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<i>Never too Late for ten days late...</i></h4>
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If you could go back in time in Vancouver, 1993 was a mighty fine year. It was before FaceBook, Twitter, cell phones, digital cameras and so on. Word of mouth, posters, radio shows, and newspapers helped spread the word of gigs. When you saw a women’s washroom symbol on a poster on a poll, you knew the gig to get wrecked at that weekend was the all-girl punk band, ten days late. </div>
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The speedster queensters ruled the land and lived in a famous punk rock house before calling it a day a decade later. But on Feb 7th, the girls bring it all home for a reunion at LanaLou’s. I got to talk to ten days late’s drummer Lana Ryma, (co owner of Lanalou’s and currently drums in the Furniture) about the reunion show and what they achieved as a band.</div>
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“Some great accomplishments would be playing CBGB's or opening for Pennywise, Rancid, SNFU, Social Distortion. Down by Law, and blink-182.- just to name a few. We recorded two 7-inches. The first was the "Get Away" 7-inch and the second was "Out Of Tune". We released a full length CD, mixed by Garth Richardson, called Sticky Fly Trap. We also released a few tracks on different compilations. I personally think our greatest accomplishment was being together for ten years constantly touring in a van. Looking back for me personally, it was a real lesson about being a team player and overcoming personal differences. I think we all felt that the band was bigger than any differences. And we did whatever we could to tour and just be on stage spreading our music. When we weren't in the van we all lived in a big punk rock house as well to save money so we could tour. Kara, our rhythm guitarist, can't play the reunion show so Seana Gnaw is filling in. “</div>
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<i>The ten days late reunion is on Feb 7th at LanaLou's (362 Powell St, Vancouver) with Scum Element and guests, Both 7-inches will be for sale at the show.</i></div>
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“If you’re a horrible band, then that’s your fault,” says Bloodshot Bill. “That has nothing to do with anybody but you,” as he takes ownership of his musical project. For him, this is something he really can’t escape due to the fact that he often travels as a one-man band. His ‘raved about’ performances are living proof. <br />
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A prolific touring machine, the Montreal-based Bloodshot Bill serves up good old-fashioned rock and roll with a side of twang and no shortage of grease. He started playing in 1998 armed with his instruments and distinctive voice. Once he hit the road and hasn’t stayed off since.<br />
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His look and sound have a 1950s flavour and according to Bloodshot Bill it was in this time period that “they really got it right.” But it is not just ‘paint by numbers’ nostalgic rock and roll. “There are bands today that try to do that and it’s just horrible and they are missing something, and then there are bands that don’t try to do that and do something else and they are just great. It’s truly up to the band, not necessarily style,” he adds.<br />
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He has a distinctive look, he even had his own brand of hair grease, and this sometimes draws comments from the general public. Some lady in a diner will say, “You remind me of Elvis!” He doesn’t mind so long as the comments are made by the really old or the really young, but if someone is making the comment to be a jerk they had better watch out.<br />
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“This one time I remember walking down the street, I was with some friends and we had split up and were going to meet somewhere. Blocks away some guys were like, ‘Hey Elvis,’ or whatever, and I was like, ‘That’s it!’ I was just in a mood and I start walking back. I see a bottle, so I pick up a bottle. And I’m just about to toss it at them and it’s my friends. They all thought it was really funny… But I usually don’t get too violent, I usually look at what the other person looks like, usually someone from the cast of friends, and I call them that,” Bill explains.<br />
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This feistiness not only affects his personal life, it is a key part of his survival as a musician. He was banned from entering the USA from 2006 to 2011 but is now taking full advantage of his regained freedom. While he has found some success as a Montreal-based artist, there still have been some limitations. “There used to be a couple papers in town, like French and English version type of style, but they don’t have those anymore. I think you get a little more press I think if you’re French.” But according to Bill the audiences in Montreal are great and don’t care whether good music is in French or English.<br />
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When asked what song he would recommend for someone to listen, he favoured a slower song called “Jill.” His track record for releases throughout his career has been consistent and is definitely worth checking out. The 2014 LP <i>Shook Shake </i>is a great place to start.<br />
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Bloodshot Bill will be live onstage this January but also keep your ears open because he hinted at a West Coast tour with Shannon and the Clams. If you’re smart, catch this one-man firehouse solo as he is gonna heat up a cold and lonely January night. <br />
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<i>Bloodshot Bill performs at the Hindenburg on January 23.</i><br />
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When clarity, timing and all points converge for an artist it can yield an extraordinarily intense product. For Heron the result was not “strictly” any genre, but their own with a trademark element of layers, samples and a dense landscape. The early live dates did not pigeonhole as much as point at a “nineties vibe,” with components of bands such as Helmet and ISIS coming up in discussion.<br />
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Heron is the undertaking of Ross Redeker, who may have been known for being a bass player, but was actually a guitarist and he had been quietly stockpiling material for over a decade. After some sage advice, which led to a year off to focus, it all came together when drummer Spencer Clark and Scotty Bartlett became available. Heron came together naturally and was off the ground. <br />
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Redeker was with Eugene’s Axe and the sludge/grinders, Cathar on bass “I’ve always felt rather stifled, so to get that music out I’ve been recording and doing stuff at home,“ reveals the soft-spoken guitarist. He wanted to keep working with Scotty Bartlett, who was also in Cathar, because of their positive chemistry. “The last band I was in before Cathar was My New Enemy,” explains Redeker and, “the vocalist in that band, Spencer Clark, was an amazing drummer, foremost, but we also played in a band a very long time ago before that, where we synched and the clear choice was to bring him on board.” <br />
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In Heron, Scotty Bartlett and Ross Redeker share vocals with Bartlett handling the rhythm and Redeker working his chops on layers and loops plus Spencer Clark on drums. <br />
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“Ross plays a seven string, I play a six-string guitar and through multiple cabs, “ adds Bartlett and “Spencer has a unique drum style, he doesn't tend to repeat.” After a rehearsal the drummer counted fifteen different drum parts in a song without repetition and he has a style that adds, fills and reinforces. <br />
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They considered adding a bass player but realized it was not necessary. “The response from folks at shows was, tone, we love your tone,” says Bartlett. “We are tuned down so low, in A-sharp,” says Redeker and after gigs, audience members had remarked, “you guys are so full, thick and so encompassing, you don’t need a bass.”<br />
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Heron is recording with Kevin Grindon from Burning Ghats and WTCHDR at Grind City and the release ETA is set for early 2015. So, if you factor in the timing of steady rehearsals and recording tightness, expect the VU meter to be teetering on high potential for their next live date.<br />
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<i>Heron perform at the Art Signified Two year Anniversary Party January 9 at Studio East, on 1480 Frances St.</i><br />
