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Show it when you shop! discorder magazine Editor Jordie Yow Art Director discorder magazine Nicole Ondre the finding things issue Production Manager Debby Reis February 2009 Copy Editors Alex Smith Colin Throness regulars Editor's Note Melissa Smith Dear Discorder: "%-'^^E Last year I revisited the music of long ago. ^Kl Brock Thiessen 4 I have a friend who, upon hearing really Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Orches Miranda Martini good music, says it makes her feel like she is tral Manoeuvres in the Dark It doesn't look Graeme Worthy Riff Raff dying. When I hear really good music I say like I was the only person to do so. Pitchfork Finding vinyl it makes my chest feel funny. She has a ten released the The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to Ad Manager Film Stripped. dency for overstatement in conversation and I the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present in Catherine Rana Finding movies have a tendency towards understatement. which they give a good look over music dat Bon Iver's album For Emma, Forever Ago ing back to the late '70s. You can find Leanna Under Review Editor makes my chest feel funny. I tell you this Orr's review of that book on page 5—follow Melissa Smith because in our last issue, the last issue of the her advice and grab the torrent. In this issue Textually Active year, we did not have much in the way of Simon Foreman explores the idea of finding RLA Editor Pitchfork's 500 / Finding books in town "Best of" lists. We did this for a few reasons: new-to-you music by looking at the old Brock Thiessen first and probably most importantly, we for bands that influenced your current favourites got, second, everyone else did them anyways (page 10). Layout + Design 11 J| so we didn't really need to except to indulge As you may have guessed from the cover, Nicole Ondre Program guide our own obsessive compulsive desire to list this issue is all about finding things. Some Debby Reis Now a pull-out with the calendar on the other side! things. Still, my desire to list things is so Graeme Worthy times the hardest part of finding is figuring strong that I feel the need to tell you that, if out where to look. We hope to help you out 12 I had made a list, Bon Iver would have been Contributors by showing you where you to find music on Bryce Dunn Calendar near the top of it. the Internet (page 8), in film (page 4), on Leanna Orr by Lindsey Hampton There is a third reason we didn't make stage (page 16) and if you've got a record Colin Throness any "Best of lists, which as the editor of a player, on vinyl (page 4). Dan Fumano 20 music magazine I am a little loathe to admit. I command you to enjoy this issue and Andy Hudson I didn't listen to a lot of new music last year. hope it takes you motherfuckers back to Mel Mundell Real Live Action Most of the new music I listened to last school. Nafisa Kaptownwala year was old music. Old music that made Until next month, Brenda Grunau 22 my chest feel funny, but it wasn't from 2008. Jordie Simon Foreman Under Review Becky Sandler Shannon Gross Corrections to the last issue: Gerald Deo 23 Nicole would like to apologize for wrongly giving credit to Zach Ingram on the December Gord McCullough Charts calendar. The art was actually done by Micheal Leon. You can see more of his work at: Mark Richardson mikeleon.teamtreetops.com. "%r^^f Stacy Thomas In Mark Richardson's article on Nu Sensae, we incorrectly claimed that Kat Bjelland was a Amy Scott-Samuel features o_^ member of Le Tigre, therefore implying that Andrea Lukic sounded like someone singing in Nathan Pike Le Tigre. Lukic does not sound like any of the members of Le Tigre when she sings. Alex Hudson The Discorder referred to Lykke Li as a "Songstress": A songstress is in fact, a female singer Mine Salkin 6 who sings other people's songs, not her own. Lykke Li is better referred to as a singer. The Dis Mark Paulhus Transmission Test corder deeply regrets this error and will shortly be emailing Ms. Li to appologise, but wanted Jonathon Evans to get this off our collective chests here first. Sorry everyone... sorry. Brenda Grunau speaks to music industry insiders about E. E. Mason their newest testing ground—China—and Mine Salkin Aaron Goldsman a photo: takes a look at the shows that were part of the event. February Calendar 8 Lindsey Hampton The Music Blog Finding music on the Internet: where to go to find new February Cover music in this digital world we live in. Stiched map of Vancouver by Caroline Ballhom Tight Solid The tightest solidest friendship this side of the universe. Photo & Illustration Caroline Ballhom W Aja Rose Bond Aisha Davidsoti Miningyour Musical Lineage Denver Lynxleg Simon Foreman visits with some local music whizzes to Michelle Mayne discuss how to find "new" old music to listen to. Colin Moore Amy Scott-Samual 15 Ryan Walter Wagner Clipse Leanna Orr chats with Pusha T about the group's new al Program Guide bum Till the Casket Drops and their ignorant intelligence. Bryce Dunn Charts 16 The cops shut down the Emergencey Room on its last official night as a venue. Read about Luke Meat Venues it on page 21. Ryan Walter Wagner photo. Take a look at the venues in this city of ours, from dingy Distribution ©DiSCORDER 2008 by the Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia. All rights reserved. dives to the big stadiums. Plus drink prices! Circulation 7,000. Subscriptions are available and cost the current rate of postage. To subscribe email editor. Peter MacDonald [email protected]. 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