The 14 members of the Church of the Polyphonic Spree arrived back in town and played Venue on April 6. It was ridiculous and silly and JUST. SO. MUCH. FUN. Check out the mahoosive gallery to get the real feel.
New video of Lou performing Weed Forestin’ tracks at Origami Vinyl a few weeks back, sent to the BSR by filmmaker Adam Harding! A round up of Sebadoh-recording-new-music news! It’s all kicking off at Camp Sebadoh.
Readin’, singin’, talkin’ about the past and future, and eatin’ cake. Such was the wonderful of Mike Doughty’s recent gig at the Media Club in Vancouver on April 5. Yeah, I said CAKE. Read on.
Exclusive interview with Tim Burgess from the Charlatans on the subject of his new memoir “Telling Stories”, plus a few lines from that time from the BSR diaries. “It should have been a wake-up call, but I slept through the alarm.”
Songwriter extraordinaire(ily grumpy) Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields arrived in Vancouver and played for an audience rife with record store clerks and and swooning nerds. They were cold-y and tired, but still lovely. Check the pics and words.
Gather round for a short tale about why Thee Oh Sees (ably supported by Pets With Pets and Magnetix) played one of my fave shows thus far this year, and how it all happened in San Francisco. While I was there.
A lot of blogger chatter this week when news that Grandaddy would be reuniting again for a few shows this summer, but nothing from the actual horses’ mouths. UNTIL NOW. Here’s the quick scoop from Jason Lytle, for you, via me.
BackstageRider.com and Timbre Concerts are co-presenting Mike Doughty live in Vancouver at the Media Club. He’ll be reading from his epic “The Book of Drugs”, playing songs and answering questions. Here’s why you need to be there, and how you can enter to win one of two pairs of tickets.
Wales/England’s alt-pop half-dozen Los Campesinos! came to Vancouver and crammed themselves on a tiny Electric Owl stage on February 3rd. Here are the pics and a few words about being tired.
