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February 2010: For a complete listing of all the January events at The Biltmore, download a printable copy of the calendar here - 2.8mb PDF file
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February 08 |
Teeks Teknique's Irie Cycle Produtions presents:
Straight From Kingston, JA...Rebel Rocker + Roots Soliders= Easy Skankin
Doors at 8:00pm
Tickets $12.00 at Zulu, Red Cat, Beatstreet, Highlife, Vinyl and Scratch
Rootz Underground
As one of the only modern day bands in Jamaica, Rootz Underground is the ultimate live experience similar to reggae jam bands of the 70’s & 80’s (Bob Marley and The Wailers, Steel Pulse, Third World). Their fresh fusion of musical genres and beautiful instrumentation has scored them #1 hits and a devoted fan base in their home of Jamaica.
Natural Flavas
Vancouver’s premier original Reggae band, offering high energy mix of Roots, Rocksteady and Dancehall. The bands has opened for reggae legend Maxi Priest as well as at the Easy Star Allstars.
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| Tuesday February 09 |
Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 10:00pm (unless otherwise posted)
Tickets $5.00 |
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| Wednesday
February 10 |
Doors at 8:00pm
Tickets $2.00 in advance at Zulu, Red Cat, Scratch and Scrape
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
with all proceeds going to Zero Ceiling: Zero Ceiling is an unbiased charitable society that offers innovative snowboarding programs to at-risk youth and street youth. Through adventure-based learning, employment skills training and personal development, Zero Ceiling is making a difference.
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December 14, 2009 - Costa Mesa, CA – Volcom Entertainment have announced the 2nd Annual Blizzard Bizarre Tour, a FREE “rock and ride” tour that travels across the mountains and through the snow and will feature Volcom Ent bands ASG & KANDI CODED and very special guests HIGH ON FIRE presented by SKULLCANDY in Denver & Vancouver. The bands will travel alongside the Volcom Snowboard Team: GIGI RUF, ZAC MARBEN, SETH HUOT, JAMIE LYNN, BRYAN IGUCHI, BJORN LEINES, PAT MOORE, CURTIS CISZEK, SCOTT STEVENS, and JOHNNY LAZZARESCHI. Blizzard Bizarre will take place in January/February 2010 starting in Denver for the SIA Tradeshow and will hit many resorts and events including the X-Games in Aspen and the Olympics in Vancouver, BC.
The inaugural Blizzard Bizarre Tour went down in January 2009 and featured Tweak Bird, Kandi Coded and the snow team and the tour hit Bear, Vegas, Tahoe, Bend, Portland and many other resort towns. This next tour takes a different route and hits a ton of different resorts and cities than last time including Jackson Hole, Salt Lake City, Breckenridge, Vail, Spokane and much more, and this time all the shows are FREE!
About Kandi Coded:
"Big & Loud Seattle Rock Is Not Dead" is how KANDI CODED first announced their existence to the world on their original MySpace page. It was true, as far as it went. Their music mixes influences from northwest grunge, classic skate-punk, metal, and loud rock. But Kandi Coded is much more than the sum of its parts, because these guys bring an awful lot to the table. Guitarist/lead vocalist and all-around creative force Jamie Lynn is a Northwest snowboarding legend whose oil paintings and graphics are now highly sought-after. Lead guitarist/vocalist Jack Endino has been called "The Godfather of Grunge," making his name first as guitarist for Seattle's Skin Yard, then as a producer of literally hundreds of punk, indy and metal albums. Drummer/vocalist Johnny Graziadei first made his name as the "youngest record label owner in the Bay Area," running the Sesha Press label in the late 80s, and is now one of the hardest-hitting drummers in Seattle. Bassist/vocalist Sam MacDonald played and toured extensively with his former band Reason For Ruin. Together, they are mighty.
With the imminent release of their stunning new album "Fell For The Gift" on Volcom Entertainment on 2/2/10, Kandi Coded is getting ready to go out and rock wherever and whenever they can in 2010.
About ASG:
So far in the 21st century there haven’t been too many bands with an album cover that sums up their sound, but then again, most, or, none of them, are ASG (Amplification of Self Gratification).
