Monthly Archives: December 2010

Party!

January 7th, Biltmore Cabaret

02 Sleeper
We liked working with Vancouver Is Awesome so much that we decided to throw a party with them. Come down enjoy a few drinks and listen to the sounds of some of Vancouver’s awesomest bands.

with Shearing Pinx & Gun Outfit, November 27 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Review By Nathaniel Bryce

No Age, photo by Steve Louie

Life Prowler
It still boggles my mind how much music there is out there and yet bands are still capable of shaping something new and sometimes interesting out of what has largely been done before. This past Saturday the cavernous confines of the Rickshaw played host to a trio of bands doing something forward moving, No Age being the draw for me, and the rest was mostly gravy. Read More »

with Tokimonsta, December 3 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Review By Jasper Walley

Photo by Jake Foster

06 We Could Forever
People never cease to surprise me. Bonobo, sold out? Like, really sold out? No-scalpers-around-big-long-line-people-looking-for-tickets-everywhere, that kind of sold out? What can I say; I was surprised to hear he was coming in the first place. Maybe there’s a largely untapped market for downtempo music in the city, or maybe I underestimated the power of his show during this year’s Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Read More »

with the Black Angels, November 30 @ Commodore Ballroom

Review By Andrea Bennett

Photo by Marlis Funk

01 The Hair Song
Most of the shows I’ve seen recently have taken place in (more or less) cozy basements. The trek to shiny, flashy Granville street on Tuesday set the tone for the rest of the evening, which featured more venue security, coat check requirements and dude-bros in one evening than I usually encounter in a month. Read More »

with Armen-Ra, November 26 @ Commodore Ballroom

Review By Andy Resto

Photo by Jon Pesochin

08 Honey Bee
The scene was as I imagined it would be sitting around pre-show: seeing multiple bearded older men wandering around, some lounging with their significant others hoping to relive the glory days. The younger generation was still represented plentifully, and this became more evident as the show neared and the floor began to crowd. A tremendous excitement, a rebellious punk energy hovered over the mass as the shades lowered on the windows. The critics all claimed an effort by Nick Cave to reclaim youth, to explore the roots of the Birthday Party again through this Grinderman experiment. We weren’t here to serenely enjoy the Southern blues, folk, and lovely poetic monologue of Cave heard in the Bad Seeds. This was going to be pure, chaotic rock and roll. Read More »

with Citizen Hands, the Hot Moonbeams & Crystal Swells, November 23 @ Railway Club

Review By Scott Mason

Another night of Shindig began this Tuesday at the Railway Club. It was definitely a nice place to get away from the biting cold! Not as big a turnout as last week but the crowd was warm and receptive and still told bad jokes at the joke break in between sets. Read More »

with Dead Ghosts, November 19 @ Biltmore Cabaret

Review By Dorothy Neufeld

Thee Oh Sees, photo by Steve Louie

I Was Denied
While fronting a weirdo German techno outfit Zeigenbock Kopf John Dwyer achieved notoriety by smuggling cocaine through the UK border a weirdo German- techno outfit, Thee Oh Sees front-man John Dwyer after this episode naturally smashed up a bar in his underwear only to awake days later in a London Hospital. Yet for those who have come to love San Francisco’s seminal garage-punk band, Thee Oh Sees this would come as no surprise. Dwyer, with his cracked teeth and gleaning retrospective ’60s fuzz creates a splitting sound, one which has made Thee Oh Sees the most prolific figures in San Francisco’s underground scene. Read More »

All Day (Illegal Art)

Review By Jamie Williams

How is one to compare Girl Talk’s new album, All Day, with the rest? Read More »

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Monthly Archives: December 2010

Party!

No Age

with Shearing Pinx & Gun Outfit, November 27 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Review By Nathaniel Bryce

Bonobo

with Tokimonsta, December 3 @ Rickshaw Theatre

Review By Jasper Walley

Black Mountain

with the Black Angels, November 30 @ Commodore Ballroom

Review By Andrea Bennett

Grinderman

with Armen-Ra, November 26 @ Commodore Ballroom

Review By Andy Resto

Shindig

with Citizen Hands, the Hot Moonbeams & Crystal Swells, November 23 @ Railway Club

Review By Scott Mason

Thee Oh Sees

with Dead Ghosts, November 19 @ Biltmore Cabaret

Review By Dorothy Neufeld

Girl Talk

All Day (Illegal Art)

Review By Jamie Williams

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