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Well, another year down, and more resolutions benefits from Beatles-like harmonies while busting Slits beating up the Shangri-Las on the latter. Best Wolf meeting Suicide in a dark alley that was to make. If you make any deals with yourself to lose out some Pretty Things R&B rawness. The flip "Where served after dinner while the kids are tucked away. Hotel and VV with their newest and freshest batch weight, stop smoking, or spend more time with To Run" is a nod to their predecessors The Haigs, The Priscillas promise a garage-punk party that'll of blues punk, baked up hot and juicy just in time friends, you can forget all that 'cuz vinyl is your whose 1966 "hit" gave us some gnarly Outsiders- have even the stuffiest of houseguests on the floor for the holidays! And they're comin' over to your only friend, bub, and the turntable is the only thing influenced work stampeding alongside or at the very least on the dinner table, kickin', house to make nice and celebrate! "No Wow," that'll be smokin' after you get done spinning all frantic Who stickwork. Stick a fork in this one, kids; screamin' and having a ball! These ladies are full of the title track from their full length opus, slithers and this great wax I get to tell you about! by all accounts this is well done! (Screaming Apple surprises and will snap, crackle and pop their way slides onto this latest seven-inch, but it's the other Records, www.screaming-apple-records.de. into your heart! (Damaged Goods Records, www. cut, "Half of Us," that calls for the most Christmas damagedgoods.co.uk). cheer; this new track is all shiny like the gold foil it's wrapped in. Sonically satisfying, this isn't the same ol' fruit cake you get from these two year after year; in fact, this takes the trademark digital drum beats. Hotel's scratchy angular guitar and VV's seductive tones and puts a Wire-like twist on a tried and true recipe. Hmmm, with a Httle eggnog this goes down smooth and sweet, a post-punk treat for your tastebuds. (Domino Records, www. dominorecordco.com)

Hey everybody, thanks for reading about another year's worth of great tunes for your listening The Priscillas are four Christmas firecrackers and buying pleasure. Have a cool Yule and we'll with a new single in tow, ready to battle gun- With all that racket, you're bound to get a The Nederbietels will have shaved a few have some new tricks in 2006! pounds of Christmas turkey off you when you toting grannies on "All My Friends Are Zombies", visit from your nosy neighbours, and if they happen plant this platter down this is Eurobeat that and send lustful love letters to potential suitors on to be The Kills, you better invite them in, or they'll moves the feet! The Dutch foursome rescue you "Should Be Me." These la-la-la-la-la-la-la plug in and rock out right on the front lawn! All that from the throes of tryptophan with a crackling, girls can be best described as The Headcoatees fussin' and moanin' you kept hearing from across D fuzz-laden stomper in "On My Mind", a track that lunging headfirst into 1977 on the former, and The the way, what sounded like the ghost of Howlin' Sfraf Fref and Flicker by Penelope Mulligan

First off, a standing ovation for Flick Harrison, into her creations as speak through them, and she and affluence in the very world they profess to who covered this space in my absence with isn't shy about using her solo work to air whatever disdain, yet go all whiney when their vague value such wit, wisdom and style. And don't worry, I she's been pondering lately though you had to systems are compromised by things fflce articTing in I won't be muttering about dimly-lit courtyards in wonder what that might be when, at the end, her a law firm or serving soy lartes. It's hard to identify THE PLUGHOLE Budapest that lead to theatres in converted tango wounded but relentlessly upbeat protagonist strips and equally hard to laugh, as the "comedy" is so | bars where avant-garde Dutch troupes perform off and heads into the fire. In a diffuse way, it ali lame. As the press kit makes clear, the project takes It's hard to think of another arts festival that's absurdist comedies in German. That would be so felt very meaningful more like an attempt at itself way too seriously to be genre parody. had as much bionic growth in a short existence as pretentious. Maybe some other time. For now, I'm purification than suicide. If, as the gush can't stress enough, the city PuSh. This international performing arts fest has been back and keeping it local. Props must also be given to video editor and characters are metaphors for one another bringing in theatre and dance companies (and Still vibrating with jetlag, I went to the Firehall Richard McDowell for his tiny square of flame ("Vancouver is the embodiment of that golden age this year, musicians) from major cuttural centres as Arts Centre to catch the remount of A Fabulous projected onto the upstage wall. It slowly and between youth and adulthood where possibHrfies weU as showcasing local innovators since 2002. A Disaster. With its forest fires, gay marriage, gay ominously grew into a conflagration in lock step are endless"), then help Vancouver. The i handful of performances four years ago has grown divorce, eco-activism and a character who says with the dramatic tension. poor burg has had enough abuse from developers j to 61 this year, and the best part is that there has "eh" a lot, it was so Canadian. Created and without being saddled with an anthropomorphized been no compromise corporate or artistic. This performed by Denise Clarke of Calgary theatre When a locally shot television series lets adolescence. The series has both profile and thing is flying on its own juice. troupe One Yellow Rabbit, the piece is a slippery Vancouver play itself and lists bands like Pink funding. A co-production in association with the j If you fancy a puppet show featuring "Famous hybrid of show-and-tell, theatre and confessional Mountaintops, , Stars, The New CBC, it's directed by Scott Smith (of Rollercoaster Puppet Death Scenes," a local provocation called monologue propelled by an implausibly loopy tale: Pornographers and Ladies and Gentlemen on its and Falling Angels fame) and the actors all have "Sexual Practices of the Japanese" or perhaps a UK Lesbian grieving over recent divorce heads for the soundtrack, I slow down to have a look. Too bad fairly beefy c.v.'s. The creators acknowledge Wes | company's exposure of the Glasgow drag scene trees and plonks herself in the path of a raging that after viewing the pilot episode, I feel inclined Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant et al. as in "Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters," then this is your forest fire, all the while fretting about the imperilled to give it a mauling. Subsequent instalments might "cultural reference points," but there's no trace menu. There wifl be an exploration of the dawn ; animals and sharing tender memories of her ex- be better, but there would have to be a complete of such inspiration fri their own product. It's about of cinema in "Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of wife and a long-ago boyfriend who lost a testicle 180 in terms of writing and tone, which seems as true to young urban adulthood as that glossy Eadweard Muybridge," and a trippy immersion to cancer and wandered into the wilderness to unlikely. brochure currently flogging the "Woodwards in aH things northern when The Kronos Quartet die. That this tragi-ridiculous scenario should have This Space for Rent concerns itself with District" is to the Downtown Eastside. But by all and Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq collaborate been so compelling is down to Ms. Clarke and her five friends in their mid-to-late twenties who live means, watch it. If it's "as much about the city in "Nunavut." There's so much more, so pick up a winning ways. She sketches a character in broad downtown and are busy coming of age. Three of of Vancouver as it is about anything else," then brochure or visit www.p_shtestival.ca. strokes, but then shocks you with detail. And you them share a flat on the Downtown Eastside (how it might be the perfect prod for getting out of The 2006 PuSh International Performing Arts really come to care about this endearing little dyke gritty of them) which appears to be on the roof town more often. Just remember to load-all those Festival runs from January 10 to Feruary 12 at who was so hokey, yet so literate. of the Grand Union pub, since they have such a bands into your iPod. various venues around Vancouver. Like so many seasoned artists heading for splendid view of Save-On Meats' iconic frying pig. This Space for Rent premiers Wednesday, j diva-hood, Clarke doesn't so much disappear They are university graduates who aspire to success January 4 @ 9pm on CBC TV. 0 Decembuary—Df scordeiOS Mix Tape U___&?OT3B PRESENT r by Mike LaPointe My 2005 began as a paddy wagon tore you promised to. Maybe you finally told that pretty down a slushy street in Hamilton, . The kids girl that you liked her shoes. Maybe you won had been standing idly on the road began lottery. Maybe you won it twice. to run, slipping on black ice and scrambling over But I can also assume that some of you have snowbanks, most of them clutching cases of gone the other route. Perhaps the boss introduced beer to their chests in fear. My friends and I stood a machine that will do your job twice as quickly watching the scene, looking at our watches as the (and, though you won't admit it, twice as well). countdown passed unannounced, and it seemed Perhaps the girl with the shoes told you she really, then like this year might not be so great. really hopes Savage Garden reunites. Perhaps you But I can't speak for everyone. The next won the lottery but lost the ticket. Twice. morning, as I sat in a Tim Horton's with a precious To express my condolences and cup of black coffee, people regaled each other in congratulations, here is a mixtape for everyone. wondrous New Years Eve tales. Stories of balloons A round-up of tracks from 2005. A chance to look and party hats and confetti everywhere, all the back and reminisce, for better or for worse. Listen time, with midnight kisses and genuine resolutions. to the side that best reflects how 2005 has treated They seemed, on January 1st, truly happy that 2005 you. had come to replace 2004, a year so unremarkable Alright then, let's count this year down to that no one could honestly name one thing that happened during it. So I can only assume that a few of you reading this have had a good year. Possibly even a great year. Maybe you finally lost those five pounds CD RELEASE PARTY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

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Vancouver ex-pats Dandi Wind were kind enough to send us this video from 1981 or the Devo video for "Come Back Jonie". It even collection of random anecdotes from their October tour of England. ended in a stage invasion that knocked out the sound system. You can catch their infamous live show/80s art-spasm on December Also a girl got her tooth kicked in during a crazy mosh! In honor of 14 at Mesa Luna. It's all ages! (unlike this tour diary, which is for mature Nottingham we wore Robin Hood outfits: actually Szam was more of readers only). a medieval knight and Dandi looked a bit like Peter Pan. Mossy did LIVERPOOL backing videos of women shitting onto a camera for like 10 minutes. After the show Ricky smashed a coconut on his head, leaving him "The tour was off to a good start—Szam forgot to bring a jacket with a gigantic bloody goose egg for the rest of the tour. and wore the shittiest full-of-holes shoes imaginable. We flew into London in the morning and had to get to Nottingham by train to catch a car ride to Liverpool that night. When we got to Nottingham we were met by Ricky, our "tour manager," who immediately told us his radiator had blown up the day before and thus we were going to be losing loads of money on this tour buying train tickets. We also met "Mossy," this dood who sleeps occasionally on Ricky's floor, who was recently let out of a mental asylum and is a chronic masturbator. We The first London show was by total fluke with Vancouver's own could already feel the magic in the air. Stinkmitt at Club Motherfucker. It was totally crammed but Stinkmitt When we arrived in Liverpool we had the nice surprise that showed up so late we frantically had to positions on the bfll Szam's keyboard wouldn't work, and despite traveling 20 hours and they only got to play two songs. I wish they could've played that day we wouldn't be able to play our first show. We were totally longer as they're always a blast to watch. Though Maren did say they bummed out—but Ricky DJ'd for the crowd who actually chanted played that same club five times that week(!) [This does not surprise "O-AS-IS" and tossed bar glasses at him. After the gig Ricky fooled us in the slightest—ed.] about with a girl in an inflatable Lamborghini—we decided not to We also played at the 100 Club, which was once an infamous mention to him the strange sores all around her mouth. BIRMINGHAM punk venue but is now a Granville Street-style blues bar/lounge. The show was really early (like 6pm) and considering that quite well In Birmingham we traveled with Punish The Atom, a fun NOTTINGHAM attended. Because there was so many bands we only played fflce three Buzzcocks-esque band from Nottingham. The show was fine, nothing songs, but we did open for Selfish Cunt, who were fucking AMAZING All of Ricky's friends in Nottingham kept saying how great the especially memorable but Ricky DJ'd the night to an amazing close Liars Club show would be, and it totally was—it was completely sold by mixing "Scatman's World" with "Whoomp There It Is". Then on out and tons of people knew the words. The audience was going Punish's tourbus, Ricky attempted the world's first NUDE CROWDSURF crazy, it was super sweaty and it felt like we were in a Dead Kennedys inside a tour bus on the WAY BACK from the gig. He then stuck a carnation up his arse (see"figure A).

