30. Pride Tiger
This beer-soaked, ‘70s-influenced riff-rock quartet (made up of former members of 3 Inches of Blood and S.T.R.E.E.T.S.) is, sadly, no more. If you never got a chance to see them live, you really missed out; rarely have you seen four guys having so much fun on stage. The crowd always had a pretty killer time, too. Read More
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Best of the Decade: 30-11
"...the musical genre of Completely Most Awesome"
By Discorder staff (and more!)
Best of the Decade: 50-31
"Here's to another ten years of more of this"
By Discorder staff (and more!)
Art by Lindsey Hampton
So as we say goodbye to 2009 and the awkwardness of not knowing what to call the ten years that preceded it (”The aughts”? “The 2000s”? “The zeros”?), let’s get down to that favourite activity of compulsive music nerds (and indeed, compulsive nerds everywhere): making lists. Read More
Riff Raff
Top Ten 7"s of 2009 (in no particular order)
By Bryce Dunn
Mojomatics / Another Cheat On Me/Down in the Graveyard (Douchemaster)
Italian garage-blues duo that kicks it up a few notches on this one, but everything else they’ve done to date is also stellar.
Sex Church / Dead End/Let Down (Sweet Rot)
Primal and pounding noise rock that begs more listens—from the spawn of a Defektor and Master Ape brain child. Read More
Editor’s Note
that pregnant with lists magazine from CiTR 101.9 fm
By Jordie Yow
Dear Discorder
Lists. Most music nerds love making them. They are always indulgent and subjective. Is one band really better than another or is it just a matter of personal preference? While it’s easy to say that the Beatles are better than my buddy’s bar band, are they better than Throbbing Gristle or are they just different? Read More
Dylan Thomas and the Mystery of Bob Dylan’s Cheque
"I got [Bob Dylan's] SOCAN royalties"
By Chris-a-Riffic
Various Artists
Quadruple Dare (Self-Released)
Review By Miné Salkin
Quadruple Dare
Blockhead
The Music Scene (Ninja Tune)
Review By Doug Mackenzie
Blockhead scours the bargain bins of Brooklyn’s record stores for random, obscure treasures, hauling them home to his turntables and sampler to craft his art. There, he sifts through the music hidden in the grooves and extracts the phrases that speak to him—a drum break here, some of that blues guitar, maybe a bit of harpsichord or flute arpeggio, breathy jazz vocal verse and sitar. Read More
Best of the Decade: 10-1
"...we cannot think of any band more deserving of being named Vancouver's greatest band of the decade"
By Discorder staff (and more!)
Art by Lindsey Hampton
They were only a band for about five years and they haven’t been a band for more than five, but I still haven’t seen any band live more times than I saw the Red Light Sting. They inhabited the same sonic real estate as countless other early-’00s bands, mixing No Wave and hardcore in spastic fashion, but something about the quintet set them apart from their contemporaries. Maybe it was the tag-team attack of Gregory Adams’ quiet-loud-then-louder vocals and the punctuating shouts of Zoë Verkuylen. Or maybe it was the way Verkuylen stabbed at her synth like she was soundtracking an 8-bit video game. Maybe it was the way Paul Patko and Geoff MacDonald held down the low end with the kind of precision that made all of the sonic chaos that was piled over top of it danceable. Maybe it was Andy Dixon’s razor sharp riffing. Or maybe it was something that I’ll never quite put my finger on. What I do know though, is that when Discorder asked me for a list of “the best local acts of the decade,” it took awhile to decide how to fill spots 2-10, but I had “the Red Light Sting” penciled in at #1 immediately. Read More »