FOALS: Too Much on the Subject of New Album “Holy Fire” and a Band I Love (+ new video!)
The first post of 2013 and I’m laying it out. My name’s Mikala and I’m a Foals-a-holic. And I’m also now trying to wrap my head around their new album “Holy Fire.”
ROCKHANDS of the month: PENN & TELLER
Every once in a while, several rockhands of such brilliance MAGICALLY appear in your inbox, from another Rockhands Soldier out there in the trenches. That someone so awesome, like Braden Deans of Vancouver, would take the time to corner the awesomely weird magicians, both Penn AND Teller, and get them to conjure goats for the…
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO live: It’s the Beat (and the knobs)
“Hello? Please patch me through to Simian Mobile Disco please, kthxbai”. Photos and words about SMD’s Dec 4 gig at Venue. This time without blindness.
Dancing with DIAMOND RINGS (Photos/Review)
Kind of rad to see the evolution of a pop star unfold before your very eyes. Here’s my take on Diamond Rings now, versus then. Includes some dancing, Red Bull, Deee-Lite and an enormous photo gallery.
AFGHAN WHIGS Deafen and Destroy in Seattle
The Pacific Northwest gathered in preparation for the rapture, rather the return of the Afghan Whigs, which was bigger, louder and more satisfying. Here’s what went down at the Showbox on November 3rd.
CAT POWER Live in Vancouver – Weird. Beautiful. Weirdly Beautiful.
Just days before she cancelled her European tour, Chan Marshall’s Cat Power performs at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre and it’s a wild, utterly compelling combination of weird and beautiful.