicating.
Miesha Louie has been fronting various incarnations of this duo for more than a decade but may have hit a peak with this multi-layered rock album that showcases both a deepening song craft and some of the best live-wire guitar riffs you will hear this year.
UNDONDITIONAL LOVE IN HI-FI (Album, 2023)
NACC Canada Top 50 of 2023 – #49
NACC Canada – #2
CJSW Top 50 2023 – #7
Earshot! National – #10
SO MAD (Single, 2023)
Indigenous Music Countdown – #7
NACC’s Breaking Alt – #7
Mediabase Top 100 Alternative – #47
IT’S MY YEAR (Single, 2023)
Indigenous Music Countdown – #9 (March 4)
NACC’s Breaking Alt – #8 (Feb 23)
Mediabase Alternative Rolling Chart – #61
CBC Radio 3 Top 10 – #1
I CAN’T WAIT (Single, 2022)
Sirius XM’s Indigiverse: Top 22 of 2022 – #21
Indigenous Music Countdown – #6
DIG ME OUT (Single, 2022)
Sirius XM’s The Verge: Breaking Alt Countdown 2022 – #7
Indigenous Music Countdown – #1
CBC Radio 3 – #2
NACC’s Breaking Alt – #3
Mediabase Top 100 Alternative – #59
SINGLES EP (EP, 2021)
Indigenous Music Countdown – “Mixed Blood Girls” #10
Indigenous Music Countdown – “Wanna Feel Good” #10
Earshot! National Loud – #7
Earshot! Winnipeg Loud – #1
Earshot! Halifax – #1
Earshot! Calgary – #4
Earshot! Edmonton Loud – #3
Earshot! Windsor – #6
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS (Album, 2018)
Indigenous Music Countdown – “Summer Love” #1
Earshot! National Loud – #1
Earshot! Thunder Bay – #1
Earshot! Winnipeg Loud – #1
Earshot! Lethbridge – #1
Earshot! Guelph – #2
Earshot! Kamloops – #3
Earshot! Vancouver – #9
Earshot! Loud Top 20 of 2018 – #6
GIRLS, LIKE WOLVES (Album, 2013)
Earshot! National Top 50 – #12
Earshot! Kamloops Loud – #1
Earshot! Kamloops – #1
Earshot! St. John – #2
Earshot! Edmonton – #4
Earshot! Windsor – #4
Earshot! Ottawa Loud – #5
Earshot! Toronto – #5
“I CAN’T WAIT” – PRESS & RADIO
“DIG ME OUT” – PRESS & RADIO
YYC MUSIC AWARDS – “Singles EP” Rock Recording of the Year
CALGARY CITIZEN – Feature “Dig Me Out” + Truth & Reconcilation
CALGARY GUARDIAN – “Five Minutes with” Miesha and The Spanks
CANADIAN BEATS – New Video “Mixed Blood Girls”
THE REVIEWS ARE IN – New Music Spotlight
TINNITIST: Thursday Mix Tape (Side 2)
MÂMAWI MUSIQUE (CBC) Espaces Auchotones: Miesha & The Spanks feature
“MIXED BLOOD GIRLS” – PRESS & RADIO
”I WANT FIRE” – PRESS & RADIO
RANGE MAGAZINE – Alberta: Best Albums of 2021 – #8 SINGLES EP
CUPS N CAKES – Best EPs of 2021 – #7 SINGLES EP
CUPS N CAKES – Best Music Videos of 2021 – “I Want Fire”
JESUS SISTER – Interview/Feature
TRUE SK8BOARD MAG – The Live Show (Video Interview)
EAT NORTH – One Day in Alberta w/ Miesha & The Spanks
THE YYSCENE – Cover Story, Interview/Feature
CALGARY HERALD – Mixed Blood: How motherhood, COVID and a search for roots helped define Miesha and the Spanks new EP (Feature)
NEXT MAGAZINE: 30 Second Album Reviews (Singles EP)
BIG KITTY MAGAZINE – Mixed Blood Girls (Feature)
VISIONS (DE) – EP Announcement
BREAKOUT WEST – 2021 Western Canadian Award Nominee – Rock Artist Of The Year
YYC MUSIC AWARDS – 2021 Nominees – Group of The Year, Single of The Year: “Wanna Feel Good”
“WANNA FEEL GOOD” – PRESS & RADIO
”UNSTOPPABLE” – PRESS & RADIO
THE TINNITIST – Indie Round-up: 30 Tracks To Take Midweek to the Max – #1 “Wanna Feel Good”
LAST DAY DEAF – Artist’s Voice Feature “Top 10 Tour Listening”
V13.NET – Interview
INDIE 88 – Single Premiere for “Wanna Feel Good”
ANTIMUSIC: SINGLED OUT – “Wanna Feel Good” (Feature)
BREAKOUT WEST – Working Parent Feature/Interview
BEATROUTE MAGAZINE (AB) – Cover Story
EXCLAIM! – Live Review, Rifflandia Music Festival
BANDCAMP – New & Notable
THE BIG TAKEOVER (NYC) – “Girls Girls Girls” Album Premiere
BANDS N BUDS- Podcast Interview
FYI MUSIC NEWS – Interview
THE ALTERNATIVE – “Lost Boy” Single Premiere
ROCK SOURCE MAGAZINE – Feature
THE COAST (HALIFAX) – Feature
VENTS MAGAZINE – Interview
EXCLAIM! – “Girls Girls Girls” Album Review
EXCLAIM! – M&TS Favourite 7 Places in Calgary
NEW NOISE MAGAZINE – “Atmosphere” Single Premiere
SOUNDSPHERE MAGAZINE (UK) – Feature
PUNK ONLINE (UK) – Feature
TURN UP THE VOLUME (Belgium) – Feature
NOISE JOURNAL – “Lost Boy” Review
Miesha and The Spanks is powered by Keychange - an international campaign led by Reeperbahn Festival, PRS Foundation and Musikcentrum Öst, supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, in partnership with Tallinn Music Week, Iceland Airwaves, BIME, Oslo World, Linecheck, Ireland Music Week, SACEM, Liverpool Sound City, Way Out West, Different Sounds, MAMA, Mutek and Breakout West