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Saturday, Jul 1 2017, 6PM
Happy Canada Day! The bassist of The Subhumans was arrested years ago for involvement in an anarchist group called Direct Action (aka the Squamish 5). He had left the group by then.
Vancouver. Other Jesus's Everything is Problematic came out in 2015. The band takes a good promo photo: otherjesus.bandcamp.com.
Vancouver. Playing KEXP's Concerts at the Mural on August 18th, which should be awesome. The band played a really good in-studio earlier this year: blog.kexp.org.
Vancouver. Modernettes released this one full-length in 1980. Got a rave review from AllMusic, which calls it "honest." The band was made up of Jughead, Mary Jo-Kopechne, and Buck Cherry.
Vancouver. Weed just put out another record back in April, which didn't get much publicity. It is titled Born Wrong Love: weed.bandcamp.com.
Vancouver. Cool new music from Late Spring, who released the "Trembly Fog" EP last month: latespring.bandcamp.com.
Born in Duncan, BC. Recorded in Vancouver. Mac DeMarco before he became the bro patron saint. He still seems like a nice guy though. Released in 2012 on Captured Tracks.
Vancouver. I still love the artist (also named Daniel Bejar) who purported to be the musician for a number of years, recreating many photographs of Bejar. They really do look the same: thegoogleganger.com.
Vancouver. The duo recorded this Kate Bush before a tour last year: soundcloud.com.
Vancouver & Berlin. Jayda G's Boiler Room set has 173,000 views, which is pretty awesome. This track's from her 1080p released album Sixth Spirit of the Bay: www.youtube.com.
Vancouver. Yu Su was at Upstream Music Fest and played a good set (in Kraken Congee, I believe). This is from her 2016 Ai Ye LP.
Vancouver. Jack J's Looking Forward to You was released on the quite cool Mood Hut label, which is a key component of the Vancouver electronic scene: moodhut.tumblr.com.
Vancouver. Nicholas Krgovich was in No Kids & Gigi, and has been releasing LPs since 2002. This comes from the On Sunset record: nicholaskrgovich.bandcamp.com.
Neko is from Alexandria, Virginia, but went to college in Vancouver and was a part of the mid-90s Vancouver music scene. This track comes from the 2006 Fox Confessor Brings the Flood record, which remains among her best.
Vancouver. Mecca Normal's 1992 record Dovetail was among their earlier releases, and came out on K Records. Jean Smith now works as a painter: jeansmithpainter.wordpress.com.
Vancouver. Here's a Vice interview from 2016, with Milk (formerly known as Watermelon): noisey.vice.com.
Vancouver. Supermoon's Playland album was released in 2016 on Mint Records. The band is made up members of bands Pups and Movieland. allmoonsaresuper.bandcamp.com
Vancouver. Sorta Go-Betweens/ Bejar sounding pop from The Shilohs, from their self-titled record: theshilohs.bandcamp.com.
From the undervalued New Pornographers record Brill Bruisers, which contains some quite solid material on it. This is one of the Neko Case tracks. Here's the video: www.youtube.com.
Kelowna, BC. The Grapes of Wrath's 2000 record Field Trip saw the two principal songwriters Kevin Kane and Tom Hooper reunite, although without the rest of the band.
Cub's 1995 record Come Out Come Out was their sophomore effort. The band featured a young Neko Case on drums during several stretches. Deemed "cuddlecore" by critics.
Vancouver. This track originally appeared on a tape the band recorded for a West Coast tour. It is still available on their Bandcamp: lovecuts.bandcamp.com.
The band's name is a Simpsons reference, which should inspired confidence: www.citr.ca.
Seekersinterntional is based out of Richmond, BC. Purveyors of cool modern dub sounds-- seekersinternational.bandcamp.com.
Off one of many records from Moka Only, most of which are still on his Bandcamp. Reportedly involved with LEN of "Steal My Sunshine" fame? Seems too good to be true: moka-only.bandcamp.com.
Star entertainer from Vancouver Edison Chen has hit a rough spot in his career following a series of scandals, but has recently launched a comeback in the Hong Kong film industry.
Very 1080p sounds from D. Tiffany, though this one was released on Pacific Rhythm earlier this year. Nice mixture of ambient & house vibes: www.juno.co.uk.
Vancouver group Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers with their Motown hit "Does Your Mama Know About Me." Tommy Chong was part of the group, before later becoming known for Cheech & Chong. Also Bobby Taylor claims to have discovered the Jackson 5.
There is a Jimi Hendrix shrine in Vancouver, and the musician spent time in Vancouver during his youth. Here's more information about the shrine: www.tourismvancouver.com.
Insulted by AllMusic in their biography of the band (deemed "not especially noteworthy"), which is rather surprising-- the website usually keeps it pretty neutral.
Nick Gilder is formerly of the band Sweeney Todd. This track, "Hot Child in the City," became a platinum-selling track for Gilder and his second No. 1 hit.
Louise Burns is formerly of the band Lillix-- her new solo LP Young Mopes was released back in February. She played earlier tonight at KEXP's Rock the Dock event.
From the 2013 Jay Arner record, which was self-titled. Another album put out by the great Mint Records played tonight. The video for this cut is all kinds of awesome: www.youtube.com.
Another Pacific Rhythm track on the show tonight, this one courtesy of Khotin, the moniker of Dylan Khotin-Foote. This track is from the recent New Tab LP.
Project from Chandra Melting Tallow, who mixes performance art and dream pop on the Baby Blue record. It's about inter-generational trauma as experienced alongside fantasy: mourningcoupnosun.bandcamp.com.
Really cool stuff from Romanian artist Stefana Fratila. Her Efemera record was released on Trippy Tapes back in 2015.
Bobby Draino is affiliated with 1080p and 100% Silk, though this record was released on Normals Welcome. From the Arctic Travel release.
Thoroughly unpleasant, influential, Vancouver sounds from Skinny Puppy's Too Dark Park LP. Released in 1990. Near the band's peak.
Good stuff from Twin Crystals, off their self-titled LP. The band had a very cool visual style, one could say. twincrystals.bandcamp.com.
Known for releasing over 50 CDs/ casettes/ etc. over the course of their career. Part of Vancouver's weirdo punk scene.
