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:
Friday, September 13, 2013
First Concert of 2014
The first concert I'm going to in 2014 announced. January 24 at the Commodore Ballroom, $29 + s/c:
Labels:
commodore ballroom,
volcano choir
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Janelle Monae - "Dance Apocalyptic" (Live on the Today Show, 09/12/13)
Labels:
janelle monae,
the today show,
today
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!
Labels:
swearin,
waxahatchee
New Best Coast "Mini-Album" Fade Away Due Oct. 22
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 ...
Labels:
best coast
Thursday, September 5, 2013
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:
Labels:
documentary,
nine inch nails
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:
Labels:
daft punk,
full stream,
giorgio moroder,
kraftwerk,
mobroder,
spank rock
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Woo-Woo Cryptic Bullshit Marketing Campaign
I'm still excited though.
Labels:
arcade fire,
james murphy
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.
Labels:
nylon magazine,
white poppy
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.
Labels:
tegan and sara,
the courtneys
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.
Labels:
the breeders,
tweens
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!!!!!!!!!!"
Labels:
cm punk,
living colour,
loretta lynn,
thee oh sees
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