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DOORS 8PM M Anchoress, Vicious Cycles & Mete Pills i *|§ fm tickets online: irveatrickshaw.com MAY 10 APOLLO GHOSTS FINAL SHOW LA CHINOA (ALBUM RELEASE) *»3S ticketweb.ca In store: doors m NO SINNER, THREE WOLF MOON & KARMA WHITE $J2 door Scrape, Millennium, Neptoon 8PM plus guests $8+S/Cadv. DOORS 8PM ,_ GWIECEI£BRATC429WITHTHESKATMJTES ;22 ' doors MAY 13 HYPOCRISY KRiSlUN, ABORTED, and more *m The Valuables, Jonny & Corey from East Van Soul Club $25 door 8PM $30+S/Cadv. $35 at door DOORS 7PM !«fditiorial showljifcings, tiqgvt info, band tap, video^gphd more are online at twwwJiveatrickshaw.com EDITOR'S NOTE: ON GARAGE BANDS, DJS, & MUSICAL TWITTERPATION My first band was called Lobster Stew. It was a garage band (location-wise, people's music to a bar full of friends and strangers. I'm overwhelmed with not genre-wise) formed in spring of'98, a duo with my eighth grade best emotions and memories tied to songs and their settings, for myself and the friend. I played drums and yelled. She played guitar and workbench. After two bar patrons, whether they were even listening or just yelling in conversation jams, things like rowing or swim practice, drinking slushies after school, and with their friends over beers, or more interested in the TVs and the street folks our general musical inability set in, and we fizzled. 15 years later, I'm in my that stumbled in every so often. That feeling when someone approaches you second-ever band with my present roommate/platonic life partner (PLP). We and asks, "Who is this?" with intrigue, because they're hearing someone new haven't practiced yet, but we have a few whiteboards worth of ideas, a bitchin' who they like and want to know more. band name, and I'm slowly learning to play glockenspiel and a mini Casio That's our goal at Discorder every month. We encourage you to explore live to catch up with her violin and button-pushing skills. We'll keep you posted. and recorded music on your own terms, but there's so much music to hear I've never played a show in a band, but in March, said PLP and I had a DJ and artists to see that it's close to impossible to discover everything on your night for the first time. I know people often slog on DJs, but hear me out. We own. If you leaf through this issue or scroll down these pages and are intrigued rounded up our favourite vinyl from our collection and played records-only for enough to say, "Who is this? I want more!" we're doing something right. four hours at a local pub: anything we wanted, from Robert Palmer to Joan Jett We've focused a lot of content on the heart of music this month. From to Beastie Boys to Nick Cave to David Byrne to New Values to Black Eyes and so the D.LY. process of making music on page 18, to the places people practice, on. It wasn't so technical that we had to beat match, but we got the fade down in our new column Jam Space on page 11, to the then-and-now of Record pat by the end (!), and even turned the grimacing face of a twentysomething Store Day on pages 9 and 19, and heaps more, we hope to stoke the embers fellow—clearly forced there with his family for a meal—into a chipper smiling in your musical soul, whether it be as an enthusiastic participant or bashful one through great tunes over the course of their visit. Buttons and T-shirts spectator. Spring is in the air. Shake off those dull grey cobwebs and get were made in honour of the night. Bands and "real" DJs might guffaw, but I musically twitterpated. April is on. had the most fun day of my life. My point is that playing music for people is awesome, whether it's a Read on and stay rad, syncopated cacophony of sound in your garage to nobody, or playing other Laurel Borrowman FEATURES REGULARS 9-The Evolution of Record Store Day We love Bandcamp, 16 - Sara Bynoe The Vancouver facilitator-of-funny chats 04 Here's The Thing For Love & Money Soundcloud, and Rdio just like the rest of you, but here's crappy writing and forlorn teenage memories, and why they 07 Filmstripped Sound City a reminder about why good ol' wax and vinyl still reign are hilarious. 11 Jam Space Too High Crew supreme. By Evan Brow 20 Calendar Paul Wong By Alex De Boer 18- Five Simple Steps to Making it as a Musician It's D.I.Y. 22 Program Guide 12- Discorder Revisited: Stubborn Blood Reunites and as easy as 1,2,3,4,5. More or less. 26 Art Project Rua Minx & Aja Rose Bond The winners of SHiNDiG 1986 reconvene for an April reunion ByJaimie Kendall-Ward 29 Under Review I show 25 years in the making. 19-Discorder's Record Store Day Spectacular! ByJaceyGibb Between herds of special releases and in-store performances 33 Real Live Action 14- Tobeatic The six-headed beast has just released its first all around town, we know making decisions can be tough on 38 On The Air Good Morning, My Friends! LP. Earplugs not included, but highly recommended. RSD. Fear not. We've got a mini-manual to help guide you. 39 Charts By Coleman Ingram By Discorder Staff 1 CHECK DISCORDER.CA ON THE REGULAR FOR NEW ARTICLES, PHOTOS, AND ALL THINGS MUSIC RELATED! 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