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BT » Movement in Still Life Includes the singles "Smartbomb", "Never Gonna Come Back Down", & "Shame", as well as the club smash "Dreaming".
stripped down bad ass bare bones song at the end of it all. What's wacky just for the sake of being wacky falls off DJ Tiesto » and what's whacked because things are whacked sticks Summerbreeze hard. Besides, who wants to sound typical? Why are there so few bands who use drum n Over 70 minutes of music mixed these days, Red Siren? Do you think this ii by DJ Tiesto including Delerium's will make a comeback? People seem to be reverting international smash "Silence" back to the sort of "old school" sound the drum machine (DJ Tiesto's In Search of Sunrise Is this something that you find adds a certain Mix). flavour to your work? We know tons of bands who use drum machines, every thing from old '70s beat boxes to modern day sequencers and samplers. We feel more "old school" when we use an Plastic v.«* » actual drum kit. In the end, it's not what you use, it's how The latest in the series features a rare mix of Moby's "Porcelain", We initially started using the drum machine so we could sim DiSCORDER: Who are you? new music by Sasha and plify our sound and put together tight songs we could play over Sandra Gracak: bass, guitar, and vocals. Emerson, as well as tracks Colin Funk: bass, guitar, vocals, per and over again. Our last drummer never wanted to play the same from BT, Azzido Da Bass, The Jeff Everden: bass, guitar. thing twice, which sharpened our improvisational skills but Chemical Brothers, Brother How long have you played together with your current lineup? drained our brains of riffs after a year. Brown, Tnsco & more. Any changes to the scene? Sandra: Our current lineup actually began five years ago, after the demise of Colin's and my band Bullet Nose, when Jeff started jam Autour de Lucie » ming with us in my basement. Since then, it's been name changes, Faux Mouvement member changes, and instrument changes. After all the dust set red siren Autour de Lucie will confound all tled, it's back to the original lineup, but a different basement now. expectations, because Faux If you were to have crawled out of a musical time capsule, which Mouvement is one of the most Discography five year period would you say that would be, and who would beautifully crafted albums to come Blue Nose Fly, Double Penetration (CD/LP) 1998 be right there with you? along in many a year-in any Craft Landing, Novelty (Cassette Single) 1999 Our musical time capsule encompasses the years 1965-1970, and language. It is a rigourousiy un Red Siren, Several Ways to Oblivion (CD/EP) 2000 we would be right there with The Seeds, The Velvet Underground, controlled album, in response to and Can. and apart from its predecessors. Is any of your stuff improvisational, spontaneous, or stream of Contact consciousness inspired? Just wondering, as you have so many
5 E^gSg^Effi to hit the big time. Maybe. Or further back than the last Jets theme park. You'd just know maybe this'll be another one of To Brazil album for some inspi that the skinny white rocker those major label things that no ration. Sure, you cite Refused dudes went in and kicked about. I sug as a RIYL (or whatever those the pioneers' asses after that gest that you do your best to initials are supposed to be), but shoot. They've got the pizazz check this band, you don't sound like that. You for it, yeah! (Gold Standard but do dish them some atten sound like cats screeching as Laboratories, PO Box 178262 tion if you're at alia fan of good skunks pee their stinky spray San Diego, CA 92177 USA) (Virgin) on you. Bah. Any song that More good stuff: THE to the little fellows, starts with a slow build these LOST SOUNDS on Empty. A m supposed to be days lets me know I ought to hella-creepy excursion into old- PAUL & LARA just run for the border, but I school synth-rock mayhem, this comes on a familiar label, stayed put long enough to hear three-song single showcases Kittridge, and it sounds like this three-song catastrophe out. both male and female pipes, Kittridge music tends to. This is "Catastrophe" might be too whole lot of clever chops. a cutesy duo that: strong of a word, as it usually The tale :als all indie; We processed a , the female all know that bad e >rds all my. If: "Thunderstruck," but so not. days. Another stumbling block (Empty, PO Box 12034, Seattle, for the band is their lack of WA 98102 USA) spelling skills, which I find And last and absolutely quite intolerable. I almost saw best is RED MONKEY. I just some good in all this when I can't get enough of the politics, thought I heard the singer baby! Taking on consumer con scream "Recital Rock!" over sumption, the horrors of the citv and over, but it actually was and so-called civilization, and nothing of that sort, and so I'll the overworked society we live just take my imaginative term in, Red Monkey like to spread like the Apples in Stereo when and dump it on Godspeed You the message in a funky, funky their harmonies are working it Black Emperor's head. (Espo, way. Big bass, slamming guitar to the max. The lyrics on this PO Box 63, Allston, MA 02134 riffs, and bang-on drumming one are kind of lacking, but I'll USA) make the band the ultimate give the band some credit for Better music on my plate? consummate purveyors of effort. Besides, there's You bet. There's a new modern actionist thought that really hot bridge/chorus action LOCUST single, "Flight of the they long to be. If only the word on the b-side. So there. Wounded Locust," five tracks of would be spread! And, on a (Kittridge Records, absolutely crunchy mayhem personal note, I hope that in worth the effort; for when you tnet.com ) that I can't wait to see live. Like their denunciation of consump get to "Spread Your Love," Picking up the pace and I said earlier, Cali has got some tion, they at least let me buy you'll be blown away. With a chucking it out the window is things working in its favour their records... Viva la punka! funky bass-line and very THE LOT SIX, an utterly these days. Wouldn't you love (Troubleman Unlimited, 16 smooth vocals, this song spells markable band with its nose in to see the Locust on a tourism Willow St., Bayonne, NJ 07002 true love for the little band that the wrong pile of musical influ brochure, maybe at the gates of USA). could, breaking out of i ences. Gentlemen, pie the new Disney California
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So you have this wonderful realism by giving them their puter graphics blurred and story that could be destroyed by torn. Still employing the mixed lame indie Caliber-style art. But series that managed to push the media of before, each page is a no: Mack elevates comics to a story of Kabuki along while masterpiece. Pencil crayon, new level. It's a black and white fleshing out the other charac- markers, leaves, and lace. comic manipulated and styled Photos and negatives, acrylic in ways I've never seen. Mixed and oil—it will blow your media is the constant theme, mind. Mack continues the incorporating lacy textures, film Kabuki story, making it even reel format, song lyrics, and ele more intricate and complex, ments of Victorian design. introducing new characters and Crayon, pastel, India ink, and DAVID MACK group put together to keep the creating a blend that's half ziptone so textured you don't Kabuki peace between the Japanese Modesty Blaise and half Hong notice the lack of colour. Blood (Image) Yakuza gangs and the Japanese Kong action film. The story is When I first got into a politicians. The strange thing is involved, constantly evolving, couldn't believe how n that the general public knows designed future cities. The page and pushes the boundaries of them had lame stories all about her and her partners. layout was foreign and new to comic art. I just wish it came out were good, but I wasn't finding The other women are Scarab, me. Everything flowed well. them as often as you would Tiger Lily, Siamesel, Siamese2, The next series to come out Mack has become quite the think. When I saw Kabuki: Butoh, Snapdragon, and Ice. was The Masks of the Noh. This sought-after artist and now Circle of Blood I only bought Guys lust after them and girls time around Mack wrote the spends most of his time work stories and let different artists the first issue ir .eked, want to be them. They commer ing on Daredevil. Despite its interpret the lives of the other H,gh It e.l cialize and merchandise them superhero plot, Daredevil is a selves. The Circle of Blood story members of the Noh. A couple refreshing change and lets is about Kabuki's life: where of my favourites were Rick us see Mack's sensibility. she comes from, how she came Mays, whose soft, simplified Discounting the ever-so-static to be an efficient killing machine, manga style in the Scarab story stagnance of Alex Ross, how and her struggle to accept the eventually became its own often do you see complete life she's been given. I know it's series, also worth investigating. Obviously, Mack became water-colour pieces in a Marvel Michael Avon Omening's take kinda La Femine Nikita, but it's a big and famous and was picked comic? It's beautiful and not to very Or vellian and very Blade riveting tale that keeps you I Ice v ttle n up by a more mainstream pub be scoffed at. Mack is elevating Runner, and also very much guessing. Action packed, yet toony and creepy. He experi lisher, Image. Call him a sell-out the standard of comics, and I Mack's nvn thing. It's about beautiful and graceful like bal mented with panel structure if you like, but the current appreciate that. • let, this is a comic that is almost Kabuki, a woman raised to be and design, with impressive .'•••.• .. rips anything an assass in. Trained in the art of literally begging to be made results. All the different artists comics: lush and their approaches to the war, she is part of the Noh, a n film. •olo. tal characters only added to their Japanese ink brush work, ci DAILY ALFRESCO Ed] What, are we selling ads The Whole Damn County In Good Hands now all of a sudden? Anyway, it have one of the finest names (Onov) is with all this in mind, and a I've had the good fortune of After 11 tracks (about 20 min healthy dose of incredulity, that rolling off my tongue in a long utes) of two anti-melodic, anti- I have limited myself to a mere time, and they come out rock harmonizing, lo-fi girl vocal four local servings of the good ing on this disc. The guitar riffs lines, drums, bass, and entry stuff and a vocabulary hovering have a retro, if not ripped-off, th level electric guitar, the 12 , bet; The feel to them, though they "After Another," fairly slaps Provin and Clifford the Big Red remain just beyond the reach of you upside the head. The lyrics Dog. my inner catalogue. Track two DEADCATS chamber guitar thing going, disparate musical elements, in are still almost indecipherable, The Switch hail from some gets right Stockwell, right Trashville Jukebox and yes, the songs rock. this case ranging from Syd but there is something of a where in the greater Vancouver (Raucous) According to their new British Barrett-era Pink Floyd-like quick: think Tragically Hip charming hook here, and the area and come at us with what meets Green Day. Seriously. I remember once, many years label, this CD is devoted to lyrics about elves, to space-age song, at around 2:20, really feels can sincerely be described as ago, trying to justify my fond "maniacle [sic] covers," and it's sounds to contemporary dance The wanking seems to be dan like a song rather than a snip rock 'n' roll. The disc sounds ness for The Cramps to a girl I hard to argue with that. There's beats. This really ought to result gerously on the rise here. Whoa, pet. Elsewhere, you'll find some nice and polished, as well as admired. Yes, it was embarrass a version of "Strychnine" which in something cheesy, but some slow down buddy. I like my acoustic guitar, a bit of rocking varied, for short-attention- ing for an earnest female stu may be even noisier and more how Erectangle avoids the obvi voice too, but... Okay, fuck off. out with flavours of a very basic dent like me to like a band that weirdly-recorded than the ous pitfalls and only gives the spanned demo directors. I
9 im^mm bank cards are accepted either. the head scarf and she kept like 90% of its heroin. Anywhere. Luckily, my fine exposing a tuft of hair, Connection? Who am I to wife is the overly prepared temptress that she was.) Iran judge? kind, and we survived 11 days was filled with shopkeepers Sadly, the frisks by the with the US cash she had secret that would offer us tea, with secret police and the army in ly placed about her person. taxi drivers that said, "No hotel! the various airports and at vari Well, she was good for a couple You must stay with my family ous checkpoints were the of Persian rugs anyways. And tonight." It was filled with sexy closest I got to sex on my "hon lots of rice and lamb kebab: anthony monday:kuwaiti correspondent men that chatted to us over the eymoon." For, although I spent some form of national dish. hubbly-bubbly pipe and offered my honeymoon drooling over Iran, in the Western imagi to drive two hours out of their pril. Spring. Better yet: do the hard work. (Hey, if I'm tificates and legitimate travel nation, will always be that ter way so that we could see ruins forms with big guns; boys on Spring Holiday! And going to buy into such a patri rible place filled with fanatical of ancient Persia, when their motorbikes; men in the orange while the West's ver archal system, I'm gonna abuse natch—to the land of Ayatollahs terrorists, those terrible people empire stretched from Spain to A groves, the ones outside the sion of a spring holiday is one the shit out of it.) My good wife and anti-Western sentiment. who didn't want to let Sally Field take her baby back to poets' mausoleums; men and of those Miami Beach went to get the travel visas at "Let's not bring too much Indeed, the whole country America in that brilliantly ren- more men—the holiday was MuchMusic/MTV specials, I the Iranian Embassy here in money with us, Honey," seems like a place trapped in its thought I'd be a little different. Kuwait. She was a little testy completed without a single own beautiful past: the opu offer of heretical nookie. Besides, when you live in that day due to the fact that it lence of their overthrown kings My wife was pleased to Kuwait, have an autistic was a hot day and her scalp was has left us a country that seems return to Kuwait, though only budgie, drink computer clean sweating beneath the head scarf like a James Bond holiday. Like because she doesn't have to ing fluid for fun, and have dirty she had to wear to enter the Eastern Europe in spring, the wear a headdress here. And, thoughts about students, you embassy. boxy cars and modernist styles, though I whine and complain reach a point where you say to She became even more irate all mystery and history. Adding yourself, "Hey, why not go to when they asked her foolish to the 007 mystique, we were about Kuwait, I was pleased to the Islamic Republic of Iran for questions like "Where was your only picked up by the secret return. Sure I can't drink, the a spring holiday?" husband born?" and "What police once. They stopped us on people are mostly assholes, Anthony says, thinking it best dered and true-to-life movie, was your husband's father's the streets, ushered us into a there is very little accessible cul we get money in the local cur Not Without My Daughter. It was I had to get "married" name?" She metamorphosed nondescript dirty white car, and ture that does not include Toni rency from bank machines such a poignant and touching before my female friend and 1 into the angry Muslim wife checked us for "hashish, heroin, Braxton or Eminem, there is there. And if the cards don't film and really captured the could depart. Otherwise, we'd and emphatically stressed, or peeeestols." nothing to do on a Saturday work, there's always Visa. It's spirit of the Iranian people. be travelling in illicit sin and "Husband! Pah! He does not We were confused as to night but talk to my budgie and everywhere you want to be. Sadly, Iran is nothing like could have had appendages cut tell me such things," which, what the "peeeestols" were for watch the sheep, but I was Visa, apparently, isn't the film suggests. It is filled off. It's a good thing my lovely apparently, is a common slightly excited to return— everywhere you want to be, with more culture than you can a while, but thankfully we "wife" is a whiz at Adobe enough answer from women mostly so that I could access my and they will be hearing from shake a stick at. They have had left our semi-automatic Illustrator and whipped us off travelling to the Islamic email again. my lawyers soon regarding a funeral monuments to poets machine guns at the hotel and an official-looking marriage cer Republic of Iran. The clerk sim The wife helps me out here. false advertising suit. Visa is and artists; beautiful strangers had no peeeestols. They even tificate. Who knew I'd been ply shrugged, accepted the part of that whole US embargo would stop us in the street just checked our arms for track She's good. Besides, we're hav married for three years? What plight of the Muslim wife, and shit and could not be accessed to say, "I hope you enjoy your marks. Iran and Afghanistan, ing a divorce party. You're all with me being such a homosex stamped our passport, telling anywhere in Iran. The bank stay in Iran." (I guess we looked the world's most fundamental- invited. Bring budgie food and her to enjoy her time with her ual and all. machines, too, are strictly kinda Western. My lovely wife ntries, have beer. Sigh, only 93 days left to husband in Iran. Since I'm the man (THAT national, so no international hadn't really got the knack of drug problems and go until I am home... not that was a first), I sent my wife off to So with forged married cer jpply Europe with something I'm counting. Not at all. •
