Monday, November 02, 2009
you know i need pills when you say 'i love you'

With the Cobalt shutting its doors and Far Away ending things off one a super bad ass note with the Misfits Halloween Party last Friday, Vancouver's down a few regular nights that hosted live acts, so it's good when I can talk about a new one for a change.

First Friday goes down, fittingly, on the first Friday of every month at the Eldorado (Nanaimo & Kingsway) and it kicks off this week with Needles & Pins, Unfun, Detention, and Born to Run, three bands that I haven't heard and one that I haven't had a chance to catch live yet.

But, while I haven't caught Needles & Pins in the flesh, Tony was nice enough to send over some recordings. The whole set is pretty awesome, but this one definitely sticks out as the highlight...

download: Needles & Pins - Pills

Oh, and I haven't got around to drawing No Gold contest winners, so if you entered, you still might hear from me soon!

Regulars: November 2nd-8th

Monday

Tuesday
Shindig @ the Railway: Bleating Hearts, Search Parties, and Sevens, Nines, & Tens
Sailing @ the Astoria: unknown

Wednesday
The Beehive @ Honey: back on November 25th
Discorder Presents... @ the Astoria: Search Parties, Tyranahorse, and Death from Above 1985/86
Gypsy Fade Wednesday @ the Media Club: back at the end of November

Thursday
Honey Lung Thursday @ Honey: 99 Problems and Shove
Blastramp @ the Bourbon: no live act

Friday
Damaged Goods @ the Astoria: back next week
Far Away @ the Media Club: RIP
Good Burger @ Babar: Timecopz
First Friday @ the Eldorado: Needles & Pins, Unfun, Detention, and Born to Run

Saturday
Glory Days @ the Biltmore: no live act (11pm doors - Land of Talk is the early show)
Night Shift @ the Astoria: unknown
No More Strangers @ Smiley's: Modern Creatures and Tight Solid

now playing: Needles & Pins - Pills

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2 Comments:

I read something about a vancouver compilation cassette for $4 in maximum rock&roll, but I didn't buy the issue. Do you have any info?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:58 p.m.  

Not really sure. There was a cassette comp that VidKid put out (vidkid.org)... but it doesnt sound like something that would be in Maximum R&R

By Blogger Quinn, at 1:30 p.m.  

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