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- tiina.lAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-81503301000751911532015-01-02T20:58:00.000-08:002015-01-04T14:52:07.353-08:00LIQUOR KINGS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><b>“And their fans say, Liquor Kings Baby”</b></i><br />
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Some might say, RNR music is the fountain of youth. After the last four years these rolling lifers, the Liquor Kings seemed to have tapped into a prolific wellspring. With over 60 original songs under their belt, they seem to be pumping them out at a rate of one a week these days. If you check out the rap sheets for these musical gangsters you will find their individual records go back as far as Vancouver’s first and second wave of punk heyday. History, indeed, look it up!<br />
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Their second release, <i>Unfiltered </i>came out in the fall 2014 and a third DIY release <i>Happy Hour</i> is underway and due out early 2015. Perhaps, this last title is a tip of the glass to the reinstated drinking establishment tradition and a return to Vancouver cocktail culture. You should check in with them at the next bar show, after all, they are the ‘Kings!’<br />
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Oh, wait; this story is getting sidetracked, so back to the album. “We do the entire process ourselves. We write, record, mix and master the songs,“ says their front man, Eddy Dutchman. To add to this home-brew society, another pal of theirs, artist Richard Katynski threw together some artwork and T-shirt designs.<br />
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They claim these high-spirited and high-proof songs come together as a rock ‘n’ roll duty and an enterprise of good friends. “Everybody is involved. Our music is seemingly simple and anthem oriented rock with lots of loud and complicated guitar parts,” he adds. <br />
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As for original music, Dutchman asserts that they will never do covers. “Never have, never will,” he firmly states reinforcing their inclination ‘to do it their way.’<br />
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For this gang of pranksters their colours are laden with imagery and metaphors of LIQUOR, DEVILS and EVIL. Dutchman’s philosophy reads like a mislaid pulp fiction novel. “For us, as a rock band, we are like your older juvenile delinquent brother,” he claims and “it’s a challenge and rock is our medication and our rock is salvation rock.”<br />
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You never know what dark corner these guys turn up on for local gigs. They can add them, as fast as they can write songs. With that in place the vocalist dares you to hit them up at one of their live shows. “Loud and ugly,” he calls it, “we don't care, and straight up and on the rocks, Liquor Kings, baby. <br />
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In the meanwhile for those who wanna hear the testimony, their two releases <i>Liquor Kings - 100 Proof</i> and <i>Unfiltered </i>are available direct from the band or at Neptoon Records and Bonerattle Music.<br />
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<i>The Liquor Kings perform at The Fairview Pub on Friday, Feb. 27th with The Bad Beats</i> <br />
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Back again with a hard rocking blast are these local practitioners of Satan, Bacon and Beer!<br />
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This slab comes out swinging with 'Hit You Hard' the twin axe attack of Steven Graf and Mike Laviolette ripping right into your cranium. "It's 3 A.M." lays down a mean groove - time for some dancing. The lights and the sound are beginning to make everyone delirious so "Head above the Water" brings furious focus back into action - Liquor Kings baby!<br />
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The album switches into high gear, with Terry Russell and Ed Hurrell providing a wicked bottom end. "On my feet Again" is a lovely ballad, so, buy the ladies a drink now.<br />
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Coming home the epic 'Way down Here' turns the dance floor into chaos! It's a fun time here with Eddy and the Boys - this recording was recorded in 12 hours flat over a week - with exemplary artwork by Rich Katynski. Check it out and come see their live show anytime!<br />
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- Rene MilordAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-20071429128976049732015-01-01T16:50:00.000-08:002015-01-05T16:55:29.033-08:00SUBCULTURE - JANUARY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another year has come and gone. Of course I’m writing this article on deadline eve. Some bad habits like procrastination linger in my sober life. At least I’m finally on top of my personal citizen paperwork. Another thing I’m on top of is compiling a personal apocalypse kit. It’s kind of like what they call a bug out pack. I’ve been stocking up on shit like flint and Lifestraws, made a bunch of beef jerky that I have frozen, and am just gathering what you would call glorified camping supplies.<br />
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When this world goes to shit I’ll be ready. People already stampede and panic over Black Friday shopping and hackers fucking up their video game time.<br />
<a name='more'></a>How about when the real shit hits the fan, in the form of a natural disaster or some bullshit war or riot scenario? Those cops everyone hates won’t be around to assist you, nor will the bogus government who continue to throw your tax dollars at exploiting corporations. I’m grateful I wasn’t raised a total city slicker thanks to the yearly childhood excursion to northern Saskatchewan to become a tent dweller for a month.<br />
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My calendar New Year’s wish for everyone is to become more self-reliant. It’s the foundation of D.I.Y. I’m a duct tape MacGyver girl who loves black paint.<br />
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Someone asked me the other day why the Cobes existed. I said that it’s because I needed a real place to hangout with my favourite things. At that point it was booze, and punk and metal bands. It was also crazyman Leblanc, who was my partner at the time and was constantly kicked out of every bar in Gastown. Thus it began.<br />
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I’m truly thankful for all of you that have continued to support our vision of a dedicated punk and metal venue. John the sound guy and I appreciate all of you. We’ve been doing this together for 15 years. We’ve survived slumlords, and all the ramifications of living in a dive bar. We’ve been subjected to hatred from city hall, closures, shitwater, vermin, a hipster usurping, bandwagon copycats, cop callers, threats, thieves, street dealers, tyrants and imagined slight boycotts complete with Internet slagging.<br />
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Yet, here we still are. That folks, is all because of you, the bands and the fans<br />
who continue to support having a legit venue dedicated to heavy music. Gratitude to all the staff past and present for your dedication. We couldn’t have done it without you. It is such a relief to finally be at a point where the bar owner isn’t a slumlord, although waiting for the bathrooms to be fixed is a bit trying.<br />
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Sheri, our sparkly bar manager is a gem, and constantly going to bat to improve conditions for us. I guess the only drawback of corporate ownership is being the smallest interest in the portfolio.<br />
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I’m just here enjoying the yearly hellfest that only booking coordinators for a venue would understand. The dreaded January booking sheet. This is especially bad if you release control of nights to outside promoters. I don’t know what happens in December but it’s like people crawl into a vat of eggnog for the whole month. Communication is strained and glitchy and you can barely get a straight answer from people. Truly a bizarre experience. I’m so glad I dropped out of that societal segment years ago. Christ mass drives people batshit crazy.<br />
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-wendythirteenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-40958881196515988362014-12-25T23:55:00.002-08:002015-01-05T16:54:44.672-08:00SPITFIRES<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The SPITFIRES loosen things up!</td></tr>
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<b><i>It's just Rock n Roll, that's all...</i></b><br />
