hooray there's a new fleet foxes vid

Seattle folk-rock sensations, Fleet Foxes, released a new video this week. The clip for "Grown Ocean" gets the 1970s-documentary treatment and they rock it.

You can catch Fleet Foxes in Vancouver next month. They're performing live at the Vogue Theatre on April 29 and 30. The band's second album, Helplessness Blues, is out May 3 on Sub Pop.

vancouver. vancouver.

Be online at 10am and then make a dash to the 10:20am ferry 

My Morning Jacket

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver

Don't miss tickets to see those wacky rockers, My Morning Jacket, when they go on sale at 10am today through Live Nation. The Kentucky band is a must-see live act, with their reverb-soaked sound and blend of alternative, alt country, folk and psychedelic rock. Just as entertaining are their fans who are known for turning up decked in everything from vintage suits and gowns to homemade robot, whale and penguin costumes.

My Morning Jacket will be playing songs from their new album Circuital and to celebrate they're offering free downloads on their website from their live gig at New York's Terminal 5 this past October and finishing with a song from the album on 12th April. 

WE: Vancouver—12 Manifestos for the City

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th March, 10am to 5pm

Vancouver Art Gallery

Once you've snapped up your My Morning Jacket tix, jump on board the boat to Vancouver and check out local Vancouver artist and clothing designer, Natalie Purschwitz, who will be making bags out of objects that the public brings her at the Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby Street) this weekend from 10am to 5pm I can't wait to see what she does with the hundreds of postcards I never got around to writing on... poor girl doesn't know what she's in for!

Purschwitz owns a women's clothing line under the label Hunt & Gather. Not to mention she also recently completed a year-long project called Makeshift, where she made every item that she wore, including shoes, socks, underwear, bathing suits, and coats, in order to examine the connections between clothing, making, and living.

Makeshift is currently one of the projects on display in the WE: Vancouver—12 Manifestos for the City exhibition at the VAG, which spotlights the practices, actions, and ideas that shape the city.

As an extension of the exhibit, Purschwitz will be on-hand in the gallery forecourt making bags for people who bring her items on a first-come, first-serve basis. There will be a sign-up sheet and Purschwitz will continue to take objects until her roster is full for the day. This is one ingenious gal.

Image credits:  blogs.courant.com, Huntandgather.ca

gary comeau has a hat to make the mad hatter jealous

and he sure knows how to play the fiddle

Gary Comeau and the Voodoo Allstars 
Fri 11 March, 8:00pm & Sun 13 March, 2:00pm
Garden Bay Pub, Sunshine Coast, BC

Gary Comeau and the Voodoo Allstars are making the Garden Bay Pub their home this weekend so the neighbours better get ready for some seriously high energy, New Orleans-style rockin roots and blues. 

With performances on Friday night at 8pm and Sunday afternoon at 2pm there is no excuse to miss this band. Why not make a weekend of it and stay at one of the Coast's many great B&Bs?!

Their gig at the Islands Folk Festival was described as "Take the rhythm of the Maritime Acadian music, season well with Louisiana zydeco blues, add a twist of Highway 61 era Dylan, serve it up with great showmanship, and you’ve got a potent musical cocktail that will have your head spinning and your feet dancing!"

Any mention of Dylan is enough to drag me there. But what I'm really keen to see is whether he bears any resemblence to Mr Bean? Cause he kinda has that eyebrow thing going on in the pictures... no???

For details on the band see Garycomeau.net - Oops, almost forgot to mention that entry is FREE!

Image credits: Cnv.org, flickr.com, flickr.com, Falconettis.com
 

there is more than cheap drinks on offer at the legion tonight

and katherine penfold has a new album

It's on again... Tonight is Indie Rock night at Sechelt Legion

Following Sinmobile's mental show at the Legion in January, they're back playing tonight (Sat March 5) with BONE Machine & Shanto. CHEAP drinks and NO cover (9:00pm).

Hip Hop Hooray - Volume 1 at Lil' Legion

The original beats & live performance by JoMega and Rich Cross tonight are sure to give the Roberts Creek Legion a beating. Expect loads of hip hop freaks losing their shit. Doors open at 9:00pm with an open mic by special guest MC Herc. The place will be pumping till 1:00am with DJ Yum Yum rocking the party until close. Tix are available at the door - $5 for members and $10 for guests.

Give Katherine Penfold's new album an airing

If the name doesn't mean much to you, it ought to. Katherine Penfold is new to the Coast but not new to music. If you missed her first live performance in Gibsons last week (as many of us did with the snowy weather) make sure you check in on her website for updates on when we'll be getting our next dose of jazzy, folky, bluesy, rockin' funk. Her album, Katherine Penfold, Live at The Park can be bought on www.katherinepenfold.com or from iTunes.

the name of the band is the black keys. the day of the concert is june 27.