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Singer, lyricist, composer, and personality, Victoria's Kia Kadiri is fast becoming the West Coast's best-kept secret. That's not her plan though. She's been dazzling Vancity audiences at Full Clit, Under the Volcano, Context, and Sista'hood—to name a few shows—while socking it back home as frontwoman for the recently defunct funk band Solid 7, or during her hip hop residency with the Stirfry Crew at Lucky's. Shit. But that's all in the past. By Hancunt
DiSCORDER: You work in a few different genres. You don't define yourself solely as a hip hop artist, do you? Kia Kadiri: No. You just made a pop album, didn't you? I ask because most people who have seen you or Yeah. Ndidi Cascade or QB doing hip hop had seen you That's interesting. You made a pop album in a at Full Clit, Lampin', Grrlapalooza, Under the deliberate attempt to do something that was good, Volcano, Sista'Hood—shows with a politicized, know what 1 mean? I grew up in that suburban female-friendly or female-focused theme, pro but commercial. society as an insider, not looked upon as a threat. Yep. duced by women. I wonder if the Vancouver hip Whereas Arimay, being a dreadlocked young black hop scene does enough to nurture its female Well, talk about it! man from the US, experienced a lot of racial crap It came down to the fact that I like writing in what artists, because I don't see all of you getting before, saw things differently than me, and he booked too much. ever style. If it's got a beat, if it's good music and opened up my mind. musicianship, then I think it doesn't matter what I wouldn't say that they're out there trying too hard Do you think that you maybe didn't notice the [laughs]. You know what I mean? I don't know if it style it is. But it's also nice to be able to write music really subtle brand of covert Canadian racism? that can be played on the radio, appeal to the comes down to whether they think that we're Not as much, and I still don't. I think it's because sl.illed enough or not—the women that are out masses. And people don't listen to [hip hop] with I'm a middle-class female. My brother did have a an open mind, they judge it, so they can listen to there that want to be heard, maybe they think that lot a racism directed at him. People are more threat we're not good enough or something like that. But I me sing happy pop songs. ened by him as black male—even when he was six You didn't actually really grow up listening to hip do get a lot of support from the male hip hop com years old, in Edmonton, I just remember him com munity, especially the male artists. They want to do hop. How did you get into rhyming? ing home and being sad because someone had Through my friends Ozzie and Arimay, who were recordings with me, so I can't say that I don't think called him a nigger or something. No one had ever, they're supporting. But at the same time, I think kind of my first black friends. [We laugh[ ever said anything to me like that. But I noticed Did you meet because you were one of 15 or so that they do envy the fact that we get higher profile when I was in NYC that there is definitely racism shows because the ones organized by the ladies black people in Victoria? Were they like, "Hey, or prejudice directed against black people. It's not there's a black girl"? tend to be better organized, but then they shut the so much in Victoria. You know what I mean? The door to us for the regular nights, the hip hop nights. Pretty close. I met them through Noah Becker way people looked at me, and more overtly from (Victoria Saxophonist/painter/weirdo). They were Let's switch gears: how far have you come as a the black people that looked at me because I was lyricist in the past five years? playing at this cafe, and I went down to the gig staying in white Manhattan where all the black because Ozzie used to live in the house where I I think I've refined my timing, I have a better concept people work. [It was] just like in the movies where of what you can do rhythmically with lyrics. I need to jammed with the first band I played with, this rock the janitors and store clerks are all from the Bronx, 'n' roll basement band. Ozzie said, "Hey, I've got work on my poetics and expand my vocabulary. But and I spoke like a Canadian. I'm very educated, I have grown as an improv artist because I know how this gig, you should check it out," and I thought that and they saw me a lot with my friend, a very it would be really bad because he had this basement to listen. Tonight I'm going to go to my first battle. wealthy white guy. I automatically just felt, "Oh, So what are the future plans? Am I right or wrong band that was really bad. But it turned out to be I'm a black person, I'm even worse, I'm an Oreo with Noah and (bassist) Sam Shoket and Arimay. I in saying that one of the reasons you haven't left cookie." I noticed it a lot. But I also met lots of black BC for the big time is because it's so beautiful here sat in with them that night and the next day they people, musicians in the jazz clubs, when I was asked me to join their band, DIGG, and I learned and you are such a hippie? What's it like being a there and I met my aunt for the first time. She's 65 hippie and a hip hop artist? about hip hop. Arimay taught me how to and has raised nine kids in the Bronx, she's still a It's totally true. I am an Island girl. And that was schoolteacher in the Bronx. I described all this to one thing about my trip to NYC, after all the build Is that something you can teach someone? her and she said, "Oh, it's not prejudice where you ings and all the great shows, you still look at peo Well, yeah, we walked around in the woods and he are," and I said that that wasn't true, there just ple and say to them honestly, "Where I live, there's gave us, like, writing exercises, topics, word plays, aren't enough of us black people to be a threat. We mountains and water and lakes," and they all look .; rhythms, patterns. We just hung out in the don't experience the same degree or kind of racism at you and say, "Omigod, that's heaven." And it is, I Walbran (Rainforest) for a month. directed against the First Nations people or Asians it's so beautiful here. Future plans are to work on a I Do you think your experiences living in a squat in Vancouver. in the Walbran and dealing with the RCMP hip hop album, to go back to NYC in August and I want to talk about your music, and as we're also k': and logging corporations politicized you? work with this producer that I met. I just did a talking about gender and race, the way your gender Somewhat. Also just having black friends that recording with Moka Only that's going out on his protected you from one brand of discrimination. I were obviously not mainstream Victorians next solo album on Mammal music, his own label. wanted to bring up something that is succinctly opened my mind up for It's got international distribution so that's pretty described by Medusa (in the documentary Nobody , ..> the first time to the fact cool. I'm probably going to be doing something Knows my Name by Rachel Raimist): "If someone that there is racism. I with the City Planners crew, and maybe a track didn't really know about hip hop, and they just never really noticed with Prevail from Swollen Members. Ndidi turned on MTV or stared at album covers, they : k it before because I Cascade and I are going to start doing some writ would think that hip hop hates women." What do got treated like a ing together, and Sara Marreiros [Vancouver based you think about the scene in Vancouver? Is it sup white girl, you jazz/bossanova singer] and I are going to hopeful portive of women? There's big difference between ly work with drummer Sarka Kocicka. I'll probably the underground and mainstream hip hop scenes... be playing in Vancouver as part of the jazz festi Yeah, it's really divided. The kids that are into the val. And good old Victoria, as far as it's concerned, mainstream hip hop here 1 would say don't support who knows? • women hip hop performers. Because there's not really anything to support—the type of lyrics they're looking for from the women... no one's willing to rhyme about how much they fuck. "You're hearing things a lot of times in a row, so So at least I know it's out there. It's pretty easy to singer/song Fast-forward two years. After a nation wide you start to see them in a coloured way, and it's not work with them. I don't have to worry about dou W writer Marq tour, an appearance at Canadian Music Week in really representative of what it really is. He's £ow\ ble talk or anything. They do what they say, and we Desouza sent out a Toronto and numerous local gigs, the band was in because he can be objective for us. I worked with do what we say, and that's the way it should be. We \j\ demo under the name slight turmoil. Clow amicably left the band and him on my solo record, and I can't picture myself just give them the CDs and it's in their hands. I Solarbaby to various was replaced by Russ Laturnus on bass for the new working with anyone else." know it's in the stores, so I know they've been record labels a few recording. While temporarily bass-less, Desouza The band added Greg Zakis on bass after the doing their part of the agreement." O years ago, he had recorded a solo album called Temporary recording sessions were completed in the late sum Another Sidewalk's Bloody Dream was launched no idea that it Redemption and released that on his own Pale mer, and Laturnus moved over to second guitar. with a release party on February 3 at the Railway Ml would get so much Horse Records imprint. "I had a lot of extra songs The constant local gigging ensued again. Now that Club alongside locals Star Collector. The raves have attention-enough that Solarbaby wouldn't have room for. Some of the new album was done, how to release it? started pouring in for the new album, which has . that he would not them, stylistically, were just a little off the mark for Desouza found that although Teenage USA was been played on CBC and across the country on Jjb only be stuck with the Solarbaby project," said Desouza. "Also, I was supportive of the band's efforts, it was prohibitive campus radio. All signs point to the fact that this the band name, but bored. That was the time that the band was kind of to conduct business with a label located halfway new CD may be more successful than the debut. ^. he would also have going through some upheavals, so I just did it to across the country: "That did make it difficult to Desouza credits that to the songwriting and HJ to feverishly whip up blow off some stearr retooled sound: "Power... was sort of a quick fix. a band. When Toronto "I did it so fast. I could People got into it instantly—and I'm sure people Pmt label Teenage USA have spent a lot more ^* Recordings decided time, effort, and they wanted to release money on it, and ] than the really listen t< Jj| the demo—which, probably could have tance thing. "We still the new album and a lot of people say that the after being reworked gotten somebody tc talk to them period- songs strike you in different ways the more times put it out for me. But I | ^^m ' f • -^ and mastered, eventu- icallv. But, you you hear them. You hear things in a line that you didn't do any graphics \M ally became the know, we probably didn't necessarily pick up on the first time you or anything, I just put band's 1998 debut The talk to them now as heard it. 1 know that people will have to listen to p it in a cardboard I *< ™" <* Negative HO the music fairly closely to identify with it." sleeve, it was just kind Prayer—they were not And what of the tact that the new album's of like a guerrilla aware that the demo the label, which is more "alt. country" flavour has garnered many recording. I just put BY SPIKE irely written and -*i*2 W not much," explains mentions and has got the band lumped together, everything I had into *** W Desouza when asked comparatively at least, with other local roots rock played by Desouza himself. the actual recording of it lindsay photo "I'd sent out a bunch of demos under different ers like Radiogram, Flophouse Jr. and Jonathan band names. I'd just make up band names because —I did it half on four-track, half at a studio. I put it ity between band and label. Desouza decided to 1 didn't want people to think it was me solo, but at out as fast as 1 could and then almost right after release the album himself on Pale Horse and get "I don't really mind it. It's the same thing as the time it was," explains Desouza. "I did all the that I started work on the new Solarbaby record. I somebody to distribute it for them. He struck up a with the first record. People said it was pop and drums and bass and whatever else was on there. 1 didn't spend too much time promoting it or any- deal with local label and distributor, Scratch lumped us in with bands like The Salteens. That just happened to send out this one demo under the Records. was fine with me. Now they put us in with Rich name Solarbaby, and out of all the demos I'd done, The sophomore release, Another Sidewalk's "As far as Scratch goes, we were just looking Hope and John Ford and such. That's fine with me, it really got a lot of good feedback from a lot of peo Bloody Dream, was recorded during the summer of for somebody to handle distribution because that's too because everybody needs to put it into some ple. It just blossomed from there." On The Power of 2000 at the increasingly infamous Utopia Parkway a huge area of work that we didn't want to do," sort of category, but I know we can cover all those Negative Prayer, the band included Desouza on Studios with Shepp behind the controls again. Desouza said with a laugh. "So we looked around, bases and not just whatever anybody says about vocals and guitar, drummer Scott Anderson, and Desouza explained why Shepp is the man for and Scratch was really cool and was totally into bass beater Justin Clow. The band managed to get Solarbaby: "He's the perfect guy for us to work putting out the CD. They knew us through Teenage local producing super-whiz John Shepp behind the with. He lets us be ourselves, but he doesn't let us USA before, so it was quite a simple task to get April 20, Backstage Lounge board and the album was whipped off and local get away with too much. Your ear in the studio is them to put it out for us. Now it's out there. I April 27, Ms. T's Cabaret gigs ensued—both to rave reviews by local and different than anywhere else." Desouz haven't seen it in stores yet, but some friends have.