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So somewhere on the very outskirts of Vancouver, around 1995 some pals got together to make some noise. Out of that clamour, shot out some fast, furious and unabashed rock n roll. Think, Humpers and Pagans. In the midst of post grunge copycats and eccentric indie super tours, their fuelled up and stripped back punk and roll was as refreshing as a can of cold beer. So with packed venues, spilled drinks and broken glass, the good times spread across Canada, US and the UK. After a bunch of touring, they continued to jet away on four-fourteen day blowouts. These days the frequency may have toned down to special occasions, but the intensity hasn’t been diluted. “Now our mission is to get together and hang out like old pals do!!” explains, front man Jay and that they do very well. So with a quick nine-ten question spread, we interrupt the lead singer’s Christmas dinner to find out the status of this fine tooled lot of scoundrels.<br />
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<b>T:</b> With this mash up of a gizzilion crazy genres in this millennial teen<br />
[14/15] world, what do you call or how do you describe your music yourselves? I mean for the record, I see you guys as pretty much straight up RNR? Care to dress it up at all?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> Just a rock band I guess? Kinda hard to dress up a pig! We’ve never tried to be anything else that I’m aware of. <br />
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<b>T:</b> So it seems you guys never really went away, good and good to see you back off the farm, what brings you guys back over the tollgate for the holiday season? Who twisted whom anyway?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> CC lives in Berlin so whenever he comes out to visit family we book a gig or at least a jam that usually ends up more drinking and goofing on each other, our pal Seamoose @ NYB was kind enough to put the gig together for us at the WISE Hall on the 27th with PIGGY and NIM VIND. The Spitfires (past and present) have always been more about us as friends than anything, my face usually hurts from smiling and laughing whenever we get together so why not get together and play, who cares.<br />
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<b>T:</b> You’ve had a few line ups over the years, based on who’s in town, or who is available. Which incarnation of the SPITFIRES are we gonna see onboard this season?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> Shockk, G Donk, Marty P, Jay, CC and whomever else wants to clown it up.<br />
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<b>T:</b> Any good rehearsal stories as of late? Or did you even rehearse?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> Ya we got two in, sounded great, we did our homework, our intentions are always to be as tight as we can be but ya never know come show time, a few drinks and laughs and it could easily fall apart but usually fun. We’ve never been a band that has ever taken itself serious, our group motto has always been “who cares…”<br />
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<b>T:</b> Releases? Have you guys in plowed the fields for any good new material? In the studio perchance?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> Nope, CC has a new group in Berlin called the Dysnea Boys with Chris Frey from Vancouver and the signer of Social Unrest. Shokk’s slinging guitar for local rockers the Slip-Ons, Marty's busy on the road as a tour manager/merch machine, Graham's on the road a lot as a touring sound guy and I'm busy drumming in LaChinga <br />
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<b>T:</b> Will you be re-releasing any of the old classics? There was some sweet material?<br />
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<b>JAY: </b>aaaannnnnnd, nope, not yet anyway, a comp of all of ‘em would be ideal.<br />
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<b>T:</b> For a newish audience do you have any records that are favourites?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> Our last, <i>Aim Low </i>as a whole I personally like, doesn’t necessarily have our best songs on it, but I can listen to it. I can’t really listen to the others, so I would never suggest them. But most people would say <i>In Too Deep </i>was the best, if any at all. We did do a live record in 2000 that was released in Australia, that I think sums it up. <br />
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<b>T:</b> Where the heck can they find these?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> No clue, most of the labels in the mid late 90’s are done, <i>Aim Low</i> should be available on vinyl from Yeah Right records, the other records were released on, Sonic Swirl, Longshot, Junk records, TSB and some 45’s on Estrus??? We will have vinyl copies of <i>Aim Low </i>for sale on the 27th at the WISE HALL.<br />
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<b>T: </b>Oh, any favourite beers you guys like, incase folks need buy you some at the gig?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> Ya for sure… open beer is always the best kinda beer!<br />
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<b>T:</b> Have they lifted the firehose ban?<br />
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<b>JAY:</b> Only if there’s a fire, no one said anything about a pillow fight?<br />
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So, there you have it folks. Get your tickets or get there early. The last surprise show overflowed. On the 27th they will pack the house with Nim Vind and Piggy in tow. <br />
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<i>The Spitfires play WISE Hall December 27th, 2014</i><br />
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- tiina.l<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-48980102968131459972014-12-17T21:10:00.000-08:002014-12-25T12:00:02.456-08:0088 MILE TRIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-PyJ03mxh4zQg9yvWgsUh3-ZLW8lO35DR81yWBqJWTxr0Qq7Guu7ehTrWyB4Zc6fg0oHxVZ84hwOMxe4ZqtS3iM6PlmWWAGRfXxiiun9lBi2bhlE8rX0G4nm2kfVA-okDCtvXpWDdWU/s1600/88miletrip_release.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-PyJ03mxh4zQg9yvWgsUh3-ZLW8lO35DR81yWBqJWTxr0Qq7Guu7ehTrWyB4Zc6fg0oHxVZ84hwOMxe4ZqtS3iM6PlmWWAGRfXxiiun9lBi2bhlE8rX0G4nm2kfVA-okDCtvXpWDdWU/s1600/88miletrip_release.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><h4><i>Through The Thickest Haze - Independant</i></h4><br />
Vancouver’s reputation for quality stoner rock bands has been gaining huge steam. But for the most part, the bands have been a sludgy, doom ridden and noised out.<br />
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Enter 88 Mile Trip. A serious breath of fresh air exhaled onto the scene. With soulful clean vocals and warm fuzzy riffs they bring a sunny laid back vibe reminiscent of the California stoner bands of yore like Kyuss and Fu Manchu.<br />
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Through The Thickest Haze kicks off with a huge bong hit of wonder and keeps burning. It travels on tasty leads and rampant bass runs. Where some bands might slow it down, 88 Mile Trip keep the groove upbeat and feeling just right. With stand out rompers like “Sky Valley”, “Burn The Saints”, and “Song Of The Dead”. Vocalist Dave Bell croons like a graceful stallion riding over these stoney tones into the glowing moonlit desert. He’s definitely got a cool Ian Astbury thing going on.<br />
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It is a bare bones yet slick recording. It truly gets masterful with the closing track “Sacred Stone” where they bring it all home and ice it up with some pure rock stomp. It is nice to see Vancouver finally produce a stoner rock band like this.<br />
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Even though it rains here, we also have beaches.<br />
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- Heath Fenton<br />
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ED. Note, above player is a taste of the self-titled EP, that said, we have no problem stepping back for a few locals that have self-released some notable material. So consider this a second push. It can be a tricky road to navigate independently. Heck, there is no roadmap. Keep up the good work.<br />
</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-53445619600542361962014-12-17T21:01:00.000-08:002014-12-25T01:43:57.988-08:00JERK IN THE CAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you like your music a tad psychotic and over the top experimental, then Jerk In The Can may just be right up your alley. I am not sure what the hell these guys are on, but Ching Ching A Ling borders on pure insanity. Channeling the Residents and Disco Volante era Mr. Bungle this quick five song EP is extremely chaotic as it downward dives into lunacy.</div>
