The PACK A.D. release their first video”Take”, offa their new album UNPERSONS, and both are out today. And one of them is based on Gary Numan’s “Cars”. I hung out with Becky Black and Maya Miller and we time travelled back to 1980 together.

Canned hummus, soundcheckin’ with Two Years Two Days, snare replacement and hangin’ backstage. THIS is Sebadoh in Hamburg…with pics, video and running commentary. I present: Part 2 of the Great German Sebadoh Tour.

…in which our heroine The BackstageRider goes out on tour again with her heroes and friends, Sebadoh, as they traipse across Germany. This three-parter of photos, videos and words starts in the rad city of Berlin.

Stand up and be counted, YEASAYER. Or sit down. You know, whatever. We’ll just put you in a line up, make you sit on a ratty sofa and in-our-own-heads, drool over you. This is the BackstageRider backstage photoshoot with the awesome Yeasayer.

YOU asked. THEY answered. Bob Nastanovich from Pavement and Mike Doughty (formerly of Soul Coughing) got together, on my Facebook page, and agreed to help the youth of today by answering YOUR questions. This is the comedy/straight guy HIPSTER INDIE ROCK ADVICE COLUMN TO END ALL.

Dates in Europe the UK (including LONDON and Euro festivals) have been announced for our mighty heroes, SEBADOH! As dates are confirmed they will be added here.

Esben & The Witch had brunch, Wye Oak blew minds, Telekinesis wrapped up a tour, Braids needed a hug, Toro Y Moi made the kids groove and Ron Sexsmith bailed on my chicken fajitas. Such was the week in rock for the BackstageRider in Vancouver.

Swatting off the advances of a bass player, being stared at by Bruce McCulloch from Kids in the Hall and gettin’ wasted with Matthew Sweet. Here’s a REWIND BackstageRider Diary from 1993. Angsty!

The final installment of The View From The Road with Sebadoh takes us from Vancouver to Seattle, in which we fight hurricanes and slow coffee servers, hipster-hating, homophobic Seattl-ites, have food with great friends, and get to hear “Soul and Fire” as an extra treat.