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itSouth draw a line between rock classicism's warmth and the 5am edginess of post-revelry paranoia. When South really take flight they're capable of unleashing a storm of thunder rumblin' beats, droning bass frequencies and some crunching. Warp-esque electronics. ' ' - Jockey Slut
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'3 sfggsmsm, fter a sold-out show at the Sugar Refinery, I had the chance to ask is there any i n that your band transformed from B that good songs get made, and I think this is a better way for me to Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes a few questions. Although this may Frog Eyes? make good songs. seem like a simple task, I assure you for the likes of me it is not. Well, the usual... actually, not really. I'm trying to be aware as a song I noticed that Frog Eyes is much noisier than Blue Pine. A It is more direct, but we have a lot of softer songs as well. I think writer of the people you bounce things off, everyone has a different that Blue Pine would be the median to Frog Eyes because there are Thankfully, Can- 1 had a lot to reaction to things. And if you bounce it off new people you get dif ferent things. It doesn't mean that Blue Pine was getting stale, this is some songs with just me on piano, which are very slow, then there After a riotous I rgy ofdrink just something I find myself more interested in doing. are others which are total rockplosions—which is a hard thing to inery had never seen before, How long was Blue Pine around for? pull off without being goofy, pretentious or just inconsistent. So .nils. About a year and a half. And we all had a good time. I find it strange that's a definite challenge and the question remains, does it work? how people react to a name change or a band breaking up. Someone But it is certainly more direct than Blue Pine. DiSCORDER: Are you the principal songwriter in the band brought up the fact that it is simply hard for the consumers to keep What were your motives when you started Blue Pine? Carey Mercer: Yep, but the keyboardist [Spencer] does a lot track of all the bands. I'm sure everyone can relate to the experience When we started Blue Pine a lot of the reaction seemed to be, "They the songs. If you listen to his lines versus what I come to as the of going into a music store and being overwhelmed by the number are sort of strange or eccentric." Our intention was to form a band you probably wouldn't even recognize the songs. Mike, win of bands there. I find myself thinking I wish that I could just find a that could play on the BC Ferries; a softer side of CCR or something. played in the Blue Pine, is a good bass player because he knov t lit CD that I liked! So in our intent we miserably failed, which is kinda funny. intrinsic value of bass. And Mel, our drummer, has only been play Do these kind of considerations weigh into the decisions made in Do you have any sort of musical training? ing for three weeks. the band? No. Spencer the piano player is [trained]. In Blue Pine, Eric the gui How long have you been playing together as Frog Eyes? Well, if you get an idea in your head and it stays there for a while, tarist had training, he provided a lot of the melody for Blue Pine. About three weeks. you should probably just go with it, I suppose. The important part is Spencer has a similar role in Frog Eyes. Eric would take a root
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melody of mine, and it was like a flower. Spencer is different. It is Where did you grow up? Is there a general theme to your lyrics? this lucky thing that has always happened to me that people who I was born in Vernon, but I'm chiefly from Smithers, BC. That I would say they are fragmented images that somehow relate to one know how to play their instruments want to play with me. Born informs a lot of my decisions. another. More specifically for a song and less so with an album. I under a lucky sign I suppose. We really adopt this position of You live in Victoria now. Do you like there? think that the first Blue Pine album had a lot to do with geography, amateurism. The simple joy of playing music. I know this sounds I think that because it is on an island, by its geographical definition the vastness and importance of land. But it is not something that I like a mundane point, but it really can't be stressed enough—I think it creates a need for bands to at least attempt to make their own can form into an acute point. It is something that strikes me both as the doctrine of amateurism is really interesting because it distills music. And I think there is a supportive community there. I don't obvious and complex and interesting. It is really hard to talk about this idea that the only thing we are trying to do is go out and enjoy think that I would be writing songs at all in Vancouver or any big because I really don't know if it's the real answer to that question. ourselves and establish a rapport with other people. Not to just city. There is an interesting number of bands from Victoria. I don't overwhelm an audience. want to be "scene pride guy," I'm certainly not—I hate a lot of peo And that's the way I like it. Are you recording anytime soon? So you want the audience to become active participants? ple in Victoria, but I love a lot of people too. There is nothing special 1 think the audience is into that; it is nice to see at all times. People about the people, we don't just eat special food there. It is the geo Yeah, we are recording in March. Another Blue Pine album has been breaking out ot the shell of "arms-crossed-indie rocker." Sometimes graphical aspects. The popular culture in Victoria is so British, old recorded, but we have not yet decided if it is worth putting it out it is really sad because you get the sense that people really want do world British. That is what I like about it, because it is a real battle. since the band has already broken up. • that, but no one is willing to grab the reins and say, "Let's do it!" Some things make me really disgusted to live in that city, and there Unfortunately it is usually the really drunk people that want to do it, has to be some way to express that. I think that might be the com Discography which is sort of too bad. But I guess th.it is just a pragmatic truth. mon ground of the bands from Victoria. [And that] is why 1 like Blue Pine s/t (Global Symphonic, 2000) Victoria. Another question that is difficult to "* avoid is that with your distinct sound—which def- should be enough to make it interesting, we don't want to rely on nitely takes a new slant on the exciting stuff that was gimmicks. Having said that, the stage show is still developing, developing in the '80s—there might be a plethora of copy we've only played about 15 concerts—seven of which were in the cats or wannabes riding on your coattails. What are your feel past month. ings about that? Would you find it aggravating, or would you be happy that others mid be inspired by your sound? Earlier I mentioned the Human League tribute album To be honest, this i s something I had never considered, until Reproductions. How did you get involved with that? DiSCORDER: How did Ladytron come to be a band? At this stage today, because there wKraftwerk, Ladytron, etc." That single at that point, and it was before we signed to Emperor Norton Danny Hunt: Reuben and I have known each other since we were freaked me out. I'd nevi ?r considered what we are doing to be poten- in the States. We recorded and mixed it in three hours, and I think it younger. We both lived in Liverpool, and both DJ'd to an extent. He tially influential; it is nc >t something that had ever entered my mind. sounds like that. then went off to study product design in Sheffield, and I stayed put it hope that if re, then people do it their own way and use and worked on music. When he came back, some of the songs exist the lessons we've learned to create something new, instead of And speaking of other collaborations and projects, furthermore, ed already, and we used that to start the band, meeting Helen in a dressing like us and trying to replicate us. how did you meet up with French producer Bertrand Burgalat (a club in Liverpool, and Mira being introduced to us through her. personal favourite of mine) to remix the track "He Took Her To A Some of the bands I'm thinking of that are your peers in this Movie"? Why did you decide to be completely electronically-based? movement Add N To (X), Baxendale, Chicks on Speed, Magnetic Bertrand I've known for about four years. He heard demos before I just didn't want to be in a guitar band. There are enough of them Fields, even Air (sort of) and, well, a lot of the bands found on the Ladytron really existed properly and wanted to work with us. He's about already. Also I've collected old synths since I was a teenager, Human League tribute album. Any opinions or thoughts? a genius—difficult, but a genius. so we had these instruments lying around which we used. Baxendale, I've known for a long time. Tim used to live in Liverpool, I've got him singing those songs on tape from 1993. I wouldn't call Anyway, moving along... I get this feeling that perhaps you ight The equipment that you use obviously sounds like old analogue them peers really, their attitude is completely different. Chicks be destined for bigger things with your potential for synths. Was it difficult to find them and use them? With today's neither, I don't see the comparison, but it's often made. Magnetic How would that affect you i technology it just seems like it would be easier to use the new Fields, I don't own a single record, and laughed my head off when Everyone knows that the British rr ic press is a bit savage, if stuff. I don't know much about that sort of thing, but is there any he was cited as an influence. Air, I think sonically we've got some decided they liked you, would y co-operate with them? I new equipment that can somewhat mimic the sounds and proper thing in common, but again, different attitude. they noticed you yet? ties of the older equipment? Did you have a purpose and a desire The British press is shrinking, in size and importance. On the whole to onlv use older gear? One thing I have to mention which I personally thought was quite they like us, but as you'd expect there are people who think we have As I said in the last question, I've collected that stuff since I was about hilarious (yet intrigued by the idea) was the "Romo" scene that no right to exist. Having said that, 604 has been album of t .j 16, 10 years. It had no commercial value when I was picking those the Melody Maker created about five or six years ago. Of course, it month/week in just about every publication, so we must be doine keyboards up at flea markets and the like. The synths themselves are was developed by journalists to create hype and sell magazines, something right. We made a point of not playing in London for a easier to use and a lot more tactile than modern stuff, to the extent but without a doubt there were some bands involved that were long time because we don't want to pander to the press. that modern synths now try and replicate the controls and feel of 20- trying to resurrect synth-pop. Is there anything positive that can 30 year old synthesizers. The main issue though is cost: I wouldn't be extracted from that whole thing? I imagine at this time you might just be concentrating on promoting and couldn't afford to spend more on one new synth, a Nordlead or That thing was an embarrassment. It set electronic pop music back 604, but if you were to work on new material would you stay in the a Waldorf, than I spent on all of our keyboards put together. 20 years. When that Melody Maker ran, it was hysterical, because one same vein or will there be a constant evolution in your sound? of the singers in one of the bands went to my school. I laughed my Evolution. I'm frustrated and want to begin the next record imme There is no delicate way to ask this question, but tying into the head off. There was nothing musical there at all, so nothing positive diately, some of it is already there. 604 is like four years' work in a fact that you use older equipment, there are very apparent com can be drawn from it. They loved all the bad things about the '80s. It way, and was finished a year ago. I really want to get another album parisons and influences from bands like the Human League, Gary was all about dressing up in frilly shirts and wearing bad makeup. finished this year. Numan, OMD, Kraftwerk, and various other early '80s bands. It That's all terrible. I've always liked the sound of, say, Visage's Fade makes me suspect that your record collection contains copious To Grey, with the silly costumes stripped away. The visual identity of You've probably been interviewed by some other folks from amounts of this sort of music... would you care to elaborate on this? that period damages the credibility of the music made back then. Vancouver already who may have told you this, but did you know Our record collections are quite removed from what people expect. that "604" is our local telephone area code? Where did "604" come I've been DJing northern soul and rare funk for six years. There are Your melodies and hooks are dead on. How did you come up with lots of '60s influences on the LP that are overlooked because the such super songs? Is it a collaborative effort throughout the group It was a reference to lots of things: Andromeda Slra instruments we use are from the late '70s and early '80s. I obvious or is there one of you that supplies most of the ideas? Renault, your area code. • ly own Human League and Kraftwerk records, I don't own any On this album, I wrote them all, but it was a collaboration too. Gary Numan, and OMD? With them being from Liverpool, and me I think there's always a person in a band where most of the drive knowing a little loo much about them, they have a credibility prob comes from, with the other members adding crucial ingredients. lem for me. Andy McClusky is the guy behind "Atomic Kitten," and I know that before they became OMD, they were a progressive rock Are any of the band members formally trained in music? band called Pegasus. These little things make it difficult to take Helen is classically trained on piano, Reuben on violin. I don't know seriously. "Electricity" is still a great song, though. No one remem what any musical notes or chords are, it's all by ear and memory for me. bers that Flock of Seagulls were from Liverpool too. So now I'm going to ask you about your live show! It's kind of a There's quite a lot of good current material to perhaps draw from given that electronic bands sometimes don't have much to offer as a reference. Is there any new stuff that you and the band in the way of an exciting live performance so they hire silly particularly enjoy? dancers or whatever. I know that you're far too cool for this sort of Overload by Sugababes was our combined favourite record of 2000. thing, but something tells me with the style of your music that There's lots of good music being made at the moment, but I would you might appreciate drama or theatrics of some sort. So what n't say anything in the underground or leftfield was an influence on kind of things can we look forward to when we are lucky enough that record. We get compared to groups with keyboards—Add N to to catch you on stage? (X), etc.—I love them, but the only thing in common we have is a We just play the songs, it's very functional, we don't create artifice studio full of dusty crackling antiques. by jumping about onstage like bands seem to think they have to in