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It is a good thing the songs are short because they beat you relentlessly with some sort of fucked up mind warp that is best served in small doses. Songs like “Bath Salts” and “I Know You Don’t Know Me” are slow spooky bewilderments. While “Killer Owls” and “Fake Phoney” drive in some schizophrenic spazz.<br />
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From what I can tell this is mostly computer and keyboard-based music with some crazy underlying heavy drums. The awkward wail of the vocals fit perfect. It’s tough to put a finger on exactly what motivates this sort of madness, and I think that is the way Jerk In The Can may want to make you feel. Give them credit. They are steeped in uniqueness and stalk a territory all their own. So enter if you dare. <br />
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- Heath Fenton<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-74660286883097199002014-12-09T22:56:00.000-08:002014-12-21T19:39:03.590-08:00WEIRDING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In a thick sea of genres this three piece has spent the last year in the studio pushing through the low, slow and heavy. Attaching a handle to their sound may not always be accurate. As with all good things, music, the common variable maintains an uncompromising attitude, exponentially. This approach yielded a new ten-inch recording aptly titled <i>Mountain</i>, which is about to make its way out to the public ear, as early as the new year.<br />
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Their collective musical histories came from a combination of hardcore punk, metal and early psychedelia and that influence is clearly heard in Weirding’s output. Even for a slower tempo band, the impact of innovation in hardcore punk staid course for this trio. When their new drummer made reference to the B-side of Black Flag’s My War, it garnered a three-way affirmation.<br />
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Guitarist, Tim Wearing takes care of the vocals and high end while bassist/vocalist Scott Ruddy handles the low end. As Weirding had been working through new songs, they found that they lost their drummer. So enter Ryan Campeau, the missing third of this Pythagorean equation. Drummer, Campeau hails from the now defunct Depressing. “[Baptists frontman, Andrew]Drury tried to pimp him out at one point!” exclaims Ruddy. “It worked out perfectly that I came in and jammed a couple of songs with them, it’s been a year or so,” says the ‘result oriented’ drummer. “It was one of those good things, from the first two seconds of playing a song with someone, you knew whether it was going to work or not,” elaborates Wearing.<br />
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So with this new lineup the sound shifted from the 2011, <i>Each Birth Is A New Disaster</i>. “It had begun with a far more heavy psych feeling when we all first started playing together,” says Ruddy. The band’s hardcore and metal influences would make its way into the music and a progression to something more “brutal.” It is fairly clear that bands like Sir Lord Baltimore, Black Sabbath or Hawkwind have been in regular rotation for them. Their current tactic takes on something primitive. “Trying to do more with less. Finding the right riff that is simple enough,” says the guitarist. “One that resonates and rings,” chimes in Ruddy. As they steer away from excessive complication. “It writes itself, in a lot of ways,” adds Wearing. “That’s how we do it, we base ourselves around a simple riff and compose around it. We create this whole composition around it so there is a tone, mood and a direction that it takes. Then the lyrical content we fill in after that,” explains the bassist.<br />
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Their title track “Mountain” was case in point for this process. You try and try, it won’t go to a nice place,” says Wearing. In a conversation with Bubba Hamilton from the band Write-Off, he had told Ruddy, “that you can’t fight the mountain.” With a bit of irony, that happened to be the original title for the song and for the bassist, this moment was fitting to their situation. “Because we’ve been fighting this song for so long,” says Ruddy and with props to Hamilton, “We gotta give credit where credit is due.” After the lineup change, this track had finally found its place.<br />
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On the topic of tall peaks, these three are all about pyramids, points and triangles. They have a tendency to save the volume for a live show, so keep your ears to the ground, as they may not play shows often. With a selective philosophy of quality over quantity, so be sure to catch that rare opportunity. As for the news of an upcoming release, their determination to conquer that mountain is a massive feat indeed.<br />
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<i>Check out the new release on Weirding’s Bandcamp.</i><br />
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<i>- </i>tiina.l<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-15803344328412774502014-12-09T22:55:00.000-08:002014-12-19T17:34:03.442-08:00KEITHMAS V<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So, what does Rich Hope and His Blue Rich Rangers, The Jolts, Sh-Shakes, Strange Things, Johnny De Courcy, The Highway Kind, La Chinga, The Midnight Ramblers and The Rentalmen all have in common? Well, this handpicked crew of nine bands are gonna deliver nine takes on Keith Richards and 100% of the proceeds go the Vancouver Foodbank. Rocking into their fifth year event organizer John Hewer fills us in, on how they roll.<br />
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Tiina: This is becoming quite the tradition, how did this event get started?<br />
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John Hewer: We started out with about 150 people and five bands the first year and last year we sold out the Electric Owl! Back in 2009 myself and James Hayden (DOA, Greenback High)started this promotions company for fun and to put on shows we wanted to see ourselves. We called it Hidden Charms Presents and started doing a bunch of shows at the Fairview mostly. After a year or so we decided we wanted to throw a party for the bands to thank them and well just to throw a party basically. We tossed around a couple of ideas. My personal favourite was Seger De Mayo, in honour of Bob Seger. Because it was near Christmas we started looking for another idea and after a long night of drinking we decided to honour the patron saint of rock n’ roll, Keith Richards aka the human riff. Since his birthday was on Dec 18, we felt it should be kinda of a ‘Christmasy’ thing and we eventually started calling it Keithmas as kind of a joke. It magically stuck and it’s been called that ever since. We also wanted to give something back because we felt fortunate that we were able to do what we were doing so we decided that it would be not just a party but also a fundraiser or as we call it a fundrager. This year there are two new bands that I have never seen live before, Strange Things and Sh-Shakes.<br />
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T: Any other new surprises this year?<br />
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JH: If I told you it wouldn’t be a surprise, so you never know who will show up. We’ve had everyone from Joey Shithead to Colin James play Keithmas so you know that there is something for everyone, who digs rock n’ roll!<br />
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One of my favourite funniest moments of Keithmas (it seemed very Keith like) was either year one or two when the Jolts were the second to last band and time was getting tight. They were on stage waiting to start but couldn’t find their bass player. Turns out he had passed out at home and someone had to go and wake him up. He showed up with about a minute to spare, walked on stage plugged in and they blew the roof off.<br />
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Well one surprise is union tube and transistor has donated a very special jack white limited (and I mean limited) edition guitar pedal for the raffle. This thing has to be seen to be believed.<br />
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T: For all the wise folks bearing gifts, what should they remember to bring?<br />
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JH: The Foodbank loves good old cash but any non-perishable food items are also greatly appreciated!<br />
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<i>Keithmas takes place Dec 19 at Electric Owl with doors at 8 pm.</i><br />