The Wrightsville Beach, N.C. quartet’s latest album, Win Us Over, is a vivid, psychedelic, and panoramic thrust that is just as much for the ears as it is for the aura; an experience in a colorful and dense cloth of abrasiveness. Big beefy guitar riffs and melodic foreboding are soaked in Southern roadhouse whiskey, which just might be laced with psilocybin, and are hazed out through a kaleidoscopic squall that packs a walloping sonic punch. While the ingredients of stoner rock, psychedelic metal, and angst-ridden punk rock are transparent, ASG doesn’t fit under any particular category. Be you a fan of plain ol’ rock and roll and don sleeveless flannels while sucking down 22 ouncers and gettin’ rowdy – or enjoy waxin’ deep on the bong, Win Us Over lives up to it’s namesake and ensures that ASG won’t be knocking on any doors; they’ll be knocking them down.
About HIGH ON FIRE:
With a heavy-handed approach and a sound that crashes like thunder, HIGH ON FIRE has put the power back in “power-trio.” Less a band than a supersonic exercise in conquest by volume and sheer heaviness the band has burned the metal rulebook and forged a new archetype.
The world renowned trio has begun work on its long-awaited 5th studio album with Greg Fidelman (Metallica, Slayer, Johnny Cash) and follow-up to 2006’s masterwork “Death is this Communion” and the goal of capturing “the ultimate High On Fire experience.” The new High On Fire album is slated for an early 2010 release. When asked for comment, band founder and frontman Matt Pike states, “We look forward to the dark seas of our new riffs and tragic stories. Soon the next saga of High On Fire’s world will be known.”
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| Thursday
February 11 |
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $12.00 at Zulu, Red Cat and Beat St.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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P.O.S.
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Most of P.O.S’ recent album was written in a moving car. On it, he raps at full-clip to ride rolling drums and revving distortion. There’s an urgency that he keeps in careful check, and then unleashes for spring-loaded verses that represent his best work. P.O.S built his reputation as an innovator, with an unlikely punk rock past and expressive, honest content. He re-earns the accolades with every release. His records capture his charisma—they’re driving and sincere, the dark moments counterbalanced by some giggling banter with the engineer. On Never Better, the new disc, he conjures get-away cars, racing chariots, the pursuit of sirens, and the occasional rueful nighttime drive.
P.O.S was born in Minneapolis as Stefon Alexander, where everybody still calls him Stef. As a little kid, he developed a fascination with an older cousin’s bass guitar. Stef was allowed to take it home and he banged on it happily for years before realizing that it was intended to be played through an amp. “I just thought it was supposed to be a quiet instrument.” As a teenager, he fell hard for punk rock. Minor Threat, At the Drive-In, Refused, Kid Dynamite. He played in a series of hardcore bands, sometimes as a drummer, sometimes on guitar and vocals. From the start, he preferred basement shows to club gigs. Simultaneously, he pursued hip hop, rapping in the hallways and after school with classmates who would eventually found Doomtree Records. P.O.S released his first rap record, Ipecac Neat, on Doomtree in 2003. After signing with Rhymesayers shortly after, it was quickly released and widely distributed on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The album earned P.O.S a dedicated following of critics and underground fans. Two years later they devoured his melodic sophomore release Audition, which featured collaborations with heavyweights like Slug from Atmosphere; Craig Finn of The Hold Steady; and Greg Attonito of The Bouncing Souls. On the verge of his third release, with his trajectory unchecked, P.O.S still doesn’t take himself too seriously. He doesn’t sweat the musical trends. He locks himself in his bedroom studio until the early hours of the morning, emerges with a song, and couldn’t care less how someone else would have gone about it.
Like many great rappers, P.O.S creates his own self-contained little microcosm—his characters become familial to us; we get in on his slang and inside jokes. His mother and his son Jacob emerge as familiar personalities. We know his politics too: P.O.S doesn’t hesitate to call out the compounding absurdities of pop culture, either with a little friendly ribbing or with a Molotov cocktail. On Never Better he drops deft one-liners that cut to the quick of America’s stuff-obsessed culture, Can’t take it with them can they?