15 E^gSSMigS CHI TWO AMON TOBIN KNOBS AND v BY LUKE MEAT ONE TWIDDLER: AND ROBERT ROBOT
DiSCORDER: Welcome to Vancouver! Growing up in Brazil, was it wasn't a change in style. It was another label, hence another name. definition is. I think that if it works in context with the other sounds, there pressure put on a child to become the best soccer player in Os Mutantes played the Music Populaire Festival in 1968 and got as long as it's not just some vacant space filler. I think that's the prob the world, as it is here in Canada with hockey? booed off the stage for having nothing to do with traditional lem when you get into that sort of noisescapes. You know what I Amon Tobin: I don't know. 1 didn't have those sorts of motivations Brazilian music. If you had played this festival, do you think you mean, well that could be substituted for any other sound. I think when I was growing up. I moved to Europe at a fairly young age, so would have been booed off the stage? what makes a musical composition, or something worth listening I didn't really know where I was and therefore no real soccer Well, I don't know. It would depend if they'd set me up as some to, is the fact that it is constructed in some way where the things bal ambitions. I was living in a squat in Amsterdam when I was four, "Brazilian boy made good," or if they accepted the fact that I'm as ance each other out. You know they lend each other something, you so it was kind of different. much European as Brazilian, I suppose. The thing is I've never real know there's a tension there. And it shouldn't just be something What brought you to Europe in the first place? ly flown the flag. I've never gone around going, "Hey, I'm from totally random otherwise it's kind of pointless. My mother traveled when I was very young, we left Brazil for Brazil. I make this kind of music because I'm from here." I use Is there any particular place you think it would be interesting to Morocco when I was two, then Amsterdam, then London, and then Brazilian sounds in my music because I love them, and that's the hear your music? back to Brazil again, then back to Europe. Brighton has been my only reason I use them. If they booed me off stage it would mean I don't really think about it at all. People ask me all the time about home now for about 10 years. that they'd missed the point, which is I suppose what they did with making tracks for dance floors as opposed to making tracks for the Easy-E is to 40 oz. bottles of malt liquor and misogyny as Amon Os Mutantes as well. They're awesome! Yeah, man, they're awe bedroom or something. I'm interested about this sound thing you're Tobin is to... some. I've been collecting their vinyl; they've been putting out lots talking about. Are you talking about music concrete? [laughs] Cardiovascular workouts. of good reissues lately, which is great. I believe so, I don't know much about music concrete... I'm just I saw an Akai S-612 sampler, one of the earliest samplers ever Which leads me to my next question: Has David Byrne really done getting exposed to Stockhausen and the like, that's the area I'm made, for only 60 dollars at a pawnshop last week... anything for Brazilian music? Oh wow!!! I don't know. It's like Stan Getz—did he really do anything for It's pretty fascinating. ...and I was wondering what was your first equipment get-up? Brazilian music? Anyone who brings it out to more people is, I Not necessarily entertaining to listen to, but I think it's important If you really want to know, it's really tragic. It was a Casio S-One. suppose, expanding it and making people more aware, but whether that it's out there. And an Amstrad Studio 100 tape-to-tape, you ever see one of those? they're having an impact on the music itself? I guess I just don't You know, entertainment has never really been the issue anyway, right; A beautifully constructed machine [laughs] they had these great know enough about what he's done. it's about whether it's worth doing, and whether it's worth listening faders that were painted on instead of LED. I've still got one in a I understand that you used to study photography. How does the too, whether you are in excruciating pain or whatever, the fact that basement somewhere, but I don't think it would be of any use. I still visual segue into your music? you're sitting there, and you're not going away, and you're interested really miss that old Casio though. I have the same idea when I take pictures as when I'm making in what's going to happen next I think is a valid reason for making it. Is there any sound that should not be sampled? music. I have this whole thing about making very unspectacular I have the same attitude for films. [I was] watching Henry: A Portrait of No! People are doing interesting stuff with Christina Aguilera even) things look spectacular. I think that's the same approach I'm trying a Serial Killer, and just sitting there and thinking, "Wow I'm not enjoy and getting her and just like, chopping her up. You can get these to have with samples, where it's not about raw material but what ing this at all, but this is fucking great." It's just the fact that it has an amazing bootlegs of cut-up stuff. you do with it. So I used to take pictures of foam, for example—you effect on you, and you're interested and fascinated by it, even if you're In that case, are you familiar with the documentary Sonic Outlaws know, shaving foam—and I'd try to make landscapes out of shaving not enjoying it. This idea that you have to enjoy things for them to be which features artists such as Negativland, John Oswald, E.B.N., foam, that sort of thing. That's where Adventures in Foam [Cujo's first worthwhile is kind of... it's not a very good criteria, I think. and The Tape Beatles? release] came from. All the pictures on there came from those exper That being said about films, it seems that soundtracks nowadays Oh yeah! I've heard about it. iments. But of course you've got the wack American version without are just compilations of songs that are funded by the movie com Should sound be copyrighted? all the pictures on it. pany, or on a label that is associated with a movie company. But I think sampling kind of bewildered a lot of people in there are seldom composers that do soundtracks the legal musical world because it's very hard to draw anymore. Ennio Morricone comes to mind. Are there the line between plagiarism, creative sampling, and ref any composers who have inspired you? erential sampling, where you're taking something as a 'MORALLY, I THINK SAMPLING IS A MORE Oh yeah, you named one of them. My favorite is probably reference to point to somewhere else. I don't know. I'm Bernard Herrmann, he did all the Hitchcock stuff. not even sure of the laws, y'know, what constitutes a DIRECT AND CREDIBLE WAY OF USING Amazing, just the best stuff you ever heard. He did Psycho. rip-off and what doesn't? Morally, I think sampling is a EXISTING NOTES IN YOUR OWN MUSIC..." I've always imagined that people who make elec more direct and credible way of using existing notes in tronically-based music are somewhat technical, and your own music, than say, picking up an acoustic guitar I'm wondering how that relates to home tech. Do and going, "Well, I like 'Smoke on the Water,' so I'm you have any power tools? The thing is that I'm not very technical to start off with. I use what I going to do something that sounds a bit like 'Smoke on the Water'" Yeah, we got the Shadow Records release. need to do what I want. I'm not really into kit. My studio is really and then call it your own. The thing about sampling is you're saying, Fucking Shadow, the cover is the least of their sins, man; they cut up quite sparse, especially because I'm not using synthesizers anyway. "None of this belongs to me and all I take credit for is not the source that record with a knife and fork. The thing is that the original album Actually, I have no use for power tools either. I'm a pretty DIY guy. material, but this is what I've done with it" and hopefully people can was one of those swishy albums that went from one track to anoth I admitted that to myself a long time ago, and I'm living with my recognize where the sample is from and they understand where it's er. What they did was they took a track and chopped it up in a com broken-down shelves, my wobbly seats. I'm all about trying to learn gone. There's an integrity there, I think, which gets lost with plagia pletely different order and they couldn't even figure out where a something inside and out, and trying to get the most out of it and rism, when people take credit for sound that isn't theirs. track started and ended, so half the tracks are starting in the wrong moving on. Rather than thinking, "Well I've got this great new thing, You mentioned in an earlier interview that "black music" place and ending in the wrong place. what the fuck do I do with this?" influences you. What is "black music"? Here's another pointed question. I must have been talking about blues again. I suppose all music is All right, load me up. Do you bother with magazines like Mix, to find out what the "black music" to some extent nowadays, but "white music" too—it's Kraftwerk had mannequins, Aphex Twin has dancing bears. What newest toy on the market is? just so hybrid now. It's another thing I think ties in well with this do you have in your live performance? Every now and again. The thing that has really gotten me excited is whole sampling thing. It's one of the main reasons why I got so Oh, wow, I have dancing girls, and lights and smoke, and mirrors. the Variphase processor. Have you seen that Roland thing? I don't excited about sampling. I didn't feel like I was qualified to put out a [laughs] really use it as a sampler, but it is a kind of sampler that has a dif record where I was playing blues. It doesn't have anything to do How do you feel about props in a live performance? ferent way of coding the samples. It's just a time stretch machine, with colour—it's what time you live in as well, and what place you I don't know, I keep it quite stripped down really, I'm not really into but it does the thing that I've always wanted to do since I was 17, live in. I think you have to be from a certain era and have a certain the whole performance thing anyway, you know what I mean. straight away. Which is just to play all the samples on a keyboard. background in order to produce that specific type of music. What Going back to being a rock star, picked up some dry ice and going But say, you can start the sample on this key and finish it on that you can do with sampling is you can say "Well, even though I on the road! key. That's what I find with equipment, it never does anything new, wasn't living in the '50s, and I'm not a black man with that kind of Label cohorts interrupt interview with questions of pizza choices. Amon it only ever makes what you want to do simpler and simpler. You history, this music still has an effect on me. If still has a place in my decides that he will have the "bum a fag" special as usual. A saucy never find a piece of kit that makes you go, "Wow, that does some world, and it's relevant. I can twist it and make it into something all Haiuaiian number is finally agreed upon. The label mates discuss when thing completely new." It's always just making your life easier, about where I am and what I'm doing." they will play, and instruct Amon not to suck tonight. which is great. Your side project is called Cujo. Whaf s your favorite Stephen King novel? Back to the article on you printed in the Georgia Straight. You said And in closing, Amon Tobin, if asked to do a duet with Eminem, [laughs] I would have to say The Shining, [laughs again[ I see what you had all these noises and you wanted to make them sound would you do it? you mean though. It's a cool name, but I haven't read the book. coherent. Does noise have to necessarily be coherent? Does noise Wow, oh Jesus. Fuck yeah I reckon! What determines what becomes a Cujo track and what becomes an always have to have a music value? What about Elton John? Amon Tobin track? I'm not sure what you're asking. Elton John I draw the line [at] you know. Maybe I should draw the The Cujo thing is dead anyways now, just because the label, Ninebar Do you think that noise is valid in a musical sense? line at Eminem. I don't know. • Records, has since gone under. We never released stuff simultaneously— Of course. Yeah, absolutely. I don't know. It depends on what your
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On my lunch break, after work, or evervfcrt the middle of the night, . my dad has a habit of calling me up and talking about how to make it in today's world. Working a poverty-line record store job, free lancing as a music reporter, and learning how to play drums on the sly isn't exactly his idea of me hitting it big. Yes sir, no matter what side of the industry you work in, making it in the world of rock is tough. I can only imagine what it's like for kids who decide to take their weekend jam practiee&.out of the garage. Rock star dreams are shared by millions, but only a few of 'em make it. If only there was some sorta' plan... some sort of map pointing the way to the land of glitter and glam. Yeah, that's the ticket. Then all oi us guitar wielding,
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it's loaded with high-tension melodies where guitar, bass, and drums either fall into synchronized melodies or crazed rhythmic free-for- alls. Punkers like Shellac or even smarty-pants like Don Caballero ain't got nothing on this band, that's lor sure. Their guide to rock ain't bad either. It's all aj^out guitars?, ladies' and the stock mar-kat_Y_eah. They've got it all figured out.
