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Hollerado “Pick(s) Me Up” with their new song.

November 20, 2012 by morningaftershow


Canadian fun-rocker power poppers Hollerado are putting out a new record in February called White Paint.  The boys in Hollerado are giving us more of what made them popular with Record in a Bag… fun, upbeat, catchy modern rock.  Song has the positive rock vibe which permeates through modern rock… I guess with a Democrat in the White House, we get treated to four more years of happy jams.

Hollerado falls into that space of popular music that has a more traditional rock & roll vibe.  Song has some boogy, it’s propulsive, and its fun without the obvious reference to “Foster The People” (which seems to be a common touch-point for bands right now sending in tunes to compare themselves to).

Hollerado just wrapped a tour with Passion Pit…if you were lucky enough to see that live, then probably you can agree when I say that Hollerado is a good times show.

Go with yourself.

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Listen to new Frightened Rabbit, “Dead Now”

November 20, 2012 by morningaftershow


New Frightened Rabbit will be available in February.  The record is called Pedestrian Verse and you can pre-order by hitting the website.   The Scottish emotive types have a song for us to check out and a new video.   I follow Scott Hutchinson on Instagram (@owljon) he takes lots of pictures of crazy & vintage signs,  recording, and generally life on the road.   The music video seems to reflect that aesthetic.

Solid Frighten Rabbit single.  Might need some repeat listens to rise up in the pantheon of great FR songs.

Go with yourself.

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LOCAL :: Listen to brand spanking new Hawk and Steel

November 19, 2012 by morningaftershow


Victoria’s Hawk and Steel are having a BIG Monday.  The folky, alt-country sounding group are releasing their new album Danger Road today…and playing a show with The Wooden Sky at Club 9one9.

Lots of very pretty and easy songs to listen to on this record.  I’ll start by posting a more upbeat or jaunty jingle.

I like this song as it reminded right away of the Rural Alberta Advantage.  The next song I have for you is a slower one, but to my ear, the slow dances are Hawk and Steel’s best songs.  They borrowed the violin talents of friend-of-the-show, Kiana Brasset.

Beautiful guitar tones build slowly into a big crescendo. Peter Gardner’s whisper-singing drives the narrative as the song builds and swirls.  He doesn’t lash out vocally, letting the bands crash it all down…the song locks into a meditative path of sound and noise in its second half. The song is a standout track to me.  As great as this song sounds on my computer, I can imagine a huge moment at the show tonight.

I am not sure what Jon Baglo‘s job in the band is (maschine industrial beats?) but that dude has been a hero to me on numerous occasions.

If you’re trekking downtown in the rain tonight to see The Wooden Sky, go early enough to make time for Hawk and Steel.

Go with yourself.

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Diamond Rings perform “I’m Just Me” LIVE on The Zone

November 16, 2012 by morningaftershow


John O from Diamond Rings stopped by The Zone Afternoon Show for a LIVE studio performance in front of his show TONIGHT at Club 9one9 with Gold & Youth.

Go with yourself.

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You can’t keep a good man down :: Precursor

November 16, 2012 by morningaftershow


Good rockers don’t go away, they just change their band name.  Daniel Sioui was in the most excellent Vancouver post-punk band All State Champion.  That morphed into Carpenter with members of By A Thread, Speaking of Heroes, and Daggermouth.

Some fond Victoria memories are going to see All State and later Carpenter shows.  I remember seeing Carpenter at Logan’s a few times… going with my brother CJ, meeting up with Coral (BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED! SWA?) and hanging with Razer.

The other day I blogged about By A Thread playing a show in Chicago, and that night I dug through some old bins of compact discs and pulled out some favourites. This morning, driving my 4-year-old to pre-school she was meowing about wanting to hear songs (she just doesn’t get The Current yet) so I popped in my Carpenter Town and Country ep.  My kid, god bless her… knows music only from the radio, vinyl, or youtube so she thought the CDs were pretty bizarre. “Oh cool, you have mini records!”  That was a trip.

The brought me to the wormhole of the internet… searching for Carpenter to see if those guys are still operating.  and would you look at that, a post YESTERDAY on their Facebook.

Daniel has a new project called Precursor and it definitely scratches that Vancouver post-whatever itch.

Gosh darn… that’s good.