Amidst the swagger, the laughter and the wit, P.O.S also provides a portal to his personal life—a young man ferociously determined to succeed as a father, a musician, and a human being. He’s earnest, sometimes frustrated, irresistibly likable, and he’s goofy. With that kind of wingspan, he can rally almost any crowd—live he’s like the Pied Piper of the underground. He can make a rap show feel like a revival, a mosh pit, or a reunion. He will stand on chair. He’ll invent a dance. Then the beat drops, the hands go up, and you’re converted.
P.O.S himself made more than half of the beats on Never Better, and the production bears his unmistakable signature. The album enters a room like bombshell with a black eye—badass, noisy, impossible to ignore. Feedback and relentless drum rolls are only occasionally tempered by sung choruses and clean, chiming guitar lines. Some critics will be eager to categorize the album as a hybrid—some kind of crossover project. But it’s probably not. P.O.S is a rapper with range, he’s a real musician and an unstoppable performer. For him, genres are as they ever were: permeable.
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| Friday
February 12 |
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $13.00 at Scratch, Red Cat, Zulu and Ditch (Victoria) Records
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
From Brooklyn, female indie rock trio, on tour to support their new release “Everything Goes Wrong”.
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"In a year when Brooklyn buzz travels around the world at lightspeed, you can probably count on one hand the number of new bands that, when the hype settles, are more than inconsequential collections of postures and exhausted second-hand styles. Vivian Girls, an all-female trio who've become overnight sensations among critics and underground rock fans, are seemingly candidates for one of those emperor's new clothes-type reveals-- after all, they hail from said borough and perform lo-fi garage rock that taps a number of fashionable historical, ideological, and aesthetic wellsprings (C86! Slumberland! Olympia! Nuggets! Spector!). They deflect the knee-jerk criticism the most effective way possible, though: with an armful of kick-ass songs." - Pitchfork
Best Coast sounds like a lo-fi 60s garage rock and surfing band fronted by a girl group singer, but it is in fact essentially a vehicle for Bethany Cosentino, a 22-year-old from LA who is, as far as we can tell, the sole female auteur of the whole new sun-kissed surf-pop scene – a scratchier and more trad-rocky sound than the associated, lusher one currently termed "chillwave" (Neon Indian, Washed Out, Memory Tapes et al).
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| Saturday
February 13 |
Glory Days Presents:
Valentine's Day Party
w/ Sun Wizard and Makeout Videotape
Doors 9:00pm - Cover price - $10.00
With resident DJ's: My! Gay! Husband! & Sincerely Hana
Special Guest DJ's Warm It Up Chris (Love and Dancing) and Genie
Photos by Lindsay's Diet - Visuals by Marek & Kellen
Glory Days Facebook Page
Glory Days video trailer teaser on Facebook |
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| Be thankful that Sun Wizard doesn’t feel the need to keep up appearances, because if the band did, Maybe They Were Right could have ended up another pretentious clunker destined for the used bin at Zulu. Instead, the record stands as one of the most encouraging releases to come out of this city in ages. - Jenny Charlesworth, the Georgia Straight |
| Sunday
February 14 |
Spend Valentine's Day with our hit weekly Burlesque night:
Kitty Nights
NYC Style Burlesque and Comedy hosted by Burgundy Brixx and The Purrrfessor.
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door - Poster
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| Monday
February 15 |
Doors at 9:00pm
Tickets $12.00 at the door
Hailing from Oxnard California, The Warriors, a metal quintet aims to set the record straight on what hardcore is really about in their latest Victory Records installment. Lead vocalist of THE WARRIORS, Marshall Lichtenwaldt recounted, “I remember hearing our old guitar player, Danny doing an interview and he said that one thing that people forgot about in hardcore today is their genuine sense of outrage. I knew that would be the title of the album before we even wrote it."
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Listening to Genuine Sense Of Outrage (2007), you can hear a bottomless well of frustration and aggression delivered with heartfelt urgency through an arsenal of infectious thrash metal riffs and ten mile thick sludgy hardcore. “I’m not about bringing back nostalgia but most people today treat hardcore like a casual scene and it’s not about how pretty you can make your hair, it’s about music for a reason from the heart and from the head,” Lichtenwaldt says.