THE ROAD TO ROCK: A 4-STEP 2) None of These Hippie-Dippie Lyrics 4) Hai Plenty of Other Things to Do GUIDE ACCORDING TO WEIGHTS Heck, let's face it. Everyone seems to have something to say these Now and again, we all have to think realistically. Even for the most AND MEASURES days. So it's a nice refreshing change when a hand like Weights and talented of superstars, rock 'n' roll takes time to develop. Therefore, Measures knows the importance of a good drum beat here and an (with a little help from Lia) it's important to have plenty of hobbies. After all, idle hands are the excellent guitar twang there. devil's playthings! When it comes to deciding if there's more important things 1) The Market Dictates All The boys of Weights and Measures have taken heed to this little about your band than angst-ridden poetry, Khan says the answer is life rule and have developed plenty of other side projects. Khan and simple. Got some artsy-fartsy vision that you're just playing music for the Gara are members of Ottawa's slow-core rock band, Kepler. A four- "Vocals interfere with our ability to do rock moves. Kevin used love of music? Ditch that romantic notion, my friends. It's all about member band that boasts a dark and unsettling post-rock sound to sing for a couple of shows in a few songs and I thought he was (which, by the way, does include vocals), Kepler is just starting to the cash. really good!" says Khan. "But he thought it interfered with his chord gain some much-deserved recognition. "When we first got together, we all decided it was best we try selection...and his moves." "Kevin was actually playing in a band called Prisons Come for the big stupid loud rock band," says Khan. "At the time it Khan doesn't doubt that guitar and hip swingin' action has Home," says Khan. "We just all knew each other from the local punk seemed to be a good way to make a lot of money, and that's turned earned the band much of the fame it has today. Besides, executing scene and that's how things started." out not to be the case." guitar riffs like Yngwie Malmsteen never went out of style is an Khan would like everyone to note that while Weights and asset often overlooked by novice rocksters. There's also Snailhouse, a project fronted by Mike Feuerstack of Measures has earned plenty of critical respect, they have yet to make the Wooden Stars and backed up by Khan and Gara. Expect this sound to be a departure from all things Weights and Measurey. a dime from their music. 3) Big Publicity Stunts "That's really disappointing to me, actually," says Khan during Snailhouse is an eerie blend of pop melodies and vocals which only the likes of Nick Drake could replicate. an interview from his Ottawa home. He-even admits that Weights Do something,., anything. Just make sure you did it with larger- "We're figuring if one band doesn't make it big, one of the oth and Measures feel they have exhausted their current style and fans than-life style. It's all about the right person standing up to take should expect something new and exciting on their upcoming EP, ers will!" says Khan. That's what I call planning! slated for release later-this summer. For Weights and Measures, that chance came with a friendly "I dunno if it's gonna be drastically changed, but something is neighbourhood'magazine called Vice. So there you have it. Rockstardom is but a leap and a bound (or two) gonna b.e different about our band in the future," he says. "The Vice article is the shtick we did," says Khan. "It was just a away! No longer do aspiring rockers need to sport those tight, leop Khan's also quick to point out that it's important to develop a publicity stunt ahd Vice is, yeah, whatever." ard-print package-displaying pants that the likes of Steven Tyler snappy business plan and execute it quickly! Khan admits this is What Khan is referring to is the article where they affectionate made famous. Nah, all you really need to be is a squishy little AV one area where Weights and Measures slacked. ly dubbed themselvesas "The Pak Attack." or that Jagernauth is one "We were hoping to link with the high-tech stocks, assuming of the only 'brown' guitarists in the history of rock since kid with a bad attitude. • there would be good synchronic itv between Weights and Measures Soundgarden's Kim Thayil. Weights and Measures with North Of America and the economic realities of the world," says Khan. "Now we're all "Everything about this band is a joke," says Khan. "We're just Friday, May H • The Marine Club going to shit. I mean, we're all fucked..." trying to be funny in any way possible... be it at our own expense or You snooze, you loose. Although Khan admits there's still a chance for Weights to show Either way, the shtick paid off. • Vancouver, TBA upon the DOW. "We haven't gone public yet," he says. "We're still "We were trying to find someone to put out our record and uh, waiting on our IPO." that's actually how; a lot of people first heard of our band," says Khan. Now they're signed to Montreal's Matlock Records, home to the likes of the Wooden Stars, North of America, and The Plan. Need I bu lip kiessling „^Hk y PRESENTS... TUESDAY APRIL 3, 2001 CiTR AT LARGE Entertainment & CiTR present 101.9 ri«i HOT WATER MUSIC LEATHERFACE SMALL BROWN BIKE &THE RED LIGHT STING The Grand view Legion * 2205 Commercial Drive $12 adv. @ Scratch, Zulu, Noize. 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^im&umm really good album this is. It's quite like this CD. Just don't reverie of chaotic sound squig- one of those albums that's won make me say that word. gles and dreamy men on con derfully lo-fi in all the right Hilarity Manque trol knobs. Heading, once places (it was recorded in Aislers frontwoman Amy LAST DAYS OF APRIL Mouse on Mars are the ones to Linton's basement) while being Angel Youth watch in this digital day. as clear as an album that relies (Bad Taste) "Actionist Respoke" took on catchy hooks and clever This is a fine release from some getting used to. I'm not a changes needs to be. All the Sweden that evokes the more big fan of vocals on MoM's songs are short, endearingly playful moments of Sigur Ros, tracks, but I came to appreciate A LUNA RED is a masterpiece of tranquillity, wind and harmonica are played sung just off-key, and memo and it also manages to achieve where it all leads. Good thing, The Death Birds and I'm going to keep using it effectively and those relaxing rable. Just think, that could be a dramatic intensity that isn't as there are other tracks with (Global Symphonic) to further develop my love of sounds unconsciously touch us you being gently rocked by overbearing. The boldness of lyrics; some, like "Presence," When I was eight years old a (with strings arranged by Sean Dear Nora. this smart pop matches the seem to aim their focus more on the lyricism than the sonic red-haired brat told me, over a Jason T O'Hagan of the High Llamas). godfrey j. Leung, esq. wide-eyed brashness of the table filled with arithmetic Their first full-length album band name. For some, this very sounds. A new direction, indeed. equations, about a bomb that ARAB STRAP Some Dusty was released at the HAVERGAL brashness may repel some, but could blow up "the entire Vie Red Thread end of the summer of 2000. But Lungs for the Race I don't think they'll really care. Most of this album treads familiar sweet-glitch territory, world." I didn't get a good (Matador) it still brings me fresh impres (Secretly Canadian) The instrumentation is fantas spewing warped transitions night's sleep for five years. By Since seeing Arab Strap play at sion, so I cannot give up play One of the ugliest words in the tic with things like old cranky which remain undanceable and the time my terror ended, it was CMJ in the fall, I have been on ing this disc. On the contrary, it English language—to me, any Hammond organs hooked up to aurally tickly. Mouse on Mars 1991, and people were saying pins and needles anticipating is sweet for coming springtime. way—is not really a proper Leslie speakers matched up seems to have decided to get as that there was "no chance" that this new album. Plulophobia So their sounds are immortality. word at all. It's an abbreviation with crisp and bright guitar goofy as they wanna be, and the Cold War shivers would ever ruled, but we won't go into We have to wash the clothes, that music writers use liberally lines. And that's not all— there result is a very fun, highly lis again have the opportunity to that. Elephant Shoe went largely clean up messy rooms, and when trying to pin down a cer are also strings, Rhodes pianos, change nail colour. There are tenable album. We can forgive creep up my spine. Well, thanks unnoticed around here, largely tain quality found in a great and even glockenspiels. many stupid daily tasks, but if them their silly vocal outings, to Mr. Bush, we're back on the due to its delayed release and deal of underground music. Sometimes, when you have so nuclear death march again. And you are with Birdie, everything no? If not, then you'd better hard-to-find status. Back in the This word (five letters, two syl many sounds going on, you're frankly, I've had so many faint big leagues with Matador, the will be fun. Spend your relax skip track eight, when they lables, starts with an 'i') has a tempted to just make the whole ing spells and suicide dreams in Strap is ready to spill more guts time with Birdie songs and get decide to go techno-reggae-tas- lot of baggage. It's an adjective album a sonic novelty, but they my short lifetime that I am all over the place, and I'm more an eyeful of brilliant world from tic. Hee hee. Koln uber Alles! but is more often than not used keep things honest and smart. the sky. Julie C. almost—finally—numb to the than happy to trail after with Their arrangements are done proposition. the mop bucket. Discussing the Miki Hirano makes me think of skin prob with respect to the songwriting I interpret The Death Birds Strap's work with a friend, we NINA NASTASIA lems, badly chosen clothing, craft and to the discipline as a half-disbelieving reaction questioned whether we'd take DEAR NORA Dogs and reverent but apathetic involved in making a good o this notice of all this ranting and We'll Have a Time (Socialist) patience—the kind of patience melody. Any band that can rock gia. Almost all the songs on this raving if it were in plain old (Magic Marker) I have had this record for two that incites a person to sit cross- with keyboards without seem seven-song album deal, in some English. Something about I can feel it, but it's so gentle it's days. I have listened to it six legged on a cold, dirty floor for ing like they came from two way, with the spectre of flesh Aiden Moffatt's scruffy Scottish really more like sitting in one of times. It is like a seed in my three hours waiting for the decades ago gets my approval. burns and radiation sickness. accent makes his dirty stories those jet-powered hot tubs than stomach. It is growing in me. band to play. Samuel Kim Appropriately enough for a just that bit more listenable. an earthquake. Nina Nastasia is none of the Havergal courts this word band concerned with a ghost of Said friend also questioned the Somewhere not too far following kinds of singers: "I the Cold War, A Luna Red does band's musical abilities, but I away (New Westminister), a and the identity it seems to MOUSE ON MARS can't really sing, so let's put a disagree with that criticism. telephone pole is falling over. demand in a way that is almost Idiology bunch of shitty effects on my of numerous '80s electro-panic While the sounds may be sparse Somewhere a bit farther away frightening. Their aesthetic (Thrill Jockey) vocals;" "I can't really sing, but bands, Skinny Puppy being the at times, when they get going, (Olympia), windows are shat winks at it. Their vocals Did I almost pee my pants it doesn't matter 'cause boy, am most blatant. On the title track, they really bust it out. And tering. Somewhere even farther embody it. Their trancey, over- when I heard there was a copy I good looking;" "I can't really co-vocalist Erica Neumann those sparse bits? Pure gold. The than that (Portland), some kid effected guitar jams—anthemi- of the new album floating sing, but man, am I sad, oh so sounds eerily like Xmal Red Thread is a beautiful record. in his college dorm room is cally quiet, as if that weren't a around at work? You bet! I also sad, listen to me cry and sing Deustschland's Anja Huwe. A My one concern is the authen being awakened by the agree total oxymoron—are insuffer squealed with joy and nearly about myself because I'm the Luna Red's mimickry might be ticity of the stories. Is Aiden able rocking of his bed and ably true to form. That said, I lost my head to the delighted offensive—or just laughable—if struggling for material yet? The decides not to skip his first they weren't so good at captur last two albums have been legit, class. It's true, the ground is ing fear and indignation in bass calling up ghosts and goblins of moving and somewhere under creep and synthesizer squeal. relationships past—can things ground, not too deep below the And they seem, after all, to still be going so rough for a surface, there's a revolution... genuinely take an interest star? This album sounds legit, girl style. No no, sit down in the poetics of destruction. but we'll have to see how long Kathleen. You too, Alison and "Marching drums ring/ air raid Aiden can play the sad mis Corin. Yes, I see you back there, D 0 guided sir to his sexual demons. don't even think about it. I'm in for the long haul. "Malaria." "We refuse to believe Today's Northwest is all about juheC. it's even happening today." girls these days. Sure, Chicks Hilarity Manque on Speed, Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, and the re-formed APPENDIX OUT BIRDIE Bratmobile are all stiil alive and The Night Is Advancing Some Dusty kicking, but that's not where the (Drag City) revolution's at, not since 1992. cheaper (Kindercore) I love to sleep. This album has These days, the girl-pop ol helped me sleep a whole bunch beautiful songs in vour sky- But Mirah, The Crabs, Get the Hell out of the Way of the Volcano, of times, and I'm thankful. It this Birdie presents heart- and Dear Nora is what's quietly hasn't bored me to the point of sounds for you from your CD slumber but soothed and car leading the riot. That said, I love player. Former Dolly Mixture this album. Most people com than your ried me there. Like how a pixie leading lady Deborah Wykes might hold my hand and guide pare Dear Nora to The Aislers and ex-East Village Paul Kelly me to float out the window, Set, and I'd say that's a pretty are well-known artists who sending me off to a world of fly fair comparison except that, on ing beds and tooth fairies, a used to play as members of St. this, their first full-length, Dear place where dreams are pleas Etienne's support band. So Nora have far and away eclipsed those adorable pop mom ant and always feel like they're their sound is very similar to St. real. Ali Roberts' toilet-paper Etienne. heroes they used to open for. I can tell you that Dear Nora soft voice, the chant-sounding Deborah's singing voice is plays cuddly indie-pop to per backup vocals, the dreamy rep full of tenderness and Paul's fection on this album, and I etition of the guitars and per sounds are filled with softness. hope I'm being perfectly clear cussion section's quiet restraint When their warmth are in har call maren for advertising rates when I tell you that you should all work together to produce the mony, glittering sound magic 822.3017 ext. 3710.7183 (cel) buy it, but words can't really perfect soundtrack to the com will catch and hold your heart. convey how good this album is. may issue booking deadline: april 18th pany of the softest mattress and Their sounds are totally mellow. I can only tell you what kind of warmest bedcovers. This album Not only guitar but also piano, 20 april 2001 only one who matters," "I can't better produced, I want to say PEPE DELUXE good political hardcore, please SUPA DJ DIMITRY two of her own tracks on to the really sing, so let's get the pro it's owr-produced. If someone Super Sound do yourself a favour and look Scream of Consciousness disc. There are nice cuts by ducer to play a bunch of cool says this one is the best of the (Emperor Norton) at the Ebullition Records cata (TVT) Random Logic, Headroom, Jeff drum machines and spooky three, I have to try not to like it, Super Sound is the debut of this log. GAYLE SAN Mills, and Jay Denham. San keyboards;" "I can kind of sing, even though I have been an Oh Finnish trio made up of DJ Jay Douillard At the Wheels of Steel isn't into brief slices but rather but my songs blow, so let's mix Susanna fan since the days even Slow, Ja-Jazz, and James (Galvanic) takes