Friday, September 13, 2013

FULL STREAM: Weed - Deserve LP (Couple Skate Records, 2013)

Finally. I have waited two years for this. Album review to come? ... In the meantime, catch Weed's album-release show tonight at THEY LIVE Video, with Seattle bands FF and So Pitted. $5:

First Concert of 2014

The first concert I'm going to in 2014 announced. January 24 at the Commodore Ballroom, $29 + s/c:

Thursday, September 12, 2013

MORE FUCKING DANCING!!!


Janelle Monae - "Dance Apocalyptic" (Live on the Today Show, 09/12/13)


The coolest, hottest, hippest, most stylish God-damned talented thing going today. It's hard to believe this performance wasn't backtracked or lip-synced, because the whole band is so fucking good. Forget live audiences: Janelle Monae was made for the CAMERA. Great to see real fans at one of these things for once too, even if that one person in the front row was like, "Janelle is right in my face, but I'm going to stick my phone in hers." Come the fuck on. You want documentation? THE TODAY SHOW is your documentation!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Waxahatchee + Sweain' X Vancouver

Waxahatchee + her and her twin sister's band Swearin' are coming to Vancouver on Nov. 29! Venue TBA. My twee heart swells!


New Best Coast "Mini-Album" Fade Away Due Oct. 22

On Bethany Cosentino's own new label Jewel City. "Fear of My Own Identity" and "Who I have Become", both from their 2013 Record Store Day single, will also appear on the new seven-song "mini-album."

The songs are apparently going to be faster-paced but have been inspired by the likes of Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline and My Bloody Valentine. Seems contradictory, but it certainly helps the intrigue ...
Listen to both "Fear of My Own Identity" and "Who I Have Become" below:



Thursday, September 5, 2013

Boris - "Electric"

"This song makes me want to steal cars" - B.L.


Nine Inch Nails 2013 Tour Doc: Part 1 of X

Good God, I might have to get whatever shittiest nose-bleed, oxygen-depleting seat might still be available:

Thrift Store Finds: Olivia Newton John - Physical LP

$1 at V.G.H. Thrift Store. I can't go in there and not buy something. Every time.

FULL STREAM: Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity (1977)



Looks like I'm not listening to Daft Punk for a while.

Like a lot of people, I first heard of Giorgio Moroder during the making of Daft Punk's latest album Random Access Memories. I decided to delve deeper, after a friend of mine played me snippets from Moroder's 1976 album Knights in White Satin. It's absolutely mind-blowing how influential every sound, every trance-inducing passage, on this album is; but then, to dig deeper, it's also mind-blowing how much crossover there was between the contemporary likes of Kraftwerk and Moroder's Italo-disco electronica.

At a digestible thirty minutes, I never want to stop listening to From Here To Eternity. Also, I now see where Philly rapper Spank Rock derived his "Modbroder" alter ego:

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Woo-Woo Cryptic Bullshit Marketing Campaign



I'm still excited though.

Serious Steam

In addition to SPIN Magazine and The Fader, White Poppy has now been covered by Nylon Magazine. Check out Nylon's "Band Crush" mini-feature with White Poppy here.

The Courtneys X Tegan and Sara


Whoa. Mega-stars Tegan and Sara with my favourites. The Quin sisters were at Ambleside Park in West Van this past Saturday, and someone, somehow, hooked this up. It really makes me wonder how far the smallest bands' connections go.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Lesson Learned: The Breeders, Set Lists, Strangers and Casual Conversations

Always mention that I collect set lists because I never know when strangers will feel generous. Thanks, anonymous who mostly parted with his because the Breeders signed his poster. My informal review of the Breeders' Last Splash Twentieth Anniversary show, with Tweens, possibly to come soon on Vancouver Weekly.

Another Concert Death-Week

Living Colour the night before Loretta Lynn??? And Thee Oh Sees the night before Living Colour??? "Rocktober" indeed! My next concert death-week begins with Thee Oh Sees at the Rickshaw on Oct. 16, followed by Living Colour at the Commodore and L-Double at the Boulevard Casino. This week will truly be the "BEST IN THE WOOOOOOOOOORLD!!!!!!!!!!"


I'm slow