How cool is this… Blitz//Berlin….the Toronto based band that us West Coast kids will always remember as Theset….had their song “Surfboard Fire” reworked for the Girl on the Train movie trailer.
And that sure does sound like Kanye West from his 2008 jammer “heartless.”
And here’s some banger cover/remix….because it’s Friday.
Go with yourself.
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Big Alt Rock news today… Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam covers the Batman theme with his adorable 7-year-old daughter Harper. Now I’m not saying he copied my son Jack, but I will say he was clearly inspired by.
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4/20 and Vancouver are like peanut butter and marshmallows. Yesterday was festive in the Terminal City as the entire suburbs emptied out to Sunset Beach to blaze.
It was a new venue from years past where it was traditionally held at the Art Gallery.
I guess a few folks didn’t check their emails…and went to the Art Gallery anyway.
Go with yourself.
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The Coral have been blasting out some fine alternative rock from England since ’96. Their 8th full length record came out last month called Distance Inbetween.
My wife’s name is Coral…so I always perk up when an email from The Coral’s hype team shows up in the inbox.
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Let’s keep it British… must be all the History of England podcasts I’m listening to or Pillars of the Earth I’m reading.
Catfish the Bottlemen have a new single called “7.” Now here;’s the thing music promoters….it drives me nuts when you send me an email to blog a song but the song doesn’t exist anywhere. Like what are you even doing? Why would you send me an email to post, but then have nothing to post? Soundcloud…soundcloud. Youtube if you must (but Hype Machine doesn’t read the youtube embeds off my blog).
I like the band so I punched around to find a version of the song…so I guess your mind games worked? Fuck me.
New record is called The Ride and it’s out on May 27th.
Here’s the band playing their new single “7” in a “live lounge” setting for Portland’s KINK.
Love the song. Love the band.
Also colour me new…I had no idea there were two modern rockers in Portland. I always jam 94/7 Alternative Portland. Huh.
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In other news… It has been straight up summer in Vancouver the past few days. Mid to high 20s in April….fufffffffffff.
Go with yourself.
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My buddy Alex posted on his Facebook that he discovered an “almost mint condition” Expo ’86 poster cleaning out his parent’s place.
Nice. He was giving it away, so I met him downtown today and he gave it to me! Amazing.
Thanks Alex! We met at a taco shop on Hastings called La Taqueria. It is Taco Wednesday? 6 tacos for the price of 4. And they had horchata on the menu. Wait…doesn’t Vampire Weekend sing about horchata? Yes, side one, track one from their 2010 record Contra. After indulging…I get it, delicious.
Go with yourself.
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Aussie modern rockers The Temper Trap have a new record called Thick as Thieves out on June 10th (hey same day as Kongos!)…..
The first single is called “Fall Together.” Good song…. the themes seem to fit the idea of “thick as thieves.”
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Weekend was mighty! Starting to feel like summer already out here in Vancouver.
Coral and I rented a house back on April 1st…so were are getting all settled in. Need more furniture, but for the most part it looks good.
On Sunday we went out to Richmond’s Terra Nova Adventure Play area place. Awesome park!
Go with yourself.
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Phoenix AZ modern rockers Kongos have a new song for us (actually it came out on Friday). New record is called Egomaniac and it’s out on June 10th. The song is called “Take It From Me.” Has a nice deep bounce and drives along at slow to mid-tempo. Sounds almost like it wants to be a running song.
Go with yourself.
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After my radio show the other evening, I came across Samareh and her “Free Hugs” sign and I asked her what’s up…..
The hug was pretty good. Not like Holy Wayne from the Leftovers change you life…but a solid 7/10, would recommend.
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Screwing around at the radio station…we’re all butt hurt that we aren’t lighting money on fire in the desert in California this weekend. Maybe you are too?
Go with yourself.
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Glitter Rose found me on Facebook and sent over a song for us to check out from her record Outlaw In Love.
Adam from the Jeff O’Neil Show walked in while hacking together a blog post and was like, “oh what is the guitar rocker? Old school Alanis vibes”
Then he was impressed that I knew how to “embed into my posts.”
It’s not that impressive, WordPress does all the heavy lifting.
https://twitter.com/glitterrosetx/status/718124122195136512
Go with yourself.
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And would you look at that…your friendly neighbourhood music blogging DJ is jamming a set on Thursday!
Tall Tree is called a “boutique” music festival….I guess. It’s a crazy time. If you can get to the West Coast of Vancouver Island at the end of June, do it! There ain’t many music festivals going like it.
When I walked into CFOX today, the music director Britters and producer Jamie were talking about the lineup. They both were excited to see Dirty Radio on the list. I wasn’t familiar.
Oh that’s fun, I can see how people will be able to get down to these guys on the side of Brown’s Mountain!
https://www.instagram.com/p/4iFDhZJIFh/?taken-by=leannegreencreative
https://www.instagram.com/p/zihdmhJIEJ/?taken-by=leannegreencreative
Like I said, the Festival is nuts. Hit Tall Tree’s instgram to see how they’ve captured the energy and vibes.
See you out there.
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This Machete character doesn’t believe in social media…and god bless’em for it. Like this cut of Rage Against The Machine!
Go with yourself.
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