We have been hammering Jr Jr‘s “Gone” the last few days. I made a playlist the other day to soundtrack our weekend adventures…and it didn’t take very many plays to have the song rooted in my daughter Madelyn’s head. I catch her singing it around the house.
“Gone” has also been part of my sets at Match for awhile now.
Robert DeLong has a remix that he contributed to the Still Going: Gone Remixes ep. Love it.
Dangerous. Go with yourself.
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Brooklyn’s Augustines have a new record for us in June called This Is Your Life.
Today they sent over a new listen off the upcoming record called “When Things Fall Apart.”
This follows an earlier song called “Are We Alive.”
They have a show in Seattle, but no Vancouver date.
July 30th – The Crocodile – Seattle
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I am so happy today! A few years ago now, I ordered these adorable cassette bookmarks from some website. Cheap…like $6 for the three. I used them but over time they drifted away. I had one left and my son wrecked it.
But then…my wife fixed the broken one, we found another in an old book that my son had pulled out of the bookshelf and Coral tracked the third down! Three moves, still have all three. Weird, wonderful.
Go with yourself.
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Photo Credit: Jessica Flynn
Some nerdy indie rock that reminds me of playing radio on CiTR. The band is called Modern Baseball. The Philly indie-punkers put out their album Holy Ghost last week. I have a song for you called “Wedding Singer.”
No Vancouver show but a couple Pacific Northwest dates in Portland and Seattle.
6/7 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
6/8 – Seattle, WA – Showbox
Go with yourself.
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No words…just emotions.
Go with yourself.
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Tyson Elder // http://www.rocktographers.ca
Tyson Elder // http://www.rocktographers.ca
Tyson Elder // http://www.rocktographers.ca
Wolf Parade played a “secret” show last night in Cobble Hill. My man Tyson was there and texted me some photos. He wrote about the second of series of warmup Vancouver Island shows on his Rocktography website.
The band has a new EP out on May 17th…right now it’s just called ep4. You can read some more over at Pitchfork.
We’ll get a chance to see Wolf Parade this September at Rifflandia.
Go with yourself,
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New Jersey alternative band A R I Z O N A have a music video for their song “I Was Wrong.”
It’s a pretty chill track. Talking to Nylon, “‘I Was Wrong’ is an interesting piece to us in the sense that it doesn’t really say anything profound or earth-shattering. It’s just very honest.”
The video has only been out for a few days and already has almost 20,000 views. On Soundcloud the track has edged over 250,000 spins. Neat.
Go with yourself.
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I have been enjoying Montreal’s Plants and Animals for many years. I’ll always remember seeing them at Lucky Bar in Victoria many years ago. I bought a t-shirt…where the logo looked a little like Plant Sand Animals. Which is awesome. My Dad weirdly loved it so much, I had to order him one and he doesn’t know the band. I guess that is a testament to good design?
Their new record is out now and is called Waltzed in from the Rumbling.
Tyler from Said The Whale really likes it. And I like Tyler, so I’ll bite.
Shows in the Pacific Northwest!
6/16: Vancouver, BC – The Imperial Theatre
6/17: Victoria, BC – Sugar Nightclub
6/18: Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
6/21: Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Go with yourself.
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I love James Blake. His music is so weird and dark and oddly comforting to me.
His new record is called The Colour of Everything and features a song called “I Need a Forest Fire” which features the vocals of Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. The video is a stunning thing to look at and the song is on repeat for me right now.
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How about this…cassettes are so hot right now. And here’s a record that would lend itself so easily to cassette.
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Blah, feeling like a pile of shit today. This James Blake song is helping a lot.
Go with yourself.
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Arkells fourth album, Morning Report, is out on August 5th. Today they released their first feature cut off the disc called “Private School.” Singer guy Max Kerman talks about the single and shares his love of NBA basketball.
We’ll get a chance to see Arkells this summer at Pemberton and in Victoria for Rifflandia in September.
Go with yourself.
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More radio friff rock today…modern rockers Young The Giant have a song called “Something To Beelive In.” It comes from a record called Home of the Strange. Record is out August 12.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEXi59UNGL4/?taken-by=youngthegiant
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Booked a wedding for August in Victoria…so I think and I am going to stop dreaming and start doing. Of course things change, life changes…but my goal is to take my daughter backpack camping. They have some choice beaches on Vancouver Island that are a moderate hike and something I think my 8-year-old can bite off. Fun!
Backpacks,, flashlights, s’mores, (6 pack of beer for me), Mystic!
Go with yourself.
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