No More Strangers is hosting a killer line-up consisting of Chains of Love, Lost Lovers Brigade, Ville Kulla sponsored by BeatRoute + CiTR @ The Biltmore Thursday February 16th and you won’t want to miss it. Local Vancouverites Slim Fathers are opening with their debut performance so be sure to get out early — RSVP at the Facebook event page here. RABBLE rabble rabble..

Hyped by John

April 9th @ The Astoria. Winniecooper.net / No More Strangers / CITR / Beatroute Magazine present:

Two bands we were crushing hard at SXSW on:

Cousins and Duzheknew are from Halifax.

Cousins – Anxious

Cousins & Duzheknew – NANS

Duzheknew – Home Caste

The Group Sound are from Edmonton.

+ local gnarley barley’s Walter Tv

Walter Tv – Smoking

Walter Tv – Waves

photo by Steve Louie. Young Liars at No More Strangers, Sept 20th 2010

Vancouver’s Young Liars have released their debut EP, “Homesick Future”.

Winnie really can’t say enough good things about it.

Not to brag butttttt, we’re pretty stoked on being the first to blog them back in August… because they are going places.  Their live show is tops too.  Congrats guyss we’re rooting 4 u.

You can buy the ep, which is #7 on Itunes Canada’s Electronic Album chart for $5.

Sooo I just want to start off by saying this past Saturday was off the chain. Austra + Humans + Resorts = mind blowing good time! This week we got a couple more grrreat shows 4 u. Starting off with this wednesdaze, HUMP at Lick (455 Abbott), we have half of humans, Autacoid as a special guest! + djs wobangs & hunk the drunk.

Autacoid – Runnin

Then on thurrrsday we have an awesome lineup @ Goody with Weed, Foonyap and The Roar, Babysitter and Beach Deamon.

Weed – Cody Girl

Babysitter – angel of death

FOONYAP and the Roar – Exurbia

Finally friday is Supercassette’s 1irst CD release ever! With Oh No! Yoko, Raccoons & Dj Hunk the Drunk + friends at teh Cobalt!!!

SuperCassette – Stereolungs

SuperCassette – Good Company

Oh No! Yoko – 90s Kids

#weekendstartsonwednesdaze

1irsties: We have a NYE party that doesn’t cost $45 and def won’t suck if you like secret warehouse parties.  There are still $10 early bird tickets avail (cause we posted it like 5 days ago).  The line up is pretty sick if I might say so.  Blood Diamonds is headlining it with the Oh No! Yoko bros, Autacoid (one half of Humans)and a lot of really good djs.

Blood Diamonds – Heart

2nds: Facebonk deleted our No More Strangers group so were starting a new night.  Right now i’m thinking of calling it something with the word “fuck” in it.

3rds: I made a brand new mixtape. The first in over a year.  I’m pretty stoked on it and you should download it and share it with your friends.

>>Hunk The Drunk – 2K_7-11<<<

That’s it.  I hope you all are surviving well and have been playing a lot of xbox / blazing gange / or what ever it is ppl do these days.

I love you

-Trissy / Hunkthedrunk

We have some of the finest talents on the West Coast tonight.  #realtalk

DO NOT MISS DIRTY BEACHES WHO’S GOING TO EASE US INTO THINGS BEFORE WE TAKE A NASTY TURN AND GET ALL 666 ON IT.

Dirty Beaches – True Blue

Dirty Beaches – Black Horses Take 1

Cosmetics – Black Leather Gloves (Premiere Rang Remix)

Cosmetics – Sleepwalking

Animal Bodies – Tomb Table Testimony

Animal Bodies – JUNGLE CATHEDRAL

This Friday at Cobalt, 917 Main.

Crystal Swells – Burn It Electric

Crystal Swells – Mouth Breather

Melted Faces – Hey Honey

++ Hospital Blonde and Winnie / Hunk The Drunk playing tunes / Dance Party

Brand spankin new SuperCassette song to debut!

SuperCassette – All My Friends

and a re:up

SuperCassette – Lost In The Park

Dreamboat is coming over on the ferry from Viccy town too! + the majestic Alonzo Wang

Dreamboat – Molly Ringwald

Dreamboat – Fun Fools

Dreamboat – Summer Heart

New video from East Vancouver’s Shimmering Stars for “I’m Gonna Try”.  All shot around my fave block in town.

They played their first ever Vancouver show at No More Strangers and were so good, we rushed to rebook them.

They play Nov 19th at the Cobalt with Carnivores from Atlanta and my other fave new Vancouver band, Victoria transplants, My Friend Wallis.

