More KLAXONS – Gallery/Review/Setlist from Vancouver
Too much Klaxons for one site? NEVER! Here’s a quickie review, lovely new gallery of delicious photos and a setlist rundown for all you gig nerds. This was The Klaxons, live at Venue (yes, that’s what the venue’s called), in Vancouver, on October 4.
Gallery: CARIBOU (Live)
Full photo gallery from Caribou’s foray to Vancouver’s Wet Coast on October 3rd at Vogue Theatre. Lovely pics, if I do say so myself. Because I took them. Oh and the music? Wooshy wonderful.
ARCADE FIRE and Calexico – The View From The Front Row
The Backstage Rider somehow (okay we got there really early) ended up in the front row for Arcade Fire on September 28 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. Check out the pics, read a few words and figure out how you’re going to be the one down in front the next time they come through…
Gallery/Review: Hot Hot Heat – “Awww, Bless”
Victoria’s Hot Hot Heat made it back to the West Coast on Sept 24 to play the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. For the numbers-inclined of you, they played 6 songs from their 1st (proper) album, 3 from their second, one from their third and a whopping 7 from their latest. So now you know.
Crystal Head Vodka – Gently Take My Skull For a Ride*
Ignore the horrible rockhands picture of the Backstage Rider and Dan Akyroyd from Sept 23, assume the photographer was drunk, and click through to read about a vodka whose POWER IS CAPTURED BY A GLASS SKULL.
SCISSOR SISTERS Live – Band? Stellar. Venue? “Sucks balls”
Stunning live shots of the Scissor Sisters’ end of tour gig at Malkin Bowl in Vancouver by lensman extraordinaire Kris Krüg. Plus a few breathless and still-wet words from yours truly. They are a study in awesome.