LEEDS iiisaemiine In Leeds we played a disastrous all-day festival that was practically empty—the only memorable bits was this synth band^ lead singer looked exactly like The Captain [the Vancouver icon) fronting Human League dressed as a communist! Also, Szam ate pork scratchings.

live, entirely due to Martin Selfish' s absolutely frantic performance. MANCHESTER Dandi's in towel tte literally put Iggy bi his prime to shame. He kicked over several tables and threw cellphones and pints into the wall. In Manchester, we played with Theoretical Girt from Essex. Totally insane and actually dangerous. This was the best show we saw She and Dandi were corralled for about two hours by this wistful in England—most stuff going on rt London is deathly boring at the Irish geezer named Jeremiah who only talked in song and kept moment. Incidentally, when "Arctic Monkeys" put something out in demanding topics to sing about. Every song had the same melody North America next year you'll see what we mean. and each sentence ended with the phrase "Don't you know". He Between shows Dandi did a photoshoot for a magazine called would conclude each song by saying "Have you ever heard a song "Less Common" using clothes from this mental clothing store called like that?!" He was interested (h singing about lockets and fields of Kokoh Tozai that has the most outrageous streetware imaginable. barley BUT we got him to sing about Kate Bush and science. Hilariously Apparently MIA buys her clothes there and the designer is the guy he DESPISES science so the song was all Hke "Scientists are bastards, who did the Bjork swan costume a few years back. They have for they can't cure death-don't trust them." instance, a size XXXL tweety bird sequined poncho for 1500 pounds. Weirdly, he didn't even drink alcohol in our presence, just nine They lent the mag these two amazing hats; one that was about four cups of tea. Inevitably he took the mic from Dandi right as we finished feet high and made of exotic Papa New Guinea bird feathers and playing and started (get this) freestyting over "Hand to Phone" by another that was a military helmet with beautiful gold quail feathers Adult. I wish we had a recording. throughout and REAL wings attached to the side of the head. Very Although the Manchester gig was pretty small, rt was a fun night PC. which included orderingeight pizzas from a "Canadian" pizza parlour run by Turks. When Dandi and a girl we stayed with were waiting for Figure A: Ricky's bumhole Apart from a lot of traveling, pizza these two mean looking drunks bust in the pizza parlour and said watching daytime TV and "We're in the mood for SEX," and left. Evidently the area where the visiting museums, those were the show was held was rather unsavory. highlights. We're going back in SMES&MftRS January again to tour for our new European EP. Our album Concrete LONDON Igloo is out now in North America. Exquisite Handmade Medieval Gowns, It has 10 videos on it so buy it. And We played about six shows in London—we traveled there twice ForGrad, Weddings, Whatever.Corsets. we're playing our first Vancouver from Nottingham and Ricky stayed up for four consecutive days both show in nine months on December Accessories. Coot Boots. Guys Threads. times. The crowds in London are generally too cool for school but 14 @ Mesa Luna (all ages). GASTOWN NEW WEST we had a good time at White Heat and Queens of Noize. Also it was pretty mental to play at the infamous Fabric dub—it was oversold and www.d ancHwind .com 315 CAMBIE ST. 708 COLUMBIA ST there were apparently 2200 people in the building. The subwoofers 004.687.1908 604.540.1008 downstairs are so powerful you almost lose control of your bowels. o www.venusandmars.biz Deccmbiiary - »bcordeKW _?™* Annual Boompa Stocking Stuffer Sale! Starting December Is* CDs available through the boompaxa online store will be available from just $5 Also available from Boompa: Matt Sharp Matt Sharp, The Lueksmiths Naturaliste, Sekiden Junior Fiction, Billy + the Lost Boys Breaking Down... New available Spring 2005: Run Chiro Run Slow Action, Sekiden Sound Instincts, Kevin Kane, The Salteens and more!

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t By Curtis Woloschuk 1 i Mr- Upon rendezvousing with Foster Kare's Chad and keep it sounding like a consistent rock trio." social themes because they seem real and inclusive years ago, it found its way onto the new album. MacQuarrie at his band's practice space, a CD-R Of course, a serious problem exists with to me," he says. However, MacQuarrie doesn't "That song is currently the most enduring for me." copy of In Formation Go the Heard is placed into such an aim. One of Foster Kare's most beguiling see himself as overtly "political." "Sometimes, the Even with more than a decade of Foster Kare my hands. MacQuarrie apologizes for the makeshift characteristics is their strident unpredictability. The deliberate omission of social themes experienced history behind him, MacQuarrie still finds many nature of the offering. With less than a week to go band trashes the notion of an established musical by a seems more political to me," he labours laying in wait. Once the In Formation before their CD release show, the band still has approach or "sound" with frenetic abandon. On (n counters. In this vein, he cites most pap found on packages are assembled, the trio will begin their some work to do. Formation Go the Heard, blistering "Black Magic of commercial radio. "It seems like more of an effort to attempts to find a label for their band. There's "[Drummer Jason] Dana had a vision for how Zion" and earnest "Best in Show" kick in the doors avoid expressing feelings about one's relationship also the vexing matter of touring. Between the he wanted the packaging to be and we went for and clear a path for "Evil Tidings." Amidst propulsive with the world in favour of... I don't know... 'Let's three members, they possess precisely one driver's it," explains MacQuarrie. Seeing that vision through rhythms and searing guitar, female harmonies party all night and be beautiful forever' or 'We'll licence and zero motor vehicles. to reality has proven to be a labour-intensive affair. chime in and a saxophone wails. Next, "Bottles" have fun fun fun 'til your daddy takes the T-Bird "All our money is currently going into this CD," Each cardboard-based CD sleeve must be hand- boasts rootsy fretwork that's later echoed in the away.'" accepts MacQuarrie. "I guess the next purchase assembled by a glue stick wielding band member. opening strains of "Synthesize." "Francis Bacon" "Writing stuff like that would seem really will be a van." As Foster Kare continues to chart Still, MacQuarrie isn't at all put off by the arts and finds MacQuarrie wailing "Rock and roll song!" with unnatural to me because my life isn't at all like that," their course, he philosophizes, "Small paycheques. crafts workload. He suggests, "It's always nice to try the same venomous vigour afforded to the "You're offers MacQuarrie. Yet, he concedes, "Sometimes I Small steps." something different." a fucking idiot!" refrain of bilious "Saltspring." In the outgrow songs and feel foolish playing them. I don't In many respects, Foster Kare itself is a album's most audacious transition, atmospheric feel like the same person who wrote it." While some 0 testament to MacQuarrie's adaptability. While In instrumental "Lullaby for Harkit" (augmented by songs may be embarrassing in retrospect, a track Formation Go the Heard functions as the band's effects-drenched ) runs headlong into "The such as "Faust and Arjuna" holds a unique and debut album, it's but the latest product of a music Sage" - an unmitigated hardcore attack. lasting significance for him. Written almost twelve project that traces its origins back thirteen years "I hope that the dfttterrt styles don't deter and four time zones. "Karen Foster started in 1992 listeners," says MacQuarrie. "I fear that the in Fredericton, New Brunswick," shares the singer/ dPerences will seem irrelevant and irreverent. I'd guitarist during a crash history course. The "sloppier like to think that, amongst the differences, there's and more experimental" band eventually headed a common thread that people can jive on." He CiTR volunteer position available: to Vancouver and landed a deal with Sudden aspires for Foster Kare's eclecticism to mirror that of Apply before January 15 Death Records. In the midst of all this, MacQuarrie Led Zeppelin. "I'm in awe of how they combined so established a two-piece improv group called '$£$ftf deferent styles but remained consistent and Assertion. As the drummers for both groups began true." It's a fine line to walk. In the case of skilful yetr to disappear, Foster Kare started to take shape. erratic Mr. Bungle, he concedes, "I'm sometimes Karen Foster was the first to lose their skinsman. annoyed by listening to them. [They're] flexing their Discorder At that point, MacQuarrie recruited bassist Bryan musical prowess for the sake of flexing their musical McCallum for Assertion and established a stronger prowess." Or more succinctly: "Showing off." songwriting emphasis for that project. When The members of Foster Kare are certainly Assertion's Scott Ritchie departed, Jason Dana capable of throwing their musical weight around. was drafted in as a replacement. His playing style As a rhythm section, McCallum and Dana are proved highly reminiscent of Karen Foster's original a consistently devastating tandem. Meanwhile, drummer; consequently, a name change seemed the dextrous MacQuarrie boasts a university-level needs a new in order. However "I didn't want to call it Karen education in jazz guitar. When asked whether Foster Foster again," says MacQuarrie. "That would've Kare's heavy leanings are a reaction to his formal made me feel like a dinosaur." And so, with a training, MacQuarrie refutes the suggestion. "'Jazz' reversal/reworking of words, Foster Kare came into is a very broad idiom," he declares. "The kind of being. jazz that I enjoy is often very 'mathy.' It's helped Early in 2005, MacQuarrie, McCallum and Dana me understand and express rhythmic tension more traveled the well-worn trail leading to Vancouver than most rock that I've studied." Art Director recording studio The Hive, churning out fifteen songs "I've learned a lot from playing jazz and in nine days. With the guidance of engineer Jesse African music. It's expanded my vocabulary," C-ander, the trio focussed on solidifying material continues the guitarist. "I don't think I quote many If you wish to apply for the position then still in progress. MacQuarrie—the group's non-rock styles verbatim in Foster Kare but I'm sure please send a coverletter and portfolio to: songwriter—jokes, "Once they're recorded, I don't they seep through in less obvious ways." At this point, have to worry about forgetting them." every member of the band plays in other projects [email protected] "The arrangements and vibes of the songs (including Hard Drugs, Open Fire and Co-Pilots). subject: Art Direcor didn't really change much while we were MacQuarrie views the extra-curricular endeavours or recording them," he continues. "Having guests on as beneficial to Foster Kare's development. "All the Discorder — Art Director Search some tracks was probably the biggest mutation." music we make as individuals in and outside of the #233-6138 SUB Blvd. Notable guests included Gander (keyboards), band affects our musicality," he states. "That's an Vancouver, BCV6T1Z1 vocalist Sarah Jane Doer, trumpeter JP Carter and ongoing and beautiful thing." saxophonist Masa. Despite strong ties to the local A characteristic that's been present or if you are feeling especially tenacious, both. music community, MacQuarrie endeavoured to throughout the band's various incarnations is keep the invitees to a minimum. "I wanted to keep MacQuarrie's social conscience as a songwriter. the instrumentation fairly simple on this recording "I've always been motivated to write songs with 12Discortier—jancember Art by Zoe Alexander

