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// FEATURES // REGULARS 08 / BLACKOUT BEACH 06 / THE OVEREDUCATED GRUMBLER Three years in the making, Carey Mercer's latest Blackout Beach venture, the slighdy war-tinged Fuck Deathm mixes the singer-songwriter's darkly textured tunes with some killer chopper sounds. 07 / TEXTUALLY ACTIVE / VENEWS

10 / VACANT STATE 20 / CALENDAR / Sean Murphy Hardcore devotees Vacant State dish the details on their furious debut full- length, Fill the Void. 22/PROGRAM GUIDE 12 / KATHRYN CALDER New Pornographer Kathryn Calder didn't anticipate her sophomore solo set 25 / ART PROJECT / Patrick Cruz Bright and Viirid would be so steeped in synth-pop, but we're glad it is. 28 /UNDERREVIEW 14 / SISKIYOU Just as their membership grew over the lastyear, so did Siskiyou's ambitions, as evidenced by their new forward-thinking folk set, Keep Away the Dead. 32/REAL LIVE ACTION

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one song called "Stupid Girls" making fun of those emaciated, dumb blonde Hollywood types like Paris Hilton who are only concerned with their weight and appearance. The video even had Pink mocking this by shoving a toothbrush down her throat and purging into a sink. Scandalous! I like that she isn't one of those contradictory feminists like Destiny's Child who sing about girl power and women being independent, but then wear skirts so short that they show off their vaginas. Pink seems to stick to her convictions except for in one key area: the music. was sitting in the theatre watching Friends With Benefits with my friend Mari Pink's music does not kick ass. If I am in a "go ladies!" type of mood, I'll listen at the Scotiabank Theatre, contemplating how I've seen every single fran­ to Exile in Guyville-era Liz Phair, because she made a statement about the male chise that involves the fuck buddies theme—I also saw the JT/Mila Kunis dominated music industry. If I want to feel bad ass, I'll listen to Alison Mosshart movie No Strings Attached and even watched the NBC sitcom ofthe same ofthe Kills' sultry vocals. Hell, I'll even listen to Adele because that lady's got name. Why did I enjoy this theme so much? I've never even been in that chops and can move people to tears. These women are making strides in the Itype of scenario; I've always been one of those monogamy-only douchebags. music industry, not Pink's gimmicky pop. Maybe the fact that itwas so foreign to me was the appeal. So, moviemakers, stop putting that Pink song in girly movie trailers, because While I was having an ADHD moment letting the thoughts spin around in I'm too cool for school to be listening to that crap. my head, there was this horrible trailer screening for a movie called New Year's To read more mindless crap, visit http://uwuJ.oeflrumbler.com Eve. Watch the trailer IT YOU DARE. America really loves these Love Actually type of movies with different, some­ times intersecting plot lines involving a million characters, except Love Actually JAY & SI .NT BOB was actually good. (Yeah, I just said Love Actually was good, that's how jaded I am about this). Neu> Year's Eve looks like the worst of its kind—is every single 1EI OLD . person who ever lived in this movie? The usual suspects—Ashton Kutcher, Zac Efron, Katherine Heigl, Sarah Jessica Parker (as another variation of Carrie Bradshaw)— are included in this cheesy shitstorm, but Robert De Niro and Seth Meyers, why must you resort to this crap? These are just the people that appear in the trailer too. Who knows what kind of cameos are going to pop up? I'm expecting to see Oprah and maybe a zany appearance from Richard Simmons or some other kind of washout /EDNESDAYDECEM whose career needs to be revitalized. 'iiE'VOGUE THEATRE What I also happened to notice during this crummy movie trailer was that XETS FROM V0GUETHEATRE.COM they used Pink's annoying ear-murderer, "Raise Your Glass," as this kind of inspirational, feel-good anthem. This tune always makes me feel rage-tastic, mostly because ofthe lyric, "too school for cool." Really, Pink? You're not a teenager anymore, you're in your rucking thirties—can you not come up with some smarter words? I'm embarrassed for you. When the trailer was over, I was happy I didn't have to hear that atrocity that claims to be music. THINK AGAIN. The next trailer was for Anna Faris'What's Your Number? and they used the same Pink number in that trailer too. "Are they playing that Pink song again?" I said to Mari. "Who organized these trailers to play back-to-back? Bad move." She shrugged and didn't seem to care—stuff like this apparendy only bothers an tiber nerd like me. AJIX Pink's music has this horrible effect on me where it plays in my head all day. I couldn't stop thinking about the experience I had in the theatre, and after, I fFRIDAY NOVEMBER 11 had noticed just how much this Pink song has been used for girly movies. Even -- THEVOGUETHEATRE Bridesmaids, a movie which I loved, used the it in the trailer. For shame! . TICKETS FROM VOaUETHE* Yes, I understand Pink is this good-for-feminism type of lady. She had that TEXTUALLY ACTIVE VENEWS The Karaoke Singer's Guide to Self-Defense Vancouver's Budding Queer Hip-Hop Scene Tim Kinsella (Featherproof Books) by BETTY FIKRE MARIAM by MATTHEW GRANLUND

he Rouflh Diamond Collective promotes (mostly) queer (mostly) hip-hop concerts. Fellow collective members Alex Heggie, Priscilla Pleasant and I are co-presenting our first Vancouver event, the upcoming THEESatisfaction show (sponsored by CiTR and Discorder) at the Waldorf on November 2. TI asked Pleasant why the collective is so pertinent in cities such as Mon­ treal, where the collective originated, and especially here in Vancouver. "We were excited to see the vibrant scenes that were happening in other cities, and wanted to see something like that happen in our cities instead of just wishing we lived elsewhere," she said. "We also realized that queer people of colour weren't being centered in queer spaces ever, and wanted to create spaces where that had a greater possibility of happening." As three fans of music, Pleasant, Heggie and I started this collective to ver gone to a juneral and wound up on a toiletjloor bleeding? Such an unlikelybrin g talented artists to Montreal, because nobody was booking queer rappers. scenario may have been within the realm of possibility for Will, a Now, we're looking to expand beyond Montreal, bringing the queer hip-hop character in Tim Kinsella's debut novel, The Karaoke Singer's Guide To revolution to Vancouver. Self-Defense. The longtime frontman for eclectic, Chicago-based rock­ As noted, first up will be the THEESatisfaction show. Over the last three ers Joan of Arc, Kinsella recently re-directed his artistic drive towards years, members Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris have developed, reshaped Ea masters in creative writing, giving birth to his impressive tale. and entertained us with their soulful and ferocious EPs that redefine what Will is a street-fighting addict who has returned to his home town of Stone rap music is and what it can be. They are a part ofa new generation of queer Claw Grove after a five-yearabsenc e to attend his Grandmother's funeral. At rappers, including LEiF and Abstract Random, thatare consistently sculpting this rare gathering of his working class family, unresolved tension and hang­ multigenre musical concoctions that seem grounded to a distinct d.i.y ethic. ups underlie their scrubbed-clean appearances. THEESatisfaction describe their music as "lo-fi rebel hip-hop" with psyche­ The lives of other outsiders intertwine with Will's family throughout the delic space jazz elements. Their much-anticipated debut LP Awe Naturale will story. There is Sarah Ann, a teenage runaway who ends up working at the be released early 2012 on records. Shhh..., a strip club and karaoke bar frequented by Will and his siblings. Another local with the same mindset as the Rough Diamond Collective is Will's sister Mel is a lifer behind the bar, conflicted by her necessary periods DJ Lisa DeLux, who just started up a new weekly queer night with DJ G-Luve dancing to support her child. There is also the disturbing addition to the story at the Waldorf Hotel called Audball. ofa middle-aged man on the run with a kidnapped teenager who is laying low "Vancouver hosts a lot of great queer dance parties, but none of them are in Stone Claw Grove. weekly," DeLux explained, "somethingyou can call home and invite and accept Kinsella doesn't fillth e novel with fast action but instead guides the reader everybody." That's were Audball comes in, as DeLux says she's trying to "pro­ to dwell on the inner workings of these desperate characters. He utilizes shifts mote diversity" with varying musical styles. Both DJs get their vinyl out for the in time from the present day to past episodes of Will's legendary bloodletting event, which is held in the hotel's tiki room every Tuesday, and spin everything in bars and car parks. The rewards of this style of narrative lay in the effective from classic boom bap to funk; a truly great experience to be had. mapping ofthe psychological terrain governing the relationships between the The Cobalt's new monthly event, Hustla, is stirring up the hip-hop pot as family members and their connections to the other characters. well. Having debuted this past April, promoters David Deveau and Brandon If the forced family occasion ofthe funeral doesn't allow the siblings to let Gaukel deliver a dance party which fuses rap and drag performances. Deveau their guard down after years of unprocessed childhood trauma, the democratic notes: "our DJs do seek out hip-hop music by queer artists, and we're also ritual of karaoke offers a possibility for the masks to drop, if only for a night at aware there's certain songs that people want to hear on the dance floor, so they a time. "They lived on display. That was how itwas. How it was meant to be," play those as well:" Deveau's drag performance spins everything from Missy Kinsella writes ofWill's defensiveness around his brother and sisters, who are Elliot to Nicki Minaj. Ifyou'r e into the top 40/old school vibes paired with an likely anticipating a relapse of his addictive brawling. inspiring drag show, this night's for you. The Karaoke Singer's Guide To Self-Defense, reads as an impressive cross between Hoping to vanquish Vancouver's once stagnant queer rap scene, Audball, Eight Club and a heartfelt Springsteen lyric—a low key and occasionally cryptic Hustla and Rough Diamond are eager to get the party started. tale about the vulnerability and angst of regular American people. 7 BLACKOUT BEACH—I •m FUCK

