THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

LouisXIV Reunion Show…and Possible New Album?
Two years ago, LouisXIV kinda broke up following an insanely popular tour with the Killers. Last week they got back together. BackstageRider has the pics, and the proverbial scoop from the band’s Brian Karscig.
March 15, 2011
Photos/Review: DIAMOND RINGS/PS I Love You, Vancouver
DIAMOND RINGS, you are too bloody pretty. And you sort of rule. As did your opening act, PS I LOVE YOU. So you may all live. Here’s a MEGA-ENORMO gallery of both bands, with a few words that include Corey Hart.
March 12, 2011
BSR EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Recording of the NEW YORK DOLLS’ “Dancing Backwards in High Heels”
“I wanted to make the record that I wanted to hear from The New York Dolls, at this place in their lives, after all the drugs and touring, the make-up and high heels”: producer, musician and friend to BSR, Jason Hill, on recording with and hanging out with the legendary New York Dolls. Enjoy this…
February 27, 2011
PENDULUM – Live in Vancouver. “This. Is. Going. To. Be. Mental.”
OH MY GOD SO MENTAL ALL THE KIDS ARE GOING CRAZY AHHH IT’S PENDULUM LIVE HOLY CRAP AMAZING SORT OF CHEESY I WANNA DANCE, DO YOU WANNA DANCE? YES, LET’S DANCE!
February 22, 2011
YO LA TENGO Scrap Spin the Wheel Yet Still = Rad
Indie rock stalwarts Yo La Tengo brought their enormous tour bus and their “Spin the Wheel” show to a packed Vancouver Rickshaw show on Feb 19. Then they sorta scrapped the wheel and went off noodling instead. And it was delicious.
February 20, 2011
The (FINAL) View From The Road IV: SEBADOH in Seattle, WA
The final installment of The View From The Road with Sebadoh takes us from Vancouver to Seattle, in which we fight hurricanes and slow coffee servers, hipster-hating, homophobic Seattl-ites, have food with great friends, and get to hear “Soul and Fire” as an extra treat.
February 19, 2011
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Live in Vancouver
Buncha folks sitting around in a half-circle making epic music. No lights, no fun, but all darkfuzz goodness. Intense for some, disappointing for others. I get it, GY!BE, I really do. But you didn’t quite get ME this time.
February 17, 2011
The View from the Road III: SEBADOH – at (my) home in VANCOUVER
THREE MORE REASONS TO DOUBT YOUR BOYFRIEND, SEBADOH! Not often you get to host your favourite sorta-broken-up indie rock band (whose tagline you cribbed for your website) in your hometown and IN YOUR HOME. Here is the BackstageRider’s day with Sebadoh in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. And it is good.
February 16, 2011
Be Our Dirty Valentine? Apnea’s NSFW Top 11: Songs That Make A Model Feel Sexy
Stupid cupid. Valentine’s Day should be about gettin’ jiggy, not buying roses and chocolates. Here’s former Suicide Girl and BackstageRider’s favourite alt-porn model Apnea with the Top 11 (bonkers) songs that make her feel, you know, hot.
February 13, 2011