While their previous album, 2005’s Beyond The Noise, was more of raw hardcore with a rhythmic pulse and lock-step tempos, the new songs are massively rocking and possessed of dynamically layered chaos. Guitarist Javier Zarate explains “Our new second guitarist Charlie (Alvarez) loves all those bands like Leeway and Crumbsuckers that were brutal but also rocked, he brought a lot of riffs to the table and jamming together it brought out a darker and heavier side of THE WARRIORS.”
Genuine Sense Of Outrage was put together with the help of producer Cameron Webb, whom has previously worked with Social Distortion, Motorhead, and Silverstein. Lichtenwaldt comments “Webb is definitely a bro, he wants to achieve your vision and that means using whatever means he can to help you do that. There was times when he would be yelling at me and calling me names until he got me fired up enough to deliver the most passionate and angry performance I could.” Lichtenwaldt definitely needed to bring his A-game with guest vocalists involved on the album including Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead), Lou Koller (Sick Of It All) and Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid).
On the road for 300 days of the year the band has an impressive amount of dates set up around the world including tours with Evergreen Terrace, rapper DMX, Bury Your Dead and upcoming runs through Australia and Europe. The group, who formed in high school, has been doing national tours since the age of 19 have also shared the stage with such groups as Tiger Army, Kittie, Terror, Throwdown, Sick Of It All and Set Your Goals.
Lichtenwaldt concludes by saying “We’ve always embraced this culture for what it is, to make people think and to feel. We do this for the love of the music and for the way it makes us feel alive. Therefore we are psyched to play our songs for ourselves and we’re gonna give as much energy playing a small show as we would if we were playing an arena.” |
| Tuesday
February 16 |
Doors at 9:00pm
Tickets $14.00 at Scratch, Red Cat, Highlife, Zulu and Ditch (in Victoria)
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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From Nashville, country-folk singer-songwriter, on tour to support his latest release “Midnight At The Movies”. Winner of the “Best New Artist” award at the 2009 Americana Music Awards.
"Like the late Van Zandt, Earle uses a base of acoustic blues and prewar folk to build his own brand of American roots music." - Nashville Scene
Sophomore releases, such a bumpy road they tread, with expectations being expectations and the fickle nature of hype and short attention spans, how can they live up to the excitement generated by a stellar debut? Within the first song on Justin Townes Earle's second album Midnight At the Movies, you just know you're hearing something special, that you are party to the unknown and exhilarating paths being explored by an artist on the creative ascendancy. Midnight At The Movies displays an adeptness and musical sophistication of remarkable, organic breadth and is as lyrically sharp as a lover's tongue as she is walking out the door.
If you didn't look at the songwriting credits, you'd swear the songs were penned on the stoop of a one-pump filling station in dust bowl era Oklahoma, the smoke-filled song and dream factories of Tin Pan Alley, or at the back door of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville. Justin effortlessly taps the romanticism imbued in the beaten-soled travelogues and mythos of Woody Guthrie; the lounging around a campfire at a work camp and the edgy angst of a wintry Minneapolis (yeah, just try to get that mandolin line from the cover of the 'Mats’ "Can't Hardly Wait" out of your head.)
Midnight at the Movies is held firm by Justin's astonishing vision and conviction, yet roams o'er the vast landscape of American music without so much as a stumble. From the deft ear for orchestration and ambient arrangement reminiscent of Randy Newman right through, somehow, the countrypolitan cool of Lambchop and hipster retro vibes of Palace Brothers or Magnetic Fields (simply look to the title track for proof), to the amber smooth swing of the Ray Price smilin' thru the heartache school of country ("What I Mean To You," "Poor Fool"), to the immediacy and disarming simplicity of country blues ("They Killed John Henry"), to songs that tell a novel's worth of emotion in a few lines ("Mama's Eyes"), Justin Townes Earle pulls it all off with a confidence and candor that tells the listener that the daring exhibited on his album The Good Lifeonly hinted at the growth to come. |
| Wednesday
February 17 |
Rock and Roll Pizza Party presents:
Needles and Pins with Mode Moderne
Free pizza with admission and fantastic locally produced Rock'n'Roll. How Can you go wrong?