"It's kind ofa grandiose teenage statement," Blackout Beach main man Carey Mercer laughs into the phone of his boldly- titled new album, Fuck Death, "but it's also like fuck my own fascination with death, fuck the way that death's presented and manufactured—'Fuck Death' is simplistic and complex at the same time I guess...I hope." Wup^H^ Inspired by the equally provocative American contemporary painter Leon Golub's painting ofthe same name and by his J|ppf fascination with stories of war, Fuck Death, which comes out November 15 on the Dead Oceans imprint, appropriately reflects both the sonic that they are very different experiences." and thematic substance embedded within the album's nine tracks. Mercer describes recording Fuck Death as incredibly tedious, forcing the While no stranger to recording—he's also the frontman for and musician to ask himself: "Why do I do this? Why don't I just put a band to­ a member of Swan Lake—Mercer says it's difficult to compare his various gether and write some songs on the acoustic guitar?" You can especially feel projects. Swan Lake, the collaboration between Mercer, Destroyer's Daniel the painstaking patience it took to record the brilliant, nearly thirteen-minute Bejar and former WolfParade member , for instance, doesn't "Drowning Pigs," a multi-arced tune full of sleepy, methodic rhythms, drawn have a deliberate direction. "It's such a collaborative effort that I don't think out chords and wind sounds slowy blowing between vocal breaks. we have a sonic idea when we go in. I think it's more just a miracle that we end Dispelling any belief that the mostly computer-generated recording was up with a record at all," he jokes. He describes Frog Eyes, his project ofthe in any way more efficient than composing things acoustically, he explains last ten years, as "very visceral, simplistic and not intellectual at all." When he "there were moments making Fuck Death that I was completely ready to puke feels like getting out of his seat and dancing around with the guitar, he knows just staring at a screen." the group have something to chip away at. Three years in the making, the album is a manifestation of hours upon hours The last two Blackout Beach records, meanwhile, (2009's Skin of Evil and of Mercer's time. Self-recorded in his hometown of Victoria, B.C., and mixed Fuck Death) have instead been cerebral studio exercises in electronic sound, with Tanis Gibbons at the Hive Creative Labs here in Vancouver, Fuck Death is which Mercer emphasizes is something he enjoys. "There's kind ofthe idea characterized as much by the recording process as by its thematic content. that if I'm on a guitar I'm keeping it real, but if I'm using a computer it's Aside from a couple of drum machines and a guitar, Fuck Death was composed somehow false," he explains. "I don't really believe in that, but I do think using a few monophonic synthesizers, meaning each chord was composed from by JENNESIA PEDRI photos by HARRY BOOTH

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three or four individually recorded notes. "I think most people would be like, i 'why didn't you just get a polyphonic synthesizer?' And the answer is you only Wiii have so many funds," Mercer says with a laugh. "And one ofthe great things about art is setting obstacles for yourself and working around them." Instead of going out and buying a new synth, Mercer asked himself "how am I going to create polyphony?" As a result, there are certain inconsistencies and peculiarities in the album's analog wave that give it an unsteady warble. j The inconsistencies lend themselves conceptually to the album's uneasy themes of beauty and war. Not coincidentally, Fuck Death started with a sound; the album's concept came after. "It was really difficult to find the theme. I think I spent about a year with the music being mostly done, struggling to find the words to put over it." War is possibly the most pervasive influence on the LP's lyrical content, j evident in lines like "war is in my heart" (from "Be Forewarned, The Night has Come"). There's also a kind of military-mindedness in the helicopter sounds of "Torchlights Banned" and in the white noise of squawk boxes and walkie-talkies on "Be Forewarned, The Night has Come." "All those sounds that little boys love," Mercer describes. While war itself is political, Fuck Death isn't intended to be a political album. "It'll never be a record that people are singing to at Occupy Wall Street," the artist explains. Rather, it's a reflection on the human fascination with the artifice of Blackout Beach will be Performing at Zulu Records on November 26. human phenomena such as war. Characterized by a whirlwind of electronic sounds, the heartbeat-like rhythm of drum machines accompanied by simple, thought provoking vocals, I think it will he agreed that there's something sumptuous and inviting about the ambient white noise of Fuck Death. VACANT

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IT'S AN UNLIKELY HOME for a hardcore band. La Casa del Artista first opened in 2006 for the purpose of showcasing live mariachi music. A towering mustard- coloured building on the corner of Main and 3rd Ave, it's on the back steps that I first meet three members of Va­ cant State: Terry Wilk (vocals), Adam Mitchell (guitar) and Chris "Gustav" trip toth e emergency room. "We played a house show and we got four songs in Gustafson (bass). Relocating to their ground-floor jam space, we sat down and a guy got knocked over and fucked up all his [Gustafson's] shit," he says. (on the floor) to discuss Vancouver's punk scene, all-ages venues and their "He [Gustafson] hurt his shoulder and had to go to the hospital." debut long player Fill the Void. Such fury and abandon could be incited by Wilk's gravelly scream, which'll "We used to play shows here," Mitchell says of La Casa. "The other half tear new holes in all skulls within earshot. Or perhaps the hostility stems from of this building did all-ages shows for a number of years, but then there was Mitchell's chugging, distorted guitar punctuated by bursts of intense feedback. some damage to the hall so they stopped doing it" Either way, Wilk says the resulting chaos is all in good fun. "People have tried Itwas drummer Brent Glasgow Brown who had the idea of renting out a to pull my pants down and stuff," he says. "I don't mind it It's easier than if rehearsal space fromth e venue that banned punk shows. The place now serves they just stood there and looked at me." as a practice spot for half a dozen local hardcore bands, including Keep it Clear, Prone toplayin g house gigs, Vacant State say they prefer to keep shows open Lush Vegetation and Circles. "After we'd been here awhile they started doing to all ages. "I think it's bullshit to say somebody can't see the show because shows again," Mitchell adds, "but that has since stopped." they're born in the wrong year," says Mitchell. Inspired by American '80s hardcore bands like Negative Approach and Last Although all-ages venues often have a short shelf life in Vancouver, Gustafson Rites, Vacant State shows get some pretty wild reactions. "There was a show says there's no reason to protest the City's "war on fun." "It's not brain sur­ where I had to punch a guy," says Wilk, adding that another night ended in a gery. There's always people complaining that there's no venues in Vancouver