The Black Keys

Deer Lake Park, Burnaby, BC

The boyfriend will never hear the end of it - we missed them at the Orpheum, we missed them at the Commodore, we missed them at every other gig before they became those big Grammy Award winning artists, and now we're going to have to do the crazy Summer concert thing and go nuts with thousands of others when The Black Keys hit the stage at Deer Lake Park on the 27th June.

The unassuming white boys out of Akron Ohio are kicking off their Canadian tour with their Vancouver show, in support of that award-winning album - that album that is called Brothers. It should be one heck of a concert with Cage the Elephant as the opening act.

The Georgia Straight is doing another one of their special ticket pre-sales from 10am to 10pm today (Friday 25 February). If you miss that, tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday 26 Feb and are priced at $45 (plus service fees) from Live Nation.

Image credit: ninebullets.net, nygroove.blogspot.com

7 great things about today

It's Groundhog Day! And Punxsutawney Phil, Nova Scotia's Shubenacade Sam and Ontario's Wiarton Willie have all predicted Spring! Hooray!

Listen up! San Fran rockers the Dodo's have given the world a sneak peak at their new album No Color. You can stream their song, "Black Night" here. They're playing at the Rickshaw in Vancouver on 31 March so get your tickets!

James Joyce and Farrah Fawcett both share a birthday. And it's just been announced that the red swimming suit and poster that Farrah made famous are being donated to the Smithsonian along with a bunch of her scripts from the first season of Charlie's Angels.

It's time to make some room on those credit cards again because UK band, the Klaxons, and Canada's Indie Rocker's, Tokyo Police club, are both playing in Vancouver in April. Tickets go on sale tomorrow and Friday so check out the Georgia Straight for information and pre-sale deets.

Yes, it's hump day and the weekend is just that little bit closer...

Dodo's photo by Mark Holthusen

autonomy of love

So I said I wouldn't be making any grand romantic gestures this Valentine's Day but I will eat my words for the Goldmoss Gallery. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this place. And if you haven't been to the Goldmoss Gallery then you should. They launched during the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl last year and I was smitten at first sight.

It seems I have a decision to make about what I'm going to be doing on Feb 12. And... it's just been brought to my attention that Dr Fun and the Painkillers are playing at Roberts Creek Hall. So while in the hood, maybe an art show then bopping away at a gig is the way to go? Argh decisions.

See: Goldmoss Gallery and Roberts Creek Community

two door cinema club

So the first of my faves from the Coachella line-up has announced they'll be playing Vancouver. Even better for us is that we'll be getting a preview of the band's set list before they head South for the festival.

The Northern Irish pop-rock trio will be playing at the Venue on April 11. You couldn't pick a better joint for the gig. They'll be rocking it!

The band will be showcasing tunes from their debut album, Tourist History, which mixes pop and rock with elements of electronica and Afro-beats.

Tickets for Two Door Cinema Club are priced at $18.00 (plus service fees) and go on sale this Friday (January 28), 10 a.m, at Livenation.com, but check out Straight.com for details of their presale today (Thursday Jan 27)  from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

music: pay off your credit cards kids...

There are some seriously good gigs coming to town!

2011 looked like it was starting slowly and I was beginning to get nostalgic for 2010 when the Editors and the Cribs rocked Vancouver, but thankfully a bunch of seriously good concerts have just been announced.

The Dodos, Thursday 31st March

The Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver

Without doubt the best gig I caught in 2009, and that includes a 3 day stint at Lollapalooza. This twosome rock! I have no idea how they can produce the sounds they do, but they are phenomenal live. I missed them when they played at Rifflandia last year so I'm super excited that they're heading our way again. If you check out their website dodos.net you can download a free track from their new album and catch a video of them in studio. Bring on March!

The Foals - Sunday 10th April

The Commodore, Vancouver

The Georgia Straight and Live Nation have just announced they're bringing the Foals to town in April. The group will be showcasing tunes from their latest album, Total Life Forever, which won album of the year at the 2010 Mercury Music Awards. Tickets for the Foals are priced at $21.50 (plus service fees) and go on sale this Friday (January 21), 10 a.m at livenation.com, but if you check out Straight.com you can take advantage of their presale which is on now (Thursday), from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Robert Plant, Sunday 17th April

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver

I think I'm going to be getting trigger happy on Friday with Live Nation also announcing that tickets to legendary rocker, Robert Plant will also go on sale tomorrow, 21st January. Plant will bring his Americana group the Band of Joy to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on April 17. The six-piece band, which features vocalist Patti Griffin and guitarist-vocalist Buddy Miller, will be performing tunes from its self-titled debut album, which includes the singles "Angel Dance" and "Can't Buy Me Love".

