The BIG music story in Canada on a Monday, new City and Colour record this summer. Dine Alone records doesn’t have much except to say its coming this summer and they shared a first single called “of space and time.”
Dallas Green will be doing festivals this summer….. fingers crossed that means a return to Victoria.
Not bad, not bad.
City and Colour will be part of SXSW going on this week in Austin, Texas.
Go with yourself.
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Went on a bit of nostalgia trip this weekend at The Veneto Lounge. Remembered a couple songs we used to play on the Zone back in the mid-2000s.
Trolling the net I found a demo of She Wants Revenge‘s 2005 single “These Things.”
I remember interviewing them back in the day (they were really tired and kinda grumpy… DJ Adam 12 tried to be friendly), but I don’t think I kept the audio, so it probably didn’t happen.
I remember the record well as it was popular on radio in ’05/06. The band even toured to Victoria. I hadn’t really thought about the song too much till I was scanning some old MP3s on my laptop and thought, “huh.”
Once I had She Wants Revenge going my mind drifted to another single that had a day on the radio. Another dark, jangly, modern popper…. Birmingham’s Editors, “Munich.” Also a 2005 jammer.
Go with yourself.
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Today I got a Victoria band for you to check out called Man Made Lake.
There aren’t too many of those around here, but man, head to Alberta, they got more than two.
They sing a more mature, bluesy, brooding rock and roll. There were a couple interesting songs on Murky Waters for sure and they sing about Bourbon!!
One that really caught my attention was earlier on the record, “Freeway.”
The song starts as a Bruce Springsteen-esque melodrama and it caught my attention. While I continued plucking away at my office work, my ear went back to the record and I thought it had changed songs. The song develops into something different than the beginning. It required a repeat play for sure.
Go with yourself.
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Vancouver pop due The Zolas have created a music video for the song “Escape Artist” off the 2012 album Ancient Mars. Their album which we’ll find on Light Organ Records, is a pretty solid listen. “Escape Artist” is a stand out.
Zach Gray talks to NPR about the song: “I was writing about the feeling of having a more vivid version of yourself suppressed inside you. There’s a version of us that says ‘yes’ to everything and seeks out little adventures and has a healthy disregard for dumb rules, and every time that person gets close to the skin, the other part of us goes “Whoa, whoa. Can’t we just chill out tonight?”
The music video is an interesting drama that unfolds over the quick 2:48 of the song. The lyrics of the song are interpreted in a way that maybe is not fully apparent at first, the but the song fits the narrative so perfectly.
OK, The Zolas didn’t make Spin’s 40 MUST SEE artists to check out at this year’s SXSW, but they would be on my top 40!
I asked Zach about the title of the record Ancient Mars. Great name right? And he referred me to YouThink Magazine: “I think Ancient Mars is a bit of a nerdy metaphor that I’ve always liked. We’re getting all of these pictures from the Mars Curiosity rover, and so scientists have been saying that there was a good chance there was water or vegetation at some point. Now we’re getting photographs of rounded pebbles that look like they’ve been in a riverbed on Mars. It’s interesting to think that Mars had its hay day, but two billion years later there’s next to no evidence of any of that ever happening; there was life, there was water, there were canyons, and now there’s nothing. It kind of reminds me of the quick intentional relationships we have when we’re young. At some point that person was the most exciting, most optimistic part of your life, and then you switch schools, or move away or maybe they just drift apart. Then two years later you run into that friend, ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend at that store somewhere and it’s just barren – there’s nothing there between you. In my mind, Ancient Mars is that beautiful place you can’t go back to once you’ve left.”
Go with yourself.
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Originally from Victoria and operating as The Raccoons, then briefly Jakarta… now they live in Vancouver (I think), are signed at Arts & Crafts, and call themselves Gold & Youth.
Record will be out May 14th called Beyond Wilderness. And if you’re way cooler than me, you’ll bro down with these guys during SXSW. Say hi to Matt and Jeff from me!
Go with yourself.
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My chillwave man Baths is back with new music. The follow up to 2010’s Cerulean will be called Obsidian. Look for it on May 28th on Anticon.
Wait a minute… Cerulean, like Cerulean Storm? Obsidian like Obsidian Oracle?
Did Will Wisenfeld read Dark Sun novels?
Here’s the first taste, “Miasmas Sky.”
Baths will be touring with The Postal Service, but I don’t see him on the Vancouver date.
Go with yourself.
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Great news today that took me on a nostalgia trip… R.E.M.’s Warner Bros. debut Green will be getting a reissue. The 1988 record will be a deluxed CD that includes some art and live recordings. There will also be a vinyl package that recreates the original 1988 art.
I know that Green doesn’t always get the love in the pantheon on amazing R.E.M. records…but to me personally, it will always be a favourite. For some reason, this record was the R.E.M. album I would jam almost every night before bed in high school (well this and Alice In Chains). Before falling asleep, I’d read and have my discman blasting. I’d just listen to albums front-to-back-to-front over and over till I fell asleep. I’d wake up with the headphone cord wrapped all over the place.
I think one of my earliest concious memories of R.E.M. is being 10-years-old and watching the Fox sitcom Get a Life featuring… “Stand”
Go with yourself.
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Coachella will be expanding minds in the California desert come April. Maybe you’re going? Must be nice. If the festival isn’t literally blocks from my apartment and I can’t bring my kid, I don’t go.
I got an email today from a band out of Orange County (is that a town or a region?) that will be playing the festival. They are called The Colourist.
Right away, I appreciate the proper spelling of colour. I love the vocal from drummer Maya Tuttle tucked back there in the mix. Their first single was “Wishing Wells” and now we get “Little Games.”
My favourite thing about festivals is exploring and experiencing new surprise bands. I was THIS close to working out a trip to California this year. I can just tell that if I was drinking that fine watered down American beer in a giant can (you know, if you made stronger beer, you could use smaller cans), and it was 30 degrees in the afternoon…I’d be so down with The Colourist.
This talk reminds me I was working on a Sasquatch 2013 Playlist for my mixcloud! Coming soon friends. (probably next week)
Also… maybe take a minute to check out my interview with K-Os.
Go with yourself.
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I think we say Vancouver band The Matinee… but they’re Coquitlam guys to me. The Matinee put out a record last week called We Swore We’d See The Sunrise.
Their tour has this alt-country-ish sounding band crossing Canada. They are in Victoria on Friday, March 8th at Club 9one9.
They will also be part of the Squamish Music Festival in August!
Let’s have a listen to the first single “Young and Lazy.”
Go with yourself.
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Amazing heads up from my radio friend Madeline over at CBC Victoria. She shared this link from a design blog that posted about a flower arrangement inspired by Band of Horses most excellent 2006 record Everything All The Time.
READ Author SarahB’s Sound Garden: Everything All The Time
Living in the Garden City, many of us dabble in the world of making things grow. How wonderful would it be to theme that patio jungle after a favourite band, album, or song.
SarahB created an arrangement based on a favourite record of both myself and my wife Coral. We love this album and have been fortunate enough to see Band of Horses in concert a few times.
The arrangement is base don the ancient looking forest depicted on the cover. The seen reminds me a lot of what we’d discover trekking through the bush on our Island.
The blog post takes you through a step-by-step process of playing with the colour green, ferns, mosses, and flowers.
What a fun project inspired by and amazing album. Though Band of Horses might not be your pick… I am sure you have an album or band that could shape your garden and personal space.
Go with yourself.
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