Posted in music, tagged Isobel Trigger, USS on May 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Victoria band and April band of the Month, Isobel Trigger, stopped by The Zone Afternoon Show the other day for a live performance. The group covered the USS song “Yin Yang.”
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The latest episode of Fact Checking the Morning Show. The Zone Morning Show host Dylan Willows did his Kermit the Frog impression on the radio. I wanted to have it critiqued by an expert.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Courtney Barnett, Explosions in the Sky, Kyla La Grange, National Geographic, New Arcades, Waters on April 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
My friend Alix was cleaning out some old records the other day and asked if I’d make a good home for them. She has a good taste in tunes so I said, “ok.”
One of the records she dropped off yesterday, Explosions in the Sky‘s The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place.
A beautiful record.
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I want to shout out to all the free radicals that check out the blog, “heart” some of the songs on Hype Machine, or throw me a “like” on Facebook.
I read this study on Nat Geo about how success breeds success… and those first few likes or attention can snowball to greater attention. The article might be worth your time if you’re in a band or any sort of attention industry.
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Still loving Waters.
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My man Pol was saying that Courtney Barnett was pretty choice on Jimmy Fallon last night. You should watch that.
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Lastly, The New Arcades remixed Kyla La Grange’s “The Knife.”
There we go….
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Alan Cross, Sean Ross, The Orwells, The Pretty Reckless on April 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Alan Cross asks on his blog today, “Does Alternative Radio Need to Rock More?”
He says that today’s alternative radio is more akin to the original spirit of alternative music than maybe people give it credit for…because grunge.
AC had read Sean Ross’ bit in Billboard which got the wheels turning.
Sean is great because he comes from the school of “stats don’t lie.” He talks in facts and offers insight into the world of trends. I love this line, “So does alternative radio need to rock? A little more. But only a little.”
He goes to to explain the history of the format, and how the textures and songs fit into the narrative of alternative radio, and ultimately to ratings success.
One song that Sean pulled out to illustrate a song that “rocks” in that traditional sense but is also melodic for mass appeal is actress Taylor Momsen‘s band The Pretty Reckless.
Personally, not my style but I can get behind the appeal. Reminds me a bit of a Joan Jett for the year 2014.
A rock band that has been turning my crank for the past couple weeks is a group called The Orwells.
While getting ready for the day this morning, I punched up KEXP in Seattle, and John in the Morning dropped the needle on this cut. So good.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Junior Prom, Waters on April 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I have a minor obsession with Junior Prom‘s “Shelia Put The Knife Down.” I heard it the other day on Alt. Nation. At first I laughed and said to my wife, “this is silly.”
And then I was singing it all weekend.
NEXT!
The band is called Waters and they’re from San Francisco (land of the dark wizards!). They have a hot jingle called “Got to My Head.” Song is nice, but I really dig this Geographers remix. You might too.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged The Iron Heart on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The Iron Heart are a rock & roll band based out of San Francisco…or maybe Napa? California. They sent over their cut “Woman.”
Let’s be more than friends, please “like” the blog on Facebook.
Also… what the heck is a “fortnight?”
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Bon Iver, Satchmode on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
LA’s Satchmode sent of over his downtempo dreamscape remix of Bon Iver’s “Holocene.”
I like dreams, and I like Bon Iver, so we better hit play on this.
Hey, did you know The Morning After Show is on Facebook? It’s true! Don’t be shy, throw my a “like.”
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Wild Cub on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Nashville, Tennessee’s Wild Cub are releasing their song “Colour” as a single in the UK. They sent over their fresh music video. Let’s gather ’round the Youtube machine to have a gander.
Wild Cub is currently playing some shows in the US with Vampire Weekend. Then its of to the UK for seven headliner shows. Here is their North American radio single, “Thunder Clatter.”
Go with yourself.
Posted in music on April 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Photo Stolen without a gun from Mr. Francis’ Facebook page.
Coming off Dillon Francis‘ celebrated Coachella set, the Moombahton producer shared his remix of Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.”
Just bounce to this!
Dillon Francis is cool.
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Happy Easter! I hope your weekend was great. Coral and I took the kids to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in the suburbs of Vancouver. Good times. We made it down to West 4th for a bit of a rainy Saturday adventure. Ate some doughnuts, shopped, ate some tacos.
Before the long weekend I picked up a DJ gig at Upstairs Cabaret. Every time I DJ I do learn some lessons and last week was no exception.
Jagwar Ma will piss off people who like classic rock (there was a Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute show earlier) AND people who like electronic music. huh… I love them, but I guess I’m an Island on that.
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Steve James sent me a remix of Zhu’s “Faded.”
Rad.
Go with yourself.
Posted in music, tagged Kim Churchill on April 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Kim Churchill is a young man from Southern Australia who made his way to Canada. His recent album, Silence/Win, was recorded in Ucluelet and Vancouver. Last night he was in Victoria for a show at Lucky Bar…and tonight he is in Vancouver.
I asked Kim Churchill why he wanted to work on his new album on Vancouver Island.
“I had done albums in the past were we worked in these big studios in the city. It wasn’t my thing. I felt like I lost a lot of the things that happen for me on the the day-to-day, that keep me calm and who I am.”
Kim said that he needed to find a place, “suited for me.
“The perfect spot was the Tofino/Ucluelet region.”
Yesterday he recorded his single “Window to the Sky” live in the Zone studio.
Go with yourself.
Posted in Capital Rock City, music, tagged Bipolar Sunshine, Dear rouge, Neon Steve on April 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Capital Rock City time…some sounds out of Victoria. Neon Steve is local producer/DJ who spends his hours crafting new beats or travelling the world performing. I’ve had the chance to meet him once, quality dude. For those of you outside the Capital Region, Goldstream is a park.
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On Saturday, Vancouver’s Dear Rouge took the boat over to perform at Lucky Bar. The husband/wife team and Peak Performance winners (2012) currently have the #5 song on modern Rock Radio in Canada. Neat. They hung out with Jon Williams on Saturday afternoon and recorded their hit “I Heard I Had.”
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Tomorrow I hope to have some live Kim Churchill for you. Wednesday will feature The Zolas.
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Bonus cut not from Victoria… just showed up on my Soundcloud feed and I dug it. Bipolar Sunshine is from manchester, England.
Go with yourself.
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