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Louisville, Kentucky begat , the film Half Cocked there, and I was going to art school. There was a great studio there project. Our is incredibly supportive, and they believe and . Slint begat Rodan. Rodan begat , Retsin, and called The Hat Factory which really was an old factory taken over by in bands being able to manage themselves and choose their own Rachel's. Rachel's begat modern classical string aiTangements, this really great engineer named Tony French and he let us work in path. I think that's the closest thing where we relate to . We haunting melodies, and conceptual audio pieces that would there; he actually recorded the firstRoda n stuff as well. We recorded certainly don't sound very much fike a punk band... make Godspeed Youl Black Emperor run for cover. Jason Noble is the there from '91 to '93, some of which wound up on the first Rachel's guitarist. Luke Meat likes to talk. Here's what happened. record. I moved back to Louisville and we started sharing some What can you tell our readers about the funniest movie about band of those recordings with Rachel Grimes and it just seemed natural equipment theft Half Cocked? Can you tell us how II all came about DiSCORDER: There seems to be certain mysticism about the Kentucky that we should all work together. So in the summer of '94 we started and why no one has properly distributed this wonderful Kentucky scene in the early 90's. Did you realize that there was something working pretty full time on what became Handwriting (Rachel's debut Aim? special going on? LP), even though we knew we couldn't possibly do it Bve; it seemed a Matador put out a proper VHS of Half Cocked but there is no Jason Noble: It's kinda hard for me to separate myself from all little out of our reach. We didn't play a proper show until a year later DVD that I know of. They also did a soundtrack album. But the way the music that was being made at the time. I think in Louisville all the in July, so it was a pretty stow evolution: April '91 to July'95. There was that it was usually shown was on 16mm film in clubs. We would get a bands had a lot of people collaborating with each other. It was a a lot of stuff we were learning and Rodan existed through that period. couple bands to play and then show this film. We met the directors very open working community. Three of us (in Rodan) were all living in It was a total learning experience. The idea of strings and the classical Mike Galinsky and Suki Hawley while on tour with Rodan. Mike played the same house and it just seemed natural to start playing together, angle was very exciting to me, but at the same time it seemed almost in Sleepyhead and he did a lot of band photography and filming we had been in other projects before. We shared the house with a impossible. I found it very helpful to be working on Rachel's for a few and that kinda stuff, and Suki was into filmingan d art, and the movie band called Crane who were a huge influence on us. It had a lot to years before we did anything with ft. really hatched from us going on tours together. It was really funny. We do with having a lot of friends who supported and encouraged us. were on tour, Mike and Suki sat us down and said, "We wanna make It's hard to say what intent we had, it was just based on making music How did you manage to amass the army of guest musicians that a movie with you guys friit , the only hitch is that that you have to be that we loved and there were a lot of bands in Kentucky that I loved, appear on Handwriting? Was it Just phoning up a bunch of friends a really bad band" [toughs]. They wanted us to pretend to be a little tike Bastro and SHnt, there was also stuff like King Horse who were and saying 'Hey, do you want to be part of our indie-chamber music younger than we were, maybe four or five years, and they had this kjpst hard to describe...kinda metal but not really. Also the stuff from band'? notion of a road trip movie that was to be very improvised. There was and DC, y'know. Big Black and ...Drive Like Jehu. Of Yeah! That's really how it came together! It was friends from a script, but the way that it worked is that the script had a description course we were also listening to classical stuff...and Prince [toughs]. multiple cities, people from The Cocktails, and other friends from of a scene but they let us just riff on it. It was really tun. The musical Chicago. It was ail about friendship and being able to try something. stuff especially. It's not often that you get direction ttke,"Okay , that I played Rusty (Rodan's only full-length release) for some ot the kids at There were no big manifestos or anything [toughs]. was really good but it's too good. Pretend you don't know how to the radio station I work at a few days ago, and they went completely play bass. Fuck up more." apeshit! Do you think the album stands up 11 years later? You mentioned earlier about not being able to putt off onstage what [Laughs] I'm probably the worst person to ask that! I know that Rachel's do In the studio. What do we get to see at Richard's? Hours before Rachel's Vancouver appearance. Eve Miller broke it [Rusty] stands as a fair document of what we were about and I'm We became friends with a quartet from named her arm in a fall, having to cancel not only the Vancouver show, but proud that we made that record. Some of fhe stuff on it is us playing Invert who we toured with last March and we loved their music. the entire North American tour. No statement has been given from as seriously and dedicated as we possible could. You mentioned They're a string quartet but amplified, they write their own material, Touch and Go about when they may resume. We can only hope they earlier about the time changes being tricky or complicated; wed, we and they're just really great people. They offered to be an additional w& be back in the near future. were just catching it as well. We had to work really hard just to play quartet in our band so that brings us to about ten people in total. So those songs. we get to play some of the string pieces from our earlier records in a club atmosphere which we had never been able to do before. 0 So how did Rachel's emerge from the ashes of Rodan so to speak? Weirdly enough. Christian Fredericksen who plays viola fri Do you consider Rachel's a punk band? Rachel's, and Eve Miller who's our cellist, all three of us lived in We definitely travel like a punk rock band! 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§ There is some quality about higher based animators Delicious 9, and Caribou's Having finished his PhD in mathematics it, I just start recording". When can we expect mathematics that entirely escapes our sense newest release Merino is a DVD collection of last March, Snaith remains uncertain as to a new Caribou release? Upon getting in the of reality. The purity of the number exists on a all of the videos that these creative folk have how exactly he accomplished such a feat at studio, Dan usually offers up new mastered plane that is seemingly untainted by our human spawned for him. the same time as he was earning his musical tapes in nine months. "It's See having a child... biases. Fourier analysis can break any complex Dan stressed that, as much as this is a reputation. Apparently the mathematician and My next album is going to come with a bonus tone down to its component pure tones and Caribou release, it is also the creative product the musician were interwoven in a threatening child." simple addition will build it up again to the of Delicious 9, and he wants their name to inverse relationship: "It started off mainly If the names Manitoba and Caribou are original timbre. If the musical and mathematical be featured and the visual product to be student with some musician and then in the any indication, this guy remains thoroughly groundwork laid by Pythagoras is any inafceiion, appreciated as their interpretation of the music end musician took over the whole thing. It was Canadian, and I'm more than happy to have these two forms are inextricafely'IIhked. I carry in a different modality. With r&rt||8$Gonstantly good, doing a PhD was great because there him on my team. At the end of the show he with me the belief and concordant jealously on music, Snaith is rather removed from the were no classes to go to; I'd just be scribbling extends a sincere and deep appreciation to that high-caliber mathematicians must see creation of the videos. "I don't want to wade away in the back of the van and not sleeping the audience, saying, "You guys are always pattern and form where mere mortals do not. in there and be like, 'Yeah it would be cool if ever. Somehow it all worked out, I don't know way too nice to us". Flying the 'nice Canadian' Being firmly in the camp of 'mere mortal' when there was like stars in there,' y' know what I how I managed to do both but I'm really glad flag at fuB mast, may he conquer the world with it comes to calculus, I grew quite excited at the mean? But I do send them the music and then that I did. It would've been very easy to just be kindness, or the milk thereof. chance to chat with Dan Snaith, mathematics go over there and hang out with them for a like, fuck this." Flying in the face of a putative PhD, and the man behind the laptop creations weekend and talk through their storyboards for math-music connection, Snaith's musical and of Caribou. the videos." academic lives rarely meet. Neither consciously Fresh off the tour bus from Minneapolis, While he admits that performing with informs the other, not even when it comes to 0 Caribou graced this city alongside the Super the added visual componefiS;* ksomewhat time signatures. "I really enjoy them both, they Being a stickler for festivity! couldn't let Furry Animals on November 24th at Richard's on confining nwsioiatty, it doesn't bother him at are both really obsessive individual pursuits for him escape without filling me in on his favourite Richards. Escaping the noise of soundcheck, I all. "I spend so muchtime on the album taking me." listens for '05. Animal Collective top the list spoke with Dan Snaith outside Madame Cleo's care of how each track is arranged, so I don't Showing some signs of road weariness, among other noted releases from Quasimoto, (you know the place, or at the very least its want to break them down into fuckin * tree-form Snaith tells me that he has only been at his , and . And distinctive airbrushed artwork). His sonic stylings hippy jams on stage. People always ask about London, UK home—where he's been going to with extra emphasis, "The Daft Punk album, are no stranger to this part of the world, having improvisation but I think that a lot of people school for the past four years—for about two everybody hated it but it's so fucking good, breezed in last May with the Junior Boys and the don't realize that when you go and see a band months this entire year. The end of the current and I can't wait for ten years from now...[for Russian Futurists for the first round of touring for ' that's just a fucking rock band they play their tour in mid-December wfll see his return to everyone to recognize]." Just FYI on the Daft his latest full-length The Milk of Human Kindness, songs exactly the same way every night. I think the recording studio. "I don't really have any Punk, Alternative Press claims that Human which has been met with an overwhelmingly people get this impression that everybody is just specific plans. I never plan things out. I get After AM is "a hilariously cold and mechanical positive response. Beginning the millennium as like Phish up there going [makes guitar noise], asked all the time, because I tour with a band, work that makes Kraftwerk sound fike Curtis a self-described "dude with a laptop," Snaith y' know? We do have some freedom to switch will it be a live band record? And that's not Mayfleld." has turned his live performance into an audio­ things around, and as the year has gone along really what I want to do. I like having live sounds visual bombardment. While not the first artist we've changed the show so that from night to and samples all together. Having said that it to use two drum kits simultaneously, he has night we'll change it. It is restricting in that you could be a live blues-rock album because I the rarer honour of making music that actually can't totally change the way the song's going don't have any plan until I get into the studio, deserves the poly-percussive treatment. The on the spot but I think that bands that do that I just start recording and see what happens. I visual component is provided by the Dublin- are quite rare actually." never write anything before I start recording Art by Nicole Ondre