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process. Slow-motion pit stomp "Dying World" brutally bashes you in the mug, while "Permanent Headache" flies by in a torrent of offbeats, clocking at 49 seconds. "Mark had written all the songs on the firstEP s and three ofthe songs on the full-length. The rest are mostly Adam," Wilk says of their current collection. "I write all the lyrics." and that venues are being shut down," the bassist says, before pointing out Wilk's words grab at a terrifying inner rage that is surprisingly personal. potential show locales. "There's so many random restaurants and weird halls "It's just about being fucked up. Just dealing with myself," he says. "There's at around the city. Whether its East Van or Kitsilano you just have to look for times maybe a little commentary but very little." Fill the Void combines nihilist those places." lyrics with good old-fashioned aggression and dischord. But when asked if "The reason people think there aren't venues is because people are apa­ the album pays homage to the pillars of hardcore—Black Flag, Minor Threat thetic," Mitchell continues. "You hear people say things like 'Oh, there's no and Bad Brains—Vacant State are hesitant to agree. venues. Oh, nobody's offering us shows. No one's doing this or that' And "Anytime you're playing '8os-styled hardcore you're kinda having a nod to ruck, man. The 'y' in d.i.y. is do it yourself, you know? If there's no venues that those three bands, but I wouldn't say it's a direct influence," says Mitchell. just means nobody is looking." "There's a bit maybe in the lyrics or the noodle-y parts on the new record," Formed in 2008, Vacant State put out two seven-inch EPs before Fill the Void adds Wilk, who sports a Black Flag tattoo on his. neck. Listing off influences was released on Deranged Records this past August. "It started with two idiots. like Negative FX, SSD, DYS and Reagan Youth, Vacant State put their own spin Just me and our old guitarist Mark [Palm]," says Wilk ofthe band's origins. on vintage punk and could be playing in a basement near you. "We wanted to make a band that sounded like this, so we did [laughs]. That's Vacant State play their record release shoiv November 5 at 360. pretty much it And then he quit, like, spring of'09 and we got Adam." Adding Mitchell to the equation, the band has taken a turn in its songwriting

11 KATHRYN CALDER

Kathryn Calder is having fun. A great deal of fun. And even if she isn't it certainly sounds like it. The B.C.-based singer-songwriter and full-time New Pornographer's latest solo album, the recently released Briaht and Vivid, is teem­ ing with twists and turns for the listener, in what amounts to a considerable re-invention in Calder's artistry. While Bright and Vivid shares the self-reflection and acoustic intimacy that distinguished Calder's last release, 2010's Are You My Mother?, the new album also boasts an impressively eclectic sound and mood that may very well enhance the artist's appeal among a much wider audience. A track such as the electro- tinged single "Who Are You?" is the closest thing to a dance record Calder has produced yet It's one ofthe several pleasant surprises on Briaht and Vivid that only amplify the singer's charm. Unless your name is Ronnie Spector, we can perhaps be safe in assuming that having your spouse at the helm of your album's production is a healthy thing. The freedom of spirit and expansiveness that marks the new album can be attributed in part to Calder's husband, producer Colin Stewart (, ), who recorded the album along with Calder in the singer's living room in Victoria earlier this year. Catching Calder via telephone in between soundchecks for a New Pornogra­ phers gig in Florida during the group's recent U.S. tour, Discorder spoke with the artist about her new record and a musician's life on the road.

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When we began, I was in no way expecting,'Oh yeah, this one's gonna be synth-pop!' [lauahs] That never crossed my mind at all... which I like, you know? It's entertaining to me when you start a record to see how it differs from how you had originally envisioned it to be. When you write enough songs—when you have a collection of songs or a collection of any work, really—you start to notice what your habits are and where you tendt o want to lean on certain patterns, so you have to start growing. You have to start thinking of other things to do! I was aware [of my songwrit­ ing habits] from the moment I started writing for Bright and Vivid, which is Discorder: Is it difficult managing your solo career with being a full-time different from becoming aware of it halfway through the songwriting process. Pornographer? Going into the second record, I knew what I needed to watch out for in my Kathryn Calder: [laughs] It has its challenges, but mostly being in the New songwriting. That's why we ended up with songs that change so dramatically Pornographers is just a big help. There are definitely some time management from one part to the other. issues I have to be aware of, but there are lulls in any [New Pornographers] record D: Parts ofthe new record feel really spontaneous, and it really sounds cycle. There's the occasional conflict, but it's nothing I can't work around. like you had a good time making it D: There's a lot of seeking in the lyrics from the new album, a lot of differ­ KC: It's important to keep things fun! And we did have a really good time ent ideas about what "home" is. How have your ideas about "home" changed making it That was pre-meditated—those parts on the record that explode. in the past while? I thought it would be fun if some ofthe songs started out mellow and then KC: I'm certainly not complaining, but the fact of being on touri s thatyou're turned a corner very suddenly and became something completely different I not at home. For someone like me, who really loves being at home, a part of think it's fun when you think you know where a song's going and then all of you is always still at home. I'm sure there's a lot of talk about home because a sudden it's like, 'Whoa! What happened?' [laughs] I like those records when that's a huge part of my life. I guess my idea ofhom e is just anywhere that your I hear them. friends and family are... who is with you when you're at home. Zachary Stockill is a jreelance journalist and graduate student at UBC. Follow him on D: Your last record only came out about a year ago. How do you think twitter(cDzfstockill, or visit his website at http://zfstockill.com Bright and Vivid compares? KG: I tried to make it very different, but I also tried to keep some similarities between the two... I used the same songwriting principles, but I just wanted to take it further. We were in the living room and I had the keyboard there, and we had all of these programs to play around with, and it ended up having these electronic elements to it, even though I hadn't necessarily intended for it to be that way when we started recording. 13 ololxlYUU certainly couldn't have had more humble ofa beginning. CH: To be honest, at this point it just represents this band. It's the only Last year's self-titled debut emerged from simple collaborations between context I really think about anymore. There was a time I think where it had a singer-songwriter Colin Huebert and guitarist Erik Arnesen, who also worked deeper meaning for me, symbolically. That time is over [laughs]. alongside each other in Ontario folk rock outfit Great Lake Swimmers. Follow­ D: The new album just dropped. How does it feel to finally get that out? ing Huebert's departure from Great Lake Swimmers in 2008, he moved to the CH: It feels good. It's more ofa thing to just finish it and get it mixed and West Coast and recorded Siskiyou at an assortment of informal locations around mastered and figure out the artwork. Then when it comes out, it's almost like Vancouver. But with its membership having doubled since lastyear—drummer a non-thing compared to all the work I had to do personally to get it finished. I , Shaun Watt and bassist Peter Carruthers now fill out the roster—and their don't have a lot to do with the releasing ofthe record so for me, it's more about sophomore album, Keep Away the Dead, now available to the masses, Siskiyou finishing the record. That's more ofa monumental moment than releasing it is ready to break more hearts than ever before. though I'm glad that it's out. Their latest album wrestles with the question of mortality, supported by D: You recendy lived in Mara, B.C. for about a year. How do you think moving Huebert's signature vocals, which instill feelings of hominess and sorrowful to a place with a population of under 400 affected you musically? nostalgia all within the same note. Discorder recently caught up with bandleader CH: I was telling someone recendy that culturally, itwas kind of like living in Huebert on a park bench outside a fire hall in Kitsilano to discuss cultural a vacuum. My wife and I don't have a television and there was no internet except vacuums, creepy community halls and the downside that comes with having dial up. Compared to a city, it was like living in a vacuum for a year. There were expectations surrounding the release of your sophomore album. lots of really great things about it, but culturally it was kind ofmeh. [But] you're Discorder: How about helping the readers out by starting with how you working on a song in Mara and you can just go outside and sit on your front say your guys' name? porch because there's no neighbours. Here, you have to close all the windows Colin Huebert: Sisk-e-you and close all the doors so that your neighbours don't hear you. So there's a D: I know you chose the name because ofthe Siskiyou mountain range difference. Whether that's good or bad, I don't really know, actually. that runs along the California-Oregon border, but what does the name D: How was the recording process different this time? mean to you? CH: It was a bit more stressful, I think. And a bit less easy-going. Before, 14 by JACEY GIBB photo by LINBSEY HAMPTBN