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<i><br /></i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-27547523271194855372014-12-09T18:27:00.002-08:002014-12-20T00:24:06.364-08:00REMEMBERING BRIAN GOBLE<br />
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We are at a loss for words and would like to extend our condolences to members of Vancouver’s first wave punk rock community, friends, family, fans and colleagues at Portland Hotel Society.<br />
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By now the notice of Brian "Wimpy Roy" Goble’s passing has circulated broadly. He had suffered a heart attack December 7, 2014.<br />
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Many know him for his antics as the front man for the Subhumans, but also as the bass player for The Skulls and D.O.A.<br />
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There has been an outpouring of emotions within the music community and social circles. We extend our compassion and sympathy to those who knew, were inspired by and laughed with him.<br />
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Vancouver photographer, Bev Davies has shared two of her memories with us here. Davies is a highly respected documentarian and friend of Vancouver’s early Punk Rock music community.<br />
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Wimpy with Dimwit in Rude Norton at the Buddha, July 12 1979, top left.<br />
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HELLO FOLKS, well, actually, the volatile front woman here is probably the sweetest person you will ever meet! A moment with Twitch from Life Against Death giving it all. So it goes!<br />
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As we finish off 2014, we are busy updating behind the scenes to bring you new albums and formats! We are adding in some extra release reviews as well, focusing on some locals that might get overlooked as everyone flocks to the top ten list.<br />
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The 2014 live reviews and photosets are going through a rebuild to accommodate for functionality changes and elements that are no longer supported within our parent host, the old and new. Yes, that is technology for you. Since, advertising dollars does not drive us, things are built in a DIY manner on a volunteer basis. Do bear with us as we swap content around and find a better solution. Some of 2014, 13, 12 live reports are back online as to not leave an empty space. 2014 hopes to finish off with year-end round up as soon as the pieces come together.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-38893098796825393322014-12-01T23:24:00.002-08:002014-12-19T13:28:13.243-08:00ORANGE GOBLIN<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Stoner rock has become somewhat of a vague term when describing heavy music. Like the weed that gives the genre its name, it has many branches. It’s fair to say though, that the seed was planted with British icons Black Sabbath. So it seems odd that over the years the U.K. would fail to clone similar bands. However, there are a few that have sprouted up and London, England’s Orange Goblin have been smoking grooved out riffs since 1995 – around the time the stoner rock movement began to take shape in the U.S.<br />
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“I don’t really have any feelings about the term either way. Throughout our back catalogue we’ve had songs that could be penned as stoner and we still have on the new record. I don’t even know what it means, to be honest. [It’s] because the term envelopes so many bands of so many differing styles that it’s almost redundant,” ponders bass player Martyn Millard. “The word stoner, as far as I can tell was born in the U.S., to describe the bands the media and public were watching, and that’s cool, [as] it just so happens that other bands got thrown in with that too. One British band, who were probably more stoner than most and certainly a huge influence on Orange Goblin, were Acrimony from Wales. They should’ve been much bigger than they were and I believe that if they had grown up in California then they would’ve been.”<br />
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Pigeonholing any band’s music is usually a sure fire way to get their annoyance level up. It is no different with Orange Goblin and you can sense a bit of annoyance in Millard’s words. This is with good reason because they touch down on many more musical landscapes with influences that would include hardcore, punk, heavy metal and ‘70s rock. They mix it up nicely on the recently released Back From The Abyss, which is their eighth to date. With the Sabbath-y roar of “Into The Arms Of Morpheus” to the Motorhead-ish rumblings of “The Devils Whip,” the album fires on full throttle all the time, taking the typical Orange Goblin amp crushing ingredients up to the next level. A state that sounds like a rejuvenation of sorts and this can be expected from a band that just two years ago decided to quit their day jobs and have a full-fledged go at making the band their career. “The reception and feedback we got for <i>A Eulogy For The Damned </i>(2012) took all four of us by surprise. So I guess the new title hints at us being almost forgotten in some circles and coming back with a little bit of a bang,” Millard reveals. “Because it’s our living now, we have to keep it fresh and interesting.”<br />
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With a consistent lineup of Millard, guitarist/vocalist Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare and Chris Turner on drums they continue to get tighter as they go. It’s not often that a band can stay together for almost twenty years with the same line up. This no doubt helps in the cohesiveness department. “We are lucky that we are genuinely best friends. We used to all share a flat together in the early days so we know how one another works. For the most part we enjoy each other’s company. Humour is a huge factor in surviving for this long.”<br />
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Now free of the ‘real world’ workplace doldrums, Orange Goblin aren’t looking back as they light it up and burn things down. Now it is up to you to come by and have a hit as Down, Bl’ast and King Parrot join the ride for this night of heaviness.<br />
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<i>Orange Goblin play The Commodore Ballroom Dec. 11</i><br />
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<i>-</i>by Heath FentonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-67205326012079249462014-12-01T21:10:00.000-08:002014-12-19T13:25:09.415-08:00SUBCULTURE DECEMBER <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc0S9T0_xXVFafNRb3pEmqSVFojLl-GILTv-Jzz5aLBXD_HhFj89ZhP7jZrt0IXUCcmOYqgxrpzBzuosLAOvllPX0tI3aOu44II04mmrcYA8eZMuJbvxzgjibtgrvDP9XV1wK5Nq6hiE/s1600/wendy13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="SUBCULTURE by wendythirteen" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc0S9T0_xXVFafNRb3pEmqSVFojLl-GILTv-Jzz5aLBXD_HhFj89ZhP7jZrt0IXUCcmOYqgxrpzBzuosLAOvllPX0tI3aOu44II04mmrcYA8eZMuJbvxzgjibtgrvDP9XV1wK5Nq6hiE/s1600/wendy13.jpg" height="200" title="SUBCULTURE by wendythirteen" width="132" /></a><br />
I’m not a person that takes to being censored in any way very well. The muckity mucks at BeatRoute don’t like when I go off the musical beaten track in my columns but how can I not when all this shit is happening around us. How many times can I discuss shitty turnouts, poor stage changeover manners or cross booking newbie promoters.<br />
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I was looking over all my articles since October 2011 when I started writing for this paper. I touch on political issues a lot. I’m a punk. A lot of activists are punks. It’s my salute to their tireless work. Someone has to give a shit about the ‘man’ running civilization into the ground. I had written about music in reference too. I had lamented about the former shitty DJ at hockey games and people potty training at the bar. I had given up the idea of ever starting the Hellhole in this gentrification-obsessed city and wonder why I can’t sell off the Cobes fixtures I have in storage. I talked about my pickled liver and quitting the booze. I memorialized those that have passed.<br />
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I was stoked about the brief opportunity Fortune Sound Club gave me putting on free big punk shows. Soon a big name promoter stepped in to book those same bands as monied shows. It was great while it lasted. We celebrated as the Feds finally allowed foreign bands into the country with way less red tape, although the scrutiny is still there. Baby steps. I was excited to bring art and music together in a show called Subculture. I am grudgingly doing #19 after a long hiatus. At least the artists give a shit. The general public is fairly uninterested.<br />