Doors at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door
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| Thursday
February 18 |
Classix Dance Party presents
Tainted Love
a Northern Soul tribute night
Doors at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a girl could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh...tainted love Tainted love
One of the most popular chorus refrains ever written. The story of the song, ‘Tainted Love’, is much like the story of Northern Soul itself. While disco and funk flourished in the Seventies, long gone were the fantastic uptempo dance beats of the early soul records released in Chicago, Detroit, New York and in between. In England though, there was an underground movement brewing at place’s like Manchester’s Twisted Wheel that were keeping the faith. In 1973, British DJ Richard Searling - later a favourite of the ultimate Northern Soul hotspot Wigan Casino - found ‘Tainted Love’ as sung by Gloria Jones on a buying trip to the US. The rest, as they say, was history. ‘Tainted Love’ has since gone on to become a number one single as covered by Soft Cell, and is one the most requested and loved songs of all time. It has the beat, the mournful yet uplifting lyrics, and the beautiful voice that has come to epitomize the sound of Northern Soul. So everybody stand up and be counted, in tribute to one of our greatest cultural legacies; the sound of Northern Soul. Everybody, Let’s Dance!
featuring Classix Dance Party resident DJs
John Cougar ( Hey Soul Classics! / Casbah!)
Cougar started getting people dancing way back in the day as one of the residents at Vancouver’s legendary after-hours joint The Sugar Refinery. Since then he has been played everywhere from the Commodore Ballroom, opening for such acts as Dead Weather and Jay Reatard, to the Picadilly where along with My! Gay! Husband! he came up with the concept Casbah! - Vancouver’s first rock n roll dance party, to the Astoria where he helped begin the night, Hey Soul Classics
David Love Jones (Vinyl Records / africanrhythmsradio.com / CITR)
Renowned in Vancouver for one of the city's finest record collections, David is best known as the owner of Vinyl Records at Hastings and Cambie. You can catch him DJing around town on a regular basis at several locations including The Kingston, Goldies Lounge, Nuba Restaurant, The Biltmore, and on the radio at CiTR. Recognized for his DJ eclecticisim, typically jumping between Northern + Modern Soul, Disco, Funk 80`s, Funky Latin and Brazilian, tonight David will be making the dancefloor stomp with an exclusive set of Northern Soul classics.
Plus special guest
Ian Westminster (Wigan)
DJ Ian W hails from the centre of Northern Soul, namely Wigan. Born and bred on a diet of soul classics from an early age DJ Ian spins the classic Wigan sound - a stompin' heavy beat and a melody that gets you dancin'.
As well, we continue the Classix Dance Party tradition of playing the most provocative and visually exciting films of the Sixties…
Jules Et Jim (1962)
Seminal French New Wave classic directed by Francois Truffaut and starring the naturally sexy icon Jeanne Moreau. Jules et Jim transformed the way we view films as an inventive encyclopedia of the language of cinema that incorporates newsreel footage, photographic stills, freeze frames, panning shots, wipes, masking, dolly shots, and voiceover narration.
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Directed by Italian legend Frederic Fellini, La Dolce Vita is considered one of cinema’s greatest achievements. Upon it’s release in 1960 it caused a sensation winning the Palme D’Or at Cannes, and being nominated for 4 Academy Awards. It follows the life of a Paparazzo played by Marcello Mastroianni who is easily distracted by the decadence of Rome and visionary beauties such as Anita Eckberg, Anouk Aimee, and Yvonne Furneaux.
Classix Dance Party is sponsored by the lovely folks at
Vinyl Records, Bangtown Hair Saloon and Happy Bats Cinema
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| Friday
February 19 |
Timbe Productions presents, DFA recording artists
Yacht
with special guest Bobby Birdman
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $15.00 in advance at Scratch, Zulu and Red Cat Records
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
From Portland, indie dance duo, on tour to support their latest release “See Mystery Lights”.