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we didn't even know if we would put out a record. It wiis kind of irrelevant to do live, so we came up with an arrangement for the band that seemed to how it turned out This time you have a company [Constellation Records] work really well. We did it live for about a month when we were on tour. I liked who is going to put out the record, so there are certain expectations that come it, people liked it, everyone liked it. So we decided, "why not record it?" with that, and it becomes more ofa stressful affair when there's expectations D: Your music has been compared to the Pacific Northwest Why do you involved—on your part and on everyone's part Not that it w.as a bad thing. It think that is? just is what it is, I suppose. CH: I have no idea, I'm from Ontario. I guess I've been out here for about D: How was recording in the Mara community hall? eight years, butl'm originally from probably the most southern town in Canada CH: Itwas good. Itwas a little creepy though because it's thus ioo-year-old [Wainfleet]. I don't know [about] the Pacific Northwest connection though. community hall and they rarely use it because there's only 300-4.00 people in Maybe someone just said it once and everyone just stole it I have no idea how the town, so there's only so much demand for it It was dark, it was cold and these things get perpetuated. I identify with the Pacific Northwest, but I'm not there was no one around because I recorded one month by myself. When Erik trying to write songs about it Maybe someone just took the name ofthe band was there, there was safety in numbers. It was pretty creepy at nigiht and we and tried to extrapolate. We'll make a sunny pop record for the next one and couldn't turn the heat on because it made too much noise, so it war. actually then maybe it'll get compared to California rock. really cold too. So itwas dark and cold and scary, but enjoyable, [laugrjhs] D: The general theme ofthe new album seems pretty blatant with Che tide Keep Away the Dead. CH: It's kind of metaphorical, obviously, but there are some themet? that play throughout the record. I don't think it's consistendy on every track, or anything D: I love the cover of Neil Young's "Revolution Blues." What made you choose to cover that one? CH: I didn't choose it; it kind of chose me. It just seemed like a good thing' 15 N&vcmcR IW24~

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Each year, CiTR's Fundrive has us soliciting our just a few of the many faces that have graced faithful listeners/readers for charitable donations the station over the years, and they've lovingly to help fund the radio station and Discorder shared why CiTR is so special to them. Tune in to magazine. On top of providing community-based 101.9 FM November 17-24 for the Fundrive and programming for the Vancouver area and beyond, we're sure you'll here some more great stories we also have a lot of fun. Below we've gathered about the station.

here is simply no hiding it — this is one of my javourite times of year. As a it on, and then rush over to the record library to get enough music so I'd have student I have enjoyed one week of respite jrom midterms, mini candy bars aretim e to find a pen, the log sheet and the tape I was supposed to play later on ripe to be moved to the clearance racks and the seventh annual CiTR (on the reel-to-reel machine). Sometimes I brought poetry records from the Fundrive is nigh. Wilson Recording Library, or played a twelve-inch single I'd heard at the Luv- TWhile CiTR operates 24/7/365, we dedicate only a few days out ofthe year A-Fair, but mostly I didn't know what I was going to play until I was there. to ask for your donations. This annual funding drive (or Fundrive, as we like Mostly what I ended up playing was garage or punk songs, and most of them to call it) is not so that we can continue doing all we do for just one more year, were less than three minutes long. If I needed time to run down the hall I but in the hopes that you'll have 101.9FM to tune into for years to come. This would pull an album off the playlist and cue up the longest track, even if I'd is because we are a campus and community radio station, and rely on the never heard it before. support and funding ofthe student body at UBC as well as our listenership in The album covers were usually marked up with notes from the music direc­ the Vancouver community (and abroad) to fund the work we do. We take our tor (and dissenting notes from some ofthe DJs) about which songs to play and mandate seriously—to educate and train those interested in broadcast jour­ what they were like, but it was always a crap shoot. nalism; to support projects, businesses, and events that support to marginal­ Sometimes I'd be sprinting through the station lounge (and past whoever was ized groups in our community; to give a voice to those who may otherwise be sleeping on the couch that morning) and hear whatever it was coming through voiceless; and to give our celebrated DJs the freedom to play the best in local, the speakers and think, "oh hell, that's awful." But once or twice it turned out underground and alternative music. And yes, we do enjoy throwing a mean to be something great (That was how I discovered the excellent Scottish band party every once in a while. The Primevals). Three-and-a-half hours was a long time to fill when I didn't This year's Fundrive will run from November 17-24, and we're asking have a plan and really didn't know what I was doing, but I loved it. you to 'Tune In to the Future' of radio with us. Funds raised during the 2010 —Janis McKenzie - Chair of CiTR's Board of Directors/Discorder Contributor FunDrive (a whopping $3ok!) went towards our operating budget and special projects such as digitizing our 3ok+ library of CDS, helping to bring us into Fundrive is an exhilarating time to be around the station. Everyone's working hard, the future of broadcast radio. This year we have upped our goal to $35k, and phones are ringing, DJs are pulling out their big guns; ifs a picture ofthe station at look towards the long term future of CiTR We want to remain relevant, ac­ its best. cessible and unequivocally awesome through 2012 and beyond, and we need Fundrive is also a very exhausting time. Every year, I have a point where your help to do it. I hit a wall and feel super burnt out Last year it hit right before the finale. I So whether it's on air at 101.9 on the FM dial, online at citr.ca, or in print showed up to the party not wanting to be there at all, attending only out ofa in the lovely Discorder you hold in your hands, we invite you to 'Tune In to the sense of obligation. The theme was "'90s covers'' and there were ten bands Future' with us. It's sure to be an interesting ride. on the bill; I was overwhelmed. —Grace McRae-Okine - President ofthe Student Executive, 2011-2012 Slowly though, my mood brightened. It was hard not to cheer up seeing all the bands, volunteers and listeners pitch in to support the radio station My first show was called Rude Awakening. The time slot was 7-10:30 on Thursday they love. mornings, and even though I only lived across the street at Gage Towers itwas By the end ofthe night, I jumped onstage to join everyone else in a crazy nearly impossible to get there early enough. I was usually out seeing some band "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sing-along. It was so much fun! Once again, the the night before, and by the time the proctor let me into the station it would power of CiTR managed to lift my spirits. already be time to go on-air. —Duncan McHugh • Board of Directors Usually I'd play the sign-on cart, grab something from the playlist and put