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I would rather write about how disgusting Beyonce’s new music video is, and the way it is encouraging the sexualization of the young girls who idolize her. There she is, clad in lingerie, writhing away on a chair and then dry humping some dude in the next scene. Fucking ridiculous. Pay attention women who are letting your tween daughters believe this Pop Star style shit is all that women are about! It’s playing with fire right into predators’ pockets.<br />
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BeatRoute would like me to write about the music scene more. In a mag that’s already full of band articles, album opinions and show reviews, I say redundant.<br />
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I’m really not into gushing up what’s going on at Funkys. I find that pretentious. We already have ads in BeatRoute and the Straight that contain our band listings. My job is being a venue booking coordinator. I’m only a promoter these days on occasion. You’ll notice on the posters I whip up for the venues advertising and event purposes that I don’t have No Bollocks smeared all over them. In listings I use the promoter tag to try to get music editors even remotely interested in local music. Ha! Good luck unless you’re the latest hipster trend these days.<br />
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So the Georgia Straight is not taking emailed music listings any longer. They are switching to an annoying tech form system. They are following the lead of what the Westender did a couple of years ago, and has been looking emaciated ever since. I wonder if Steve Newton will still have a job if an online form is replacing his major duty.<br />
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Not long ago, Pacific Northwest’s Mudhoney managed to cash in on a more discerning investment, something finer than a gratuitously priced bottle of vintage. This is not about a ‘90s Seattle sitcom or wineglass toting crew of celebrity. Instead, they traded in their full-time “rock star career” stocks for a different set of high notes. You will not find these four glued to the couch or caught up in complacency. By the time the Friday arrives, Steve Turner, Mark Arm, Dan Peterson and Guy Maddison bypass the velvet upholstery and strap on the jetpacks making their way to exotic venues near you. Still poking fun at those day-to-day forces of irrationality with a punk rock stick.<br />
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It was only just last year these unmasked men leapt tall buildings to play on top of the Seattle Space Needle. You can’t top that that! Certainly a milestone, so maybe in this case the metaphor as an enduring ingredient in the cask of Pacific Northwest RNR vintage is appropriate. “It was kind of a big year for us last year, our 25th anniversary as well as Sub Pop Records’,” explains guitarist Steve Turner. <br />
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Another Pacific legacy was bottled by the likes of The Sonics, fermenting in the hearts and ears of young punks. “We all had been fans since we were kids, somehow as a little teenage kid in Seattle, as soon as I got into punk rock in 1979 – ‘80 and became aware via the Northwest garage heritage of The Sonics, Wailers, Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the Raiders. I heard The Sonics early and they became a huge influence of what came on after, in Seattle, Tacoma and Northwest area,” says Turner and “[they were] harder hitting and gnarlier than the other fuzzed-out ‘60s garage punk bands. The Sonics still out pounded all of them. As I got into music and punk rock, there was hardly a difference to my ears between Black Flag and The Sonics, maybe it grooved a little more. It really spoke to me and to Mark Arm as well, it really remained a point of reference when Mudhoney started.” In fact, both Mudhoney and The Sonics came out with a 2014 Record Store Day split release, put out by the folks at Muddy Roots Music Recordings, which sold out in minutes.<br />
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With that 25-year history, there is an understanding that kept these folks together for such a lengthy haul. “We allowed a lot of time outside of Mudhoney for all of us to do other things. It stopped being our career in 1998, our job,” says Turner. This was around when bass player Mat Lukin departed and the band took some downtime. “The three remaining original members decided they like playing together and during the year that we were supposedly taking off,” he recalls, “all three of us were playing so much more music, not getting paid a dime and having a much better time at it. So we reconvened with Guy Madison on bass who has been an old friend of ours.”<br />
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The band feeds their productivity by calling their own shots and making things work with their respective schedules. “If someone can’t do something, we can say no. There is no pressure. We take it very seriously because we value it. We keep doing it because we like to do it,” says the guitarist. Beyond weekend status they still do lengthier run. “This year we are going to do a five-week tour in Europe,” he adds. In 2013 they released their ninth album called <i>Vanishing Point</i>. By the guidelines of draftsmanship, to execute an accurate drawing of perspective, sketched lines converge to a vanishing point, but also intensify and grow from that same point as well. “We never really stopped, we’re just a little under the radar,” says Turner.<br />
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Mudhoney’s audience now encompasses many generations and the curious can uncover some of this history by means of a documentary put together by dedicated fans titled, <i>I'm Now: The Story Of Mudhoney</i> out on DVD. A detailed book written by British journalist Keith Cameron, <i>Mudhoney: The Sound and the Fury from Seattle,</i> is in print. “Lots of words and only a few pictures,” chuckles Turner.<br />
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The limited edition live recording <i>Mudhoney On Top: KEXP Presents Mudhoney Live on Top of the Space Needle</i> LP may have sold out, but the blue room recordings, Mudhoney Live at Third Man Records is now available. On the topic of “live,” why not catch them up close and personal. This is not about cardboard cutouts wilting in the November rain or being stuck on the couch watching sitcom reruns of Frasier and Niles arguing over Chardonnay. Mudhoney keep it lean and rocking out with every opportunity they can, this time they make their way north to Bellingham, Vancouver and Nanaimo. <br />
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<i>Mudhoney performs at the Rickshaw Theatre November 22.</i><br />
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It’s true, just Google it. But try searching for the band in question and you get nary a blip on the Internet save for a Bandcamp page. That page reveals a couple of links, one of which is a YouTube clip of the Fat Boys. Where I am going with this, you ask? Well, the plump pontificates are from the borough of Brooklyn, home to the gutter-garage scrawl of Pampers, who assault your ears quite righteously with a din of noise somewhere between the sharp punk jabs of the Spits and the cathartic crunch of the Cheater Slicks; basically a perfect fit for In The Red Records, their present label lair after a pair of now-extinct singles funded by their illegal puppy-breeding business (read: record label) Jack Shack Records.<br />
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As they so eloquently put it, the band was born from a few early kicks at the rock ’n’ roll can (most notably Ex-Humans who have some solid output you should definitely track down) and raised on the disdain for a city “on the verge of totally fucked” according to the collective brain-trust, adding, “you probably shouldn’t waste your time [there] unless you’re rich or wanna buncha yuppie posers bumping into you on their way to ‘work.’” Well, with that delightfully cheery disposition, they are “definitely stoked and honoured to be in such good company on In The Red Records” as members Carl “C-Bone” Cirone (groans/beats bone axe/destroys toys), Jordan “Hitch” Lovelace (plays whammy-gar), Jesse “Martinez” Crawford (baritone grumbler) and Peter “Peanut” Buxton (slaps ceramic skins) have only been at it a couple of years into their mind-altering musical “career” - already these boyz in the hood are making fast friends with their self-professed “thug pop”, snuggling up to punk rock royalty like the Gizmos and the country-fied psych crew of The Men.<br />
