01) Armchair Cynics – “Believe”
02) Armchair Cynics – “Never Gave it a Chance”
03) Armchair Cynics – “Can’t Sleep”
04) Armchair Cynics – “Kelly”
Today is a fun CRC. my friend Double R came by the studio with a copy of his band’s latest album, Starting Today. We talk about life in the Armchair Cynics, what happened to Adam Sutherland the guitar player, the new guitar player, some of the lyrical meanings and stories behind a few songs. The flaming armchair on the cover, music videos. good times.
Did you know that the Armchair Cynics have a CD release party in Victoria on November 14th @ Sugar? Or how about the fact they play Vancouver on December 16th @ Venue?
Now you do.
That’s all I got this week. Thank you for downloading Capital Rock City. If you like the show, please help spread the word and tell a friend or share the link.
Next week should have JP Maurice coming by the studio for a live performance and somewhere down the pipe, the live CRC is starting to take shape. Date/time,place, featured artist still being hammered out.
Happy Tuesday, time to punch up an all new Capital Rock City. Thank you for finding my weekly Victoria rocker podcast. The march to 1,000 weekly downloads, as always, continues. You’re doing your part for me when you share a link with a friend or post a little sumtin sumtin on your social media network.
01) No Don’t Stop – “Bleached Bones”
02) Sunday Buckets – “Aftermathmatics”
03) A Trophy Life – “Samsonite (I Was Way Off) [live]”
04) A Trophy Life – “New Song [live]”
I was hoping to have JP Maurice on the show this week, but while I was away getting hitched in Vegas, he went and moved to Vancouver! SWA? The man did say he’ll try and make some time to hit the CRC studio sometime in and around Halloween. So maybe CRC 78 or 79… or maybe 80? Beggars can’t be choosers, so when he comes, he comes.
The show starts with a real interesting and dirty ditty from Cowichan Bay. Jess is my kindred musical doppelganger spirit. We have a similar taste in tunes and spend times late at night on twitter sharing music. She sent me a heads up the band No Don’t Stop.
Sunday Buckets got their name from the days when they first came together. They mostly had Mondays off work and would jam Sunday nights and drink beers… I guess by the bucket?
We’ll have a chance to see our October Band of the Month on Thursday, October 29th at Evolution night club. Wear your costume! Pay no cover, win prizes.
What the heck is “aftermathmatics?”
The show ends with some acoustic rock and roll from The Zone’s September band of the month, A Trophy Life. ATL is currently in Ontario doing a tour of malls. Fun.
That’s all I got this week. Next week? hmmm… maybe I should drag Double R into the studio with a few pints and we’ll tear into Double R’s new record “Starting Today?” What say you Ryan?
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I am off on holiday tomorrow, and the next Capital Rock City will be in the distant future (like October15th or 16th). Don’t be shy, explore some old (but still fly) CRCs!
Friday night last week, it was my buddy (my bro-ski) Double R’s birthday. We all met at Razer’s apartment downtown for some pints and to wax all nostalgic for years past. Razer plays guitar and keys (see above) for Acres of Lions and he had just got back from Vancouver where AOL recorded a music video for the song “Dance Sequence.” The is still being produced but there are some great candids from the film set on their facebook page. Check it out! and add them as a fan.
Acres of Lions are playing Hallowfest on October 31st at Saanich Commonwealth Place. Just $10! Believe it.
I had promised a Laundronaut song every week till we grind through their album…. but then last week I fell off the wagon so this week I present song number 2, “Come Clean.”
Now I must apologize for this week’s show which is kinda brutal, mostly because I didn’t put a lot of love in and wanted to get it done. Tomorrow I am off on holidays so doing multiple takes, or researching, or writing… was not on the menu… but next week (or the week after) I will have a treat from JP Maurice. He has promised to come by and perform a song exclusively for Capital Rock City. It is one of my all-time favourites from Maurice and song they have never recorded (that I know of) or even play live anymore, which is too bad, because its a pretty rad song.
Jason Walsh messaged me the pother day saying he got wind of the Capital Rock City podcast from Two (thank you Two for being a good soldier for the podcast and sharing with a friend). Jason sent me some music he working on and I like the style. Kinda Bob Dylan-ish? sure.
The show end with another goodie from Steph Macpherson.
