Posts Tagged ‘yvr’
Student Loan Records 2nd Release Event
Join Student Loan Records Friday, April 13th at the Astoria Pub for the release of their second record. The night will include complimentary Jason Voorhees masks to celebrate “Friday the 13th,” as well as special live performances by Babysitter, Apollo Ghosts, and Korean Gut.
Apollo Ghosts – For What They Do, They Do
HYPED by John
Young Liars, The Ballantynes & Valley Girl @ FiveSixty
Unless you’ve been incarcerated for the past year and/or camping out in the boonies, I’m going to presume that you’re familiar with Vancouver buzz band Young Liars. They break hearts with their hipster good looks and hypnotic electro-pop.
Luckily for me, they’re hitting up FiveSixty nightclub on Thursday, April 12 to support their latest release off Nettwerk Records entitled Homesick Futures aka the perfect post-prom love making album. Be careful ya’ll, wear a rubber.
Young Liars will be joined by fellow local acts The Ballantynes and Valley Girl, who have the perfect tunes for this supa chill weather.
Tickets are only $10.00 and available online or at Zulu, Beatstreet and Red Cat Records. Doors are at 8:30pm, show at 9:30pm.
posted by @clarkbs
Real Boys: Real Deal
Our little honey’s from Oh No! Yoko teamed up with Stephen O’Shea from You Say Party and made Real Boys. Check their Facebook for more info on a Western Canadian tour and enjoy their single “Vacation” from their self-titled EP.
Posted by John
Hot Chip – Flutes
I encourage you all to start your week off right with a sexy new single from Hot Chip. My favourite memory of Hot Chip was watching them at Coachella 2010, an older couple standing near me clearly wasn’t diggin’, and said they were just “electronic disco,” which made me wonder what acoustic disco sounds like…
Their new track Flutes is an infectious booty shaker, and it’s going to be on their new album “In Our Heads” which comes out in June on Domino Records.
Hot Chip is hitting The Commodore on September 15th which feels like 5 billion years from now but you can get tickets now and they’re going fast.
posted by @EstabanBelChere
Music is Memory, D.B. Buxton
You may have heard the saying “Music is Memory” before, but it’s not often determined what this saying means. The reference is a rhetorical question and can be interpreted in several ways.
Daniel Benjamin Buxton puts a specific definition in my head. If you’re walking around downtown Vancouver at night, between the audible pulse of electronic beats bleating from every club in a 5 block radius, you may run into D.B. playing a song entirely against the current. He will likely be, stomping on a piece of wood with a tambourine, shredding an ancient looking guitar, and howling a blues tune with almost terrifying authenticity. Buxton plays old world blues, a style that is so close to being only used in a historical sense, that he makes it entirely his own. His execution in performance is so precise, that any doubt of his act coming off as a novelty is quickly squelched.
Music is memory because it doesn’t remind us of how the world was in a prior point in history, instead it has the ability to remind us of how the world felt, this is because people have always expressed their feeling through music. D.B. Buxton has a rare gift of emulating the emotions from an important period of music that started Rock n’ Roll.
Don’t take my word for it. He is best experienced as a live performance. Buxton told Winnie that he has taken a break from music but has returned and is ready to get out and perform again. You can check him out at Guilt and Company in Gastown, perhaps the last venue downtown where you might see anything like him on stage. He is performing on Monday evening, April 2nd, and will return periodically.
For now check out a new tune Buxton sent Winnie titled “Blues on the Ceiling.”
D.B. Buxton- Blues on the Ceiling.mp3
posted by @EstabanBelChere
Cyclist – High-Score 500
Vancouver Disco-Electro…. Virtuoso, Cyclist has released a new EP that’s available now on Juno Download.
posted by @EstabanBelChere
Upcoming: DAS RACIST Live @ FiveSixty
Note: this show has been postponed until further notice. Too High Crew and Lanse Base will still be playing this date.
Winnie’s been sitting on a huge announcement for the past couple of weeks and I’m finally able to announce that yes, the rumors are true.
Brooklyn based trio Das Racist will be hitting up FiveSixty Nightclub on Thursday, May 3 with local guests Lanse Base and Too High Crew, as well as Winnie’s very own Dj Wobangs. It’s going to be a musical Christmas for everyone with killer taste.
Lanse Base – Thrift Shop Pawn Shop
Advanced tickets are only $15.00 and you can cop them online or at Red Cat, Beatstreet, or Zulu Records. Doors are at 8:00pm, show at 9:00pm. Additional information can be found on our event page.
And just one more thing before I leave to go swoon over my lover Heems. Das are featured in the new issue of Tepsic Magazine and to celebrate such a joyous occasion they’ve made an exclusive mix that ya’ll defs need to download. Check it below.
posted by @clarkbs
New Albertans
On April 24 2012, The Albertans will release ‘The Hunter‘. A haunting, elegant seven inch vinyl EP recorded with Joshua Stevenson (Magnetic Rings). The title track is an epic journey that leads you into a sinister foray of organ sounds and frenzied guitar. ‘The Hunter‘ was formed in the damp coves of Bowen Island (BC) and offers a glimpse into things and sounds to come.
To celebrate, The Albertans are throwing a party at The Biltmore on Friday April 20th.
Posted by John