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Back in the hazy days of summer '05, 1hey happened to be boxing^ the speeding You should pay someone to do that for you. Trevor Vancouver style pioneer Brady Cranfield crashed vehicle right where we were riding our bicycles. Warped tour or SSJ? and Laura, can you two help me out and explain his bike white riding home from work. As he flew We both got hit by cars. I don't know if we should Chris Frey: Both. He was, like, sending out T.A.L.A. Band, which you used to play in? The name through the air, he had the wherewithal! to protect even be mentioning that... But let's talk about applications madly. Is always mentioned In things, but there's no info. his beer-filled bag, but forgot to concern himself some of the good moments. Brady Cranfield: Because he's so into skateboarding Did this band actually exist? with his own personal well-being. Why should you Laura Piasta: Both of my sisters had babies. and skateboard culture. Trevor Larson: Oh yeah, we played tons of shows, care about this most treacherous of mishaps? Brady Cranfield: We've got new songs. like twelve. Because it very nearly meant the end of Cranfield's Chris Frey: Our first EP came out, and that was How was your big UBC beginning-of-school hot Laura Piasta: We played like every week. We exciting. Basically, we've almost got a new album illustrious drumming career. In one fell swoop he party ballroom show? recorded four songs at The Hive, and Trevor and I ready to record. We're recording in December at were just listening to that the other night. cracked his elbows and broke his fans' hearts, Trevor Larson: There was pot there? ' .;4)p|#re with Josh Wete and Colin Stewart. Trevor Larson: It's good stuff. Trevor Andrew Laura temporarily turning the Secret Three into the Secret Chris Frey: Pop? Andrew, that's what T.A.L.A. [of the T.A.L.A. Band] Two-and-a-Half. Brady Cranfield: It was an all-ages show. Same team as first time around? stands for, and we played redjIjpS&st music. Also affected by the splintering of bone was Chris Frey: Yeah. I said HOT. And I'm sure there was alcohol there, Brady Cranfield: Dance punk music, right? The Book of Lists, a calculating rock four-piece Brady, come on. Trevor Larson: I don't think so. fronted by Chris Frey [ex-Radio Berlin, ex-Destroyer], Did you guys ever find your instruments again? Brady Cranfield: There were some pretty young- Laura Piasta: Accidental dance punk, maybe. who depend on Cranfield to keep the beat. Trevor Larson: No. looking kids there. Brady Cranfiefe^lWey became the art party band. ^©HftSiWftevor Larson was so upset that he didn't Brady Cranfield: We also got evicted from that Trevor Larson: We had enough alcohol, that's for Trevor Larson: We used to have this fog tent that leave his mother's basement for three weeks, living space, shortly after we got broken into. sure! we'd set up with PVC sheeting. off Campbell's chicken noodle soup and menthol Chris Frey: Add that to the lows. Chris Frey: It was definitetj?lire strangest show we've Brady Cranfield: It was a hot-box tent. cigarettes. Bassist Laura Piasta printed up shirrs for Trevor Larson: They tried to break in a second time, ever played. I don't think anybody had ever Trevor Larson: No no no...We put a smoke machine the general public which read "Post rock won't be but I was there, and I saw the guy, and he jumped heard of us. People nodded their heads in time and a strobe light inside it, and during our first the same without yoQjNMMfftfuyl" none of which the fence and got away. J-tAiln-ihfo music and all that, but I think there was a song the lead singer would cut open the tent and were ever worn, as Cranfleld's arms mended lot of confusion becat!l$#MMrtk Iftey wanted The smoke would spill out over the crowd. Of course quickly and enabled him to get back behind the i,'V-iwm vwwjust all over the place. It was not really a Laura, I've heard you have the skateboard Weakerthans. kit. tight band at all. connection. And so I'm happy to announce that The Trevor Larson: You should see her Nokia commercial, You guys don't do any cover tunes, eh? So where's the Book of Lists' gimmick? Book of Lists is massively back on track. They've it's amazing! Chris Frey: Not yet, but we're thinking about it. Brady Cranfield: Trevor is our gimmick. been playing songs from their EP Red Arrows and Laura Piasta: I don't know if there's much to explain, Laura Piasta: [T.A.L.A. Band] was party-oriented. new songs they've invented at many a house of ill but I've skateboarded for a long time. With four very diverse characters, are you going to Trevor Larson: But it made people too uptight to repute around town. Most recently they headlined be able to pick one song, one band that Is worth party. Too uptight! a show at Richard's on Jfehards with Pride Tiger Are you pro? covering? Brady Cranfield: We're the inverse. Reverse. and the Anemones, where their beer was drunk by Laura Piasta: No. Chris Frey: It's going to be like a 'Stars on 45' kind freeloading journalists and their sound, a fuzzy but of thing. Do people party when you play? perfectly-planned throwback to bands you might Is that an aspiration? Brady Cranfield: A medley. But that's how we design Brady Cranfield: We don't notice, because we're not know {Felt, anyone?) was enjoyed by many a Laura Piasta: I don't think I could ever be good our songs. Each chord and Hck it a little icon of too uptight. party-ready person. Here's what I got out of the enough to be... But I've entered contests. It's references. There's actually very little band that night: pretty easy to enter contests. originality in the way that we write our music. We So you're always Just looking at the wall at the back Chris Frey: She was in Slam City Jam. Didn't you have this graph system that we follow, and it's of the room? DiSCORDER: Let's talk about some highs and lows of get, _ke, third place or something? Or was that a alpha-numeric, but usually it works. Laura Piasta: We're looking into our inner mind's 2005 for the Book of Lists. typo? Chris Frey: We'll be like, "This part's part of "Walk the eye. Trevor Larson: Oh man! Don't get us started! Let's Laura Piasta: Seventh, the first time. But there was Dinosaur", this part's "Pump up the Volume" by Brady Cranfield: It's not intentional, we're just soul- mention some lows... only like fifteen women in the contest. MARRS, this part's "Tarzan Boy". searching. Chris Frey: I'D mention some personal lows. I was Chris Frey: People seem to pay attention at least. doing some social work earlier on in the year and Have any of your bands ever played Slam City Trevor, what's the best thing you've ever ripped I'm not sure if there are enough people who know had my life threatened a number of times, and so Jam? off? our songs enough to really loosen up around them. I decided to get out of that practice. In order to Chris Frey: No! Nor the Warped Tour. I don't know Trevor Larson: Oh, "Kiss me", what's that song? They're probably still frying to digest the first songs fill the income void that that left in my life, I took what we're doing wrong. Laura Piasta: Sixpence None the Richer. we've written. We're only about a year old. every job I could get a hold of and worked seven Trevor Larson: You'll notice that the first two chords Brady Cranfield: But in ali sincerity, we're a very days a week making still no money for the entire Not even you, Brady? of one of our tunes happen to coincide wtth the new band still, and we haven't played a whole summer. Our practice space got broken into, and Brady Cranfield: Are you kidding? Actually, you first two chords in that song. lot, because we've all been busy with school and Trevor and Laura's got stolen. More recently know what, somebody approached Video Tokyo, Laura Piasta: But it was an accident, other obligations. Once the new year begins, I Laura and I almost got killed in a high-speed car encouraging us to submit for one of those. Video subconscious... think all that will change and we'll play around chase. We were riding our bicycles. Tokyo, being the band that it is, couldn't bother to Trevor Larson: No way. I was really trying tp put that more than we have in the past and everybody will pull its shit together to do it. It would have been in there. be happier. How does this al fit together? Someone decided to funny, 1 suppose.... Laura Piasta: We should do some Freudian analysis chase you because... Chris Frey: I remember really wanted to of our songs. Chris Frey: The police were chasing somebody and get on the bill, but they turned him down. 0 2©i§coriierHaneember Julia Monks Photos hy Ben LaL

thirteen times, they aren't going to use it. Thai's. What do your parents have to say about your dirty And your last CD is entitled Mad kind of what the game plan I used for the CD is. I ipng-? Plow Disease. Tell me about it. have the rough demo, and I just kept listening to all Ma and Pa Plow as I like to call them, they've It was the longest ever these songs over and over again. If I didn't find the seen me play here at The Railway a few years ago, «g*F recording I've had to sit through, song funny the fifteenth time I listened to it over a and just a while ago at a show at The Fairview. I because it took place not only span of two weeks or whatever, then there is less of ended up catching my mother, Ma Plow, singing W in Vancouver, but in Salem, a chance that the song will make the cut. along to the Crackhead Momma song. My parents Oregon, and also Santa Monica, are behind it a hundred percent, they think it's California. It took two months Do you ask for input from others? To see if they absolutely hysterical. I go out and sing these dirty to get everything done. I have laugh? songs, people pay money to witness it, and I'm somehow enlisted great players Some people I'll go, "Hey, read this." Or I'll somehow able to make a living off this. They are just like Norwood Fisher from sing the first verse to somebody, and they'll be, as baffled as I am that I'm able to do this [Laughs]. playing bass on five tracks. Rocky "Dude, that's hilarious," or, "Dude, what the fuck George, who was the one-time were you thinking?" If I get one of those two quotes http://www.beenplowed.com/ lead guitar player of Suicidal from people then I know i'm on the right track. The One of my most vivid recollections of a Mr. B Tendencies, who is now the lead guitar player main thing is, especially going to a punk rock show, Plow show happened at The Railway Club. The of Fishbone, he appears on three tracks. Gene you see a guy getting up with a guitar, you don't place wasn't particularly busy that night, though Hogland, the almighty death metal drummer from know what the fuck. Everyone's first assumption there was still an audience watching the show, Strapping Young Lads, appears on nine tracks. And is that the guy is a hippie. So I sing the songs that including a table of well dressed older ladies then a couple of Doers appear on the album, Joel hippies don't touch. And that's what gets the who obviously didn't know what they were in for. people's attention. The look of horror on those women's faces as Mr. from Joel and the Last of the Neighbours appears Plow belted out one dirty song after another was on the record. Two of the Joint Chiefs appear on it. priceless. Halfway through one particularly filthy Devon, the drummer from Cadeaux appears on song about incest, they couldn't take it anymore it. And Al, the drummer from The WPP, plays guitar Rumble-Line: 878-GoGo and all headed straight towards the exit, shaking, WAY OUT WEDNESDAYS their hands disapprovingly at the stage during the NC1M That's a lot of people. Did you have to ask? @ THE RAILWAY CLUB MARINE CLUB process. new Norwood I asked. I begged and pleaded DEC? THURS DEC 8 with Gene. Rocky volunteered when I was down YEAR'S EVE That was four years ago, and I' m now back at HEJIRA at Norwood's house doing the bass tracks. He THE MODELOS1 THE REVERBERATORS The Railway Club face to face with Mr. Plow. THE FEMINISTS was actually acting as somewhat the engineer GOLDEN WEDDING BAND at THE GO GHETTO TIGER DiSCORDER: You didn't start out being a solo for the session, and he liked what he heard. And WALDORF performer. You had quite the history. to everybody else I just said, "Hey, do you want DEC 14 to come sing backups" or "Do you want to do Mr. Plow: I started off as a band whore FRI DEC 9 this?" Everyone just jumped at the chance, which ANGER, POWER, FURY & THE FILTH actually. Played in seven different bands starting E.S.L was awesome. And Chris-a-riffic plays on it too, I TRECHEROUS MACHETE • THE POCKETS back in '94 with The Hairy Areolas, and we were just JOHNNY WAKEHAM a basement band, never did anything. We made almost forgot. LOS FURIOS MIKE CLARK a demo tape and that was as far as we got. Never DEC 21 One of the most distinctive features of your songs even once played a show. As The Hairy Areolas THE BELADEANS started falling apart, I joined this other band called is the lyrics. They're not based on real life stories FRI DEC 16 now are they? D.O.A. • JOEY SHITHEAD • THE JOLTS Offday, with two of the guys from Insipids, that plus OCTOBERMAN band actually started to go, we started playing I'fjust tell you and the people the same thing I tell everybody else, which is that each song holds SHAPES & SIZES shows - the first time I started playing shows was DEC 28 'surprise' with them at The Niagara. I was playing drums in about sixty percent of truth serum. THE IDIOTS • COLLAPSING OPPOSITES SOLARISTS these two bands at the time, and I joined another guests When do you write your songs? BIRDS OF WALES band called The Chick Magnets, which featured FRI DEC 23 another Insipid, so it was a very incestuous circle we They mostly just come at the oddest had back then. Although in Vancouver nowadays moments. Like track number two on the CD, which GHOST HOUSE that's all there is too, it's the most incestuous music is entitled "Are You Really a Guy?" is about a blind PAT'S PUB ROMANCE* VANCOUGAR SKORT scene besides Victoria, you know. Victoria is pretty