Next week’s episode will be late (October 15th or 16th), and likely I think its time for a recap show where I grab some special moments from the past while OR actually I have a ton of live tracks recorded on my afternoon show in the Zone studio, so maybe I’ll do that. I have a Dudes song, A Trophy Life, Said The Whale and Vince Vaccaro. Yup that sounds like a plan for CRC 77.
I really wanna watch Hells Kitchen but the baby or Coral have lost the Shaw Box remote… so bed time then an early morning wake-up call and a trip to Vegas. Talk to you next week.
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Not the first time I’ve featured the Crap Fartus Crew on podcast. JP Maurice is a multi-instrumentalist with the CFC and I recently (well not THAT recently I guess) had a chance to the CFC and every time these guys, they get so much better. They made a music video for the song I played, “City Drift.”
Rabbit are some great guys. I seem to chat with them on twitter all the time. You can see Rabbit live this Thursday at Evo. In fact, The Zone’s Back To School Party Bus might pay them a visit this Thursday!
Some new bands for me, Moss Rock and Purple Grimus are also playing this Thursday at The V Lounge.
That’s all I got for this week. next week I have a great singer/songwriter cat named Jason Walsh to play for you. Some more Steph Macpherson, likely some more Laundronauts and Acres of Lions.
It has been almost a week since the last time I blogged! Zoinks, sorry for that. Lets get this thing back on track with this week’s Capital Rock City podcast.
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The podcast starts with a fantastic song serving as my intro music/bed from Edmonton artist The Artisan Loyalist.
Aiden Knight is performing this Friday as part of Rifflandia at the Alix Goolden Hall. I hope I don’t this story too wrong, but my understanding is that he will be playing with The O’Darling from the center of the Universe, Canada, Toronto.
I thought the O’Darling have a very pretty sound.
Steph Macpherson has been working on her new music from quite sometime. I know this because I’ve been bugging her to send me music for what seems like an entirety. It obviously is not an eternity, that would be a long time… but it was awhile. Worth the wait? You bet, she sent me four songs in total and a couple truly stood out. I played one of my faves this week, “Best of Us.” Take the time to have a listen and make you’re own judgment. Reminds me a bit of Sarah Harmer. If I had any critique, its the songs are too short! I want more Steph… Gawd, I am a demanding radio talker eh? I get the songs for free and its not enough.
A gentleman named Peter Gardener turned me on to his new project Forestry. He warned me the band is still in its infancy but I enjoyed the style. Lo-fi indie pop done well. I played “Owl” which I found to be the more interesting of the two cuts sent over. Reminded me of another song but I can’t place it, so maybe that is its strength?… it reminds you of things you like.
The show ends with a chit chat with Gareth and Stephen from The Laundronauts. We know and love the Laundronauts as that band that still presses their find music on vinyl. For their new album they took it to level 17. They traveled to Detroit Rock City to record in an analog studio with some famous mucky muck. Then they went about pressing their full length ‘Come Clean’ on white vinyl! Who does that anymore. This week I played their feature song “Stain.” They are working on a music video which is coming soon and I’ll be sure to post on my blog when its done. There are more than a few songs I love off the record (and its just plain fun firing up the record player in the Capital Rock City studio) so you’ll be hearing more off their LP in the coming weeks.
the boys say its funny. When they are at show they will have the CD master for $12 and the LP on vinyl right beside it for $15 and when someone comes up to buy the music and they see to the two products side-by-side, they almost always spring for the vinyl LP. Better value.
That’s all I got for you today. Thank you for downloading the show. If you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoy making it, please share the link with a friend and help spread the word.
“My bad day won’t equal his.” – Saul from the song ‘Sunday’
One of these days I will need to hop in into Webmeister Bud’s office and see where Capital Rock City stands on the march to 1,000 weekly downloads. The blogs hits on a Tuesday/Wednesday tend to be strong so I hope that is translating.
01) Saul – “Sunday”
02) Funk Vigilante – “Top of The World”
03) Saul – “Right From Wrong”
04) Reaver – “Corvis”
The boys of Saul came by the Capital Rock City studio on Quadra Street to chit chat about their album ‘All Gods to the Front.’ We fondly remember The Moffatts, talk about full arm sleeve tattoos, recording in a warehouse, going on tour, adding crowd SFX to recorded tracks and play some of Saul’s fave local Vic rockers, Funk Vigilante and Reaver.
