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.
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.
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.
I’m too cool for Austin and SXSW. (Truth: too broke, not enough holiday.) But BackstageRider has its spies down there, and one of them has come back with GOLD. Here’s the radtacular K Flay throwing the goats.
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.
Bombay Bicycle Club played Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on Feb 21st and were alright, thanks. Then I ran into Yannis from UK band Foals, randomly. Which was better. Here’s the full gallery, review and setlist.