date from hell. DEC 16 THEY SHOOT HOR!SES , DON'T THEY? CO-PILOTS nasty for incestuous bands. Anyways, Offday broke up, because the singer/guitar player moved to That happened to you?! Winnipeg. Shortly after that The Hairy Areolas got It is a true story, but it's not about me. And RING IN THE NEW YEAR AT THE WORLD FAMOUS MARINE CLUB ^THE LEGENDARY back together, but we were known as Dwayne the story popped in my head as I was driving from Dibley and His Magical Hairy Areolas - just for the California to Tempe, Arizona the spring of last year. circus sake of the name. When that band reformed I just wanted to get to my next show and not stop we got ourselves a new drummer, and I became and write all these lyrics down, so I kept reciting the lines over and over again. As soon as I got to Mil the lead guitar player/lead singer of the band. i:id:M the bar in Tempe, besides asking for the bathroom uM And then we had to throw the bass player out two weeks before our first show, because he couldn't I asked for a pen and paper. The song was fully learn anything, even the one song that was in the completely by the time I was in New York in late WFAmi^ M%M_J spring. As for other songs, I worked at The Cobalt t___m key of A. All he had to play was the A note on his bass for a minute and a half but he couldn't do it. for a year and a half as the door guy; you meet So I took over the bass duties and played all the a lot of interesting people, and you see a lot of 1 o • if ' •• lead guitar riffs that were written for our songs on the interesting things going on. I can point people out bass instead. The Mr. Plow thing was the alter ego to you and say that's track number seven, this is 1 of Dwayne Dibley, because everyone assumed my track number twelve, that's track three... * \J|§ Ska* VftjS name was Dwayne Dibley. I just played all these fast hardcore punk songs from the band slowed Do you choose to base your songs on stories that if Jj_aS_ down on acoustic, so everyone could actually have more of a shock value? understand what was being said. It sort of took off I write a lot of songs, at least once a week / _#JVflV CD 1R tfc Sfflj»»% \ from there. I played in a couple other bands for a I have some sort of new song in progress. There while, but I decided to go cold turkey, just focused were about 25 songs recorded for this CD, and ymvlofaKiss y*sts! § i on the Mr. Plow thing from that point on, three CDs only 18 songs made the cut. 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Ironically, Dave Allen and I are talking the popularity of modern rock bands such as themselves after a group of Chinese communists anything except the power of the band's live grandly about the future of technology in music Franz Ferdinand and has marked a didn't help, though Allen doesn't feel his band show. "None of us are looking back with our rose- when a mysterious crackling comes over the post-punk revival largely informed by Gang of ever specifically brought those ideas into play. coloured glasses on, trying to re-create what we phone, which neither of us seems capable of Four's sound. Rather than lamenting the theft of "Gang of Four was always stateless... we left it were back then... we're not those people." On fixing or figuring out. On the state of the industry, his style, Allen believes that "the opportunity that wide open to interpretation," he says. Fans of whether or not he'd play "" now, he says, "Everything's changing"; after being created reminded us, if not other people, about the band still recall one famous instance when he says, "Yeah. If they tried to censor us again, established in it for twenty-six years, and finally the band's legacy." Driven by this renewed Gang of Four walked off of a much-coveted then we'd walk off again. It doesn't matter. Our reunited with the original Gang of Four line-up, interest, the original lineup reformed and have spot on the BBC show "Top of the Pops" because principles have not changed." he's in a very good position to judge. made a full return after nearly a quarter century the producers asked them to censor the word Though that statement may be true, the Here are the Spark Notes: after answering an apart. "rubbers" from "At Home He's a Tourist." Many question remains as to what exactly Gang of advertisement for "bass player wanted" in 1977 They've already toured all over the world regard this as a turning point in the band's career, Four is fighting against these days, if anything. On Leeds, Allen hooked up with , , and released Return the Gift, an album of re­ and the moment when mainstream commercial one hand, Allen seems dissatisfied with a culture and Hugo Burnham, and the quartet established recorded songs from their earlier work. Return the success eluded them for good. "We're an odd that sends messages such as, "you must join the the landmark post-punk band Gang of Four. Their Gift effectively liberates them from the bum-deal beast, aren't we?" Allen says, laughing. iPod generation," but on the other, his company, seminal 1979 album, Entertainment!, is one of they first signed with EMI three decades ago that The thing that sets Gang of Four apart from Pampelmoose, lists Nike as one of their clients. the crucial documents of the era, capturing a left the masters in the hands of the company, the plethora of late-'70s punks was a personal While he's proud of how the band took back the groundbreaking band attheirhungriest.Therecord a catch typical of the era. But now, says Allen, touch that no other band approached. As Allen masters from the behemoth EMI, Gang of Four is striking for its angular, much-counterfeited guitar "Gang of Four owns the masters. We're in control describes, the band wasn't so much political as "do play ClearChannel venues." After observing sound, and Allen's dub-reggae influenced bass. of our destiny, finally, after all of these years." sociological in nature. They talked about the how Pearl Jam fared against Ticketmaster in the Entertainment! perfected the aesthetic today's So where does the band want to go? personal choices involved in society, the decision '90s, Allen explains that he's not interested "in post-punk revivalists are seeking to duplicate, Though many cringe at the thought of their to either rebel or turn the other cheek. "Nobody fighting a battle on that scale." a fresh hybrid of punk rock youthfulness and a favourite reunited bands making music after [since] has managed to encapsulate in a song Perhaps these questions are immaterial for dose of danceability. Since the first time he left years apart (the Pixies, anyone?), Allen feels that those kind of issues," he says. "We're a kind of the Gang of Four of today. Alien says he enjoys the band twenty-four years ago, Allen has played Gang of Four is still capable of making music island in a sea of mediocrity, really. And I say that the fact that modern audiences may be "just in (a band that strangely sold more that explores new frontiers. "The hard part would with pride." having a good time because we're a really records than Gang of Four) and started a web be Jon and Andy, because they were the two But the is one issue he feels good, loud rock band," and not buying into the design company, Pampelmoose. lyrical components, for them to sit and say, 'What Gang of Four is incapable of avoiding these band's politics. However, the ambiguity of Gang So why is it that when I told my friends, "I'm the hell? Where do we start?'" Though he kicks days. With "America being hell-bent on global of Four's political maturation casts a shadow over interviewing Gang of Four," they all said, "That's around a few ideas, including current events hegemony," the subject, he believes, aligns where they can safely go in the future. Only time great! Er, who are they?" Well, it could have such as the disaster in New Orleans, Allen admits with the band's universal approach. One reason will tell. something to do with the fact that Allen parted that, after all of the changes he's experienced he feels the reunion has been such a success is But speculating about the future of Gang of ways with the band after their sophomore album, (he's been married for seventeen years, and is a that the lyrics are "equally important and just as Four isn't a particularly interesting topic to Dave 1981 's Solid Gold, and none of the later material father of teenagers), "I'm not sure what we want relevant as they were back then, because not Allen. His attitude is simply, "what will be will be," approached the envelope the first two albums to talk about these days." much has changed." and the past, inevitably, isn't that important. "I pushed. But, says Allen, "it was something wrong Ever since Entertainment!, the provocative Whether or not this means Gang of Four wil live for the moment every day, moving forward," before I left," a combination of over-touring, content of Gang of Four's lyrics has garnered be as controversial today as they were during their he says. "There's no point looking back." ineffective management, and lack of guidance. the members misleading reputations as radicals, first incarnation is irrelevant; Allen, an outspoken Although Allen doesn't buy the comparisons, Marxists, and socialists. The fact that they named enemy of nostalgia, isn't expectftig to recapture 0 Mark Hall-Patch Illustration Itenitiarf—Iisc#ri1ei23 "First of all, everybody thinks that I must be sad and brooding and upset all the time, but they meet me and they're usually surprised at how optimistic and positive and rational I am, and how comfortable I am with myself," he continued, "I'm just this dude that's excited, scared, nervous, arrogant, pessimistic, optimistic, pretentious and humble about my place in the world." 's hallmark mix of modesty and confidence has been expressed better. His forthrightness has plunged him into an ironic imbroglio as fans interpret the title You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having as sarcastic. "I didn't mean the title to be ironic whatsoever," Slug told me, though the album's cover photo seems to hint otherwise; "I guess the irony in it is that I didn't mean irony whatsoever." If Slug is being honest in saying that we can't imagine how much fun he's having, he certainly chose an odd album to try and prove it. "This record is a celebration of the part of life that everybody is sad about," he disclos^fe^HH^ With the success of their self-deprecatory sadness in my life is important to me because it album God Loves Ugly and its self-destructive follow- is what inspires and creates and makes things up, the celebrated travelogue Seven's Travels, happen so I can have positive, productive things Atmosphere have solidly stationed themselves as go on." So far productivity has not yet been an a favorite among hip-hop heads and hipsters alike. issue for Atmosphere. But rap is a fickle mistress and The release of this year's You Can't Imagine How Slug is well aware that tired acts disappear, as his Much Fun We're Having marks a change in tone tour-mate Blueprint quipped, "like Bobby Fischer". for Atmosphere's two insectile members, Slug and "The bottom line is that I've learned so much , [Ed: slugs belong to the phylum Mollusca] behind the scenes that has nothing do to with as they take time to pay a little homage to their artistry that I do intend to be up in this for the rest predecessors and reflect on the past few years that of my life," he asserted, "whether that be driving have launched them to the fore of independent the van for , or on the phone for the office underground rap. trying to sell Brother Ali CDs or whether that be me The Midwestern United States have been up on stage jumping up and down like a fucking receiving ample attention over the past few clown, I don't care." As in any other genre, rap years with the successes of Chicago's Kanye commands dedication. But perhaps more than West, Common, Twista, and of course, Detroit's any other genre, rap requires confidence. For Eminem. Though Atmosphere are a far cry from the the most part, rappers are only successfully self- mainstream tangle, Slug sees important parallels conscious when they are being funny. Yet Slug has with rappers like Kanye whose everyman appeal managed to find a balance between bravado is changing how hip-hop is accepted by the and braininess without having to act a part. mainstream audience. "I guess I never got to mention it," he told me, Whether Kanye will have a lasting impact on "but I feel blessed that I don't have to change my the evolution of rap remains to be seen, but the voice the minute I start talking about rap music. I implications of his success are of particular interest get to be who I am, and I am happy about that to Slug. "Kanye's been rapping out of Chicago for because I don't know that hip-hop has left a lot 10 years, I've known who that dude is for a long of room for that in the last 20 years." Slug forecasts time and now he's finally popping", he