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Funny story, I am out at The Station House pub on a Friday night. Meet a couple rad Zoners and we get to talking about the “podcast where I lay down some sick beats.” Oh Capital Rock City?
That’s the one. The one guy tells me he downloaded it once and loved the music bed I used… OK, nice and the other guys says he follows it every week… but has never heard it! He reads about it from my blog, Facebook, The Zone dot FM.
I wonder, are there others out there that follow Capital Rock City from the blog/facebook but don’t actually download the show? Hey! You’re the guy I need the MOST to take the next step in our relationship, I’m ready, you’re ready, let’s take this to second base and actually download Capital Rock City.
And since we’re both feeling really sexy tonight, maybe you’ll consider subscribing using this handy dandy RSS feed or searching ‘Capital Rock City’ on iTunes and having the podcast delivered to your computer every week.
Right, so this week I was supposed to have Saul on the show… pushed them back to next week. This week I start by saying “Said the Wheel” instead of “Said the Whale.” Ha, I talk for a living.
Miranda of The Paper Cranes comes on CRC 72 chit-chatting about the BREAKING NEWS that the pride of Esquimalt will now be a duo. whoa.
Uh oh, I have to fire another fact checker here at Capital Rock City. I asked for bands on Facebook and Jessica McCool sent me a link to one of her faves. I assumed the dude was from Vic (or maybe Van or something) and included his music, which I thought was pretty good. Turns out the man is from Toronto! Zoinks, not very 100 mile audio diet of me. My bad. Talented song writer, very cordial in the emails we exchanged, so whatever. Free song on a podcast.
* fun fact * Jessica McCool used to be a weekend announcer on The Zone circa… hmmm, 2003? 2004?
Said the Whale are great stuff…we did a show in the Sault! All the great West Coast music is making it really tempting for me to move back west.
4 minutes ago
Tyler from Said the Whale came on the show to talk about the character in his song “Camilo.” He is a real dude and he performs magic card tricks at parties.
Look for Said the Whale in Victoria on September 24th playing in Element as part of the Rifflandia Festival.
We call CRC 72 a podcast with an acoustic ditty from We Are Seven. cool band name, based on an olden days poem.
“I’ve been alive/2005 Victoria/I laid a lot of high fives”
I remember that! The guys have always had a special place in their heart(s) for our Island city because they do some of their biggest crowds outside of Calgary here. They too will be part of Rifflandia. A Zoner called into the show letting me know about that. thank you mystery Zoner person.
That’s all I got. If you like the podcast or think maybe someone you know might, please share the link with a friend and I’ll talk at you next week.
A day late a buck short… I’m writing the report… oh wow, Blink 182? really?
Capital Rock City #71 is a couple days late, and I apologize to you passionate CRCers out there who wait breathlessly each and every week for your fix of some fine BC rock & roll. Corj and I took Mads on a trip of the interior, then yesterday was just way too busy and I was sick and blah blah blah… yeah.
Today is the day, and I thank you for finding Capital Rock City and downloading the show.
Vince Vaccaro crafted a video for an alternate recording of one my favourite VV cuts, “Costa Rica.” Whenever I play this song for someone they become a Vince fan. Both my sister and Coral love the song. The video is an excellent DIY creation and well worth about 3 minutes of your time.
The only thing Vince… I noticed a shot of Vancouver radio station The Peak 100.5, but no clips of The Zone? next video I’m sure.
Our September Band of the Month ’round these parts is a group called A Trophy Life. You can hit the Band of the Month PAGE on THEZONEDOTFM and download some songs for totally free man.
TV Heart Attack is a Vancouver band that I have featured on the show before. Peak (and former Zone) music director James Sutton turned me on to the group. They recently competed in the Peak’s Performance Project where they were a finalist.
TVHA’s new record is called Lost in the Sway and is available now at finer record stores or on iTunes.
On October 20th I will have been married for 9 days AND I’ll be able to get my paws on the brand spanking new Daniel Wesley record. Before taking off on holidays last week, Daniel came by the Zone and recorded a song called “Pilgrimage.”
The shows today starts with a fine taste of the group Holy Fuck. I love this group with features the dude from the band By Devine Right! remember them?
Holy Fuck is going to be in Victoria for the Rifflandia Festival and as luck would have it, they are playing on the only night I have free that weekend to hit a rock show! Rifflandia looks amazing this year and I wish I could check out more shows… I know a few Morning After Show readers would be interested in Sam Bradley… yup, he’s playing too all you R Pattinson fans.
