Steve Aoki For Halloween

By default.

Martha Wainwright - "Proserpina"

Incredible. One of the greatest voices today. I would pay a fuckload of money to see Martha Wainwright. Hope she tours Vancouver in support of her new album Come Home To Mama.

Look Who's Coming Back To Town

On January 28, the Walkmen return to Vancouver, this time to a venue that befits them: the Commodore Ballroom. Not too small, like the Venue, and not too large/outdoors, like Deer Lake Park. And yes, they are headlining, with Father John Misty opening. I've had bad luck buying tickets MONTHS in advance lately, but I can't see myself passing up the Walkmen for much - not unless another Krautrock legend comes through town on the same night.

FULL STREAM: Swans - My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope To the Sky (Young God, 2010)

Because trying to pick only one Swans song for a Halloween playlist is absolutely impossible, here's their nightmarishly oppressive album My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope To the Sky in full:

Faust - "Krautrock" (Last.fm Presents)

Still reeling from Faust two nights ago. Full recap of the weirdest, wildest show I've ever seen to come:

Radiohead - "Separator"

Relaxing on a low-lit rainy morning:

Documentary Trailer: Tomorrow

Synopsis (via VIFF.org)

Before Pussy Riot, there was Voina (War), an anarchist avant-garde Russian art collective given to acts that frequently and flagrantly break the law. They've been a persistent thorn in Putin's side since the group's formation in 2007, and Andrey Gryazev's immersive documentary on these political provocateurs—as raw cinematically as the group it depicts is socially—more than shows why.

Gryazev (whose documentary Miner's Day was nominated for a Russian National Film Award in 2010) gained round-the-clock access to the leaders of the group, known as "Vor" (Thief), a bearded bear of a man, and "Koza" (Goat), his more delicate partner. They live underground, raise their incredibly game one-year old son Kasper (many might say, "on the edge of disaster") and carry out their "art actions"—which range from tipping over police cars to a final, rather monumental piece that is too funny to ruin by speaking about here—under cover of the night and with the help of their fellow agitators. Gryazev is there in the dilapidated apartment Vor and Koza share with other members, and he is there when Vor is caught and imprisoned. It is said, by the federal prosecutor’s office no less, that Voina has 3,000 followers throughout Russia, all of them harbouring the hope for a better tomorrow…

"An oddly stirring, gripping and thought-provoking piece of work about a group of artists… whose art-actions have exposed them to arrest and beatings, and attracted the support of fellow artists from Brian Eno to Banksy."—Screen


Tomorrow makes its North American premier tonight at Empire Granville at 9:15 P.M.