Walter Tv are one of our favorite local bro bands.

They are from White Rock, which is this bizarre California-esque Vancouver suburb beach town close to the boarder and neighbouring Surrey where car theft is a highly popular activity.

It’s somewhat of a musical hotbed.  From my research I think it has something to do with the music program at Earl Marriot Secondary (I learnt “EMS” has the nickname of standing for “Early Marijuana Smoking”) but I don’t know shit and they might not even be from White Rock.

I do know there music sounds perfect for dropping into a wave, snaking “the bowl” or thrashing your hair around with 80 of your closest smelly friends at the front of the stage.

Walter Tv – HAWAIIII

Here’s a video from one of our and Walter’s first shows back when we were an authentic music blog / event host putting on DIY shows at Funky Winkerbeans, the biggest dive bar in the crackiest part of town.  We would set up a PA and lights and play on the floor.  It was magical. Somehow Local Natives came through as unknowns and blew the 75 people in attendance mind’s.

They later built and stage, hired a “sound guy” and made it more of a legit music venue then the “poor unfortunate and displaced” metal heads moved in and took it over.

Memz.

Were planning a tour down the West Coast with Walter.  If you want to make new friends and can help put on a show hit us up.

posted by Tristan Orchard

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

GO TO THIS PARTY 2NITE AND EVERY WEDS!!!
@ LICK next to Lotus 455 Abbott
Free b4 1030
Special guests Walter TV @ 1130
++ haus djs hunkthedrunk & wobangs
somebody’s gonna get pregnant.
#wi+ch haus #dark #moody #softrap #riddims #hyperdub #juke
follow us on tweeeter @humpwednesdaze

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One of the things I noticed when I started booking bands for No More Strangers is that there’s some really good unique talent coming from White Rock a Vancouver suburb.

Check out this homemade compilation highlighting the “scene”.

Wrinkles: 2007-2010

With: Walter TV, Recreation, Dazzle Ships, Sophie Sweetland, Watermelon, Milky Way, Top Heavy, Wally Baba and More!

DOWNLOAD

Makeout Videotape – Blondie

The Olio Festival lineup and schedule has been released. Book off September 23rd-26th now.

Highlights include, The Very Best, Chad VanGaalen, Tanlines and Shout Out Out Out.  The Street Boners & Tv Carnage people (the)Gavin McInnes and Derrick Beckles are coming for talk and to show their work also…

+++More local talent than you can shake a stick at. Buy your tix now so you don’t end up playing the fool.

Fine Mist have a new album coming out in the fall. These two jams are from it. Purty catchy.

Fine Mist – Stop or Start

Fine Mist – Heart Attack

Babe Rainbow has a new “Screwed” Mixtape. This site ran a nice lil interview with him and talks about a potential LilB collab. exciting!

Babe Rainbow – “Screwed”Mixtape

Tracklisting:

1. Wake Up, Mr. Flowers – Lil B
2. Hit U Up – Lil Wayne feat Hot Boyz
3. Return of the G – Outkast
4. Life’s A Bitch – Nas
5. Ready To Die – Notorious BIG
6. Not A Stain – Jhi-Ali
7. S.O.D. Money Gang – Soulja Boy
8. Silence – Company Flow
9. Paradise – G-Side
10. Mommy, What’s a Gravedigga – Gravediggaz
11. Up – Tyler, the Creator with Domo Genesis & Hodgy Beats

The music making machine, Teen Daze has some new tracks. Here’s one he did for a Heart Music Group collaboration and a Japandroids cover.

Teen Daze – June 2010

Teen Daze – Wet Hair (Japandroids Cover)

We have another No More Strangers show with Teen Daze Sept 17th at the Cobalt. An “all Abbotsford kids” show with Oh No! Yoko and Young Liars who are finishing up a new album.  Here’s a sneak peak of one of the tracks and another Teen Daze remix.

Young Liars – Marathon

Young Liars – Colours (Teen Daze Remix)

Makeout Videotape have been up to their old tricks, making vids.

World Club have a “very dope” brand new ep. They’re on tour right now in the US so hit up their myspace for more info.

You can download the entire ep for free here (you should)

World Club – Static Kill

World Club – Eagle

Walter Tv have a new video for their track Grandpa.

Twee Death and Pop Drones are putting on a couple of shows this week. Wednesday at Nouvelle Nouvelle (209 Abbott Street at Water St. in Gastown) full info here. Broken Water from Olympia are playing. These tracks are from their new debut album. Also playing are Nu Sensae who were so great at NMS on Saturday

Broken Water – Heal

Broken Water – Web

Sunday at the Anza Oneida from NY are playing. Full details here.

+++ This weekend Winnie / No More Strangers presents, Shimmering Stars, Bummer High and Web Sherriff at the Cobalt plus guest deejay set by Parallels on Friday.

and Myths, Mt-40, JDH and guest dj Bobby Siadat at Goodie on Saturday.

Shimmering Stars – Sabians

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.

Herethee, this Saturday we are moving the No More Strangers weekly to the Balmoral for a reopening party.

It’s been closed for a year and had some minor renos done.

Aaaaaand we have a special guest coming from Toronto, Little Girls.

They are on the very awesome Paper Bag Records (You Say Party We Say Die!, Sally Shapiro, Montag, Woodhands, Tokyo Police Club, The Deadly Snakes, Stars etc) and have been featured on the mighty Pitchfork and Gorilla vs Bear and touring with YSPWSD!, Japandroids, Surfer Blood (the best band in the world) and Waaves.

They have just released their stellar new fuzzy surf pop gem of an album, Concepts.

+$1.75 beers + local surf pop heroes Walter Tv and Cat Attack will be supporting.  Doors at 9 show 10:00-1:30am. $8@thedoor

+++ As well as our awesome Beatroute Magazine sponsor, CITR is on board. so f-in stoked.

Little Girls – Concepts

Little Girls – Salt Swimmers

This Saturday Winnie and Beatroute Magazine are very excited to have Walter TV playing. Seriously, exciting and new stuff from a great young band.

I saw them a few weeks ago at Funky’s and they blew my tiny little brain.  Plus they are bringing their pals yet unnamed new band to play for us as well.

Plus dollar fifty beers on tappp.