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riving doum bumpy, country rock-washed back roads, forward leaning D: Who are some ofthe musicians that have had an influence on your sound but willing to wind up on a Whiskeytown detour to fill up their tank, is or your musical approach? Victoria's Hawk and Steel. The outfit's roots rock sound, particularly on PG: Well, anyone that knows me knows I'd take a bullet for Ryan Adams, laid backtracks like "Carol" or "No Country Blues," is full of heartache. and similar acts like Wilco or Gillian Welch take up a lot of space in my music DBetween their folk-flavoured four-song EP, Drawing, a recent split seven-inch collection. But there's a lot of other stuff I love to listen to that isn't exactly in with the Wicks, and fresh from a spate of shows, including a high-profile gig the vein of music I play. at Rifflandia, it's a wonder lead vocalist/guitarist Peter Gardner has any shakes One of my all-time favourite records is Laughing Stock by Talk Talk. It's rather to spare. But when speakling to Discorder, he's personable and impassioned strange, kind of experimental pop-jazz. How do I even explain it? It's just a to dish out about his urgent and autumnal alt-country outfit. beautiful record. The drums were recorded with one mic, down a hall 30 feet Discorder: Let's get the obligatory question regarding your band's name away, and they sound incredible! that's one album I still listen to when I'm

out ofthe way. "Hawk and Steel"—what's that all about? in a bind for inspiration. £t ^;?-,* Peter Gardner: I wish there was a cool story to tell about that, but there isn't. D: Noted. With so much on the go, let's look ahead. What does the future I thought the words sound nice together. I like that it has a cool double meaning; hold for you? the idea of stealing something to hock it. Everyone liked it so it stuck. PG: Well, for a while I was doing the two band thing [the other band, now 0: You've been in a number of different bands over the years (Vegan Holo­ defunct, was Forestry], but I'm really just trying to focus on Hawk and Steel. caust, Forestry). What keeps you going? I feel the songs we're working on are the best I've ever written. I guess that's PG: That feeling when a stranger comes up to you and tells you how much what everyone always says about their new material, but I've never felt as proud they like your music is something special. I mean, it's great when your mom of my work as I do right now. likes your band, but when someone who doesn't give a shit about you likes D: Not to detract from your work or the pleasing pastoral sounds off the your band, you're doing something right. EP, but I'm curious, what's the beard/no beard ratio in the band? Do you guys D: Things are moving excitedly fast for you guys, it seems. You've been play­ spend a lot of time sculpting your facial hair? ing a lot of shows and I'm curious, when you're on tour—on the road—how PG: [laughing] Four out of five with facial hair! Matt Schmitz (bass guitar) do you pass the time? Do you do much reading? has, like, an Abe Lincoln thing going on, so he may spend some timeo n sculpt­ PG: Unfortunately when I'm on the road I can't read. Two words in a moving ing, but I'm ofthe old Beatles adage, "Let It Be" when it comes to facial hair. car and I'm puking like a kid full of hot dogs on a tilt-a-whirl. So usually I just D: Do you consider your journey thus far a successful one? watch outside the windows hoping to spot an animal. PG: So far so good. We've only been playing a little while and already we've D: [laughing] What's your favourite animal? played Rifflandia to an over full.ver^ps and am really proud ofthe music we've PG: Bison. They're big and ugly, and yet lovable. I relate to that. recorded and released. Things are looking upFJ*if 'W

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/ UNDER Adam Nanji (vocals and guitar), Alex Andrew (guitar and back-up vocals), Katrina Jones (piano and back-up vo­ cals) and lead singer Lo lastyear. The six-piece has collectively matured as a REVIEW result: the percussion track is tighter, the sound clearer, creating a more intense listening experience. 41ST & HOME ity. 41st & Home are doing it right— Tape V a sometimes abrupt but still Describing themselves as a mix­ WILDERNESS EYES O.W.L. not only are they raising money for a amusing diversion with its fair share ture of orchestral indie-pop and REMIX COLLECTION very unique cause, they're having fun ofhooks. frenetic art-rock, the band doesn't (Independent) and making some jovial music, and Babysitter isn't the type of band to keep the hopeful rhythm pumping all Despite ostensibly listening to the that deserves some attention. appeal to a wide demographic. Their album long—which isn't necessarily a same track four times, I felt some­ —Kamil Krawczyk angst-ridden sneering, muddy sound bad thing. The second and third tracks thing unique hidden deep in 41st & and entirely unrefined slant are sure to mix some experimental beats and Home's charity single, the Wilderness confuse those with more conventional pop-folk elements, which results in an Eyes O.W.L. Remix Collection. While tastes. Butifyou've gota weakness for enjoyable sound, but could use more some may find the record paltry, (Planet ofthe Tapes) home-recording projects, delightfully power. "Pink Carnations" seems to sparse, or dull, it is in fact surpris­ Victoria B.C.'s Babysitter are a savvy dirty noise rock and occasional ama­ be heavier and more guitar-driven, ingly varied, entertaining and well bunch of garage gourmets whose love teurish yet gung-ho tenacity (think but in the end I still expected more done. Oh, and how about the icing of lo-fi and d.i.y. decor is honest and Halfjapanese or the Shaggs) then energy. In those moments when the on the cake? All the proceeds go to appealing. Their current 13-track re­ look no further than this band. Obey­ singer swings her voice tighdy or the the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation lease, Tape V, is a nice yet naughty mar­ ing punk precepts, Babysitter will let guitarist plays stronger chords, the Society, a non-profit aimed at helping riage of messy, trebly, hiss-saturated the kids curse, cut loose and stay up Belle Game show they can stand out birds of prey. indie rock wrapped in a rousing litde way past their bedtime. among other Canadian pop acts. "But," you might say, "what about party. —Shane Scott-Travis —Luiz Felipe Silva the actual music?" It's fresh. It's run. Their post-punk progression occa­ "But it's only one new song, how is sionally evokes Bee Thousand-era Guid­ BLEACH BABES that possible?" Simply put, the three ed By Voices on tracks like "I Need to remixes that accompany the track are Get High Before I Kill Myself" and (Independent) (Independent) so original, it's easy to forget that they "Middle Class Skid," as far as frac­ Sleep to Grou; forces you to fall in love