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See Mystery Lights is a triumph. It's a feel-good album for an era that could use a little happiness, a sweaty collection of heady, hedonistic tunes just in time for the hottest days of the year. And the best part is that one spin of this wily, sunny disc will be able to transport you back to summer vacation any day of the year.”- Pitchfork (8.5 rating for their 2009 record See Mystery Lights)
"Whatever lies beyond, it's going to have a groove." ― The New York Times
"BEST NEW MUSIC" ― Pitchfork
"Precisely programmed digital ear candy." ― Rolling Stone
"They make you want to dance." ― The Guardian
"Dreamy pop tracks that sound like artifacts from another planet." ― Billboard
"Brainy and block-rocking rarely coexist like this." ― Entertainment Weekly
"They make you want to dance." ― SPIN |
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February 20 |
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Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt, alongside producer Roger Leavens, are Woodhands -- a synth and drums duo intent on injecting the world of electro-pop with a dose of emotional intensity and a generous portion of glam rock swagger.
Known for their vivid live performances, free from the calculable presence of pre-recorded samples, laptops or other safety nets so aptly found in so many of their contemporaries, Woodhands compiles original dance tracks that rise forth from the pain of their own blood, sweat and tears.
This innovative two-piece rely on monstrous drum patterns, speedy keytar licks, and punk rock lyricism guaranteed to overheat any room with a threshold of sound and complexity.
Since the 2008 release of their debut album Heart Attack, Woodhands has received impressive accolades for both their recorded work and their relentless live performance, appearing on several ‘Best Of’ lists including a recent anointment as one of the '10 Best New Bands On Earth' by British tastemaker Q Magazine following their coverage of SXSW 2009.
After spending the past year and a half touring Canada, the United States, China, and Japan in support of Heart Attack, and delivering a slew of remixes and cover songs that have kept the party going strong, Woodhands is back with a stimulating plethora of darker, energetic dance tracks.
The forthcoming sophomore offering from Woodhands, Remorsecapade, dives deeper into the emotional territory of Heart Attack, painting strangely compelling portraits of lost souls inhabiting the late night abyss of dance clubs (“I Should Have Gone With My Friends”), sweaty hand-holding (“Pockets”), and – of course – heartbreak, here described as ‘doubling’.
The songs of Remorsecapade run from the deceptive bubble gum pop arrangement of “Dissembler” to the explosive punk rock/electro hybrid of “Coolchazine,” and throughout, Woodhands offers listeners a rich journey throughout the scorched landscape of what their sweaty brand of electronic has now become: Risky, emotionally resonant, and dangerously addictive.
“By far the toppest of my tips is Woodhands. Energetic synthy new wave 'Montreal sound', but with added bite and more than a bit of Soulwax about it, their energetic show is the highlight of an above-average programme."- NME, Live Review
"Blue Monday period New Order with the pop elements of Depeche Mode" - Q Magazine, June 2009: “The 10 Best New Bands On Earth” |
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Glory Days Presents:
Twin Crystals
**Late Show!** Doors 11:00pm
Cover price - $10.00
With resident DJ's: My! Gay! Husband! & Sincerely Hana
Special Guest DJ's Warm It Up Chris (Love and Dancing) and Genie
Photos by Lindsay's Diet - Visuals by Marek & Kellen
Glory Days Facebook Page
Glory Days video trailer teaser on Facebook |
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| Sunday
February 21 |
Kitty Nights
NYC Style Burlesque and Comedy hosted by Burgundy Brixx and The Purrrfessor.
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door - Poster
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| Monday
February 22 |
Doors at 8:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door
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| Tuesday February 23 |
HILARI-YES! A night of comedy gold
Taz Vanrassel, nominee for 'best male improviser' in the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards, has been performing improvised theatre for over 10 years. He is a regular staple on the Vancouver comedy scene; performing with Urban Improv and with Instant theatre Co. Recent accomplishments include First place in both the Edmonton TheatreSports Tournament and Toronto's Tournament of Wonders. Taz has trained, performed and taught throughout Canada, the USA, Australia and Europe.
**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 8:30pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door |
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Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 11:00pm (unless otherwise posted)
Tickets $5.00 |
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| Wednesday
February 24 |
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $17.00 at Scratch, Red Cat, Zulu and Ditch (Victoria) Records
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
Electronic musician (aka Kieran Hebden), on tour to support his upcoming January release “There Is Love In You”.
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| Thursday
February 25 |
Weirdness featuring:
Haunted Beard, Von Bingen and Cat
A night that will easily live up to its name and then some. Curated by Ben Jacques, the artist behind some of the Biltmore's most weird and wacky posters (he also plays in Haunted Beard).
