The Morning After

Rifflandia: Where am I Gunna Be At?

September 11, 2013 by morningaftershow

Twas the night before Riffmass….

I spent some time on the Rifflandia app last night favouriting some things… here is my wishlist to see:

Thursday Day!

I’ll be broadcasting the show Rifflandia HQ, 2PM till 6PM. Come say hello! Maybe a post show/pre game cocktail at Veneto?

Thursday Night!

8:30 :: Market Square :: To see my homeboy Shrew!
9:30 :: Copper Owl :: Juvenile Hall
10:30 :: Phillips Backyard :: James Murphy DJ Set
11:30 :: Copper Owl :: The Mants
12:30 :: Studio CMCT :: Versa
12:30 :: Metro Theatre :: then race across town maybe for Braids

Friday Day!

See you in the park. I’ll be broadcasting my radio show from Camp Zone till 6PM. Then we will drink all of the beers and lay many high-fives….or maybe chase after my kid and make sure my pregnant is comfortable and having fun? Yeah, probably that.

Friday Night!

8:30 :: Alix Goolden Hall :: Hawk and Steel if I get out of the park at a decent hour
9:30 :: Phillips Backyard :: Action Bronson
10:30 :: Studio CMCT :: The Wizards OR
10:30 :: Victoria Event Center :: Dougal Bain McLean
11:30 :: Alix Goolden Hall :: Cold Specks
12:30 :: Sugar Nightclub :: Holy Fuck

Saturday Day!

I’ll be helping you toast your marshmallows at Camp Zone from noon till 3PM.

Saturday Night!

I have a DJ gig, so I’ll be out of action…but I hope to be back downtown in time for…

12:30 :: Copper Owl :: Bear Mountain

Sunday Day!

Sunday Funday in the park with Coral and Madelyn… taken’r easy and laying some high fives.

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Pol and I were talking about the best laid plans, and how they easily go sideways. The reality is that parties have a gravitational pull and I will fall into the orbit of the dominating one!

Stay hydrated, we’ll see out there.

Go with yourself.

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The Road to Camp Zone: Holy Fuck

September 11, 2013 by morningaftershow

Photo: Casey Bennett

I sometimes wish I kept more stuff…. that seems weird when people are always wanting to shed things…but back before I got a smartphone (and i was late bloomer) I didn’t take too many pictures. And I didn’t keep too many mementoes. I was thinking about it today as I was trying to remember those first couple Rifflandias. I still have my Rifflandia 1 ticket stub but can’t really recall the shows. I just remember how it worked. I barely remember Riff 2 except I DJ’d the Thursday night upstairs in the Clubhouse at the Strathcona. I was able to go downstairs to see Said the Whale and Dan Mangan which was rad. I remember Riff 2 had line-ups, or people complaining about them but I just wandered around to venues with no people and stumbled into Lucky Bar where there was hardly anyone. The Laundronauts played and I think they had a bubble machine? Finally I ended up at Element (which is now Club 9one9) and I was able to see Holy Fuck!

There were some issues at the radio factory because head-office wasn’t sure if The Zone should be associated with an event featuring a band called Holy Fuck! Apparently someone had complained direct to head office about…I dunno, rock & roll…but things were patched and Riff 2 was gold.

Riff 3 I think was the year it rained a bunch and I met Melissa Auf der Maur in the Veneto. Neat.

Right, Holy Fuck!

Their song “Lovely Allen”…yup still a favourite. The show down in the basement on a drunken night so many moons ago was brilliant and it is one of my few memories still in my brain of Riff 2 (that and Dan Mangan’s beautiful eyes).

The Rifflandia Magazine for Riff 6 says that Holy Fuck have a new record in the works? That’s cool, their Tumblr is light on the info and I think Pitchfork stopped caring about them in 2010.

This song is recent-ish….

So let’s party like its 2009 on Friday, September 13th. 12:30AM at Sugar Night Club.