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November 2011 Schedule

Tuesday November 1 beekeeper/The Harshies/Man Hands

Tuesday November 8 Conspiracy Farm/The Population Drops/Sythcake

Tuesday November 15 (SEMIS #1) Real Boys/The Killed Spirite/Tyranahorse

Tuesday November 22 (SEMIS #2) Sleuth/Fist Full O'Snacks/Philoceraptor

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31 •SHEARING PINX /! HERMIT THRUSHES/WEED/ with. They were nonetheless entranc­ through a spazzy, schizophrenic per­ grandiose performance as, fleckedi n VILLAGE ing to watch. formance full ofimpulse-drive n lyrics j war paint they started the set with an October 5 • Zoo Zhop Weed may be my favourite local and weird time signatures. Half-way I extended, deafening noise session full 1 The mood at weekday Zoo Zhop band right now— scratch that, they' re through the Philadelphia outfit's per­ j of growling feedback. SHPX played i shows is always interesting: drunk j definitely my favourit. Frontman Will formance, Kourmadas educated the song after song of angry, vaguely I kids buying Tupac records out front, j Anderson, dressed in a sweater and ! crowd about the crucial differences | gothic noise-punk and, bathed in j while a mess of wires and amplifiers sneakers, looks remarkably out of between hermit thrushes, a kind of j the glow ofa dusty projector, made ! get strung up around the real gut of place behind a guitar but that doesn't bird, and Thrush Hermit, a "stupid" the dim corners of the Zoo Zhop feel the venue. stop him from nailing the perfect Canadian band thatwas the source of • as if it were haunted by the spirits of Village were first on the docket \ gritty garage sound. Like a chunkier some case of mistaken identity. Their angry, guitar-wielding ghosts. This was their first show, and I sus- j Weezer, Weed were best when transi­ often insane songs only just managed -Fraser Dobbs pect the reason for their scant three- I tioning fromlaid-bac k rifts to their fu­ to catch the crowd's attention before song set fist was for want of more rious choruses, which had Anderson ending abrupdy and incoherendy. JAMISON TROY / written material. As soon as they jumping into his microphone stand I had to laugh when I finallyreal ­ TERRA LIGHTFOOT/ I were able to shake the jitters, Village like a passionate drunk. ized who the headliner ofthe night SCOTTYMACK/SELKIES ! came alive, channeling a calm and Hermit Thrushes, the only out- I was — being billed on the poster as October 8 • The Prophouse Cqfe'