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Speaking of, Ben Greenberg of the aforementioned combo helped record and produce Pampers’ debut LP released last year and totally nailed their otherworldly racket of gunk punk, chock full of slashing guitar breaks, furious drum pummeling and bowel-moving bass riffage. However, you can put your secret decoder rings ripped from the bottom of your breakfast cereal box away, as mine failed to solve any mysteries of life in their lyrics. In fact, when prodded to uncover any detail into the meaning of their madness, I turned to their newest EP for ITR (due out by the time you read this) and the song “Suicide”. If this was indeed a song about ending one’s existence, how would choose to go and what would be your exit number? “My coffin shall be played at my funeral next year,” declares the “voice” of Pampers, “with a glass of warm water and dirty wet finger nubs”. <br />
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No time to waste then music lovers, we must now make haste to catch their death-defying show which is currently crisscrossing America with the equally mesmerizing OBN III’s, led by daredevil ringleader and band namesake Orville Bateman Neely III. Are they worried about being upstaged by these mischievous merry-makers? “Oh we def stage it - in, on and offstage it, even backstage it!” they enthusiastically exclaim, which I can only assume to be what the kids of today call “droppin’ science” or alternately some rad new skateboarding tricks are going to be unleashed from their already lethal arsenal of flash-and crash stage antics. But what of another powerhouse performance set to take place across town on the same night here in Raincouver – are they fearful the godfathers of grunge will steal their sunshine? Self-assured and smarmy is the Pampers reply: “Never heard of Mudhumpy…are they a band or something? Who cares, there’s gonna be at least one suicide take place across town the very same night. Swing by, let’s end it!” See Pampers try to maximize their kill count onstage with OBN III’s.<br />
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<i> The Pampers perform at the Electric Owl Nov. 22. </i><br />
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<i>“Burning Ghats has been lucky enough to play every single Diecember Fest! Some of the best heavy bands in the city, blowing your eggnog riddled brain for two nights at one of the best venues in town, all for a great cause. Would you rather be at your creepy uncle's house singing Christmas carols?” jokes Cam Strudwick of Burning Ghats.</i><br />
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Christmas may only come once a year, but Diecember Fest comes twice and once again the musical underground of Vancouver will congregate for their annual holiday party. This event keeps gathering momentum and has become a tremendous tradition in this city. Johnny Matter from Apocalypse Productions has been at the helm since day one. He created a festival that has gained a life of its own and since then has since enlisted fellow local promoters Crowsnest, Invisible Orange and Nothing Is Heavy. “Crowsnest has been an essential part of the fest for the last four years and NIH has helped out for two. [Working] with co-promotion and getting on board some of the bands they manage,” says Matter. “I wanted to invite Invisible Orange to the promoter roster this year. They book some of the best metal shows this city has to offer and are wonderful to work with.” Add in some of Vancouver’s cream-of-the-crop bands and you will have what they call a plum treat.<br />
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Don’t let the morbid name fool you; after all, this is a festival for the underground. Diecember Fest may be an alternative to the holiday doldrums, but it also embraces all that is in the spirit of the season. Food bank donations are accepted in exchange for raffle tickets. The prizes donated come from the bands, promoters and various local businesses including gift certificates, meals, tattoo ink time, music, clothing and more! A Rad Santa will be giving presents out in between sets. Last year he got as “red-nosed as Rudolph” and was found crowd surfing as he handed out gifts. There is even a Christmas tree.<br />
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With many returning bands from previous festivals, each year Matter mixes in fresh recruits with always-premiere talent onstage. Some of the returning bands sound off on what makes Diecember Fest such a lovable affair:<br />
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“Including this year we’ve played Diecember Fest twice. Personally, I've been to every one and it's something I've always looked forward to as a patron, and of course have always looked forward to the day where I would be able to join my comrades onstage. Last year that moment finally came. I was stoked!” exclaims Ogroem’s John Grindall.<br />
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“This will be the Villain Avian Symphony’s second time. It's the coolest thing to happen before the Christmas blues start setting in. Before people start heading out back home to family. We get a weekend where we can all hang out as a community; have some chuckles and a lot of beers. The charity aspect of it is big for us. Every year the donations have gotten bigger and the bands are more receptive to pitching in themselves as well,” explains VAS’ Denyss McKnight.<br />
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“We’ve played four. Diecember Fest is my favorite show of the year.<br />
Its always full of great bands and we get to round off the year with great tunes and good friends! It never feels like a serious show or something with egos. It’s just a great big party featuring amazing music and it donates to a good cause. You won't see too many crossed arms at this show!” adds Taylor Lipton of Abriosis.<br />
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Expect a heavily weighted sixteen band weekend with: Life Against Death, Abriosis, Bog, Astrakhan, Destroy All, Witch Of The Waste, Nightterrors, and Clandestine are for the first night. Burning Ghats, Ogroem, The Villain Avian Symphony, M16, Neck Of The Woods, Expain, Hopeleus, and The Hallowed Catharsis get set to shred night number two of this extravaganza. Remember kids, Santa is watching. This is your chance to be naughty.<br />
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<i>-</i>by Heath FentonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-22685317336834865722014-10-21T11:04:00.000-07:002014-12-20T00:01:55.496-08:00OBLITERATIONS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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First off, lets tear out some of pages from this black book of rock’n’roll and piece together the six degrees of separation between vocalist Sam James Velde, guitarist Stephen McBean, bassist Austin Barber and drummer Flo Schanze. A question still remains in this rat’s nest of punk and metal wires. Which one of these connections will cross and which of these bare cables will burst into Obliterations?<br />
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Growing up in an era of “plugged in,” music, somewhere a safety manual heeds the warning of voltage and current. In one act of defiance those labels were torn off and the remains become tinder for a cautionary tale. <br />
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“The magic of being in a room with a few people and creating something out of volume and chaos that didn't exist two minutes before, makes me wanna cry joy tears. As you get older you have to keep a place in your heart that remembers being an acne-ridden teen and feeling it happen for the first time. Pound symbol war stories,” states McBean.<br />
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With a trail of cables in tow both guitarist and bass player find themselves in Los Angeles. The vocalist crosses paths with the guitarist and the two start to discuss music. “We were talking about Black Flag and <i>My War</i>,” says Velde, and another time, “we DJ’d together once in LA and we realized we had a lot of the same taste in records from psych, to krautrock, to weird ‘90s shoegaze stuff and of course hardcore and punk. Like Corrosion of Conformity.” McBean’s story parallels Velde’s, more or less! “Even though I have way better taste than him, Sam and I grew up listening to a lot of the same shit as it rolled out of the rock'n'roll thunder ball cannon,” he states.<br />