time to let the tracks lock it so all you can hear is my in- before she had a CD. Spectrum. Their varied back PROPAGANDHI With the recent craze of mix on to a groove, and she'll just tune-but-boring-as-hell voice;" But I did hear snippets of grounds combine to create Pepe Today's Empire, Tomorrow's CDs covering the market, it's keep it there. That's not for "I can't really sing, but Jesus, the other reviews, in spite of my Deluxe. Super Sound is their important to make something everyone, I know, and it defi am I angry, listen to me scream efforts, and now I have to admit first full-length effort, a collab (G7 Welcoming Committee) that stands out from the rest. DJ nitely doesn't make for good and yelp like fucking cats." that I agree with most of what oration encouraged by a suc After a hiatus of almost five Dimitry (of Deee-lite fame) listening; but I could imagine cessful appearance on the this being a good set at a club, Nastasia's songs are beauti I've heard. This is a very good years, Propagandhi are back and Gayle San give us releases Return of the DJ compilation and 1 would walk away from ful. Her voice is effortless, but it CD. It is well-produced. And with a much anticipated to join the masses. released by Bomb Records. the night fairly pleased. In the is not isolated. If I turn it up there are fewer murder and out release. And let me tell you that Dimitry's release rarely Heaping doses of samples with Today's Empire, Tomorroio's Ashes end, though, I'm not partial to loud enough, there is an orches law songs on Sleepy Little Sailor. stays with one genre and usual pace and stylistic changes gives is well worth the wait. Let's face DJs who play it safe and stick to tra in my ear (Albini's doing). In fact the ratio of songs of ly stays only several minutes on the recording a fairly frenetic it, Propagandhi have developed one genre for the whole night. The CD insert is not a lyrics death and violence to every one track. He keeps things quality reminiscent of the work quite the following during their So while San's choice of artists sheet. It's a story book. She other kind of song, which was interesting by switching up the of UK group Bentley Rhythm career, and this CD is going to seems impressive, you might sings of Jimmy Rose, the heroin probably six to one on the first tracks often, but in doing so, succeed regardless of quality. find me ducking away to look addicted tattoo artist, of sand CD, has flipped over to some makes it hard for the listener to Super Sound drifts effortlessly But it's actually, without much for that DJ Dimitry mix CD I boxes and storms. The package thing like one to 11 on this one. pick up what he's trying to do from music style to different exaggeration, really really good! threw away. is made of wine stained tex That's not to say that Sleepy with his set. There's something music style, the many samples This work presents a Samuel Kim tured paper, hand letter pressed Little Sailor isn't wrenching. In for everyone: some dark house, blended expertly to obscure the more evolved, punk rock with silver ink, and there is a fact, horrible as the title track break beat, electro-like rhythms, line between original and new Propagandhi. Their music is photo print of Nastasia in a from Johnstown (the second CD) and other stuff all thrown in for XBXRX material. "Three Times a definitely more hardcore than polka dot dress. Dogs sounds as fun. It's almost as if he's just Gop 1st Minee Player" uses a beat heavy hip their previous releases, yet much as "River Blue," from this rushing through his record piles (5RC) lovely as it looks. hop treatment and is a decep there's evidence of experimen CD does, although its lyrics saying, "Hey, this is great... and It's synth-spazz without the Christa Min tively muscular intro to their tation here and there. The music carefully pull back from any yeah, this one too!" There are posey hairdos! XBXRX makes CD. Thick, chunky blues sam is definitely interesting, some explicit unpleasantness. It's some pretty interesting surpris me think of Behead the NOVASONIC DOWN ples give "Everybody Pass Me thing which unfortunately chilling to hear Suzie singing es throughout: Ursula Rucker, Prophet No Lord Shall Live HYPERSPACE By" its Deep South allure—a bit rarely happens with hardcore from the point of view of a Insider and Julee Cruise (?!), Mathing Moonlight reminiscent of Moby's latest punk rock nowadays. Their getting down with The whore-killer ("Johnstown"), but Luke Slater, and yes, a remix of (Spectra Mobile) release. "La Femme" and lyrical genius is very much the Boredoms in a heavily guarded when she sings less directly Deee-lite's "What is Love?" Somewhere between the plan "Where is Mr. Fabulous" ven same as it's always been: politi psychology laboratory. Gop 1st about the horrors of an Might not be serious enough for ets of Air, The Gentle People, ture into the realm of suave '60s cally minded, sharp, explicit, Minee, while an excellent record unspeakable childhood, and the and Mazzy Starr, there is a tiny Francophone pop in quite a and intelligent. "purists," but it's fun, and it on its own terms, is also great feelings that came afterward, it keeps you occupied which is for passive-agressive i little planet called Novasonic charming way. The silliest track Reading the liner notes is just just feels truer, and the more what a lot of mixes don't do. Down Hyperspace. On planet for its sheer hyperactivity must as interesting as listening to the annoyance. powerful for it. NDH there are plenty of be "Super Sound," which piles music. Most importantly: their Gayle San doesn't cross Hilarity Manque Perhaps most surprising of vocoder-enhanced vocals, layer upon layer of samples to songs actually mean something, genres often, and stays with all are the love-gone-bad songs. cheesy '70s piano-synths, guitar produce a wonderful musical they are more than political what she knows best. Were all the old songs about strums, and male crooners. bouillabaisse. Two particular buzzwords howled into a Throughout the disc, she show bullets and armed enemies These elements don't necessari favorites are "Woman in Blue" cases the dark techno style that metaphors for what we have ly compose a bad sound; they and its re-mix "Woman in she enjoys, and in fact, she puts here? Little stories of heartbreak have been known to produce Black," both which use a haunt so real that the singer resorts to groovy, funky music. But ing sample of an old blues biblical language, lifts images apparently the people of NDH recording. The vocal sample is from fairy tales and age-old folk have an affinity for gratuitous expertly woven into the melody songs, and describes physical ly sappy and inanely repetitive and heightens the sorrow and injuries? musical stylings. heartache in her voice. Super DJ PROFILE: colin macdonald Suzie also seems to be Sound is good, clean, sampling This-CD, entitled Mathing singing with more confidence sire you sairt&m? mimic Sundays, 9am-12pm Moonlight, did make my bus this time around, and that's say ride to UBC on a sunny spring PCS ing a lot. She's closer to the mic, morning slightly more enjoy Record played most often on your show: she's singing more intimately, able; however, it failed to really My co-host Jennifer and I don't repeat material very much, but we both have played a fair amount and her voice comes through PROPAGANDHI elicit the emotional response I of Louis Andriessen's work. I'm also partial to tracks from Michael Nyman's The Draughtman 's sweeter and more pure than Today's Empire, Tomorrow's get when I know I've got a live Contract as a fine way to start the day. ever. (There are even hints of one. Plus, I couldn't tell if it was (G7 Welcoming Committee) Record you would save in a fire: the recent, bluegrass-reviving, the music or the weather that In a Recent Exclaim interview, My current fave is Michael Gordon's Trance. After four years of listening to it, I'm finally figuring Dolly Parton here, and I mean was perking up my spirits. Too Propagandhi member Chris out how the music works. this is in the best possible way.) many slow guitar progressions, Hannah said, "We're putting Record that should burn in hell: On "Sleepy Little Sailor" and repeating bars, and blah blah out this record, it's going to kill All records should burn in hell! Recordings aren't music! Go to "River Blue," the songs with the blah lyrics made me anxiously and there's a good chance a live concert! (I hope I don't lose my cushy radio gig over this...) most lovely melodies, this want to flip through to the next nobody is going to recognize it Worst band (composer or whatever) you like: makes for a near-perfect meld track. This CD tediously search because we live in such a Now, now, I don't want to be negative here. It's all a matter of ing of performance and es for the point, but never gets fucked up, shitty culture." personal taste, so if I like someone, so what? Some people think songcrafting. On "Kings Road," to it. While there are moments, Death by boredom? Death by that Philip Glass is starting to lose it and go too populist, but I SLS's very catchy (and autobio mere seconds, of musical bliss, Bad Music? I DON'T RECOG still like him, yes? graphical) pop entry, the clever they are too few and far NIZE IT! This album is fucking Last record you bought: ly twisted lyrics put a fresh spin between to even make one com horrible. I think the world ROSA: Death of a Composer, by Louis Andriessen, libretto by on an old story, while her voice plete track, much less an album. would be a better place if Peter Greenaway. A great opera for people who love sexual removes all doubt as to its Propagandhi stopped making depravity and murder. authenticity. music this second. This album First record you bought: No one else should try to is devoid of anything remotely The memory's a little unclear, so it's a toss-up between Simon OH SUSANNA sing an Oh Susanna song, but good Propagandhi ever had. As and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, and the Police's Synchronicity. I Sleepy Little Sailor the opposite certainly isn't true. far as the politics go, I can think remember that the Andy Summers tune "Mother" scared the (Stella) Suzie Ungerleider is such a fine of many better ways to get shit out of me, and I always had to fast forward through it. During the recent onslaught of interpreter and singer of songs informed than dumbed down Musician you would most like to marry: Oh Susanna media coverage, that, given the right promotion, lyrics from some hockey play There's a wonderful trend of Classical musicians letting their sexuality show, and Canadian cellist I've done my best to keep my every radio station in the world ers in Winnipeg regurgitating Shauna Rolston is at the top of the list for me. Well, also the sexy redhead who plays bass with Hole. head down and ignore what would play her covers—just lis Noam Chomsky and Mumia Rrrowr! everyone else was saying. Like ten to her rendition of Otis Abu-Jamal. I know they have Favourite show on CiTR: a lot of campus radio and indie Redding's "Dreams to good intentions, but this album I'm a bit of a comic fan, so I really dig Robin's show Onomatopoeia. I also like listening to classical types, I have a contrary nature. Remember." That she also is just inexcusably bad. The best Indian music on Sunday nights on Geetanjali. If I hear that the songs on Sleepy writes her own songs, and that thing about this album is that it Strangest phone call received while on-air Little Sailor are more personal so many of them are so damned isn't marked as a promo, hence Nobody ever calls. Is anyone listening? Hello? Anyone? • than on the other two CDs, all I fine, well, that's just the world's I'll get more money when I want is to say is that they're not. very good luck. trade it in. If you are looking for e else says this one's Janis McKenzie V_ 21 ®[gg°S®3£ age. Hot, sweaty, drivin' tunes melodies heard on TV, on the chamber orchestra dimensions that made time stand still. Or radio, and from pop music, for the "Carnival of the Animals fly by. Or something. I stag using the recognizable tunes as that Saint-Safins Never Got gered out of there not quite Around to Writing." With knowing what hit me. These explorations into the combined poems by Kelly Cook and nar guys are gonna be big, and history of Western concert ration by Rosalind Beale-Dala deservedly so. and Evelyn Thatcher, this piece Val Cormier "House of the Rising Sun picked up where Camille Saint- Variaions," for piano trio, was a Saens left off, and created a GREEN EGGS AND CAM set of 10 variations on the well- musical homage to some other PUNK STRIKES BACK: their hits in preparation for Sunday, March 11 known traditional melody. The members of the animal king GOB their west-coast tour. The Dr. Vancouver East Cultural first variation, subtitled dom, namely the Skunk, the COMPLETE Dre cover of "They Forgot "Faure," started innocently Amoeba, the Canada Goose, the MR.PLOW About Dre" was classic, and of NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL It may seem unlikely that a enough in the style of its name Ugly Duckling, the Lawyer, OCEAN3 course they played their mon STARS young musician in his thirties sake, a bit of French and the all-too-recognizable GLASSHEAD ster cover of The Rolling JOHN FORD should have a 10-year career Romanticism, but this was just Energizer Bunny. Part musical Friday, February 23 Stones classic "Paint it Black." I Tuesday, March 6 retrospective, but if you are at to draw us in. Subsequent vari in-joke, part social satire, nei Langley Civic Center got to make the metal sign Richard's On Richards all familiar with the work of ations moved through Jack ther the text nor the music Langley. Well, I should have (which was fun) just before they I first saw the All Stars on a hot Cam Wilson, it's suddenly not Daniels, Piano Strum, threatened to take itself serious known better. Rock concerts in tore into "Self-appointed summer night at the Pic last that surprising. Cam has been Charleston, Clint Eastwood, ly, and despite the obvious craft Langley start right, and I mean Leader" which is my favourite year. Despite the challenges of active as a performer and com and Old Sea Captain to name a in Wilson's orchestrations, the right, after dinner. Okay, so I Gob tune. They have great pres that room and crowd, they poser in Vancouver since the few, crossing the musical gamut piece would have benefited was a little late. I didn't get to ence (whatever that means), turned out a killer set. Fast for late '80s, as a member of the of honky-tonk, boogie-woogie, from some trimming—some see Glasshead or Ocean3 and and the kids really look up to ward less than a year: they now VSO and the piano trio Joe Trio, spaghetti western, neo-classi- jokes wear a bit thin on multi apparently they both had a these guys. It was great to see have a substantial amount of and with the assistance of The cism, and sea shanty. ple tellings. great show, but I did get to them at home, even if that home critical acclaim around their Little Chamber Music Series The "Addams Family Opus The second half opened stand in the gigantic confusing is a drippy wooden hall in the Shaking Hands With Shorty CD, a That Could, brought together a 111?" showed a further dimen with another set of variations line, and I did get to sample a middle of Langley. Grammy nomination, famous