THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

A Lot On The Subject of The Surreally Wonderful DANIEL JOHNSTON Live (Plus Photos! Video!)
Cult hero and wondernutter Daniel Johnston played the Rio Theatre in Vancouver on August 27, to a supportive and beer-drunk crowd. It was surreal, odd, and heartbreaking and kinda inspirational, and just the way you’d expect a Daniel Johnston show to go.
August 28, 2011
LIVE: OFF! on the butcher’s block in Copenhagen, Denmark
What do you get when you cram punk rock legend Keith Morris’ band OFF! into a tiny bar in Copenhagen and fill it with the city’s hardcore…and then put me on the guestlist? Sweat. Chaos. Mental pics. And a good story. Read on.
August 22, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: NEW U.S. SEBADOH TOUR DATES!
New Sebadoh tourdates? It’s raining indie rock, hallelujah! Jason, Bob and Lou are touring the US AGAIN. Get the info here, exclusively and first on BackstageRider.com
August 22, 2011
The Great German SEBADOH Tour – The Final, Epic Part 3 – Köln
An epic end to an epic tale…BackstageRider hops into the Sebadoh van to travel from Hamburg, to Köln, via Dortmund in which Lou loses his pants, the guys test out new gear and I wander round a sex emporium. Plus! What Lou would like on his backstagerider!
August 22, 2011
The Great German SEBADOH Tour: Part 2 – Hamburg
Canned hummus, soundcheckin’ with Two Years Two Days, snare replacement and hangin’ backstage. THIS is Sebadoh in Hamburg…with pics, video and running commentary. I present: Part 2 of the Great German Sebadoh Tour.
August 19, 2011
The Great German SEBADOH Tour: Part 1 – Berlin
…in which our heroine The BackstageRider goes out on tour again with her heroes and friends, Sebadoh, as they traipse across Germany. This three-parter of photos, videos and words starts in the rad city of Berlin.
August 16, 2011
PHOTOS: DESTROYER / Zulu Pearls Live in Berlin
Wandered out into das Berlin night to check out Vancouver’s Destroyer to see if Dan Bejar was any more lively. Nope. But still sounded lush. Also met a new band, Zulu Pearls. Here are the pics.
August 7, 2011
Kids These Days: Hanging with YUCK and UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
Is it just me or are the really good bands getting younger these days? Oh it’s just me. Getting older. Here’s to London’s Yuck and Portland’s Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the newish kids on the block.
July 24, 2011
KURT VILE and THURSTON MOORE live in Vancouver
On a night when Vancouver was home to four really good gig choices at the same time. Photog hero Kris Krüg and I “settled” on Kurt Vile and Thurston Moore. Good choice. Great mumblerock from Vile and some sonic youthful explorations from Moore.
July 23, 2011