Shimmering Stars – Sun’s Going Down

Shimmering Stars – I’m Gonna Try

Carnivores – The Florentine

Carnivores – Salts To Mine

My friend Wallis – Free Day

My Friend Wallis – BEAUTIFUL SHIT

Thus begins our crazy phasey. Every thursday at the Chapel is HeeBee GeeBees! Wtih various artists and musicians strutting their stuff, Babe Rainbow and friends kicked off the first HBGBz. Check it out here!

Hey folks, I busted my neck so the photos are a tad latez. Sooooo lemme remind you of how much fun we had 2 weeks ago! The small but mighty band, Oh No! Yoko kicked the night off followed by Teen Daze who, after getting a great review on pitchfork, just got a new bass player and recently left for their mini tour around western Canada. And last but definitely not least to light up the stage, is Young Liars, with their psychedelic light show and light up mirror masks, seeing this band live is not for the faint of heart, or epileptics.
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOSSSS!!!!

Saturday was a late night No More Strangers as we welcomed home our pals Myths from their longass north american tour. There was song and there was dance in our cozy lair as they, along with MT-40 and Johnny from JDH put on yet another amazing show. If you don’t believe me, see for yourself –> CLICK 4 FOTOZZ!!!

It was Dinosaur Feathers‘s (new york) first time here in Vancouver. After meeting Listening Party at Sasquatch, they planned a mini Canadian tour and we were the luck ducks that got the see them and Boy Voyage last Friday at The Cobalt. We welcomed the threesome with a big sweaty crowd and plenty o’ beer! = No More Strangers.

For photos –> CLICKY HERE!!!!

Now at its fancy new weekly Friday spot at The Cobalt (+one offs around town), we along with Beatroute Magazine have been putting together a very slick line up of upcoming bands for August.  Im going to go so far as saying our best month ever / most exciting by far.

Here’s a taste of what’s in store…..

This Friday.  The internet’s darling, Teen Daze with Watermelon and Soft Focus.

Teen Daze – Hobo Feet

Next friday…. August 6th

Feral Children’s album “Brand New Blood” has escaped me until recently.  Such a gem and from the middle of Canadaland in Saskatoon too.

Feral Children – On a Frozen Beach

Feral Children – Woodland Mutts

Also playing Aunt Dracula from Philadelphia

and Vancouver heroes Dead Ghosts.

Dead Ghosts – Bad Vibes

Dead Ghosts – Spot a Trend

August 13th….

Dinosaur Feathers from Brooklyn (my fave place on earth other than Vancouver right now).  I had sent out Listening Party’s new album to some blogs which led to Dinosaur Feathers getting in touch with Listening Party wanting to do some shows together and now were doing this. <3u internet. They recently played Sasquatch (not to name drop)

Dinosaur Feathers – Family Waves

Dinosaur Feathers – Teenage Whore

Playing with Winnie Cooper faaves, from Shawnigan Lake

Listening Party – Kissing Booth

August 14th @ Goodie. Some treats from Montreal’s Arbutus Records

Pop Winds – Elgin Stream

Grimes – Rosa

with our pals Walter Tv

Walter Tv – Live and Dubbed at the Dos

August 20th. Brazilian Money, who played our Music Waste BBQ and are also the raddest dudes.

Brazilian Money – Macaroni Makeout Party (Lift up your skirt the sky is falling, take off your shirt the sky is falling)

Brazilian Money – Bones

And I think this will be one of Shimmering Stars first shows??? How fucking great is their music!? vvv

Shimmering Stars – I’m Gonna Try

Shimmering Stars – Sabians

August 21st at Goodie

Myths homecoming (miss u mythies), Mt-40 and JDH who we are fiiinally doing a show with.

JDH – Dove

JDH – Goodmorning

Aaaaaaaand officially announced today…. WE ARE DOING A BOAT CRUISE with our beatroute peeps, cause life’s too short not to do one. Annnd Redbull, Citr and Nudie Jeans are sponsoring it cause they’re rad.

August 27th 6:15-10pm on the Abitibi

w/

Humans

Humans – Always Around

SuperCasette – Lost In The Park

Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (My!Gay!Husband! EDIT)

+ Genie / Erik Devereux

Rico Uno & Genie – RE-UP SWAG SURFIN’ MIXTAPE (2009)

+ After party @ The Cobalt w/ Winnie djs and Zia

Tix avail soooon at the usual suspects and online at clubzone

Hot Dayum.  It’s going to be a good month.  Get on the No More Strangers facebook group already and don’t play the fool.