program of new pieces and old sion of Wilson's skill as an (Wilson's favourite form), this delicious vegetable platter from When asked about her new friends, and a growing fan base. favourites. arranger and composer. Wilson time on the tune of the Turtles the curling rink diner. hairstyle on the set of That and a big ol' tour bus With a quick glance at some took the opening motive of song "Happy Together." More That said, the show I did Spiderman, Kirsten Dunst parked outside Dick's. of the titles, it was clear that this Beethoven's last piano sonata, fast metric and stylistic transi catch was good. Not great, not responded: "I like it, its kind of John Ford opened to a half- wasn't going to be your average the theme of The Addams tions through sambas, Celtic bad, just good. I arrived in the full house. Four songwriters in evening of chamber music. Family TV show, through them jigs, Ellington swing, sea of prepubescent youngsters I enjoyed the show, Mr. a four-piece band—now there's Sure, we had the standard line together in the blender, added a Brahmsian counterpoint, and squished shoulder-to-shoulder Plow was great, and Complete a recipe for disaster. Thankfully, up of orchestral strings and quote from Grieg's "Peer Mahlerian passion, the real hero to witness the first of two Mr. was fun. Gob delivered another they haven't exploded to winds, but what were we to Gynt," and crossed the line of this piece was conductor Plow sets. I thought his set was energetic if somewhat carbon- smithereens yet, but without a expect from names like "House from whimsical to truly surreal. Wallace Leung, who did a fun. It was typical Plow as he copied performance, and I am doubt Rich Hope owns this of the Rising Sun Variaions," A single movement set of varia remarkable job of holding the belted out classic acoustic punk sorry for not catching Ocean3 band. As soon as he steps up to "Addams Family Opus 111," tions, the music briskly changed musicians together through all anthems. I guess the audience and Glasshead. the mic to perform his own and "While My Spanish Guitar style and reference with preci of the madness. This was fol wasn't expecting such a vulgar Jeremy Baker compositions like "Ocean," the Gently Weeps on the Set of a sion and agility, making me lowed by "While My Spanish act and responded with a quality of the band and the Spaghetti Western"? Wilson is think of the mercurial writing Guitar Gently Weeps on the Set bizarre mix of confusion and WESLEY WILLIS attention of the audience takes a humourist as well as a plural that Carl Stalling did for Warner of a Spaghetti Western," an disbelief. When they finally ANIKYD off into the stratosphere. This ist, a post-modern composer Brothers in the '40s and '50s. arrangement of George who freely admits to collecting came around to the fact that Mr. THE COUNTRY TEASERS band seems to be going through The ensemble expanded to Harrison's tune from the Plow was singing about the joys Thursday, March 1 a Wilco or Old 97's "we can't of incest, they started throwing Starfish Room decide whether we dig pop or things. Plow did not budge and country better" phase. Some The night began with a forget continued until Complete was advice: don't try out new mate table performance by Ani Kyd, ready to go. rial at a gig like this until you've who was playing with only an really, really rehearsed those Before Complete took the electric guitar. Her mildly abra tricky 2 and 3-part harmonies. stage I hit the merch tables sive set was only mildly obnox Yowch! But their twangy mater where I found some great val ious, and thankfully short. She ial still rules, and there are few ues. I walked out of that place was followed by The Country other local bands who can rawk with four disc and countless Teasers, who, despite the indif as hard as JF. It was a very nice stickers for under $20! -.:.•/'.""•"•/ 'S,^ri ]i~. C ferent response by the Willis- touch to cover "Sway" from I was new to Complete. I'd dedicated crowd, put on a show The Rolling Stones' notorious heard their stuff on CiTR, and nothing short of superb. A fas Sticky Fingers album (the for some reason I thought they cinatingly charismatic lead Dickinson brothers' dad played were heavy (I know, the CD singer and some twistedly on that album). Was a pity that isn't heavy). Complete played hilarious lyrics brilliantly Rich's acerbic comments about Mondays - 20Hz- Breakbeats an energetic, melodic punk set. warped their gritty, inebriated local audience support for John The highlight was when their take on old-school country- Ford whistled over the heads of Tuesday - AUTOMATIC - Drum & Bass sponsor, Speedy's Skate Shop, tinged rock. the predominantly dot- threw skateboards into the Next came the 6'5", 3501b. bomber/grow-opper crowd. Wednesday-THE FUNKTION- Funk crowd and Jon went on the mic chronic schizophrenic cult to try to bring order to the leader that is Wesley Willis. North Mississippi All-Stars: Thursday-X-RAY- Underground chaos. Hilarious. Complete was The fact that someone whose two geeky white brothers on House & Techno tuning up for a cross-Canada songs all share one tune, played guitar and drums, and one tour, and everything was tight. 1 on a keyboard behind sound mean-lookin' black dude on Friday - THE CLUB - Sexy House did enjoy this Spawner Records effects and off-key singing, bass. Three guys, one BIG band: they were catchy and the could sell out the Starfish Room sound. Blues stripped back to Saturday- DEEPEN- Deep House audience responded well to is some indication of the popu the bare floor. Not that poofy their radio-friendly brand of larity that Willis enjoys. And Jim Byrnes-style blues, not that punk. 1 will definitely try to 455 Abbott Street why not? Regardless of whether worshiping-at-throne-of-Stevie catch these guys again when fans are laughing at him or Ray shit, but Real... Delta... Vancouver B.C. they return from their tour. have some appreciation for the Blues, which meant a lot of pure At this point I was really artistic value of his music, Willis gospel was thrown in, some hot, and they were all sold out is as alternative as it gets. thing completely lost on the Tel: 688-7777 of water. What a drag. During his 90 minute set the heathen tokin'/smokin'/drinkin' Mr. Plow did another set songs he sang were utterly raw crowd. That, or they were too Hours of Operation: while the crew did a stage expressions of emotion through change. 1 loved his Mr. T which he very simply told the It was clear from the first Experience cover of "Hitler's world what he thinks. Wesley song that these guys possess Monday to Saturday Girlfriend." Still, the bottles Willis is outsider art that one not just amazing, intuitive and 9:30 pm to 2:30 am either understands or disre organic technical skills on their What can I say about Gob? gards. Laughing or not, his fans instruments, but they play with They were mighty swell and are onto something unique and an intensity and passion more kids loved it. They played all inimitable. Rock over London, often seen in bands twice their
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Loaf's Bat out of Hell had a gui skateboarders ripping shit up ART EXHIBITION Nicole has painted stylish, a gun duel with The Man With Death By Stereo is one of tar track that sounded like the here in Vancouver. The sounds February 23-March 20 oversized album covers of No Name, and was pure magic. those great bands that defies giant hog that shot him out of of ollies, grinds, creaking Stacy Tart Gallery Wanda Jackson, Patsy Cline, The centrepiece of the con description. Running the gamut Hades, but who knew? What I Perelta slides and the sudden, The Tart is not your average art Neko Case (The Virginian, not cert was the premiere of a song- of hardcore, metal, and plain brought to this event and what resounding booms of late-night gallery. For one thing, it's at the the dark Furnace Room Lullaby!), cycle called "Playground old punk rock, these guys just it brought to me are thus quite parking garage sessions filter back of the original Zulu and even Carolyn Mark. At Rhymes for Grownups," setting exude energy and aggression indistinguishable, so I gotta call into a documentation of a total Records (1869 West 4th). For 2x2" and $400each, almost any the poetry of Bill Richardson. with every note. A fantastic live 'em like I see 'em. ly hairy speed run: the push another, the openings aren't ele one can own one, and find a This piece was commissioned to performance—I might compare I guess I also speak Train, that begins as a good idea turns gant affairs full of sombre place to hang it. A guitarist her replace a work that was origi them to Dilinger Four or Kid one of the surviving subdivi into an escalating noise-fear black-clad art types who snipe self, she also has paintings of nally set to the poetry of Dr. Dynamite, partly because I sions of the Floating Eerily fam continuum, the rattling of loose at each others' work in low guitars, and parts of them, dec Seuss (hence the title of the con can't tell any of their songs ily. If sheer statistical data have bolts, wheels wobbling at an voices, quaff a few glasses of the orated with images of sexy cert), for which Wilson couldn't apart either. any bearing on the real world, ever-greater frequency, the free wine, and then leave. (cow)girls on display. Tart part negotiate the rights, so another One could think that Sno- I'm judging that many electroa whole world shaking and sud Instead, Tart openings are ner Vicki's acrylic paintings, childlike theme was chosen. Jam has a Can-con requirement, coustic composers are fluent in denly you're streaming tears packed with cheery black-clad "Annie Oakley" and "Texas The text is a charming depiction as Montreal's mediocre ska- Train: seven of the event's ten that vaporize as the wind sucks indie music types who line up Guinan," are a little larger and of adult life in Lotus Land, pep punksters The Planet Smashers pieces were recorded almost them off the side of your face. at the bar to pay for big plastic slightly more expensive, and pered with shopping, leaky get on the bill year after year exclusively in Train. If you've But it rules. I smiled and cups of ale, seem genuinely feature attractive backgrounds condos, stock markets, body without fail. Maybe there's a ever had the pleasure of listen- thought about skating. glad to see each other, and offer that ai i '50s a modification, and prescription ska-con requirement. They did boy curtains or bedspreads. drugs. Wilson's eclectic setting play "Pierce Me," however, the Lisa Petrucci's creations are of each poem proved a particu one song of theirs I like. something else altogether: cow lar challenge for soprano Sick of it All is not my girls in the big-eyed '70s cheesy Rosalind Beale-Dala, who had favourite band. I own all of one art tradition are painted onto to negotiate a gamut of singing EP from a decade ago, and lo rounds of wood and thickly styles and characters that and behold, they went and covered with clear acrylic. (Not ranged from childish sing-song, played "Injustice System." Now paint this time, but lacquer.) to sultry jazz singer, to contem a Fat band too, the venerable They're lovely, but at $480 (for porary operatic, often within Noo Yawk fawsome played "Kiddie Kowgirl," which is the same song. Beale-Dala was enough fast old stuff mixed in about 6'x8") and $1080 (for very strong in the role, and with their plodding new stuff to "Wildcat," around 10'xl8") brought a charming exuberance more than hold my interest. A they're on the high end of the to this world of adult toys seen rather long set, too, which Tart price range. Holly Ruth through a younger mind's eye. makes that guy's voice even Anderson also draws from the Wilson's talent lies in giv 1970s big-eyed look, but her ing us music that is popular and Lastly came AFI. Though faux-nai've pastel-coloured girls recognizable, but treating it they didn't play long, they are a sell for as little as $150. with the craft and care of a tra great band to see. Davey Havok Lynn (McDonagh) Werner, ditional composer of classical is convinced he is Danzig WESLEY WILLIS WUPPS BATMAN S ASS AT THE STARFISH ROOM. who used to photograph early music. Much as Bartok did reborn, and what the fuck, he Vancouver punk shows, has with his own Hungarian folk- pretty much is—seeing AFI is as PHOTO BY DARYL WILE. several entries here too, exquis melodies, Cam Wilson uses the close as you can get these days ite, mainly sunny, shots of a music of our time as a spring to seeing The Misfits. A few flawless former Railway Club board for his own lighthearted new songs from the so-so new ing closely to a distant train Even to the ears of this for staffer named Victoria, some musical expressions. He does album, a few old sing-along approach, you know of its eigner, it was clear that Truax's combined with old fruit crate much to break down the barrier favourites, a couple each from bright, ghostly squeals, an oscil "Island" (one of three eight- end. labels. (How can that girl, who between "high" and "low" art, Black Sails and Shut Your Mouth, lating icing sugar sheen riding channel pieces performed this This makes sense, both according to the photos both taking the elitist sheen off of the and that was about it. Not quite upon the low, pulsing rumble evening) was the work which because of the record store loca drinks and smokes, look so Classical music experience, and a half-hour set and Sno-Jam that crescendos as it passes. best utilized the capabilities of tion and the indie music back damned good? Must be the he showed his true colours dur Train is a beautiful language, octophonic sound. It stood out grounds of Nicole Steen and cowboy hat.) ing the encore performance of Another rousing success. Here's but it becomes less and less in that it spoke a unique Creole Vicki M., who run the place. There's something for near Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," to more great punk bands com pleasing to the ear with repeti of Beach, Forest, and Sparkle, a Going to a Tart opening is ly everyone here, except per as he rocked out on Brian May's ing to town courtesy of next tion. During these particular mixture which delivers the kind something you want to do, haps those black-clad serious guitar solo, played on electric year's tour. I said PUNK bands, works, I envisioned someone of magic realism promised in rather than an art-supporting art types. If you don't make it to violin. I can't wait for his 20- Stomp Records! doing Tai-chi while holding a the program notes. Truax is an duty. It's not just that you'll see the Tart in time for this show, Trevor Fielding circular saw in one hand and an obvious professional who pos old friends—you'll also see lots make sure you see the next one, electric sitar in the other—that's sesses the technical prowess of art you actually like and can and take note of the names of MESSAGES FROM AWAY: the pace, that's how they and compositional restraint to probably afford. the talented women from SNOJAM7: NEW STEREO AND move—but I couldn't help produce an intensely real spa- This is the Tart's real mis Lariats & Petticoats: Antonia AFI OCTOPHONIC wishing for the thunder of tiality in sound—here, volume sion, and Lariats & Petticoats Allan, Pilar Alvarez, Holly SICK OF IT ALL ELECTROACOUSTIC Kung-fu with a giant cedar and is a dimensional category, not may be the Tart's