; airy tone that took cues from the xx's I of-town acton the bill, would almost "SHPX," I didn't get that it was Shear­ I To the dismay of many of its flip-flop level-headed delivery. Their vocalist \ have been hard to spot amidst their j ing Pinx until they picked up their I and t-shirt wearing citizens, Vancou­ has great pipes; her smooth singing ! formidable collection of amplifiers, instruments. The band seems to have ver reverted back to its usual rainy sounded like wooden wind-chimes drum kits and guitars were it not for "made it" in Vancouver, at least to the gloom. I made my way over to the Pro­ dancing next to their vibrato-laced lead singer Yianni Kourmadas' com­ point that they can obtusely abbrevi­ phouse, a small neighborhood cafe' guitar riffs. Without a drummer, Vil- | plete and utter lunacy. Armed with a ate their tide and still draw people in on Venables Street, cold and slighdy lage were a litde difficult to keep pace I three-stringed guitar, he led the group to hear them. They put on a suitably soaked. Having just set foot inside the 32 cafe for the firsttime , I was greeted by off by playing "Old Man," a track an overwhelming number of antique off his debut record, Searching for the lamps hanging like stalactites, while Quiet. The first thing that struck me vintage memorabilia and quirky col­ was his voice, which was delicate and lectibles litter the rest ofthe space. It almost soothing. Armed with an un­ was quite possibly the best venue for plugged six-string and a friend who an intimate country folk show. played double bass in the background, Julie Nelson and Jessica Wilkin Troy kept up a pleasant mood via his set the evening's calmed mood with simple acoustic melodies. Quite the their melodious tunes. Nelson's compelling lyricist, he crooned about dreamy, rich voice conjured up images the moments in life where one yearns of blissful walks across a meadow. to hold on to something certain. He Possibly due to a case ofthe jitters, certainly left his audience relaxed, Nelson and Wilkin forgot to intro­ peaceful and ready to cap the night duce themselves until an audience off in serene slumber. member asked for their name. Julie -Stephanie Chua Nelson bashfully introduced the band as SeMes, named after the mytho­ SISKIYOU A ^yjii^ logical seal creature that morphs into CHRISTOPHER SMITH & THE human form. Even though they were BECKON CALL/ANDREW LEE playing for the firsttime , these ladies October 13 -TheWaldorf certainly got the audience enamoured Siskiyou's record release party for with their talent their sophomore album, Keep Away Ontario native Scotty Mack took the Dead, was an intimate yet inviting center stage equipped with an elec­ affair for all those in attendance at the tric guitar. Although you can't deny Waldorf. Sometimes it's just nice to his talent—he was entrenched in ev­ throw on your favourite flannelan d go ery song he played, strumming his mingle With other plaid aficionados. guitar and using his foot to play his It's even nicer to chat with those plaid- tambourine—it didn't seem to add up clad individuals when great music is to a cohesive sound. A fairly talkative being played. The Thursday evening fellow, Mack humoured his listeners event was ne*exception. with a tale about seeing a seemingly Opening the night was In Medias dead girl lying on the street in Kam- Res' Andrew Lee, whose pedal steel loops the night before. He.eventually guitar emitted lush, country-tinged set. the record and said that she was tones while his backing band added actually alright. to his atmospheric sound. You could Hailing from Hamilton, Ontar­ honesdy feel the amount of attention io, Terra Lightfoot embarked on her the audience was giving Lee once he first Canadian tour in support of her began to sing. His set was mosdy self-tided debut album. Explaining culled from In Medias Res' latest that she had never journeyed beyond album, It Was Warm and Sunny When Manitoba, itwas quite obvious Light- We First Set Out, including highlights foot was delighted to come see the "Tonight I Am New" and "Hollis." It West for herself as she entertained was such a delight, since the record is the audience with tales about tour hands down one ofthe best albums to life. Her brand of music is rather come out of Vancouver this year. hard to categorize. It could simply be Christopher Smith took the stage described as indie-folk infused with next with his serene, introspective math rock sensibilities. She possesses slow jams (including an incredible an amazing, full-bodied voice that cover ofTega n & Sara's "Back In Your echoed throughout the tinyspace , and Head"). It wasn't just the minimal- it kept the audience in awe. istic electric guitar and meticulous The headliner ofthe evening was drumming that made Smith's set so local sweetheart, Jamison Troy, who enjoyable, itwas that he knew how to everywhere LJ conveniendy lives a few blocks away captivate his crowd. "Alright, we're from the cafe-. He started the night going to take it down a notch...again," MORE INFO AT WWW.FLEMISHEYE.COM 33 he'd say between ever-softening num­ the spaghetti western-echoing single third edition, held at the Biltmore, into cheers for an (undelivered) en­ bers. His playful demeanor lightened "THE END," which was projected on treated Vancouverites to the best Ja­ core. up the mood between each song, and the flexible walls. Produced and pan had to offer, with some local band Until this point, I'd been taking allowed the audience to become im­ filmed by the band's own Peter Ricq, candy-coating on top. down notes in my pocketbook about mersed in his poetic lyrics. the short horror film features band Comprised of 18 and 19-year-old each band, but I couldn't tear my eyes After a brief intermission, Siski­ member Robbie Slade on an idyllic porcelain dolls, Akai Ko-en, aka Red away from NATSUMEN as soon as you took to the stage to celebrate their romantic getaway with a blonde god­ Park, were a crazy and totally fitting they assembled on stage. It's impos­ newest release. Former Great Lake dess that takes a slighdy surprising, way to start the show. Dressed in sible to really describe the eight-piece Swimmers drummer and Siskiyou and gratuitously gory turn. white and alternating between freak­ experimental hardcore jazz outfit as frontman Colin Huebert took a seat, The Vancouver electro-rock duo ishly loud and intimidatingly quiet, being anything more than a sum of its grabbed a guitar, and began to rock followed the screening with a dance the openers captured the attention extraordinary parts. Guitarist AxSxEx out One ofthe highlights was a fan­ riot-inducing set making the most of ofthe crowd with their ferocity. Their delivered his best Jimi Hendrix imper­ tastic cover of Simon & Garfunkel's their chopped-up glitch beats while bassist contributed to the frenzywit h sonation and led the crew through "El Condor Pasa," but my personal alternating between rock and hip-hop shuddering noise riffs, not to mention upbeat but ferociously complex tracks favourite was their inaugural live based rhythms. Sonically, they set ±e grinning, manic way she danced filled with beautiful horn choruses performance of "Fiery Death." The themselves apart by adding a raucous around with her instrument. and over-the-top Stratocaster guitar song was a cornucopia of delicious and grainy lo-fi touch to what would To describe hyacca as shoegaze solos. NATSUMEN put on the best instrumentation; whispery vocals, otherwise be a clean electronic sound­ would be inaccurate, since their front- show I have ever seen, filled with the percussion and a wind controller all scape. Humans played an hour-long woman Hiromi Kajiwara spent most kind of energy that is absolutely im­ played a part in the lush landscape of set, throughout which the crowd was of her time standing as close to the possible to forget The passion these sound that left the crowd musically well mobilized, and the only reason crowd as possible, at one point send­ musicians have for their trade was fed and satisfied. why they didn't go on longer would ing her guitar on a crowd-surfing ex­ awe-inspiring to see from inside of The Waldorf is a place where ev­ most likely be their small discography. pedition into the mosh pit and back a mosh pit eryone can come together, in a tiki- But one can forgive that for a band again, hyacca combined spacey wah -Fraser Dobbs themed room seemingly right out of this young. My only real complaint effects with punchy, buzzing guitar Elvis Presley's Blue Hawaii, to enjoy would be the slighuy over-the-top solos to create something that really SHINDIG NIGHT #6 W/ THE some great music. Siskiyou's perfor­ African tribal influence in one of their punched a hole through my head. I GODSPOT, HONOURARY MD, mance allowed you to do just that tracks nearing the end of their per­ sought out their CD as soon as they PHILOCERAPTOR -Alec Ross formance, but I tried not to take that stopped. October 18 • The Railway Club' too seriously. I noticed a few others in the SHiNDiG is quite the opportunity LOOSE SHUS / HUMANS After the uproarious set, the au­ crowd wearing the same t-shirt as for up-and-coming local bands to October 14 • Five Sixty dience dwindled quickly, with only me—a memoir from last year's tour— strut their stuff in front of an audi­ Passing through a curving tunnel a few handfuls of patrons hanging and couldn't help but feel we were in ence who might not have taken the after waiting in a lengthy line-up, I around for 's Loose for a treat once Vancity natives SSRIs chance on them otherwise. The prize popped into Five Sixty's unusual Shus. I was very perplexed by his set, got up to play. Explaining that, col­ at the end ofthe battle-of-the-bands main space with Tyler, the Creator's which had the retro-electro producer lectively, they were "one-sixteenth contest, when all is said and done, is "Yonkers" blasting in what looked like squatting awkwardly behind a coffee Japanese" and thus qualified to be a rich one: recording time,feature s in an anticipatory club setting. With its table with his laptop. While he did sandwiched in between the touring Discorder, guaranteed spots at festivals minimal decorations and impressive bring some really enjoyable French acts, the foursome leaped into a silly like Music Waste and other goodies stage corner entirely illuminated by house and new wave-inspired dance but spastic set, containing their now- can be huge for musicians who shell a number of projected screens, the grooves, the performance could have signature pound-the-keyboard break­ out their hard earned cash in the name art gallery-cum-club made for a re­ been improved if a decent table had downs. The lack of former drummer of their art. freshing setting. I was even more im­ been provided for the guy. With mo­ Tony Dallas' stick-smashing fury I took a chance and headed on pressed when I walked downstairs for mentum lost because ofthe awkward is regrettable, but new skinsman down to the Railway for SHiNDiG a leak, only to find a surprising set set-up, there wasn't very much to keep Kevin Romain made for an adequate night six, based largely on the rec­ up that I would best characterize as me there much longer. replacement Best part ofthe show: ommendation ofa friend who said an open space for bodily and social -Christian Voveris a bass-line-backed, triple crowd-surf I ought to check out Philoceraptor. functions, fully equipped with a DJ interlude before their final song. I walked into a reasonably attended booth. However, my fascination with NEXT MUSIC TOKYO VOLUME chiina don't look too threatening, Railway Club just as the Godspotwere Five Sixty's innovative design ended THREE W/ NATSUMEN,CHIINA,| but it would be a very dangerous mis­ packing up. Silly me for assuming very abrupdy when I was faced with SSRIS, HYACCA, AKAI KO-EN I take to take the outfit's usage ofa that start times would be later than the not-so-pleasant reality of having October 18-The Biltmore contrabass, keyboard and violin at advertised. However, I was informed to shell out a ghasdy nine bucks for Since 2010, 's Steven Tanaka face value. They blasted through pop that they sounded a bit like shoegazey, a Heineken. has organized Next Music fromTokyo , songs infused with jazz and post-rock drunk-sounding Stone Roses type Vancouver's HUMANS soon a tourwhich, as its name implies, has stylings. Even though they were easily stuff. Not sure if the Stone Roses walked up on stage and briefly intro­ to do with our musical brethren from the most static group ofthe evening, part is accurate, but I get the drunken duced their brand new music video for across the pond. The traveling show's they still managed to stir the crowd shoegaze part after listening to their 34 tunes post-show. pelin's "Dazed and Confused," which Next was Honourary MD, an perfecdy captured the original's eerie, eight-member group of musical med creeping menace. students that had a lot going on. Keys, The stage became significandy flute and tabla rounded out the usual more crowded as Hard Drugs began assortment of instruments to create their set. The group varied between a big, positive and danceable freak six to seven members onstage at a folk vibe. At times it seemed a litde time, and their performance in­ too much and some instruments were cluded the use of harmonica, violin, lost in the mix, but that happens. It and organ. Hard Drugs' sound can was a fun set and I especially enjoyed be defined as southern folk rock in singer Bronwyn Malloy's story of an the vein of Fleetwood Mac or Lynyrd autopsy mishap. Who doesn't love a Skynyrd. The group's tunes seemed good, squirting cadaver tale between to cover a wide range of emotional songs? states. "She's Hot, I'm Married" was Capping off the night was Philo­ significandy light hearted, as was an­ ceraptor. The trio were loud, energetic other number was about an individual as heck and clearly happy to be playing named Auntie Linda and her magical SHiNDiG. This was straight-up edgy camp. The fact that the band was able garage rock delivered with smiles and to shift gears, though, was appreci­ sweat aplenty. Two guitars, a drum ated. Especially when they ended their kit and a happy exuberance was all it set with an organ-heavy rocker called took to cinch the win for these guys. "Salvation Blues." They may not have been as interesting The true triumphant stars ofthe as Honourary MD, but they certainly evening were local heroes Lightning won points for their drive and energy. Dust. This writer means it with the Congrats, Philoceraptor, and good utmost sincerity when I report that luck in the next round! they sound just as good, if not better, -Nathan Pike live than they do on record. Joshua Wells is a god ofthe keys, drenching LIGHTNING DUST/_ many songs with haunting, ethereal HARD DRUGS/WHALEBONES drones and sonic washes. The cello October 20 • The Waldorf Hotel and violin work provided by two of The basement ofthe Waldorf Hotel the band's backing players helped was absolutely packed for the Light­ create a cinematic, hypnotizing at­ ning Dust/Hard Drugs split seven- mosphere. Amber Webber's warbling inch release party, which appeared vocals made even the most hopeful to be the hottest ticket in East Van­ lyrical sentiment tinged with regret couver. and immovably grounded with a stark Seattle-based openers Whale­ grip on reality. bones took the stage first The An inventive touch to their strik­ power trio was a true blast from ingly gorgeous and moody set was the past, proudly blaring '70s style their encore, an interpretation of blues rock with vigour and purpose. the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's Singer/guitarist Justin Deary rocked "Hammer Song." With a sound that the Jimmy Page axeman histrionics is simultaneously comforting, mel­ while belting out his vocals in a sub- ancholic and panoramic, Lightning Bob Dylan drawl. Whether it was in­ Dust was the band to beat. Whoever tentional or not, he was dressed like wasn't there missed out. Russell Hammond from the Cameron -James Olson Crowe rock flick Almost Famous. 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BY BRENDA GRUNAU / PHOTO BY ROBERT FOUGERE PARTS UNKNOWN Mondays at CiTRare festive and frenetic as Chris Alscher prepares for his show, but currendy performs with the Bible Belts and writes piano-based tunes as Parts Unknown. Since August 1999, Chris-a-riffic has been filling his program Chris-a-riffic. On top of his time with CiTR, Alscher has worked for CBC Radio with a ton of local music, pop and garage rock along with other random 3 and is known for curating random gigs and music festivals in backyards, gems from across the decades. Piano teacher and band member extraordi­ sheds and public parks. naire, Alscher was previously a member of They Shoot Horses Don't They?,