pointed out, that this pattern, common through much of "but what's impressive to me is that the mainstream independent hip-hop, will seep into the circles of audience is okay with it, they are embracing the mainstream rap as well. "I do think 5 years from everyman." now you are going to see people that didn't have Atmosphere's latest album marks a new to get their street credibility, nor their intelligence level of comfort and acceptance for Slug, now credibility, nor their hustler credibility, nor their nerd 33, in regards to both his voice and position as an credibility—all they will have to have is their human artist and everyman. This was readily apparent credibility." Slug, in is own way, has earned bits of in his eagerness to share with me his opinions on each. revolution, renaissance, rap paternalism and You Can't Imagine still has all the elements everything in between during our 28-minute you would expect from an Atmosphere album: phone interview that ran 13 minutes longer than Slug raps about girls, he raps about himself, he raps scheduled. In terms of career placement. Slug about the world and he raps about rap. Though couldn't be in a better position. this time around it's a little more serious. "I think that, essentially, so much time is spent "I've already thanked Chuck [D], but trying to obtain your own voice and. trying to be someday I'm going to thank Kris [KRS-One] and something new or something fresh that a lot of I'm going to thank Grand Puba. As a 33 year old times it's easy to totally displace or hide where who is grounded and rational and blessed to be your influences come from," he explained, "I think surrounded with good people and blessed to be there was a little less pressure on us to try to stand as successful as I am, if I don't pay that back, I'm out of the crowd and that resulted in us being a a bitch," he emphasized. "I think that that anxiety lot more relaxed and open to showing where weighs a lot more on me than the success." our roots are." Yet despite the shedding of these SONIC UNYON DISTRIBUTION WWW.SONICUNYON.CO identity insecurities. Slug still finds himself being misinterpreted. Phieu Tran Illustration 2<_)i§€order--Jancember NEW INDIE ROOTS, PUNK, 'N POI? AT ZULU RECORDS

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The Beta Band the idea. But as a whole, it isn't I met Bissonnette at the him to take himself very, very twanging honky tonk, andsurf-ltke John K. Sampson (1993's How to The Besf of the Beta Band: the Beta Band that I knew, Mutek festival in Montreal a seriously? Apparently so, reverb. The drums are sometimes Clean Everything and 1996's Less Music and it just doesn't seem like an couple of years back. He was because he's put out thirteen rocking and sometimes Talk More Rock) era, but I'd say (Astralwerks) appropriate last gasp for these performing as one of numerous tracks of morosely weird, self- whispering; the upright bass is this album nicely fits the band's It was a shock to many that star-crossed pioneers. members of the media impressed, over-produced shit. rich and percussive. Everything is mandate of "thrashing the the Beta Band, after eight years Mike LaPointe collective Thinkbox, who had The whole enterprise is wretched perfectly balanced: sincere and planet into humane submission." of puzzling ears and confounding recently released Guitar, a group with shallow cliche, incongruent simple, fervent and humble. Alison B expectations, broke up this year Francoiz Breut meditation on the instrument via artistry, and self-conscious, The songs are a pleasing after their fourth album, Heroes Une Saison Volee manipulation of pre-recorded broken-hearted egotism. Don't mixed bag of originals, X classics, Neil Young to Zeroes, proving once and for (Olympic Disc) audio. Thinkbox, who boast believe me? Check out the blog and select covers of country Prairie Wind all that not even hype from the It's always difficult waiting members from both Windsor and on his website for daily updates and traditional material. The (Reprise) NME can sell that many records. for one of your favorite artists to Detroit, is everything NAFTA isn't; on what he thinks of himself re-recordings of "in this house Let me set the record Reasons for the demise ranged release new material, especially an easy and fair playground (www.lukedoucet.com). Here's that I call home" and "burning straight: I am a huge Neil from the coherent ("little return when it's been five years. Une exchange without the sandbox one song title as an example of house of love" are outstandingly Young fan. In the years since in terms of commercial success Saison Voile, Francoiz Breut's bully. Watching Thinkbox live was what I'm talking about: "If I drop good. 's "Try Anymore I discovered his music, he has inevitably takes its toll") to the newest and third release was like a summit meeting between names of exotic towns that you'll (Why Don't We Even)" evokes done more for my soul that typically vague ("the Beta Band worth the wait. Francoiz has audio academics exchanging never see, in the songs that I perfectly the spirit of a song like most other artists. I don't have apple has over-ripened and come a long way from singing ideas via their numerous sonic write, it's that that's all I have "When Our Love Passed Out nearly enough space to put become riddled with maggots, back-up vocals for French alt. sound tools. when I miss my girl and you're on the Couch," but in a slower, into words just how important it must fall from the tree and let pop star Dominique Ane. Her On his Kranky debut taking yours home tonight". You waltzing shuffle. Alvin' s" Dry River" he is, to me personally, and its seeds return to the ground.") self titled debut Francoiz Breut Bissonnette is taking his Thinkbox fucking wish I made that one is a telling analogy of heartbreak to the rock genre in general. Coupled with the fact that (1997) and her second release philosophy of live electronic up. in the context of the LA that This is why it makes me particularly Heroes to Zeroes, despite its Vingt a Trente Mille Jours (2000) experimentation to work by This is the kind of thing existed before the prevalence upset to listen to Prairie Wind, critical failings, was their most showed a steady maturation recording and mixing Periphery makes me ashamed to be of scripts and silicone. The his latest record. To me, it's the popular album, the true reason in her music, as she established live using randomized audio- Canadian. Nobody told this guy, traditional material present on sound of Neil resting on his laurels. for their breakdown remains her own identity apart from patches. when he needed to be told, this album is very strong, from I could be hearing wrong, but ambiguous. Ane. Picking up on the French Sweating the little things. that he can't sing, that he writes the lovely "Give Me My Flowers I just can't detect the passion Enter post-mortem best of vocal (chanson) tradition Periphery is an album of subtleties boring songs, and that he is not While I'm Living" to the strange to which I'm so accustomed. I collection: The Best of the Beta established by Edith Piaf, Serge and ambience. Bissonnette's Johnny Cash. Now he thinks he's beauty of the ballad "Little think to myself, "Who the hell Band combines efforts from the Gainsbourg and Francoise process of making his immersive fucking on Jim Beam Margaret". The country and am I to criticize Neil Young?" He band's catalogue (and also Hardy and combining it with sound is carried out via extensive and is already halfway to the bluegrass covers are reverently has given me so much, and here blends all four album covers multiple musical references sample manipulation of piano Junos. Thanks a lot, Ontario Arts astute, from Bill Anderson's I am, backlashing. But I can't into one monstrous, exploding, embellished with a Tom Waits- and orchestral work, resulting Council. I want my tax dollars "I'll go down swinging" to the help it. I'm just disappointed logo-riddled gloom-scape). It like quirkiness, she has quickly in textures unrecognizable from back. overwhelming, almost violent and heartbroken that I don't loneliness of Albert E. Brumley's courageously takes on what defined her own identifiable their source. The soothing sound Jon Fleming hear something even remotely seems like an impossible task: to sound. Francoiz's singing has a of static-like audio provides a "Rank stranger." Lastly, there is vital on this new album. straight forward authenticity that a tribute to Steppenwolf's "born cull sixteen tracks from a career base to much of the work on The Knitters I can't start using the excuse that carefully balances a degree to be wild" which, though odd, that covered lo-fi , Periphery, inspiring the listener The Modern Sounds of the it's all relative, that when artists , and an indescribable of vulnerability and complete to turn the volume high to fully Knitters still rocks. get older, they lose their mojo, self-assuredness. "Overall" is the kaleidoscope of country and appreciate all the sound that (Zoe Records) Jon Fleming and that should be taken into stand out track. Sung in English consideration. Fuck that. Look dub reggae, while maintaining can heard between the audio What is it about California with the help of Calexico's Joey at Bob Dylan: his last two albums the cohesiveness that these snowflakes. Like all good ambient punk that leads to such great Propaghandi Burns (Calexico had previously were brilliant, arguably better retrospectives require. music Bissonnette's pieces draws ? I don't know, Potemkin City Limits covered Breut's "Si Tu Disais" on than most of his 80s output. Look Just on the overwhelming the listener in by their emotive but this album is my new favorite G7 Welcoming Committee the Convict Pool release) this at Johnny Cash: you want to talk strength of the songs themselves, powers; making the ears attuned example of this phenomenon. (Canada) powerful duet is spine chilling about a renaissance? But that's the album succeeds. By to each tonal variation. Beginning in the mid 80s as a side Propaghandi has served and reminiscent of Excene Dylan, you say. That's The Man supplying the listener with the Periphery isn't going to project of X, The Knitters (made up another soundtrack for your Czervenka and John Doe of In Black, you say. I would not bulk of their greatest work put much money in Kranky or up of Exene, Doe, Bonebrake, rebellion. Sticking to their tried X and Knitters fame. Sung in hesitate for a moment in placing (check "Dry the Rain," "She's the Bissonnette's bank accounts. rockabilly revivalist/label mates and true progressive-thrash- Italian, "Ultimo" displays a Neil Young in the same category One," "It's Not Too Beautiful," It probably won't even make and Johnny Ray meets-progressive-activism cinemagraphic flare that recalls as those two. Listen to Tonight's among many others) the record that many reviewers' top 10 Bartel) released "Poor little Critter formula, the Winnipeg trio's Morricone. Bit it's when Francoiz the Night, or On the Beach, or offers a crash-course in a band lists either. This isn't that kind of on the Road" in 1985. The Modern latest offering won't surprise you sings in her native French the even Harvest Moon (the latter that most people are criminally record. Periphery is just that, Sounds ... is their first record so much as renew your vigour full range of her vocal repetoire being the supposed predecessor uneducated in. an album that focuses on the since, a beautiful amalgamation for making the world a better unfolds. "La Vie Devant So/" is a in theme to Prairie Wind), and tell But The Best of the Beta sounds not normally listened to. of LA punk, 50s rock and roll, and place (if you're down with their delightfully breezy Latin-tinged me that this is still a good album. Band: Music predictably suffers What Periphery will do if you give traditional American music. It will politics). For Propaghandi, that nurriber. In a more traditional More than that, tell me he isn't where most compilations do. it the chance is expose those satisfy punk fans, X fans, country better place would be a world Piaf inspired vein "Le Premier capable of so much better. By not giving the listener the who don't know the realms of fans, whatever. Every member minus the sexism, war, racism, Bonheur" mournfully drifts I believe he is, and always will context within which the songs modern to a in this group is energized, and economic inequity we're with heavy film noir intensity. be able to make great music. I'll originally appeared, the daring world where less is more. Who complimented, and contrasted mired in, as Potempkin City Limits To highlight these few tracks, put Prairie Wind away, perhaps experimentalism that made knows, the manipulated pop of by the other. The classic binary of conspicuously reminds us. From though, does a disservice to the to collect dust, but I know that the Beta Band such an exciting static on might just