most likeable Ruth Anderson, Kirsten DEATH BY STEREO MUSIC an empty grain silo. one of loudness. show yet. The theme is a natur Easthope, Angela Fama, Janna ZERO DOWN Friday, March 16 To be fair, there were a few Which gods were present at al for Vicki and Nicole, who Hurtzig, Vicki M., Blanche THE PLANET SMASHERS SFU Theatre Train sounds I really enjoyed, this event? It was too dark to love pinups, images of empow Norton, Lisa Petrucci, Nicole NICOTINE Visiting a foreign country for like that arrangement when see, but a guy told me that ered women, and (this goes Steen, and Lynn Werner (nee Thursday, March 15 the first time places strange bells, which were simultaneous Dionysus told him that he was especially for Vicki) rockabilly McDonagh). With any luck, Croatian Cultural Centre demands on you, kind of prods ly flower buds, suddenly burst gonna stay at home, kick out music. On the way to the bulk you'll be seeing all of them Another fine Sno-Jam lineup at you to think about where you open smoke rings of sound or the footrest on the La-Z-Boy of the exhibit, at the back of the again. the swankiest all-ages airplane came from, mostly because they when a well-placed edit and pour himself a glass of his shop, Vicki has put up some of Jams McKenzie hangar in town. Of course, no speak a different language increased the intensity in the own wine, maybe yell at her own collection of fabulous show at the ol' Triple-C Ranch there. Rock is my native tongue, train's shift from coming to William F. Buckley on the TV. vintage cowgirl-themed clothes. would be complete without me a scion of the greater Heavy lan going, but these affirmative missing the first band. guage group marked by its tell moments were unfortunately Nicotine, a pop-punk band tale percussive bursts and lack rare and fleeting. DO WE HAVE OUR HEADS UP OUR ASSES OR WHAT? from Japan, inspired only of real-world referents. While I However, two pieces shrugs from anyone I asked can say things like, "I'll have remain as points of reflection: if you hang out in shitty little venues, basements, and them about. I'm sure they were 300 grams of prosciutto, please" the obvious standouts of the good. in a few other musical lan firetrap. in order to witness music no one's ever heard of, Fat Wreck's newest entry is guages, I speak with a thick composer Stefan Udell and vet- Prog-punk accent, and really you should write for this magazine. Zero Down. Their Kevin Nash Barry Truax, pieces written in look-alike vocalist used to play still translate the world into contact: steve dipo 604.822.3017 ext. 3 or
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27 S^^LuifiSE lounge, and ambience. Movie reviews and criticism. Band. LOUD, FAST, AND AGING THE RELATIONSHIP SHOW VENGEANCE IS MINE 12:00- RAPIDLY alt. 11:00- alt. 6:30-7:30PM 3:00AM Hosted by Trevor. It's 1:00PM BY THE WAY 7:30-9:00PM punk rock, baby! Gone from GIRLFOOD alt. 11:00- I don't know what I'm up to the charts but not from our 1:00PM anymore. I play lots of odd hearts—thank fucking Christ. PARTS UNKNOWN 1:00- German electronix, some 7"s, PSYCHEDELIC AIRWAVES 3:00PM Underground pop for and a demo here and there. 3:00-6:30AM the minuses with the occasional Go figure. interview with your host Chris. THE JAZZ SHOW 9:00PM- STAND AND BE CUNTED 12:00AM Vancouver's TUESDAY alt.3:00-4:00PM longest running prime time jazz SUNDAYS tracks and lounge. Book your THE CHILL-OUT ROOM DJ Hancunt is in training for program. Hosted by the ever- PACIFIC PICKIN' 6:30- jet set holiday nowl 12:00-2:00AM Time to wind Olympic party athletics —soon suave Gavin Walker. Features 8:00AM Bluegrass, ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC QUEER FM 6:00-8:00PM down? Lay back in the chill-out to be a gold medalist in drink at 11. music and its derivatives with 9:00AM- 12:00PM All of Dedicated to the gay, lesbian, room. Trance, house, and spe ing, drug taking, and reckless Apr. 2: Trumpeter/composer Eric Arthur and "The Lovely bisexual, and transsexual com cial guest DJs with hosts Decter Dolphy died young (just 23!) Andrea" Berman. This show presents the most munities of Vancouver and lis and Nasty. BLACK NOIZE alt. 3:00- but he left a small, important WORLD HEAT 8:00-9:30AM recent new music from around tened to by everyone. Lots of FILL-IN 2:00-6:00AM 4:00PM recorded legacy. Tonight his THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM the world. Ears open. human interest features, back DJ Nat X still sez: "Fuck You, My final date "Booker Little And 9:30-1 1:30AM Open your Apr. 1: Special guest composer ground on current issues and Man!" ears and prepare for a shock! James B.Maxwell. EVIL VS. GOOD 4:00- Apr. 9: Thelonius Monk Trios. The A harmless note may make you Apr. 29: Featued guest composer HELLO INDIA 8:00-9:00PM 5:00PM Who will triumph? giant composer with just bass a fan! Hear the menacing Linda Nessel. GEETANJALI 9:00-10:00PM SALARIO MINIMO 6:00- Hardcore/punk from beyond and drums... pure Monkery! scourge that is Rock and Rolll THE ROCKERS SHOW 12:00- Geetanjali features 8:00AM Spanish rock, ska, the grave. Apr. 16: The great alto saxo Deadlier than the most dangerous 3:00PM Reggae inna all : fro India techno, and alternative music — WENER'S BARBEQUE 5:00- phonist and his band in concert criminal! <[email protected]> styles and fashion. including classical music, both porque no todo en esta vida es 6:00PM Join the sports dept. in a rare performance, BLUE MONDAY alt. 11:30AM- BLOOD ON THE SADDLE Hindustani and Carnatic, pop "salsa"! for their coverage of the T-Birds "Cannonball Adderley In Paris." 1:00PM Vancouver's only 3:00-5:00PM Real-cowshit- ular music from Indian movies, BREAKFAST WITH THE and some other goofiness, give Apr. 23: "Jazz Impressions Of industrial-electronic-retro-goth caught-in-yer-boots country. Ghazals, Bhajans, and also BROWNS 8:00-11:00AM aways, and gab. Folk Music," an inspired record program. Music to schtomp to, CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING Quawwalis, etc. Your favourite brown-sters, SOUPE DU JOUR alt. 6:00- date by the great West Coast hosted by Coreen. alt. 5:O0-6:O0PM British pop THE SHOW 10:00PM- James and Peter, offer a 7:30PM Feeling a little tenor man Harold Lang and his ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES 12:00AM Strictly Hip-Hop - savoury blend of the familiar French-impaired? Francophone Quintet. Very rare! alt. 11:30AM-1:00PM SAINT TROPEZ alt. 5:00- Strictly Underground — Strictly and exotic in a blend of aural music from around the globe, Apr. 30: "Fleur Carnivore," an CONTEMPORARY 1:00- 6:00PM International pop Vinyl With your hosts Mr. delightsl Tune in and enjoy sans Celine Dion. exciting live recording by one 2:00PM Music and poetry for (Japanese, French, Swedish, Rumble, Seanski, and J Swing each weekly brown plate spe- of the most unique big bands in British, US, etc.), '60s sound on the 1 & 2's. jazz history The Carla Bley Big C.I>!R.a2?00-3:30PM
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 6*" | |Wo| [Rfcj FIRST FLOOR SOUND SYSTEM SHADOW AT ' 7 SALARIO MINIMOl PACIFIC PICKIN THE MEZZANINE M DAWN REGGAE LINKUP FLOOR 8 m SUBURBAN JUNGLE L END OF THE CAUGHT IN 9 BREAKFAST - B 9 WORLD NEWS THE RED WITH FOOL'S PARADISE \1 THE 10 | ARE YOU SATURDAY 10 • THE BROWNS THIRD TIMES 13- SERIOUS? THE CUTE 'N' LS^ L EDGE THE CHARM SKA-T'S 11 MUSIC THE NORTHERN WISH CUDDLY SHOW 11 SCENIC DRIVE EI LOUDID,L—] J FAST, BLUE pJ-, ELECTRO I 12™ 1 CANADIAN 12™ GIRLFCOLT AND AGING MAGNETIC 1 LUNCH RAPIDLY PULSES THESE ARE THE L SOULSISTAH RADIO UJL 1 ~H 1 ROCKERS BREAKS CONTEMPORARY |_ SHOW PARTS LI 2 POWERCHORD 2 UNKNOWN RADIO FREE PRESS M C.P.R. HIGH ON GRASSL 3 3 of^Fj i | Rts | BLOOD ON THE L PROM QUEEN ELECTRIC AVENUE^ DJ^J t MOTORDADDY NARDWUAR |H CODE BLUE 4 SADDLE EVIL VS. GOOD PRESENTS N THE MEAT-EATING VEGAN (Ec| 5 J Pol : JGL—j Tl 10,000 VOICES (Tk) NOOZE & ARTS (Tk) HEARSAY H RACHEL'S SONG0 6 FLEX YOUR OUT FOR KICKS u RADIO FREE QUEER FM 13 FAREASTSIDE HEAD B AFRICAN AMERICA SOUNDS RYTHMS ON AIR \Z- ANNABOUBOULA WITH GREASED HAIR ~0 SYNAPTIC SANDWICH GEETANJALI @ LIVE FROM... •- THE 10 ' THUNDERBIRD HELL JAZZ SOULL - VENUS STRAIGHT OUTTA I 11 SHOW SONIC SOUL PIPE FLYTRAP WANDERLUST JALLUNDHAR | 12"" HIGHBRED VOICES TREE DREAMS 12AM BREAKING E] 1 WAVES IN YOUR 1 CHILL-OUT ROOM L VENGEANCE HANS KLOSS' |Hh/Dc HEAD 2 IS MINE! MISERY HOUR IE 2 THE RED AURAL Rr/Pu EARWAX 3 PLUTONIAN EYE 3 TENTACLES THE NIGHTS MORNING AFTER FILL-IN PSYCHEDELIC FIRST FLOOR SHOW AIRWAVES SOUND SYSTEM REGGAE LINKUP I
Cf= conscious and funky • Ch= children's • Dc= dance/electronic • Ec= eclectic • Gi= goth/industrial • Hc= hardcore • Hh= hip hop • Hk= Hans Kloss • Jz= jazz • Lm= live music • Lo= lounge • Mt= metal • No= noise • Nw= Nardwuar • Po= pop • Pu= punk • Re= reggae • Rr= rock • Rts= roots L • Sk = ska »So= soul • Sp= sports • Tk= talk • Wo= world 28 april 2001 PROM QUEEN 3:30-4:30PM THURSDAYS 6:00-9:00PM David "Love" ELECTRIC AVENUES 3:30- Jones brings you the best new kick arounda 4:30 (Last Tuesday of each THE MEZZANINE FLOOR and old jazz, soul, Latin, ?S£$nA- month.) 6:30-8:00AM samba, bossa, and African THE MEAT-EATING VEGAN END OF THE WORLD NEWS c fro d the arid. 4:30-5:00PM 8:00- 10:00 AM HOMEBASS 9:00PM- 10,000 VOICES 5:00- THE CUTE 'N' CUDDLY 12:00AM Hosted by DJ 6:00PM Poetry, spoken word, SHOW 10:00-11:30AM Noah: techno, but also some Two hours of non-stop chil trance, acid, tribal, etc. Guest FLEX YOUR HEAD 6:00- dren's entertainment including DJs, interviews, retrospectives, 8:00PM Hardcore and punk songs, stories, poems, inte- giveaways, and more. rock since 1989. views, and special guests with BREAKING WAVES IN YOUR ANNABOUBOULA (formerly your host Christina. HEAD 12:00-2:00AM Radio Ellenikathiko) 8:00- CANADIAN LUNCH 11:30AM- 9:00PM Greek radio. 1:00PM From Tofino to www.angelfire.aDm/cfr/annabouboub Gander, Baffin Island to SATURDAYS
FRI MAR 30 TUES10 SUN 22 deadcats, riff randells@railway club; sarah lifeforms@dv8; choke, layaway plan, moneen@starfish jazz vespers feat, don hardy, dawn aitken@st. andrew's- harmer@richard's on richard's; hancunl's room; bob chemist, pepper sands, robert wilson@rail- wesley (4pm); ac/dc, slash's snakepit@pacific colise birthday@oceanside villa way club; the english beat's dave wakeling@richard's on um; jerry cantrel@piccadilly pub richard's MON 23 SAT MAR 31 grrrls with guitars@railway club; ac/dc, slash's mome raths, strategy, menya@sugar refinery; the fire WEDS 11 snakepit@pacific coliseum box@sutcliffe park (7pm); saddlesores, mr. luther wright and the wrongs@railway club underhill@railway club TUES 24 THURS12 nouveau artistes@railway club; superchilr piccadilly SUN APRIL 1 mike o'neill band, radiogram@railway club; low, daniel- pub; st. germain@commodore jazz vespers feat, catherin mclellan trio@st. andrew's- son famile@starfish room; guy [email protected]. hall; sys- wesley (4pm); souls of mischief@sonar; mel c@massey temwide@purple onion cabaret WED 25 theatre (new west); the waterboys@commodore; garaj jack assassin@railway club mahal@richard's on richard's; iron maiden@cobalt FRI 13 cryptopsy, candiria, hurt, zuckuss@starfish room; jack THUR 26 MON 2 tripper, gg dartray@railway club; living [email protected]. south@purple onion; mark brownir ©railway club mome raths, strategy, nice nice, greg sinbaldi trio@i- hall; z-trip@sonar; karl denson's tiny universe@com- spy (seattle); hard rock miners@railway club; matchbox modore; pj harvey, u2@gm place; mr. [email protected]. FRI 27 twenty, everclear, lifehouse@pacific coliseum; henry hall ray condo and his ricochets@railway club
SAT 14 SAT 28 TUES 3 free coke for supermodels, shrimpmear@ms. t's; tight bros CITR PRESENTS THE KINDLING COLLECTION, CITR PRESENTS HOT WATER MUSIC, LEATHER- from way back when, tennessee twin@picadilly; bug THE BUILDING PRESS, TRAIL VS. RUSSIA@MS. FACE, SMALL BROWN BIKE, RED LIGHT house five@railway club; reggae sunsplash@com- T'S; gimmicks, backstabbers@picadilly; ray condo and STING@GRANDVIEW LEGION; gormenghast (art modore; oliver gannon@cellar jazz cafe; lars frederiksen his ricochets@railway club; exhibit)@dv8; diaz trio, angela cheng@playhouse; and the bastards@croatian cultural center willard grant conspiracy, mary lorsen@railway club; SUN 29 soft boys@richard's on richard's SUN 15 jazz vespers feat, david priest quartet@st. andrew's-wes jazz vespers feat, dee daniels@st. andrew's-wesley ley (4pm) WED 4 (4pm); keller williams@richard's; djb and crew@cafe CiTR PRESENTS THE FUNKTION FEATURING AVI deux soleils; train@starfish room SHACK@LOTUS; the cinematic salon feat, nettie wild@sugar refinery (7pm); jad fair, adult rodeo, MON 16 SPECIAL EVENTS capozzi park@starfish room; diamond joe white, r.a.n.c.h. presents@railway club; garnet rogers@east cul nathan tinkham@railway club; paco de lucia@orpheum tural center; the ploughboys@railway club theatre TUE 17 THUR 5 sonically induced (music) night@railway club; psyche BURNING THINGS! shine, new eden, roscoe p. coltrane@starfish room; delic furs, tinfed@commodore public dreams society presents the fire Jonathan inc., jack harlan@railway club; wide mouth box, a free public performance of fire mason, big sugar,choclair,spirit of the west@thunder- WED 18 art and torch dance and lanterns and bird stadium; veda hille@vancouver east cultural cen CITR PRESENTS THE FUNKTION FEATURING DJ other things that are on Fire, call tre; norine braun and the mood swings@cottage bistro GRANNY@LOTUS; fireballs of freedom, new town ani- 257.8195 to register as a participant mals@picadilly; featherweight, the fits of glory, in the lantern-building workshop, sut- FRI 6 geek@railway club; nelly furtado@vogue theatre; just cliffe park, Saturday march 31, 7pm. tim [email protected]. hall; puentes bros@starfish room; cause, side 67, the golers, wailing souls@starfish room the clumsy lovers@railway club; mr. rumble vs. avi shack@sonar; bill coon trio@o'doul's THUR 19 CONCERT 3 zubot and dawson, radiogram, be good the standing wave society presents a SAT 7 tanyasOrichard's; day shine dark@studebakers; russ bot- night of new music at the cultch (1895 the janis figure@piccadilly; the clumsy lovers@railway ten trio@ o'douls; staggered crossing@railway club; nelly venabies), Sunday, april 1. works by club; sibel thrasher@vancouver playhouse; shane mac- furtado@vogue nikolai korndorf, george crumb, brian cherney, and Jacqueline leggatt. show gowan and the popes, the real mckenzies@com- starts at 8; tickets are $15 through modore; excess for all@ms. t's cabaret; FRI 20 ticketmaster (280.3311). superchild@silvertone tavern the roswells, tammy bentz@railway club; hissyfit@stude- baker's; the aspen's@maple ridge legion #88; cheek to SUN 8 cheek@cloverdale legion #66 BUY RECORDS jazz vespers feat, the sanctuary all stars@st. andrew's- the Vancouver record collector's asso wesley (4pm); delirious@pacific coliseum; debbie SAT 21 ciation's semi-annual record sale goes davies@the yale CITR PRESENTS SHIPPING NEWS, SAUL down Sunday, april 21 at the Croatian DUCK@STARFISH ROOM; the salteens, Vancouver cultural centre (3250 commercial), MON 9 nights@railway club time llam-5pm; admission $2. grrrls with guitc ©railway club KAI ECKrWPT, BASS FARKP HAGUfc, 6UITAP5 OARAJ MAHAL ALAN H£f?TZ, PPUMS E(?IC LEVY, HAMMOMC7 B5 Sat. March 31St The Garibaldi Lift Co. Sun. April 1st Richards on Richards Whistler Vancouver
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