Tickets for Robert Plant and Band of Joy are priced at $115, $89.50, and $69.50 (plus service charges), and are available at livenation.com

The Pixies, Tuesday 3rd May

The Orpheum, Vancouver

The Pixies are bringing their “Dolittle Tour” to 13 Canadian cities this spring, their most extensive Canadian tour ever. Apparently they've done the North American tour to death, but as someone who only really started appreciating Frank Black 2 years ago, I can't wait.

For the Doolittle tour, the band will be performing all of the songs from their 1989 classic Doolittle and its related B-sides, “Weird at My School,” “Dancing the Manta Ray,” and “Bailey’s Walk”. An imaginative cinematic production has been created for the tour. Designed by long-time Pixies lighting designer Myles Mangino and designer Paul Normandale, the set features four huge, undulating, eyeball-like spheres flown just below the lighting rig and are part of the concert’s light show. Filmmakers Judy Jacobs, Tom Winkler, Brent Felix and Melinda Tupling were brought on board to create 11 films especially for the production. The films are projected onto a massive backdrop video screen to accompany 12 of the 21 songs that comprise the show.

Again, starting tomorrow, a limited number of tickets for the tour dates will be available through a special presale on pixiesmusic.com. In addition, all pre-sale purchases will include a “download taster” of live tracks from the “Doolittle” show. The public on-sale will kick off next Friday, January 28 – log onto pixiesmusic.com for all details. Lock in the date.

The Kills, Sunday 8th May

The Commodore, Vancouver

Never seem 'em. Probably should. Anglo-American indie garage-rock duo the Kills will play the Commodore on May 8. The group—composed of American singer Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince—will perform tunes from its latest album, Blood Pressures, with guests Cold Cave and the Entrance Band.

Got RSI yet? Now you will. You guessed it, tickets for the Kills are priced at $25 (plus service fees) and go on sale this Friday (January 21), 10 a.m., at livenation.com, but Straight.com readers are again being offered advantage presale today from 10am to 10pm. Take advantage of it by visiting their site for details.

Coachella, Friday 15th to Sunday 17th April

Empire Polo Field, Indio, CA

The Coachella lineup for this year’s festival has just been released, and so far I'm loving what I see. Besides headliners like Arcade Fire and The Strokes, they’ve also got other favorites like Two Door Cinema Club, Menomena, Elbow and Canadian group, Broken Social Scene. 

It all goes down April 15-17 in California, so that means we need to start planning…now. It's a better Easter treat than chocolate bunnies! Click here for more information and to buy tickets! And watch out for some of their line-up doing side shows in Vancouver....

Image Sources: last.fm, straight.com, coachella.com, deadjournalist.com

music + photos

Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra @ the Jordao PhotoGraphic Gallery

Sun 16 & Mon 17 Jan, 8pm

#2 - 626 Shaw Rd, Gibsons

I've had my eye on the jordao.ca website for awhile now, always interested to see what kind of music/gallery combo Raquel Fors is putting together, even though I haven't managed to get to one of their events yet. I'm hoping that will all change this weekend when they've got Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, the latin sounding gypsy/ska/folk/roots/indie band from Victoria playing to a backdrop of Raquel's latest photo exhibition, To The Bone. The gallery is located in the industrial area of upper Gibsons, not exactly the most attractive part of town, but if they can capitalize on the urban, grungy feel then this could be the coolest art + music series to hit the Coast in 2011. For more information on TMO, check out their myspace page here. Tix are $10 at Gaia's Fair Trade in Gibsons and MELOmania in Roberts Creek.

Image Source: myspace.com/tequilamock

music: get your gig fix this weekend

Carnival Era come to Lina's Lounge Saturday Night (Jan 15, 8:00pm)

Hastings and Crawford of Carnival Era have been playing up a storm on the Sunshine Coast over the past few months. I caught their gig at Lina's awhile back but have never seen them perform with the rest of the Carnival Era gang. These Indie darlings play an original score and Chelsea Crawford's vocals are captivating. Reservations recommended  http://linaslounge.com/

Sunday Blues Jam with Peter van Deursen at Garden Bay Pub Sunday (Jan 16, 1:00pm - 5:00pm)

I could think of worse ways to hide from the rain and/or snow this Sunday. The Garden Bay Pub is hosting a Blues Jam featuring Peter van Deursen on Hammond B3 Organ, legendary drummer Duris Maxwell, and on November 22, Juno Award winning bluesman Tim Hearsey on guitar and vocals. Music starts at 2:00 PM. Admission is free, and I hear the joint gets jumping!