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Discorder Magazine •OCTOBER CiTR 101.9 FM presents... the longest running music battle in Vancouver JOLIE HO? s.63M OCTOBER LINEUP y^u Isotopes Language-Arts The Stumbler's Inn 14th ^en ^ Gorodetsky Boogie Monster i The Sappers K 2jsj- Trembling Cargohold Lakefield | 28th ^hane Turner Overdrive The Barcelona Chair ^ Deaf To Shouting Every Tuesday night, stows at 9 PM The Railway Club (Seumour/Dunsmuir) ST| * Bands subject to change. fej|r Ij Foe the latest schedules and results, visit jBfc | http://shindig.citr.ca OUR GREAT SPONSORS: THEHIVE Album Available Oct. 7th Jolie Holland's most revealing and expansive work yet featuring M. Ward &Marc Ribot Live October 19 Richards on Richards CANADIAN MUSIC 1IEI19 MARCH 11 14 TORONTO. OH www.amsevents.ca , 2 October 2008 Discorder Magazine •OCTOBER«2008 Editor Editor's Note Jordie Yow Hello Discordians: Art Director Nicole Ondre In this issue we cover some of Vancouver's best music events: Only's end of sum­ mer Victory Square Block Party, the New Pornographers' laid back Stanley Park Production Manager Singing Festival and the experimental New Forms Festival. You'll also find the Kristin Warkentin beginning of our Shindig coverage which will be ongoing until Shindig's thrilling Dec. 9 finale which we will cover in a timely manner, in February. Copy Editors As you maybe able to tell from the shiny TimesNewRoman-y look of the maga­ Jordie Yow zine we have found a new art director, Nicole Ondre. She drew the bison on the Alex Smith cover, and singers at the Stanley Park Singing Exhibition. This month was also put Kristin Warkentin together with a little help from our friends. Special thanks to those who came out Ad Manager to proof, and to Discorder heavyweights and lifesavers Graeme Worthy and Will Catherine Rana Brown, who brought some cupcakes, inserted several spelling errors, attempted to enforce outdated notions about. Oxford commas and amused us with tales of the Under Review Editor old days. Melissa Smith Discorder has a- long history and it's nice to be able to draw on our past for advice and assistance. Reading about our illustrious selves on the venerable in­ Datebook Editor stitution Wikipedia we discovered that Jennifer Fahrni and Mike Mines created Melanie Coles Discorder "as an alternative music magazine for Vancouver and the program guide RLA Editor for CiTR" in 1983.That's 25 years to this day (give or take eight months). To cel­ Brock Thiessen ebrate Discorder turning a quarter century old we will be throwing a party in early December in which Discorder staff and readers can meet up to celebrate this here Layout + Design magazine. I hope that more than the current staff come out— so if you happen Nicole Ondre to know anyone who has worked with Discorder in the past let them know this Jordie Yow is going to happen. We'd love to meet them. We'll drink some beers, chat about Graeme Worthy music and pat each other on the back. The venue, date and time are all t.b.a., but Will Brown you specifically, dear reader, are invited. I hope to see you there. Contributors Terris Schneider 'Til next month, Daniel Fumano Jordie Yow Mine" Salkin Melissa Smith Bryce Dunn Gerald Deo Simon Foreman Titl.?^ Adam Simpkins Do you get rilfed up when you notice that discorder is rife with spetnagrammar Benjamin Luk Freddy Harder and S^yle errorsnfcu have no one to blame but yourself. Before every issue gets sent Becky Sandler to the printers Discorder has a proofing parff^w^iaoiuli and you can be part of Nick Parinu Brock Thiessen it. If you enjoy reading things before everyone eke, firing copy-or eating snacks (this- Alex Hudson Linda Bull month we haw sesame sticks, coconut macaroons, ^Ehampagne graces. Ambrosia Justin Langille apples and dried apricots) you should come down. ..,.1 * . Rose Eckert-Jontzie Nathan Pike Miranda Martini -n, ' c JDtaufAtf ft ^*e«- Aaron Goldsman We proofing party is an important part ofpswawiim. It's the part whejr our editorial © DiSCORDER 2008 by the Student Radio Society of the University Photo & Illustration of British Columbia. All rights reserved. Circulation 7,000. staff needs fresh eyesJJEyes capable of catching tfctifo errors that we've been tefbusy, Nicole Ondre Subscriptions, payable in advance, to Canadian residents used to be $15 for one year, to residents of the USA were $15 US; $24 tired or incompetent to catch. Michelle Mayne CDN elsewhere. Single copies are $2 (to cover postage). Please Benjamin Luk make cheques or money orders payable to Discorder Magazine. Gerald Deo Currently we're taking a look at changing these prices to look more Our proofing party isftsualh/fee last Sunday of every month, but don't settle