Have a hipster emergency? Want to impress your date but don’t know how? Afraid you might be losing your edge? ASK JON WURSTER of Superchunk/The Mountain Goats? Jon is our latest casualty in offering advice on BSR. We want YOUR questions!
M83 Live in Vancouver – John Hughes’ 80s Woven With Unicorns
Anthony Gonzalez brought M83 back to town on April 27 at the Vogue Theatre, a set that came replete with bright lights, layers upon layers of ethereal and 80s film soundtrack reference points. Par usuel.
Top 11 Reasons Why K.FLAY is Awesome (Review/Photos/Video)
Because our lists go right to 11, here’s the Top 11 Reasons Why Kristine Flaherty, aka K.Flay, is rad, and was awesome on April 20 at the Media Club in Vancouver.
GOTYE live in Vancouver – PHOTOS/REVIEW
Gotye’s Wally De Backer and band played a warm and energetic live show at the Vogue Theatre on April 7th, attended by Sarah McLachlan, doe-eyed young girls and a whole bunch of nice middle-aged couples. Peep the pics of this handsome Australian and his various gadgets, and read the review.
17 September 2011MusicFestNW Part 1: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Sebadoh, Archers of Loaf and PORTLANDIA
BackstageRider takes on Portlandia in a MusicFestNW adventure. Part 1 features Sebadoh (of course), Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Archers of Loaf and Fred Armisen. No really. The guy from Portlandia. In Portland. Backstage with me.
15 September 2011PHOTOS/Review: BEARDYMAN live in Vancouver
London’s exceptional beatboxer and looper Beardyman took on the drunkards at Fortune Sound Club in Vancouver on September 13, and won. Well, with most of us, anyway.
15 September 2011PHOTOS: THIEVERY CORPORATION live in Vancouver
DC’s dub-electro-smoothies Thievery Corporation had folks shuffling their feet in the grass on September 13 at Malkin Bowl in Vancouver. But was it good enough? Magic 8 Ball says “Meh”.
13 September 2011EXCLUSIVE: On the video set of “Take” with THE PACK A.D.
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.
31 August 2011Interview: MIKE DOUGHTY on new album Yes and Also Yes – “I thought this was going to be an extremely rock kind of record”
Here is the BackstageRider interview in which MD shares his thoughts on new album Yes And Also Yes, and maintains Warp Speed Wit and Self Awareness. I would like Mike Doughty to write me a love song for $10, because I love me some MD. You should too.
28 August 2011A Lot On The Subject of The Surreally Wonderful DANIEL JOHNSTON Live (Plus Photos! Video!)
Cult hero and wondernutter Daniel Johnston played the Rio Theatre in Vancouver on August 27, to a supportive and beer-drunk crowd. It was surreal, odd, and heartbreaking and kinda inspirational, and just the way you’d expect a Daniel Johnston show to go.
22 August 2011LIVE: OFF! on the butcher’s block in Copenhagen, Denmark
What do you get when you cram punk rock legend Keith Morris’ band OFF! into a tiny bar in Copenhagen and fill it with the city’s hardcore…and then put me on the guestlist? Sweat. Chaos. Mental pics. And a good story. Read on.
22 August 2011EXCLUSIVE: NEW U.S. SEBADOH TOUR DATES!
New Sebadoh tourdates? It’s raining indie rock, hallelujah! Jason, Bob and Lou are touring the US AGAIN. Get the info here, exclusively and first on BackstageRider.com
22 August 2011The Great German SEBADOH Tour – The Final, Epic Part 3 – Köln
An epic end to an epic tale…BackstageRider hops into the Sebadoh van to travel from Hamburg, to Köln, via Dortmund in which Lou loses his pants, the guys test out new gear and I wander round a sex emporium. Plus! What Lou would like on his backstagerider!
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