Folk Fest

The Never Changing, Always Perfect Folk Fest

By Alison Atkinson

Illustration by Karlene Harvey

Illustration by Karlene Harvey

About ten feet to my left, beside the squatting pine, Kevin Smith is hippie dancing. Well, not quite Kevin Smith, but a pudgy guy with a bad goatee and a long ponytail down his back, dressed in black cargo shorts, a yellow button down and a bolero hat: the kind of guy who rents you videos or chartered your high school D&D club. He’s flailing his arms around and jumping side to side as Alex Cuba and Calexico jam on the stage in front of us. You know what kind of dancing I mean. Read More »

DJ Tameil

“What the hell is that? That sounds like transformer music!”

By Brad Winter

Illustration by Lindsey Hampton

Illustration by Lindsey Hampton

DJ Tameil is one of the most highly respected Baltimore Club producers. A prolific producer and active DJ, he performs at the hottest parties in the USA and Europe. Discorder was lucky enough to catch him the first time he was in Canada. In this in-depth interview, he talks about the over 60 member Baltimore-based DJ crew Brick Bandits starting up, dubstep, DJing with cassette decks, Wikipedia, amateur DJs flooding the internet and being Redman’s neighbour growing up. Read More »

Film Stripped

Ear Goggles 5 DVD

By Jordie Yow

Ear Goggles

Ear Goggles

If you’re feeling nostalgic for the Cobalt back when Wendythirteen ran the bar, or you just like hardcore and punk, you should grab yourself a copy of Ear Goggles 5 featuring many performances from bands like B-Lines, Golers, SNFU, the Famines, Propagandhi, Mattress and a music video that sounds a lot like, but isn’t Staind. Available at www.eargogglesdvd.com.

Jaill

That’s How We Burn (Sub Pop)

Review By Sarah Berman

Creative spellers and Milwaukee four-piece Jaill sound like the type of band that “practices” rather than “jams.” Every song on their big label debut That’s How We Burn fits into a cohesive garage-pop aesthetic; the riffs are watertight, the drum licks indestructible. Never mind improvising—everything from lead singer Vincent Kircher’s conversational melodies to the subdued hints of Wisconsin twang—feel polished and calculated. Read More »

Arcade Fire

The Suburbs (Merge)

Review By Miné Salkin

It’s been three years since Neon Bible was released, the most groundbreaking work from the indie rock outfit Arcade Fire. The album was completely electrifying—with hauntingly beautiful riffs and the screams of frontman Win Butler—Montreal certainly made a name for itself on the international scene. Read More »

Sleepless in Salmo

Shambhala Music Festival delivers 100,000 watts of womp womp womp

By Sarah Berman

Photo by Syd Woodward

Photo by Syd Woodward

Contrary to what you may or may not have been told, Shambhala Music Festival is not held in outer space. But considering its remoteness, heart-stopping volume and 10,000 sparkle-encrusted attendees, it may as well be. Read More »

Venews

Little Mountain Gallery

By Jordie Yow

Illustration by Merida Anderson

Illustration by Merida Anderson

Little Mountain, the Mount Pleasant gallery and venue, drew the attention of Vancouver City Hall’s bylaw inspectors after numerous noise complaints were made about the venue. As a result, the venue is currently holding a moratorium on live music performances. Read More »

Discorder Celebrities’ Guide to Vancouver – 1

"...a Vancouver beyond Granville Street and Lonely Planet"

By Susanne Dewein

This guide is especially (but not exclusively) intended for those of you who are new to the city of Vancouver and who want to discover a Vancouver beyond Granville Street and Lonely Planet. Some of the finest people this city has to offer were willing to share their favourite locations. Now it’s up to you to make the best of it! Welcome to Vancouver and enjoy!

Andy Dixon

Andy Dixon, photo by Robert Fougere

Andy Dixon, photo by Robert Fougere

Andy Dixon is a Vancouver wunderkind, who not only produces his own music—under a number of names, but he’s most well known as Secret Mommy —he runs Ache Records, works as a graphic designer and spins records as half of the DJ duo Girl Fight!

Restaurant

“Nuba [1206 Seymour / 146 East 3rd / 207 West Hastings]. There are three of them in Vancouver now. They serve Lebanese food (falafel, lentils, etc.) which, granted, is not particularly hard to find in this city. What makes Nuba spectacular, though, is its quality. I literally have stopped eating other falafel since tasting their Garden Falafel (which has a whack of avocado on it!). It must be made of ground unicorn horn or something. They also have amazing decor (specifically at the Main & 3rd location.)” Read More »

Editor’s Note

That "we listen to a surprising amount of rap" magazine from CiTR 101.9 FM

By Jordie Yow

Dear Discorder:

It has come to our attention that school is starting again soon. If you are starting school, then it’s quite possible that you are new in town, in which case Discorder welcomes you with an article designed to get you acclimatized to your new locale. We spoke to some of our favourite people in town and asked them what they would recommend to people who are fresh off the proverbial boat. Even if you’ve lived in Vancouver since you emerged from your mother’s womb, you might still learn of a place that you hadn’t thought of visiting before. I certainly hadn’t been aware that Mr. Lee’s General Store & Haberdashery even existed until Andy Dixon mentioned it for this article. Check it out on page 11. Read More »

Black Mountain

More Folk, More Metal - Steve McBean on Black Mountain’s Recipe for Wilderness Heart

Interview by Colin Throness

Art by Melanie Coles

Art by Melanie Coles

Discorder: Wilderness Heart comes out on Sept. 14. Would you say it’s your best work so far?

Steve McBean: I don’t know. It just fits into the whole thing. I like the first two records too, but yeah, we’re proud of this one. It was fun to make. It’s different, but it’s what we’re doing right now.

D: The “Old Fangs” video has a wicked ’70s-rock-odyssey-road-trippy feel to it. Was that what you had in mind when you wrote the song?

SM: I don’t know, we just had the riffs for a while and stuff. For the video we were kind of going for the two-lane-black-top, “Lucifer Rising” vibe. It’s kind of a road song.

D: Do you consider it a teaser for Wilderness Heart in terms of sound?
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