Tim Gilbertson is a Canadian power-pop singer-songwriter based in Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Alberta

Alberta

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. He plays guitar

Guitar

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, bass guitar

Bass guitar

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, and piano

Piano

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. His musical influences include The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...

 and Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. They are based in Portland, Oregon. Since their 1996 debut album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think...

.

Biography

Originally from Hinton

Hinton, Alberta

Hinton is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Yellowhead County, northeast of Jasper and about west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead and Bighorn Highway, in the Athabasca River valley.-History:...

, later living in Edmonton, Alberta, Gilbertson comes from a musical family, with mother playing piano and father playing guitar. Tim Gilbertson is the youngest of the children, and the only one not to have received formal music training. One brother, Eric, is a drummer and the other, David, is a rhythm guitarist. His sister is a music teacher in Calgary, Alberta.

Gilbertson is working towards a geology degree at the University of Alberta

University of Alberta

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, and runs a media production company Paper Tiger Media

Debut

The debut Tim Gilbertson was released on Pop Echo Records in 2007. Produced and engineered by Andrew Shaw, the album was recorded in Burnaby, British Columbia, in July–August 2006. Gilbertson's brother Eric played drums

Drum kit

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 for the album.

The critical reception was generally positive, with Exclaim!

Exclaim!

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 saying, "There’s joyfulness to his songs, from their nice, crunchy guitars to the unforced vocals, and despite a couple of weaker moments, this is an incredibly accomplished piece of work." Vue Weekly

Vue Weekly

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 wrote, "The album is both melancholy and catchy". The Edmonton Journal

Edmonton Journal

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s critic called the track "Palm Trees and Postcards" one of her top five favourite songs of 2007.

Track listing

All songs were written by Tim Gilbertson.

1. "Palm Trees & Postcards"
2. "Hot Damn!"
3. "Analogue"
4. "Get Going"
5. "Bike Ride"
6. "Wasting Air"
7. "Long Walk"
8. "Sick to the Stomach"
9. "Kissin' Cousins"
10. "Counting Stars"
11. "All Our Guns"

Palisades

His second album, Palisades, was released on Pop Echo in 2010. It was recorded in Edmonton. The lead single is "Chipped Teeth".

External links

• Tim Gilbertson official site
• Tim Gilbertson on CBC Radio 3
  CBC Radio 3
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• Tim Gilbertson album review (2007-08-02) in Fast Forward Weekly