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This connection led to a jam with a drummer friend. What came of this may not have sounded like the existing band, but what did happen, was they decided to do it again. This time McBean arrived with a riff and a different drummer sat in. That very night, this riff grew into “Kick Against the Pricks,” a song from the first 7-inch. To bridge things further the band Saviors, ties Barber to Velde. Their current drummer Flo Schanze came by way of a suggestion through Dimitri Coats from OFF! Velde is also the vocalist for Night Horse and Bluebird. <br />
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Those rehearsals were eventually recorded and Velde had set some vocal tracks to these, which spawned the 2013 self-titled 7-inch. McBean suggested a DIY house show release. By 2014 there was another 7-inch, titled The Hole. Incidentally, drummer, Chris Common from the band, These Arms are Snakes, recorded on the on the first release.<br />
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Velde had known Greg Anderson of the label, Southern Lord. There was a deep respect for the catalogue. The front man had sent him the first four songs and Anderson had dropped in at their shows. “We actually, kinda went to him for bits of advice because we did these two 7-inch [releases.] Should we make a record with somebody? He said I want to put the record out,” tells Velde. <br />
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McBean’s tour with Pink Mountaintops left a short window for recording, but Obliterations had “a strong creative energy” and their album evolved quickly. The well-connected vocalist came to know Dave Grohl when he booked Scream in the early ‘90s. They recorded the full length at Grohl’s Studio 606, however the mix could not be finished there because of unexpected circumstance. So, Anderson from Southern Lord recommended sending the recordings to Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio. Where he literally mixed it down in a few days. These tracks became <i>Poison Everything</i>, an album cut, as a straight up recording it is an accurate likeness of the band live. <br />
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This is a stripped back record with weight intact. “Songs are like moods,” explains the front man. The title track “Poison Everything” sets a tone. “Each song has it’s own inquiry into different facets of modern society, I suppose. Whether it’s personal, social, or political…” reflects the vocalist. This album is made up of short tracks, and each “message” comes off as a “quick conversation.” The song “Mind Ain’t Right,” exposes an uneasy a state. “The One that Got Away” tackles relationship hindsight. Longer numbers like “Open Casket,” probe aspects of war while “Shame” dives inward into dark territory personal or environmental and “Scapegoat” questions politics. The North America release date is in October.<br />
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So, back to those black book pages, that teenage brain and the stirred up danger. With a stiff shot of spontaneity and collective instinct, what is left on the table is the band right now. “The trash can is always near and the freedom to toss should always be engaged,” says McBean. “It still feels like now because the only time anything happens is now. So you know where you want to be, when label mates Baptists and Torch Runner hit the same floor?<br />
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<i>Obliterations play at the Biltmore Cabaret October 25.</i><br />
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</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182028724185905059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377653457520100302.post-31718300557934759292014-10-17T19:03:00.002-07:002014-12-19T13:30:04.297-08:00BAPTISTS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Vancouver! Take notice and pay attention, because in local heavy music, lesson number one is Baptists.<br />
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“Our label owner, Greg, made me some crazy concoction before we played with Pentagram in San Francisco. I don't know what the hell he put in it, but I ended up smashing a bottle over my head onstage and then crushing some dude in the crowd. I think I got carried back to the van that night,” estimates the Baptists’ front man/vocalist Andrew Drury. That pretty much sums up the agitating menace that is Vancouver’s ‘cleanup hitter’ of heavy bands. If you haven’t already, you might want to take notice and get on board.<br />
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Someone who did take notice was a stellar record label of all things extreme - Southern Lord. Back in 2011 it was through a random MySpace (remember that?) message from them that got the band signed and things started to roll. “We didn’t even believe it was real at first. We were totally caught off guard,” Drury looks back. “We haven’t checked MySpace since.”<br />
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The next thing they know they were jet setting out to Salem, Massachusetts to record their debut album Bushcraft with Converge’s Kurt Ballou at his studio. The result was unremitting. So much so that they booked a return visit to do their new album <i>Bloodmines</i>, which is ready to drop on October 13th. You might think it’s been a bit of a whirlwind for them. “It hasn't felt too fast to me,” adds Drury, “I feel like I've been doing this with these guys for years now. The Southern Lord thing happened after a couple months of being a band, so we don't know what it's like to not be associated with them. We're still very grateful to be [connected] with such a ruling label.”<br />
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If the new pre-released songs “Calling” and “Harm Induction” are any indication, <i>Bloodmines</i> will have punishing results. There is undeniable muscle and an intimidating strength to their sound. Like a persistent poke at the bear until that raging beast mauls and rips an unwary listener to shreds. Steeped deep in noisy hardcore, this band is not shy about its love for Converge and Cursed. “We wanted to be Vancouver’s answer to Cursed breaking up. I don’t listen to much Canadian metal. All I want is a Cursed reunion,” Drury half jokes.<br />
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Filling out the roster of Baptists is guitarist Danny Marshall and bassist Sean Hawryluk. Their drummer, Nick Yacyshyn, is a drumming machine. So when Dave Grohl proclaimed Yacyshyn to be his new favourite drummer, well let’s just say the band was stoked with the accolades. “It was cool to see that. It seriously had nothing to do with the band as a whole. That post was 100 per cent about Nick. It'd be super cool if Dave actually listens to us, though! I was, and still am a massive fan of his,” responds Drury.<br />
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Life’s complications prevent Baptists from getting out as much as they would like to, but they plan on touring as much as they can for Bloodlines. For starters, they are booked solid down the West Coast with label mates Obliterations with plans to go to Europe, Mexico and even Indonesia. So there will be some love spreading around this release. “We're proud of it, so we want to show as much of the world as possible that we can play that shit live,” says Drury. But just a warning before you go see them, like that prodded bear, they will split you apart and especially Drury, as he is a madman. Vancouver, be prepared, as this triple-threat of Baptists, Obliterations and Torch Runner will charge that pit.<br />
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Vancouverites seem to have a fond liking for Portland and
lately everything that has been popping out of its crispy, sweet, music filled
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We Hunt Buffalo started off the evening right with some
awesome rocking tunes. This Vancouver based stoner rock threesome cover their
riffs with enough fuzz to make your ears turn into peaches. No complaining
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Black Mastiff might be a breed of a dog but it’s also a name
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Red Fang was up on stage in a matter of minutes after Black
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here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They continued on in their humble
tradition of shaking hands with each other before getting into it. The
comradery of this band seeps into the community of fans they attain. A down to
earth band playing good old heavy metal infused the crowd on Wednesday and had
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wanted and moshing ensued. Several folks found their way to the stage to crowd
dive and subsequently someone hit the lead vocalist, Aaron Beam, in the mouth
but it didn’t faze him and he kept singing. Crusty and catchy, David Sullivan
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