tension and adoration between songs about colonial oppression remaining songs, all of which its place in my CD player will and important band is lost. The be the hook you were looking Exene and John Doe is still fresh ("Bringer of GregtfrThings"), the are excellent. Francoiz Breut is someday soon be taken by a whole package gives you the for. and evolving here: their voices mainstreaming of punk ("Rock a master of beautifully crafted new red-blooded, introspective, strange feeling of reading some are full and brash and seem f^Sustainable Capitalism"), and musical narratives, effortlessly Robert Robot fiery, Neil Young record—just the incomplete novel. Though the to know exactly how to come war in the Middle East ("Name referencing multiple styles but way I like 'em. music is undeniably consistent, it together in perfect meetings and Address Withheld"), to the unmistakably unique. Luke Doucet of harmony and discord, just as all hints at a master plan that fell Broken (and other rogue liner notes directing readers Robert Ferdman tragically short. pes states) they write songs. Dave Alvin is to a batch of indie news sites, a superb guitarist: sHghtty similar On its own, The Best of the () Potempkin City Limits' anger is to but with more of a Beta Band:Musicisarollercoaster Christopher Bissonnette Luke Doucet, former front firmly rooted in the present tense. penchant for discreet soloing, of sounds, and for the impatient Periphery man of the band Veal, has I'm still more of a sucker for the with lots of rattling moments of listener, it'll probably give you (Kranky) gone solo. Does this entitle poetical stylings of the band's D 2©iicirtff—Jancember Cuff the Duke in a sublimely beautiful arc of Old Soul distilled Canadian essence. October 19 Compared to last year's Lamplighter straightforward appearance The Lamplighter used to with at the Vogue be the ultimate Gastown flop Theatre, the band seemed far bar, the default place you'd more at home in the beery . reluctantly shuffle to when environs of The Lamplighter. you realized the lineup at The Their alt-country elements have Cambie was too long. Thanks to been toned down slightly, some savvy promotions and a incorporating more rootsy blues string of solid acts over the last tones and even disguising few years, those days are gone; some sinister menace beneath The Lamplighter is emerging their perky veneer. Songs like from its cocoon only to find "The Future Hangs" sounded itself a beautiful, beer-soaked excellent in a live setting, as butterfly. When I walked in the the infectious harmonica set doors Toronto's Old Soul was in the whole room to swaying and full swing, treating the crowd to toe-tapping. The set ended with what lead singer Luca Maoloni the droning, spaced-out guitars described as "The Glen Miller of "It's Over", displaying the Band for the 21st Century". impressive range of genres and The small stage was packed to moods covered on their latest capacity with drunken mariachi self-titled release. From this point troubadours from the heartland on things started to get pretty of Ontario, alternately doing silly, as their antisocial friends in Slug came out with a five-piece no one would notice because all blonde bombshell was evident in up makftig their way through shots of tequila and playing Old Soul bumrushed the stage band, which backed him up the songs are attention-grabbers everything from crowd response "L.A.M.B." in more or less its their own debaucherous to help out with the first encore in place of Ant, who Slug said live. So there was no need for down to the sheer number of entirety. And, aside from one soundtrack. In addition to the number, "Antisocial". The stage couldn't get over the border. light spectacles, flashy outfits, or young ladies who were copping unfortunate wardrobe misstep standard rock ensemble, the was too small to accommodate It was pretty amazing to see a posse of Harajuku girls. It was her fashion sense, thread for (a "gangsta" Gwen pseudo Crip Old Souldiers boasted some everyone, so a couple his songs performed with the just two pairs of siblings doing thread. And, it was dear that walking is just too much), you earnest saxophone and trumpet and a saxophone were posted power of a live band, and Slug's their thing. Gwen wasn't intent on making couldn't have really asked for blowing, nicely complimented on various bars around the intoxicating flow upped the Angela Gannon and her foray into the world of pop a more from a high-budget pop by a be-toqued gentleman on room. A wandering jam ensued, intensity. "Between the Lines" Michele Stodart's high, raspy disappointment. spectacle. xylophone who looked like the dubiously titled "The Mexican was particularly powerful played voices mesh well with Romeo Critical darling M.I.A. had Quinn Omori guy from the hockey B-movie Wrestling Anthem". The music by a full band. The instrumentalists Stodart's warm tenor. Their doo- the task of warming the crowd classic Slap Shot. This was party devolved into Blarney Stone took a break for a few songs wop harmonies in "Mornings up. And, although her bastard Great Lake Swimmers music played with abandon, booze anthems, capped off while Slug and MC Crescent Eleven" were spot-on and they pop sound was probably a little November 20th loaded with premonitions of with some unfortunate band-led Moon rapped to looped beats, showed that they're definitely too far into left' field for many Lamplighter the next morning's hangover. chanting of "Cuff...the...Duke!" also entertaining but not as experts in West Coast harmonies attendees, she did manage to The streets of Gastown Despite the fact that it was But I couldn't really hold it against good as the band's numbers. and country crooning. Angela get a significant number on their were eerily vacant, filled with a Wednesday, the crowd seemed them—they were clearly having Why "Smart Went Crazy" was also showed off her melodica feet. For those few (myself, the thick fog made orange by the more than willing to indulge. a blast and I couldn't begrudge played recorded and not live, I playing skills. "Hymn for Her" was friend who scored me the ticket, streetlights. It was, undeniably, them their good time. have no idea. the show-stopper and a multi­ maybe a couple others) who the appropriate environment After the opening set I had a Luke Johnson tasking one at that. First, it started were in attendance when M.I.A. for people to come in from to chance to have a brief chat with David Ravensbergen as a country ballad, morphed tore down the house at the see Tony Dekker, a.k.a. Great Maoloni outside the bar. He was The Magic Numbers into a lullaby with Michele and Commodore last month, there Lake Swimmers, play a haunting eager to assure me that he had Atmosphere The Parallels Angela on xylophone, and were also quite a few changes solo set at the LamRlighter. At no pretensions, and little desire P.O.S. November 06 ultimately lead to a Coldplay- in her set. These ranged from a brief in-store performance at to make "deep" music. After Blueprint Richard's on Richards esque power ballad. The surprise subtle tricks from DJ Contra, Zulu Records earlier in the day, a brief dissertation on the ways November 06 The Magic Numbers' sixth of the night was their slow who manned the turntables, to Tony seemed jittery, nervous in which panhandling violates Commodore Ballroom show in their first official trek acoustic encore of "Crazy in opening with a couple of verses in front of the ten of us who conversational etiquette, the I have been an Atmosphere around North America proved Love" (sans Jay-Z) where Romeo from various guest appearances huddled faithfully next to stacks old soul extolled the virtues of fan since my days in Minnesota, that six is the magic number, not encouraged some "shakin"'. (including, "Bad Man," where of used vinyls. He explained how the simpler things in life, such as when a buddy left a copy of three. The band didn't want to Maya cameos with Vybz Cartel he was "a little on edge" after drinking beer and hanging out the Lucy Ford EPs at my house. But first: the Parallels. stop playing, but they ended on Missy's latest). I was a little travelling up the west coast of with one's girlfriend. He praised I had to see them at least once Surprisingly, the sight of an organ things off with, "The Beard", a skeptical about whether or not America. "It's nice to be back his pals in Cuff the Duke, but, in my life, so I popped down to on stage did not indicate another stompin' country hoe-down she'd extol the same level of on Canadian soil," he said, with a conspiratorial gleam in the sold out Commodore with no post-wave dance outfit. Instead, tune; the energy was so loud charisma in such a big room, without further explanation. For his eye, straightened out all the ticket. Sure enough, as soon as I the local openers played short and fast, that these hands hurt especially to a crowd that anyone in attendance, it was ballyhoo about their blue-collar got there I overheard someone and sweet retro nuggets that from manically clapping along. wasn't her own. While it wasn't like watching a vase teetering aesthetic. talking about his extra ticket, were part rockabilly, part surf And so (the band) began the a mind-blowing experience, she on the mantle. and I took it off him for cheap. When Cuff the Duke certainly held her own, and what rock, and part 60s Brit rock. The start of a beautiful friendship. But under the hood of took the stage any contention Rhymesayer P.O.S. opened more can you ask for from the quartet kept up the energy and Emily Khong night, Dekker seemed to have over the colour of their collars up the show talkin' shit about opening act? At the very least, it all three guitarists took rums dulled some of that edge, as was quickly settled; they look George W. Bush, which got some wasn't the leg of the tour where frantically sing-shouting. Gwen Stefan! his performance effortlessly distinctly like the guys I would loud cheers, but his set didn't get the Black Eyed Peas opened. As for the Magic Numbers— M.I.A. captured the beauty and fragility have gone to youth group with quite the same response. He was well, if you wanted a love-in, November 20 Armed with a harem of at the heart of his songs. Playing if I had actually gone to youth condescending and seemed you came to the right place. GM Place dancers, and a stage setup an even mix of material from his group at my parent's request.. bitter at the fact that none of The UK band seemed genuinely elaborate enough to make self-titled debut (a record that From the opening piano lines his songs could elicit the same "I just wanted to make a surprised at the huge warm Britney or Christina jealous, seems to get better with lime) of "No Sleep, No Heat", class enthusiasm that his anti-Bush stupid dance record." I'm sure welcome they got, prompting Gwen's decade plus of and this year's Bodies and Minds, consciousness became instantly sentiment could. there are more than a handful lead singer, Romeo Stodart to of readers that would agree with performance experience was Dekker exorcised his demons. irrelevant, and the room was Blueprint came next, and comment on how this was by Gwen Stefani's summation of her on full display. Not surprisingly, Ahush fell over an audience enveloped in the all-accepting his songs ranged from stupid to far the best of the tour and that solo record. Love. Angel. Music. the singles received the biggest that hadn't paid much attention embrace of warm Canadiana. red hot. He played the RJD2- "We're definitely coming back Baby. But, if the packed house response, culminating in the to excellent openers Jonathan In between flaunting his excellent produced "Final Frontier," which to Vancouverl" The band was all at the Garage on November almost-too-predictable encore Inc., and a select few crouched vocal register and teasing some was great. smiles and a great mood was set 20th was any indication, there's stomp of the inescapable in the darkness at the front, down home country twang Throughout the openers, for the whole night, kicking off a lot more punch crammed "Hollaback GW." But, the album gazing up in awe at Dekker, who out of his guitar, lead singer the lily-white crowd of nicely with "The Mule". Playing tunes into Mrs. Rossdale's first effort, cuts were almost equally well stood on stage like a lonesome actuaHy executed manicured college kids pulsated from their self-titled debut album. sans No Doubt, than your typical received. Singing (and yes, she wanderer, vaguely staring out a farmer's blow in front of the in anticipation for Slug, so much The Magic Numbers could have "stupid dance record." The level sang) in front of a tight backing into the audience. audience. We're talking visible that Blueprint had to tell them been playing on a pile of dirt and of adoration for the bleached band, Stefani and co. ended Always soft-spoken, he mucus flying across the stage to be patient for his set to finish.

