Thursday, April 30, 2009
if you strike me down in anger, here i stand
Between then and now, I managed to catch Leonard Cohen (who was brilliant--check out Elaine Corden's review), Boogie Monster (whose wicked set included some noisily re-imagined covers of Kanye and Japandroids), and Piper Davis (who was in her usual fine form at Glory Days).
Between then and now, that thing up there also came out (although, they didn't have it at RedCat yet when I went the other day, so I don't have the real thing). Some people whose opinions hold a lot more weight than mine really like it.
The guys were out on tour when Brian had to be rushed to the hospital, which you may have read about. Hope you'll join me in wishing him a quick recovery.
Lions in the Street are at the Media Club on Friday with Chris Read & the Pool Hall Gospel.
Hermetic play Little Mountain on May 2nd with Collapsing Opposites, Search Parties, and the SSRIs.
The same night, Jaws and No Gold play the Astoria.
Bravo Juliet play the Railway on May 6th with the Blue Violets and the Good News.
Bend Sinister play the Biltmore on May 7th with Language Arts and We Are the City.
The same night, Man Your Horse, Aunts & Uncles, and the Armadilettantes are at the Backstage Lounge.
Julie Doiron is at the Biltmore on June 14th.
Slayer and Megadeth are at GM Place on June 24th. Epic.
Three Mile Pilot are reunited and at Richard's on July 21st.
Kings of Leon are at GM Place on August 15th.
And, it's out of town, but the Cap Hill Block Party features the Jesus Lizard and Sonic-fucking-Youth as headliners this year. Two days for $40 USD. See you there?
Oh, and go, Canucks, go!
now playing: Sonic Youth - Antenna
Sunday, June 08, 2008
amy white out
I got to Hoko's for day four of Music Waste just in time to catch the last two songs from gr8-2000. Tom was his usually rambunctious self, even donning a cape before a set closing cover of Kraftwerk's "Pocket Calculator."
Piper Davis followed things up. She (and her band) sort of stuck out on the bill. All the acts at Hoko's shared an electronic element, but Piper's set injected a welcomed dosage of soul into the evening's proceedings. It's been about a year since the first time I saw her perform, but I'm still amped to hear "Academics" - which she closed with - any day.
Onomatopoeia is Dustin's (from Sex Attack/Adjective) "retired" solo project. It consists of Dustin singing over electro tracks he plays off of an ibook. Half the room seemed to love it (myself included) and half the room seemed to hate it and Tom (gr8-2000) really fucking loved it.
I think Music Waste billed the headliner as Jesse Taylor, and the last time they played they were Soft Disco, but right now they're playing as Reflektions. I really wanted to attempt to catch the entire bill over at 340, so I only caught a couple songs, but the eletronic joints are familiar sounding Jesse songs (since he's singing) backed by music that's a little more dance floor friendly than Twin Crystals or Channels 3+4.
I got to 340 in time to catch the very end of Gang Violence's set and spent large parts of the evening cursing the scheduling, because they were awesome. Rocking guitar and drums with a healthy dose of noisy electronics over top, the pair were one of the best surprises of the fest so far for me. They're looking for a singer. Hopefully they find a good one, because the rest is already great.
Golden Touch, who were another two-piece, followed up. They didn't blow me away like Gang Violence, but their straight ahead punk wasn't anything to complain about. And there were a few tunes that stuck out as pretty great.
I'd heard good things about Sorcerers, so I was excited about seeing them. They sound a lot like Bad Brains (early Bad Brains), which certainly isn't the worst thing that could happen to a band. As with Bad Brains, I liked the songs that leaned a little further from reggae and more towards the hardcore side of things, but they're whole set was pretty sweet. Plus, their lead singer looks like Axl before he went crazy, got fat, and stopped working with Slash and how awesome is that?
White Lung: still awesome (in case you were wondering). Yeah, not much more to say than that.
See you out there for the final night of Music Waste!
now playing: Guns n Roses - Nightrain
if you strike me down in anger, here i stand
It seems like ages since I've posted about any shows I've seen. Well, it has been ages, actually.