Go with yourself.

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Norwegian Arms sing songs about Siberia (not Edmonton)

November 15, 2012 by morningaftershow

 


Bands send all sorts of stories over the email to get you to hit play on their streams.  Today’s was one of the weirder.

Meet Norwegian Arms.

Philadelphian Brendan Mulvihill traveled to Siberia with a mandolin and a Vampire Weekend record and hung out with the wolves for a year. (Brendan, the flights to Edmonton have to be cheaper than Siberia).

Came back to the States with a sea of Siberian gulag tales and hopped in the studio with Dr. Dog’s Eric Slick.  The result is a Vampire-ish Weekend sounding record where they sing about Soviet Russia instead of The Hamptons.  Neat.

Its a little off beat, rustic, weird, pretty, interesting. Songs about a time and a place and an adventure.

Go with yourself.

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LOCAL :: New Record from Johnny Galactic on November 26th

November 15, 2012 by morningaftershow

 


More local Victoria music for you.  Victoria’s Johnny Galactic have a new record out on November 26th called “Keep Off The Grass.”  Fricken hippies man.

Johnny Galactic lay down folky acoustic ballads….slow jams.  They have more than a couple that I like, but I think my favourite is “San Francisco Babe.”  Band features long time homeboy Adam Puritch (Armchair Cynics).

Simple, pretty music.

Go with yourself.

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Put Your Helmets On Chicago… By A Thread Rides

November 14, 2012 by morningaftershow


Well ain’t this a pip…. from By A Thread‘s principle John Franco’s Facebook….

On January 4 2013, my old band By A Thread will be reuniting and sharing the stage with Gorilla Biscuits and Shelter at The House Of Blues in Chicago . This show is part of the Revelation Records 25th Anniversary shows. We are stoked to say the least. Kelly, Joe, Sean and I. The Last Of The Daydreams line up. That’s the news !

What?

The original By A Thread line-up rides again… to Chicago.  God damn…getting to Chicago on January 4th would be so amazing but pretty much impossible.  I wonder if I should start like a kick-starter?  “Aging hipster Dad too irresponsible broke to pay his own way wants you to pay for his rock & roll holiday.”  I can already feel people hitting the “pay now” on Paypal.

Sometimes one show begets more shows… a Vancouver one I’d do my best to sort out…dare to dream, they take the ferry to Victoria for a show.

By A Thread released one amazing record in 1999 (and one before that?).  Then one more good one in 2011.  And that’s that kids.  From the 2011 s/t.

Now I wanna dig out my old Carpenter records….

Go with yourself.

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Handsome Distraction is having a MoBro Down… Thursday, November 22nd @ Lucky Bar

November 14, 2012 by morningaftershow


One of my favourite ways a band can cut through some bullshit and earn some positive hype is to get involved with a charity. I know at the Peak Performance Project in Vancouver, one thing they have the bands do in Bootcamp is to align your band brand with a charity that fits for your vision and community. The Peak rolls 20 bands through bootcamp every year and only one wins the prize… BUT 20 charities get a brand ambassador and in many cases, that relationship lasts longer than the PPP.

This fall… Victoria band Handsome Distraction are growing mustaches (awesome) but more importantly, raising money for Movember.

We’ll see you Thursday, November 22nd at Lucky Bar.  Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.

3 bands… Warbuck, Citizen Joy and headliners Handsome Distraction.  I’ll DJ after the music for those party people taking it to 2AM.

And hey… if you are feeling giving today… homeboy Pol Plastino is raising money too.

Go with yourself.

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Interesting chillstep take on Bon Iver’s Skinny Love

November 14, 2012 by morningaftershow

 


Some EDM outfits from Montreal are Adventure Club with their 200,000 + “likes” and some are more modest, like Baers.  The production team sent a simple email basically saying, “hey check it, you might like it.”  And a link.

My first spin of their “chillstep” cover of Bon Iver‘s “Skinny Love” was a little meh for me.  I made a weird face and thought I didn’t like it.  But I gave it a couple plays and it really ear wormed its way in to my head.  Very chill…. beat cuts through the bustle of the office to propel the song.  Female vocals and a trumpet also bring a high sheen to the song.  This song will be making the lounge playlist at the Veneto.

Go with yourself.

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