Feb 6th, 2010
The Orchid Highway return to Seattle to perform at the quarterly STUDIO 66 @ Lo-Fi Performance Gallery, 429 Eastlake Avenue East. Stage time 10:30pm.
Jan 15th, 2010
The Orchid Highway purchase a new Tour Bus. Tourist parking during the Olympics now expected to be more difficult than foreseen.
Jan 4th, 2010
Award Winning Director Robert Riendeau & The Orchid Highway meet to discuss plans for another music video collaboration.
Dec 12th, 2009
Recording continues. Derek Macdonald visits various storage lockers in East Vancouver, and discovers vintage organs he didn't know he had.
Nov 24th, 2009
It rains in Vancouver. Again. That happens a lot these days. The Orchid Highway record at their private studio. (Something else that is happening a lot these days).
Nov 20-21, 2009
Eastside Culture Crawl Echo Chamber - the infamous after party launched by TOH, rages on into it's 4th year. The band opts not to headline the festival year and instead remains focused on studio work. To promote the festival the Eastside Culture Crawl uploads a clip of The Orchid Highway performing "Legion Hall" at Echo Chamber 2008. It can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7iAl9DDghE
Nov 11, 2009
National Holiday. An ecclectic collection of microphones gather around the latest amplifier to join The Orchid's collection. Jamie sets the volume slightly past "max" - and the guys in the control room hit the record button.
Oct 24th, 2009
The Orchid Highway performs in Bellingham, Washington.
Oct 12th, 2009
Scott Perry records a really great guitar part.
September, 2009
FUSE ON DEMAND adds Sofa Surfer Girl for the duration of September making Summer last a little longer.
Aug 21st, 2009
The Orchids perform at IPO Seattle.
Aug 16th, 2009
TOH perform at the International Pop Overthrow in Porland Oregeon.
July 9th, 2009
Sofa Surfer Girl is broadcast Nationwide on Canada's premiere music channel MuchMusic. (The Wedge)
July 3rd, 2009
The Orchid Highway's “Sofa Surfer Girl” music video, directed by Robert Riendeau, is officially released in the United States.
July 1st, 2009
David Bash, Founder of the International Pop Overthrow Festival, celebrates his favorite Canadian bands of all time (Collectors, Grapes of Wrath, The Orchid Highway) in honor of the country's National Holiday. Regarding TOH – he had this to say: “The Orchid Highway, are without doubt, one of the best pop bands in Canada today.”
June 21st, 2009
The first day of Summer, and while not all the band is present, the day marks the first session at The Orchids private studio, when Derek Macdonald adds a sickly, wheezing, circa 1936 Hammond to a song under consideration for the band's next album.
June 17th, 2009
Producer Steven Drake (TOH/Odds/ Marcy Playground/Tragically Hip) inspects The Orchid Highway's private recording facility and declares Orchid Studios “overdub ready”.
May 26th, 2009
The band sifts through material recorded with Howard Redekopp (New Pornographers / Tegan & Sara) and the follow up release takes shape.
May 11th, 2009
One year anniversary of the US release of TOH album on Rainbow Quartz records.
March 21st, 2009
Austin, Texas: The Orchid Highway's performance blows the roof off B.D. Riley's during the Rainbow Quartz SXSW showcase.
March 20th, 2009
Austin, Texas: Orchids Drummer cheats death! A 45 ft tent pole topples, and crashes into the Spiderhouse Cafe outdoor stage during the band's soundcheck. It misses Adrian Buckley's head by an inch, and seriously damages two of Derek Macdonald's (musical) organs!
March 19th, 2009
In-store performance at Austin's Blue Velvet Vintage.
March 17th, 2009
The US Department of Homeland Security approves P1 Work Visas for The Orchid Highway allowing the band to perform in the United States.
Dec 28 2008
Shooting begins on the “Sofa Surfer Girl” music video, directed by Robert Riendeau.
Sept 25th, 2008
Tom Harrison of The Vancouver Province rates The Orchid Highway's self titled LP as 5th best album of 2008 in his Best of the West Coast article.
July 31st, 2008
Paste Magazine makes NEXT WORLD their "Video Of The Day".
July 18th, 2008
The Orchid Highway reaches their first #1 chart position on US Radio: WDPS - DAYTON OHIO.
July 17th, 2008
Construction begins on The Orchids Highway's private recording studio; where the finishing touches will be added to the next record.
June 25th - 28th, 2008
The Orchid Highway book into Vancouver's famous "Mushroom Studios" (now named HippoWest) and gets started on their next record. At the controls is Howard Redekopp (New Pornographers, Tegan & Sara).
June 2008
The video for "NEXT WORLD" reaches Number One on the Roxwel.com Indie Chart.
June 11th, 2008
Rainbow Quartz releases THE ORCHID HIGHWAY album in Canada.
June 9th, 2008
U.K. release of THE ORCHID HIGHWAY LP.
May 2008
MTV Latin America adds the "Next World" video to their playlist; reaching a potential viewing audience of 35 million in the United States - and an additional 21 countries in Central and South America.
May 13th, 2008
The Orchid Highway's self titled album is released in the USA on Rainbow Quartz Records.
April 28th, 2008
The Orchids get their first ever add to US Commercial Radio. KEAO (Maui) plugs them immediately into heavy rotation. The intended single (Next World) is not added to their playlist for several weeks. Instead Program Director Michael McCartney becomes the first to introduce SOFA SURFER GIRL to American airwaves~! The song remains in heavy rotation (at 3 spins a day) for months.
April, 2008
The Orchid Highway shoots the "NEXT WORLD" video with award winning filmmaker Robert Riendeau.