Between then and now, I managed to catch Leonard Cohen (who was brilliant--check out Elaine Corden's review), Boogie Monster (whose wicked set included some noisily re-imagined covers of Kanye and Japandroids), and Piper Davis (who was in her usual fine form at Glory Days).
Between then and now, that thing up there also came out (although, they didn't have it at RedCat yet when I went the other day, so I don't have the real thing). Some people whose opinions hold a lot more weight than mine really like it.
The guys were out on tour when Brian had to be rushed to the hospital, which you may have read about. Hope you'll join me in wishing him a quick recovery.
Lions in the Street are at the Media Club on Friday with Chris Read & the Pool Hall Gospel.
Hermetic play Little Mountain on May 2nd with Collapsing Opposites, Search Parties, and the SSRIs.
The same night, Jaws and No Gold play the Astoria.
Bravo Juliet play the Railway on May 6th with the Blue Violets and the Good News.
Bend Sinister play the Biltmore on May 7th with Language Arts and We Are the City.
The same night, Man Your Horse, Aunts & Uncles, and the Armadilettantes are at the Backstage Lounge.
Julie Doiron is at the Biltmore on June 14th.
Slayer and Megadeth are at GM Place on June 24th. Epic.
Three Mile Pilot are reunited and at Richard's on July 21st.
Kings of Leon are at GM Place on August 15th.
And, it's out of town, but the Cap Hill Block Party features the Jesus Lizard and Sonic-fucking-Youth as headliners this year. Two days for $40 USD. See you there?
Oh, and go, Canucks, go!
now playing: Sonic Youth - Antenna
Labels: boogie monster, lazy show recaps, leonard cohen, piper davis, show announcements
Sunday, June 08, 2008
amy white out
I got to Hoko's for day four of Music Waste just in time to catch the last two songs from gr8-2000. Tom was his usually rambunctious self, even donning a cape before a set closing cover of Kraftwerk's "Pocket Calculator."
Piper Davis followed things up. She (and her band) sort of stuck out on the bill. All the acts at Hoko's shared an electronic element, but Piper's set injected a welcomed dosage of soul into the evening's proceedings. It's been about a year since the first time I saw her perform, but I'm still amped to hear "Academics" - which she closed with - any day.
Onomatopoeia is Dustin's (from Sex Attack/Adjective) "retired" solo project. It consists of Dustin singing over electro tracks he plays off of an ibook. Half the room seemed to love it (myself included) and half the room seemed to hate it and Tom (gr8-2000) really fucking loved it.
I think Music Waste billed the headliner as Jesse Taylor, and the last time they played they were Soft Disco, but right now they're playing as Reflektions. I really wanted to attempt to catch the entire bill over at 340, so I only caught a couple songs, but the eletronic joints are familiar sounding Jesse songs (since he's singing) backed by music that's a little more dance floor friendly than Twin Crystals or Channels 3+4.
I got to 340 in time to catch the very end of Gang Violence's set and spent large parts of the evening cursing the scheduling, because they were awesome. Rocking guitar and drums with a healthy dose of noisy electronics over top, the pair were one of the best surprises of the fest so far for me. They're looking for a singer. Hopefully they find a good one, because the rest is already great.
Golden Touch, who were another two-piece, followed up. They didn't blow me away like Gang Violence, but their straight ahead punk wasn't anything to complain about. And there were a few tunes that stuck out as pretty great.
I'd heard good things about Sorcerers, so I was excited about seeing them. They sound a lot like Bad Brains (early Bad Brains), which certainly isn't the worst thing that could happen to a band. As with Bad Brains, I liked the songs that leaned a little further from reggae and more towards the hardcore side of things, but they're whole set was pretty sweet. Plus, their lead singer looks like Axl before he went crazy, got fat, and stopped working with Slash and how awesome is that?
White Lung: still awesome (in case you were wondering). Yeah, not much more to say than that.
See you out there for the final night of Music Waste!
now playing: Guns n Roses - Nightrain
Labels: gr8-2000, music waste, onomatopoeia, piper davis, show recaps
