SONIC BOOM live at the Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver
Nothing like a bunch of fuzzy shoegaze from a legend to help usher in the early hours of a Thursday morning. Pete Kember/Sonic Boom performed at the Waldorf Hotel as part of their electro experimental 3-D Fest and it was GOOD.
2010 in Review: The BackstageRider UnList
Saw, met, interviewed and flirted with about 100 bands in 2010, The (First) Year of the BackstageRider. Here’s a recap of the highlights, because no music websites anywhere are doing recaps and I thought I’d be clever…she says, sarcastically. Happy ’11, folks, and thanks for being here!
Friends
The Backstage Rider would like to thank the following rocktacular people. You are encouraged to make with the clicking and visit these fine musical peoples’ sites: Timbre Concert Productions – Promoters of tremendous awesomeosity. And lots of great indie/alternative Western Canada gigs. Big thanks to Erin, my fave promoter in the city. Sealed With a…
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“Thank you for making my trip such a pleasure” – Alex James, Bassist, Blur, October 1991 What’s a Backstage Rider? A rider is the list of things that a band asks a promoter or venue to provide when it plays. You know the Van Halen thing with “No Brown M&Ms”? Smoking Gun has a great list…