Holy Fuck, what time is it? I gotta wake up in 6 hours to take the kid to school. Go with yourself.

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9/9/9 (9:30 in Newfoundland)

September 9, 2013 by morningaftershow

We’ll be premiering the new Arcade Fire single “Reflektor” today at 9PM.

Their album, Reflektor, comes out on October 29th from Merge Records (I am going to visit that place one day). Pitchfork claims they can hear some David Bowie in the mix. neat. Can’t wait for 9PM!

Here is a promotional trailer for the single.

Go with yourself.

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Remix: Lorde – “Royals” (Wild Boyz)

September 6, 2013 by morningaftershow

Lorde’s “Royals” is a Much Mega Hit right now. The 16-year-old from New Zealand is on the cover Billboard Magazine and her album Pure Heroine is out on September 30th.

It’s Friday! So let’s lay down a remix from Wild Boyz (free download if you “like” their facebook page). The band adds some “dub-step breakdowns.” For the most part I dig this mix except the weird chipmunk moments.

Go with yourself.

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The Road to Camp Zone: Bear Mountain

September 6, 2013 by morningaftershow

If God loves me, I’ll be able to wrap I wedding I have to DJ Saturday night and rush to the Copper Owl to see Bear Mountain‘s 12:30 AM set as part of Rifflandia.

Vancouver artist Ian Bevis blends acoustic arrangements with electronic beats. His song “Two Set” I have featured a bunch at the Veneto Lounge when I DJ Friday nights. I love it!

Here is what Consequence of Sound has to say about “Two Step.”

The song “Congo” is pretty choice as well.

Maybe I’ll actually see THEE Winnie Cooper of the internet fame? Could you even imagine.

Go with yourself.

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The Road to Camp Zone: Vance Joy

September 5, 2013 by morningaftershow

Melbournian Vance Joy will be bringing his positive ukulele driven good-time vibes to Rifflandia! (I think I hear the mighty uke in there) Look for the Australian featured in a Go Pro commercial at the Rifftop Rent on Sunday, September 15th at 12:30.

Here is his current feature single. “Riptide.” And here is a bio from TIME magazine.

Go with yourself.

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The Madelyn Review – Franz Ferdinand

September 3, 2013 by morningaftershow

Today on Madelyn’s first day of school… we threw Franz Ferdinand‘s Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action on the turntable and I recorded my 5-year-old daughter’s musings.

Happy Tuesday!

Go with yourself.

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Jiving on this new Young Galaxy single, “Crying My Heart Out”

August 29, 2013 by morningaftershow

When I popped into Ditch Records the other day I saw a poster advertising Young Galaxy coming to Victoria! September 25th at Lucky Bar.

Young Galaxy’s record Ultramarine is getting love from all the right places… and is starting to push on commercial radio.

Check out this single off the record called “Crying My Heart Out.”

Its no “Pretty Boy” but it has a good energy.

Will I see you at the show?

Go with yourself.

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Remembering an old P:ano song

August 28, 2013 by morningaftershow

The summer rain last night was very nice. I decided to go for a walk. During my walk I thought about the old P:ano record which I thought was called When It Rains and It’s Summer. But when I got home and punched up my favourite song from the era, “All of November, Most of October” it showed the album was called When It’s Dark and It’s Summer.

Back in the day at CiTR they used to have an old cart machine, and bands who submitted a demo or single on cassette had it dubbed on to a cart.

A single that we loved on The Morning After Show was P:ano’s lo-fi beauty “All of November, Most of October.”

I could listen to this song over and over and over (and still do considering I first heard it maybe back in 2000?)

Enjoy the rain in the summer!

Go with yourself.

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Listen to new music from We Hunt Buffalo

August 28, 2013 by morningaftershow

My favourite grinders from the Valley… We Hunt Buffalo have a new single of powerful sonic chug. Their new ep comes to us in October and will be called Blood from a Stone. Here is the title cut….