Discorder: What music do you play on your show? station somewhere in Alberta and he was a really awesome guy. Chris Alscher: I find myself doing garage and old soul and old country. I try to D: Who has been your best guest? keep playing pop songs but I'm finding it tough; they don't seem as interest­ CA: Ben [Lai], Duncan and Robert Hammond [a longtime CiTR listener and ing as garage rock. It's less musically interesting but so catchy—except for donor]. Timber Timbre. D: If you could only bring one album to a deserted island, which one album D: What made you want to have a radio show? would it be? CA: In the late '90s I was so sad and mad about songs being played over and CA: Goodbye Yellou? Brick Road by Elton John. I love every song on it and it really over again and stations not playing any good music, and thought I could do got me into being a piano player. He was this short paunchy guy but he had better. I'm still trying to work that out. such great songs; It didn't matter. D: What has been your most memorable on-air moment? D: What is your favourite CiTR radio show, besides your own? CA: Last year this happened on Duncan [McHugh] 's show [Duncan's Donuts]: I CA: Every day, I have a certain show that I listen to. On Mondays I listen to Gary was mentoring five Japanese exchange students and we ambushed Duncan's [Korhonen] 's show [Exploding Head Movies]. I'm in Langley at the time and as I show and he let each of them say something on the air and I thought it was very drive home it switches to Gavin [Walker] 's show [theJazz Show]. I always have my nice of him. But also there was a girl who was a fan ofthe show that phoned breakfast with Pop Drones and Duncan's show. I love going to UBC on Thursday the show a couple of times. She came to stop by during the show and she to hang out on Ben's show [Live from Thunderbird Radio Hell]. seemed disappointed [laughs]. And I also got Ron Sexsmith's publicist really D: What does the future hold for Parts Unknown? mad at me one time. I asked her for an interview and he never called me and I CA: More of the same. I love doing the show and I always want to make it sent him a nasty email saying I would never be a fan of his music again since better. he didn't care about his fans. He got really upset and called on-air from a gas Parts Unknown airs Mondays from 1-3 p.m. 38 //CiTR 101.9 FM CHARTS STRICTLY THE DOPEST HITZ OF OCTOBER

ARTIST ALBUM LABEL # ARTIST ALBUM LABEL Independent 26 WUd Flag Wild Flag Merge Various Artists*+ Nite Prison

Paper Bag 27 Dan Mangan*+ Oh Fortune Arts & Crafts Austra* Sparkle

Independent 28 World Club*+ Live-able Via-bility Independent Grown-Ups* Stopped Caring

Braids/Purity Fat Possum 29 Zola Jesus Conatus Sacred Bones Ring* Split Seven-Inch

Mint 30 St. Vincent Strange Mercy 4AD The Pack A.D.*+ Unpersons

Gravity The Nettwerk 31 Tasseomancy* Ulalume Out Of This Spark Ladytron Seducer

Keep Away The Constellation 32 Dum Dum Girls Only In Dreams Sub Pop Siskiyou* Dead

With Drug b/w Cruising USA 33 Neon Indian Era Extrana Mom + Pop Weed*+ Eighty

Nominal 34 Aunts & Uncles*+ Aunts & Uncles*+ Independent Love Cuts*+ Love Cuts

Last Gang 35 Cloudsplitter*+ Cloudsplitter Off Season Ohbijou* Metal Meets

Load 36 Veronica Falls Veronica Falls Slumberland Sex Church*+ Growing Over

Hardly Art 37 Mode Moderne*+ Undiscovered Coun­ Light Organ Shimmering Violent Hearts tries Between Real. Sudden Death 38 Summer Camp Welcome to Condale Moshi Moshi The Jolts*+ 8%

dBpm 39 Various* Tunes for Baboons: Live CJSW Wilco The Whole Love Sessions From CJSW

Independent 40 Sandro Perri* Impossible Spaces Constellation prOphecy sun*+ Not For Dogs

Paper Bag 41 Born Gold* Bodysongs Hovercraft, EUiott BROOD* Days Into Years

Dead Oceans 42 Beirut TheRipTtde Pompeii Gauntlet Hair Gauntlet Hair

Independent 43 Babysitter* Tape IV Independent Synthcake*+ Musicophilia

PDXPopNow! Light Organ 44 Memoryhouse* The Years Sub Pop Various Artists 2011

Independent 45 Painted Palms Canopy Secretiy Canadian Joyce Collingwood*+

A Very Real Hell The Broadway To 46 Feist* Metals Arts & Crafts Heavy Chains*+

Having Your Heart Independent 47 Blitzen Trapper American Goldwing Sub Pop The You Are Broken Means

FunDog 48 Brazilian Money* Jive With The Killer Independent Dog Day* Deformer

Mint 49 Seapony Go With Me Hardly Art Jacuzzi Boys Glazin'

Hand Drawn 50 The Ruffled Lost Cities Independent Bruce Peninsula* Open Flames Feathers*+

CiTR's charts reflect what's been played on the air by CiTR's lovely DJs last month. Records with asterisks (*) are Canadian and those marked (+) are local. Most of these excellent albums can be found at fine independent music stores across Vancouver. If you can't find them, give CiTR's music coordinator a shout at (604) 822-8733.Her name is Sarah Cordingley. If you ask nicely she'll tell you how to find them. Check out other great campus/community radio charts at www. earshot-online, com. 39 AND «liii>J®fi^irl¥ICirl v Jill F§E§ESi KZCa*RDZ I 55»Sfll This November we invite yoit all to come eti|£k out scho|feultural needs under fine roof! Plus, check our CO/L^VD/BLUERAY'lpporium! MovieJHiffs ww^$iirpords.com for Siting community'rJ and music lovers rejoicei*- we have all yotfffigl \ events for film fans ami music fans alike! .% '$

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