for that Freddy Harder like rates from 2008 as opposed to rates from 2006. If you try and subscribe we'll work something out. If you would like to write for vague descriptionjend us an email! Get in touch and find out! Set your afternoon Program Guide Discorder please send your idea and a writing sample to editor. Bryce Dunn [email protected]. Ad space is available for the September asid^TVfeu won't regret it! / Charts issue and can be booked by calling 604.822.3017 ext 3 or emailing Luke Meat [email protected]. Our rates are available upon tfi^'-mH Distribution request. Discorder does not accept unsolicited material, but welcomes new writers. For more info, contact editor.discorder® If you'ns interested in getting involved email our production manager Kristin ^ Peter MacDonald gmail.com. Discorder is not responsible for loss, damage, or any CiTR Station Manager other injury to any submitted materials, solicited or unsolicited, Warkentta at |mxhK^n.jfei«^<^pnaa.coBa. Shc'B hook yon up. • Brenda Grunau including but not limited to manuscripts,' artwork, photographs, compact discs, review materials, or any other submitted materials. Publisher From UBC to Langley and Squamish to Bellingham, CiTR can be Student Radio Society heard at 101.9 FM as well as through all major cable systems in the J rttoveAWSrJ**'*, of UBC Lower Mainland, except Shaw in White Rock. Call the CiTR DJ line at 822.2487, our office at 822.3017, or our news and sports lines at 822.3017 ext. 2. Fax us at 822.9364, e-mail us at: citrmgr@mail. Cover Art By: ams.ubc.ca or just pick up a pen and write #233-6138 SUB Blvd., Nicole Ondre Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, CANADA. If you would like Discorder Magazine in your business, email [email protected] to be added to our distribution list. Discorder Magazine RIFF RAFF WOMEN by Bryce Dunn VOLUNTEERS Ahoy mateys! The good ship Riff Raff set sail needed for our 24 Hour for Austin, Texas last month to take part in The Wild Weekend Powerpop Festival. She came back hot and bothered and with an armload of Rape Crisis Line and Transition . vinyl booty, some of which we will report on here for all the scallywags who missed out. House for battered women The Greatest Hits outta Seattle teamed up with their West Coast brethren the Luxury Sweets from Santa Cruz for a split T col­ For an interview, please call laboration that works wonders for the ears. A • stadium-sized, mid-tempo (but by no means slouchy) epic called "For Our Hearts" by the • 604-872-8212 Greatest Hits kicks things off with Hanoi Rocks rifts, handclaps and... xylophone? That's Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter right, no self-respecting glam-rock group can iWfry.Ms. afford not to put a Uttle metal (pun intended) www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca on a track this sweet. Speaking of sweet, our kids the Luxury Sweets from Cali amp it up with some bubblegum-styled buzz-saw pop on "Wishing Well," barely two minutes long and terrific all at once. My first introduction to these guys and doll made for repeated spins thanks to Wishing Wefl some double-barrelled drumming and spunky bass pounding. It sounds a lot like the Devil Dogs on a sugar high, high praise, methinks. In between the cities of Seattle and Santa Cruz lies San Francisco, home to the Pleasure Kills, another cool band I had the pleasure of meeting at the festival. They floated me a copy of their recent picture-perfect pop single, ^Mis­ sion Boy". Both the tide track and "Pictures On The Floor" just go for broke and get lodged in your brain as any good power pop song should thanks in large part to singer Lydiot's vocals- how she can simultaneously channel great fe­ male pop divas of the past like Martha Davis of the Motels, Jul Kossoris of the Shiwers or even Debbie Harry without making it sound rehashed is what makes this stand out. The rest ' of the band are no slouches either; with catchy- as-hell keyboard, crunchy guitar breaks and a hard hitting rhythm, section this is a winner all around. One of the highlights of the fest that folks travelled from far and wide to see were Tulsa- born, Los Angeles-raised pop godfathers 20/20. This band stuck out like a sore thumb in a scene that birthed (among others) The Germs and Black Flag, releasing two fantastic albums that got buried under the avalanche of punk in the4ate 70s/early '80s. Thankfully, the folks at Radio Heartbeat Records sought to resuscitate this seemingly forgotten band with two unre- • leased tracks and wow, I'm glad they did. Hav­ ing owned their debut LP and seen them Uve, I was suitably impressed, but nothing prepared me for these gems.
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