Next week on CRC 72 I am hoping to have the boys of Saul in the studio. Steve of the band Rotterdam and his set of Vic metal for CRC 73 and then maybe Two and I will be ready for the special live acoustic CRC 74? maybe?
That’s all I got, thank you for downloading Capital Rock City and if you like the show, please share it with a friend.
That’s right sports rock fans, its time to put the hooks in a brand new Capital Rock City. The march to 1,000 weekly downloads continues and it can happen if you do your part by:
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b) subscribing to Capital Rock City on iTunes
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01) Saul – “Its Never Enough”
02) Hollydene – “Friday, I’m In Love”
03) Sunday Buckets – “Man in the Moon”
04) Day In The Life – “Where’s Your Imagination”
OK Saul fans, is it time that David got that second armed all tattoo’d up or what?
In 1992, The Cure released their 9th studio album, Wish. One of their most endearing singles from that album was a track called “Friday I’m In Love.” Hollydene covered it.
Last Saturday, I went to a hall party at the James Bay Rugby Club. All the fine lovelies running around the party had the Sunday Bucket’s album blaring. Great album. The song I chose this week for CRC is one of their slower cuts, but it stood out for me when I placed the record on while getting ready for my radio show the other day.
The final track from this week’s Capital Rock City comes a band I think is a Jesus Rock Band? They have that Christian vibe about them, the song I played on Capital Rock City is about not trying to figure stuff out… and having faith. Sure, whatever helps you sleep. DITL sent me a music video for this song. Very DIY. The band gets top marks for tenacity, but if rock stardom or heck… even heavy play on Christian radio is their goal, then they’ll want to think about putting more effort (or hiring someone) to record and edit their videos and music. Coupled with the fact that I wanted to find their website to link for you and couldn’t. or find the video on youtube for you to enjoy and couldn’t means… I dunno… that is just weird. Change the band name to something more unique? Get your friends to hit your sites more so it pushes up on the google machine?
That’s all I got. Off on a little vacation next week so CRC 71 will be a day or two late. Thank you for downloading the show and taking a minute or two to read my ramblings.
The march to 1,000 weekly downloads of Capital Rock City continues with… uh, you downloading my podcast? But it really kicks into gear when you unleash the social media revolution and share my work with your friends and ex-boyfriends.
The more I listen to Saul’s latest work, the more I am impressed by the chunky fullness of the sounds. I do have a soft spot in my heart for riff-rock (I grew up in the suburbs of Vancouver jamming out CFOX) and this music kinda reminds me of Chevelle. I don’t know what will propel Saul to an opening slot of a Hinder concert, being a “rock” band can be a hard row to sow with a song about cheating on your girlfriend or drugs (of hopefully both). I am not sure if I’ve heard that break-out single from Saul yet… but maybe after a couple more listens. A few weeks back I jammed out a track called “Never Enough” and that song had a nice hook, so maybe I’ll need to revisit that cut or maybe a couple cuts for CRC #70. If you have some thoughts, I’d always love to hear them, in the comment section of my blog (or http://www.thezone.fm/jeremy readers can email me jeremy@thezone.fm).
I have a minor obsession with the CBC show The Tudors. I just discovered the program recently, and outside of the news and hockey, its the only reason I visit the Ceeb these days. The King in The Tudors is such a dick, but all the lady’s of the court are smoking hot, so I can see why the dude was always fucking anything in a dress and not managing his realm very effectively.
This attitude would eventually… well a century later, boil over to the First English Civil War. Supporters of the then King Charles would be called cavaliers. A cavalier is either, depending on which end of the pike you were standing, bold, dashing, religious, loyal, Calvary men of the King or… godless, drinking, frivolous men. I’ll need to have another listen to the Paper Cranes cut to hear who Ryan is singing about. I did like the prayer of one Cavalier before battle: “O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not forget me.”
Liz Beattie sent me a track to feature on my podcast this week, “Mermaids and Kings.” its alright, I like “Wherever You Go” from last week’s show so much better.
The show ends with a clip from chit-chat/live performance with Cage The Elephant. The song they played is called “Back Against The Wall.”
That’s all I got, thank you for downloading my podcast and please take a moment to find it in iTunes music store. You could rate it (highly I hope) leave a comment, subscribe to it… sure. And if you liked the show, maybe you’ll tell a friend about it.
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