Deeembuary- Dbcorder22 said, "This song is about manic of clever pop, but they were Only keyboardist Chris Seligman depression," before strumming certainly grateful, either way. was content to stay fairly still with his way into "Various Stages". After thanking the crowd on his instrument, as even drummer After a few nervous chuckles one of the numerous occasions, Pat McGee got into the act by from the audience, Dekker lead singer , moving from behind his kit to replied, "It's funny but true," and a transplanted Vancouverite, crowd surf. It wasn't all style over carried on. Like this statement, noted "it's a lot nicer playing substance, however. Not even with much of his music, the for a thousand people than for close. audience never seemed sure fifteen." It certainly showed. Stars drew from their entire how to react, where to clap, The Thurston Revival drew catalogue, reaching all the way whether to cheer, or whether to first blood for the evening, and back to Nightsongs for three simply sit in silence and watch. are a hard band to peg. Lots of numbers, but pulling mostly from But everyone in the room realised keyboards, with a slightly gothic Heart and . that they were in the presence of sort of aura, but with a clear The band was tight, but the live someone truly special, and that love of 50's rock n' roll. Definite treatments of the songsalso had the songs they were witnessing potential, so keep an eye out for enough character to set them were as startlingly honest as the them, but they have a ways to apart from the recorded versions. way he introduced them. After go before they blow me away. They also seemed to draw off the the show, people stumbled out Bontempi played second. crowd, who enthusiastically sang into the haze that awaited them, Think with one along to almost everything the and most of us stood around for less guitar, and more keys. Lead band threw at them (and were, a few minutes, wondering where singer Carta Gillis' riff age was also happily, mostly in tune), and to go next. vaguely reminiscent of Sleater- received some help from locals Mike LaPointe Kinney's Carrie Brownstein when The Organ, on a significantly more she turned up the rock, which calypso sounding version of "The Stars "S may explain why their uptempo First Five Times." By evening's Bontempi pf§ numbers were so much more end, Stars had crammed in more Thurston Revival engaging than the slower songs. pop, grandeur, and romanticism November 21 Again, they're a band to look into one night than most bands Commodore Ballroom out for, as they seem capable of could muster in a career. But, Is it the internet? Is it the fact some pretty great tunes. if for some reason, you were that the music press has crowned If the members of Stars immune, the closer, "Tonight" Montreal the "new Seattle?" Or, were alone in any other band, —all plaintive and gentle, with is there some other explanation you might knock them for a stripped-down version of the Jar.the.jpacked house at the upstaging, but throw them band's lineup—was enough to Commodore, gleefully singing together, and it's a dynamic melt the iciest of hearts. along to Set Yourself on Fire, the spectacle. Bassist Evan Cranley Quinn Omori title track from Stars' latest long was all axe swinging glory, while player? The band themselves Torq bounded around the stage, may or may not know the flanked by , who reasons why people have finally seemed to emote every word awoken to their soaring brand that beautifully left her mouth. Cuff the Duke, Kim Day Photo CITR 101.9 AND AND SPM MUSIC PRESENT STARTING IN DECEMBER

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AFRICAN RHYTHMS (World) It could be punk, ethno, global, CODE BLUE (Roofs) kumbaya-free zone since 1997. anniversary of one of the most eccentric, under-exposed, always David "Love" Jones brings you trance, spoken word, rock, the From backwoods delta low-down famous events in jazz history: The relevant and plainly cool scientific the best new and old jazz, soul, unusual and the weird, or it could slide to urban harp honks, blues, GENERATION ANNIHILATION Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie research, technology, and poetry Latin, samba, bossa and African be something different. Hosted by and blues roots with your hosts (Punk) Hall jazz concert. This was (submissions welcome). music from around the world. DJ Pierre. Jim, Andy and Paul. A fine mix of streetpunk and old the real deal with clarinettist/ com> Hop) Independent news hosted by band interviews, guest speakers, trio, quartet, and big band as NATIVE SOLIDARITY NEWS (TK) AFROBEAT (World) BLOOD ON THE SADDLE (Roots) award-winning journalists Amy and social commentary. well as the great jam session A national radio service and part In two hours, I take the listener for Real cowshit-caught-in-yer-boots Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. www.streetpunkradio.com with Count Basie, Lester Young of an international network of a spin—musically—around the counlry. ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM (Dance) and others from the Basie and information and action in support world; my passion is African music BLUE MONDAY (Goth/Industrial) EN AVANT LA MUSIQUE (French) HANS KLOSS' MISERY HOUR (Hans Ellington orchestras. A major of indigenous peoples' survival and music from the Diaspora. Vancouver's only industrial- «En Avant la musique!» se Kloss) event in jazz history. and dignity. We are all volunteers Afrobeat is where you can catch etectronic-retro-goth program. concentre sur le metissage This is pretty much the best thing on Jan. 23: Trumpet great Clark Terry committed to promoting Native up on the latest in the " to schtomp to, hosted by des genres musicaux au sein radio. is with us tonight in a classic self-determination, culturally, Music" scene and reminisce on Coreen. d'une francophonie ouverte a HIGHBRED VOICES (World) album called "Serenade to a economically, spiritually and the classic collections. Don't miss BREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS tous les courants. This program I LIKE THE SCRIBBLES (Eclectic) Bus Seat" with the Chicago Fire: otherwise. The show is self- it. (Eclectic) focuses on cross-cultural music IN THE SHADOWS (Hip Hop) Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin sufficient, without government or Your favourite Brown-sters, James and its influence on mostly THE JAZZ SHOW (Jazz) and a rhythm section beyond corporate funding. ALT. RADIO (Pop) and Peter, offer a savoury blend Francophone musicians. Vancouver's longest running words: Wynton Kelly (piano), NARDWUAR THE HUMAN Hosted by David B. of the familiar and exotic in a END OF THE WORLD NEWS prime-time jazz program. Hosted Paul Chambers (bass), and SERVIETTE PRESENTS... AND SOMETIMES WHY (Pop/ blend of aural delights! (Eclectic) by the ever-suave, Gavin Walker. Philly Joe Jones (Drums). (Nardwuar) Eclectic) CAUGHT IN THE RED (Rock) EXQUISITE CORPSE (Experimental) Features at 11:00, as listed. Jan. 30: Tonight: the debut NECESSARY VOICES (Talk) first Wednesday of every month. THE CANADIAN WAY (Eclectic) Experimental, radio-art, sound Dec. 5: Tonight one of the best recording (March 1961) of Socio-political, environmental ANOIZE (Noise) Independent Canadian collage, field recordings, etc. musicians that England ever one of the most original and activist news and spoken Luke Meat irritates and educates music from almost every Recommended for the insane. produced and with one of his innovative vibraphone artists, word with some music, too. through musical deconstruction. genre imaginable covering FLEX YOUR HEAD (Hardcore) best bands: Tenor saxophonist/ sometimes called "The Coltrane Recommended for the strong. the east coast to the left Up the punx, down the emo! Keepin' flutist/composer Tubby Hayes of the Vibes": Philadelphia born ARE YOU SERIOUS? MUSIC coast and all points in itreal since 1989, yo. flexyourhead. and his great album "Mexican Walt Dickerson. Walt performs NUTHOUSE RADIO THEATRE (Eclectic) between. Yes, even Montreal! www.vancouverhardcore.com Green". with his working band that (Drama) All of time is measured by its art. Two hours of eclectic roots music. classic meeting between tenor of drum great Andrew Cyrille. drama and performance art cent new music from around the CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING (Pop) Don't own any Birkenstocks? saxophonist John Coltrane and "This is Walt Dickerson" is a written and performed live- world. Ears open. British pop music from all decades. Allergic to patchouli? C'mon in! A the premier modern vibraphonist formidable first album. to-air by our very own team of AURAL TENTACLES (Eclectic) Milt Jackson backed by a JUICE BOX (Talk) playwrights and voice-actors. stellar rhythm section with the Developing your relational We also welcome you to get great Hank Jones on piano and and individual sexual health, involved, whether you are a CIER 101.9 AND SPMMUSIC PRESENT others. expressing diversity, celebrating professional or inexperienced... Dec. 19: The Jazz Show presents queemess, and encouraging OUR WAVE (World) an annual treat: the famous pleasure at all stages. Sexuality News, arts, entertainment and Christmas Eve All-Star Session educators Julia and Alix music for the Russian community, led by trumpeter Miles Davis will quench your search for local and abroad. THE VANCOUVER MUSIC COMMUNITY IMTED with Milt Jackson (vibes), responsible, progressive sexuality PACIFIC PICKIN' (Roots) I Thelonious Monk (piano), Percy over your life span! Bluegrass, old-time music, and its TO CELEBRATE AND SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER! Heath (bass), and Kenny Clarke derivatives with Arthur and "The (drums). The "Bag's Groove" LAUGH TRACKS (Talk) Lovely Andrea" Berman. session and The Jazz Show gives THE LEO RAMIREZ SHOW (World) PARTS UNKNOWN (Pop) out best wishes for the holidays. The best mix of music, news, sports, Underground pop for the minuses Dec. 26: Gavin Walker and "The and commentary from around with the occasional interview with Jazz Show" take a break for the local and international Latin your host, Chris. boxing day. American communities. PEDAL REVOLUTIONARY (Talk) Jan. 2: Happy New Year! "Mingus LET'S GET BAKED W/ MAT + DAVE Viva la Velorution! DJ Helmet Hair Dynasty" opens the new year. (Eclectic) and Chainbreaker Jane give Bassist/composer Charles Vegan baking w. "rock stars" you all the bike news and views Mingus and an expanded like Sharp Like Knives, Whitey you need and even cruise ensemble playing works that Houston, The Novaks and more. around while doing it! mmmmmmmm to ensembles of symphonic (Eclectic) PLANET LOVETRON (Dance/ proportions with great soloists A mix of , indie rock, and Electronic) tmrnwrnmrnm like altoist John Handy, tenorist pseudo underground hip hop, Music inspired by Chocolate Booker Ervin, and trumpeter with your host, Jordie Sparkle. Thunder, Robert Robot drops Richard Williams. A look inside LIVE FROM THUNDERBIRD RADIO electro past and present, the genius of Mingus. HELL (Uve Music) hip hop and intergalactic Jan. 9: A "rare edition of Live From Thunderbird Radio Hell funkmanship. drummer/leader Art Blakey's showcases local talent... LIVE! Jazz Messengers that features Honestly, don't even ask about PLEASE ROCK THE DOOR (Eclectic) the first female to play with the technical side of this. This Start your week ridiculously earty THURSDAY.DEC22N) this band: Joanne Brakeen. month will probably be the best with Vancouver's super awesome Veteran trumpeter Bill Hardman month ever. fun time happy radio show. Playing bhe media club and Panamanian born Carlos MOTORDADDY (Rock) all the dance-punk, electro, rock, Garnet of tenor saxophone Cycle-fiffic rawk and roll! new wave, hip hop, 80's, etc. sh*t form the front line of this fine MORNING AFTER SHOW (Eclectic) that your mom thinks is cool. band. They smoke! MY SCIENCE PROJECT (Talk) PLUTONIAN NIGHTS (Dance/ Jan. 16: A very special feature Zoom a little zoom on the My Electronic) tonight beginning at 10 o'clock Scence Project rocket ship, piloted Cutting-edge, progressive organ rather than 11 is the 68th by your host, Julia, as we navigate music with resident Haitchc

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TANA RADIO (WO) BREAKFAST WITH HIGHBRED PLEASE ROCK SUBURBAN JUNGLE END OF THE WORLD NEWS VOICES (WO) THE DOOR (EC) 9 THE BROWNS (EC) (EC) THE (EC) 10 ARE YOU SERIOUS? THIRD TIMES SATURDAY 10 FILL-IN SKA-T'S MUSIC (EC) THE CHARM (RR) EDGE(RT) 11 SWEET'N'HOT (EC) SCENIC DRIVE (SK) UONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS (K) 12™ MORNING AFTER SHOW (EC) ANOIZE (NO) GENERATION ANNIHILATION (PU) ALT. RADIO (PO) THESE ARE THE ROCKERS FILL-IN BREAKS (HH) PARTS WE ALL FM DOWN (EC) 2 SHOW(RG) POWERCHORD 2 UNKNOWN (PO) DEMOCRACY NOW (TK) NEW COMIC BOOK SHOW! (TK) RADIO ZERO (EC) (MT) 3 3 BLOOD AFROBEAT RUMBLETONE MOTORDADDY LETS GET BAKED (EC) FILL-IN RHYMES & 4 ON THE (WO) RADIO (RR) NARDWUAR CODE BLUE 4 SADDLE (RT) NATIVE SOLIDARITY NEWS (TK) REASONS (HH) RttL TO RtAL (TK) (RR) PRESENTS (NW) (RT) 5 5 (UPS WITH SAINT TROPEZ EMTTMGIW) TBIRD RADIO NEWS (TK) LEO RAMIREZ SHOW (WO) (PO) WFNFR'SBBQ(SP) NECESSARY VOICES (TK) 6 SON OF NITE UNCOMMON THE CANADIAN WAY QUEERFM OUR WAVE (WO) DREEMS (EC) PRACTICE (CL) 7 (TK) FLEX YOUR (EC) HEAD (HC) WIGFLUX RADIO (RG) AFRICAN RHYTHMS SHADOW JUGGLERS 8 JUICEBOX (TK) EXQUISITE CORPSE (EX) RHYTHMSINDIA (WO) (DC) SALARIO MINIMO 9 (WO) LIVE FROM... THE JAZZ (WO) 10 PLANET LOVETRON (DC) SYNAPTIC SANDWICH 10 SHOW FOLK OASIS (RT) THUNDERBIRD HELL (LM) TRANCENDANCE BEATS FROM CAUGHT IN THE (DC/EC) 11 (JZ) THE BASEMENT RED(RR) 11 (DC) IN THE SHADOWS (HH) (HH) HANS KLOSS' ilIGH TRACKS (TK) PLUTONIAN 12*" | VENGEANCE MISERY HOUR 12" I UKE THE SCRIBBLES NIGHTS (DC) 1 IS MINE! (HK) 1 (EC) (PU) 2 2 AURAL 3 3 TENTACLES BBC THE VAMPIRE'S 4 (EC) 4 BALL (GI/MT) REGGAE UNKUP (RG) 5 5

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