THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

Category: Headliners

AMANDA PALMER, NEIL GAIMAN and Friends from TEDTalks 2015
What does joy look like? It looks like a three-and-a-half-hour charity free-for-all at the Vogue Theatre on March 18, as a pregnant Amanda Palmer brought Neil Gaiman, Chris Hadfield, Amy Cuddy and other TEDTalks friends to share her stage.
March 22, 2015
THE TWILIGHT SAD in Vancouver: William Wallace, gratitude, Scotch and serious photoshoots
The Twilight Sad played their first show in Vancouver in 5 years to a rapt crowd at the Biltmore Cabaret on March 8th. Here’s my review, live pics and a very serious photoshoot shot of a very sweet Glaswegian band.
March 17, 2015
Exclusive interview: DJANGO DJANGO’s Tommy Grace talks new music, new tours, and second-album angst
The first time I heard Django Django was early in 2012 when I was hitchhiking on a UK radio stream. “Default” stuttered into my consciousness with a sense of immediacy. Wow earworm! So guitar! Much jangly! Over the next two years, I became a Django acolyte: seeing them as part of my travels – at…
January 28, 2015
The Epic ICELAND AIRWAVES Adventure – Gallery and Highlights from Reykjavik with Flaming Lips, Mammút, Caribou, Kiasmos, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, War on Drugs, Agent Fresco and more
With volcanos erupting in the distance, black sand beaches and trips to the Blue Lagoon, you could say that partying alongside Flaming Lips, War on Drugs, Caribou, Future Islands and locals Mammút, Kiasmos, Agent Fresco, Árstíðir and others made ICELAND AIRWAVES pretty epic
December 15, 2014
Review/Photos: AVID DANCER, KOPECKY FAMILY BAND, SEBADOH and THURSTON MOORE and OUGHT
Read some words, see some photos and enjoy the delectableness of three shows, and five bands! Here’s my joint review of Avid Dancer, Kopecky Family, Sebadoh, Thurston Moore,
October 16, 2014
Gig Round Up: COURTNEY BARNETT, YOUR FRIEND, METZ, CLOUD NOTHINGS, JANA HUNTER, SHARON VAN ETTEN, YELLOW OSTRICH, ANTLERS, FRESH & ONLYS, WYE OAK, WAR ON DRUGS and ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
It’s been a fantastic summer of music. Bypassing all the festivals this year to ride on their coat-tails in smaller venues, here’s a round up including Courtney Barnett, METZ, Cloud Nothings, Wye Oak, War on Drugs, Echo & the Bunnymen, the Antlers and more. Check out the pics!
August 20, 2014
Inside a Tour: Exclusive Diary and Photos from MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO AND SOs
What’s life like on the road for an American band? It’s fans, friends, sweat, soundchecks and some cheesestakes. Indianapolis’ super dude Ron Kwasman of Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s kept an exclusive tour diary and took photos for an entire leg. Get behind the musicks!
August 13, 2014
DEAN WAREHAM: LUNA/GALAXIE 500 goes solo in Vancouver (well, with Britta Phillips, too)
Luna/Galaxie 500’s Dean Wareham performed with bandmate/partner Britta Phillips came through Vancouver to the Biltmore Cabaret on June 27 – herebe the many photos and words from said such performance.
July 14, 2014
Hardcore DEVO: the Photos! The Review! Booji Boy! Energy Domes!
Ridiculously good photos from the full HARDCORE DEVO set in Vancouver at the Commodore Ballroom on June 26. Includes pics of Booji Boy, Energy Domes, masks, blue workmen’s suits and cigarettes Plus Mothersbaugh-Mothersbaugh-Casale-Freese.
July 6, 2014