Doors at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door
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| Saturday
February 27 |
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**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $14.00 at Red Cat, Scratch, Zulu and Ditch (Victoria) Records
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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For some coincidental reason Lou Reed worked as some kind of muse for my new album, and perhaps especially this very song as the overall theme of it. knew from the beginning I was going to do an album of love songs but as I was far from in an amorous state of mind at the time I realized, I couldn't write anything that would be pretending I still believed in love. I wanted to though. Desperately. And upon reading the lyrics to "Heavenly Arms"
I realized he'd find the way to express this dark and desperate fight for love to survive against all odds. Although time and space had come between it - you keep fighting for it until the end. In some ways "Heavenly Arms" helped me set the tone for the album. Performing it live is always very special. At Way Out West in Gothenburg this summer I had the chance to do it in a grand church with this huge cross hanging over my head. It was a strange and quite eerily beautiful feeling - El Perro del Mar
Link to the video, “Change of Heart” voted one of the top music videos of 2009 at Pitchfork: http://vimeo.com/7086797
"El Perro Del Mar's album is unlike anything else around" - Esquire
"A masterclass in melancholic pop" - Word
'A bewitching voice and melodies reminiscent of classic 60s pop" - Q
"Sublimely hypnotic...a twinkling gem" - Disorder
"Intriguing...genuinely uplifting" - **** Uncut
"Unique and magical" - **** The Times
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Glory Days Presents:
Hard Feelings
**Late Show!** Doors 11:00pm
Cover price - $10.00
With resident DJ's: My! Gay! Husband! & Sincerely Hana
Special Guest DJ's Warm It Up Chris (Love and Dancing) and Genie
Photos by Lindsay's Diet - Visuals by Marek & Kellen
Glory Days Facebook Page
Glory Days video trailer teaser on Facebook |
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| Sunday
February 28 |
Kitty Nights
NYC Style Burlesque and Comedy hosted by Burgundy Brixx and The Purrrfessor.
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door - Poster
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March 2010:
| Monday
March 01 |
Doors at 8:00pm
Tickets $13.00 plus applicable service charge at Red Cat and Zulu
Buy tickets online at www.ticketmaster.ca
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| Tuesday March 02 |
Pelageya
**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm
Tickets are $15.00 - students and $25.00 general admission - $30.00 at the door
Buy tickets online at http://troikaent.com/?q=en/node/12
and Russian stores, Scratch, Red Cat, Highlife
Download FREE their latest album "Tropos" here: http://tropos.pelagea.ru |
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Pelageya is an extraordinary band which plays folk music in a rock style. As well as the name of the energetic vocalist, Pelageya is a band led by Pavel Deshura who has helped to create a unique approach to the Russian tradition. The band are a real antidote to the rather pop based format in which Russian folk is generally presented. The band need to be seen to fully appreciate the excitement they generate.
Pelageya has an impressive string of admirers. Among them are prominent political leaders, such President Jacques Chirac of France, who described Pelageya as "the Russian Edith Piaf" Her other admirers include such big names as the Serbian film director and musician Emir Kusturitsa and the Spanish tenor Jose Carreras. Pelageya took part in the recording of an album of the popular British band "Depeche Mode".
"Russian folk songs go well with folk tunes from other countries and even with non-folk elements - from "Pink Floyd", for one, or the music from "Fifth Element". It's really fascinating" - the singer says.
For many Russians the young singer has now become a symbol of their country. And this no wonder, since her art is saturated with driving energy, flattering sincerity and purely Russian soulfulness.
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Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 11:00pm (unless otherwise posted)
Tickets $5.00 |
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| Wednesday March 03 |
Talent Time
Comedy and Variety at it's finest with Paul Anthony and Friends.
With DJ Body Beautiful
Doors 8:00pm showtime 9:00pm
Tickets $8.00
followed by....
Weekend Leisure
Weekend Leisure
is Erich Gerl, Curtis Grahauer, Christy Nyiri and Pietro Sammarco. Inspired by the 1990s laserdisc era of karaoke videos Weekend Leisure produces its own karaoke videos, hosts and DJs karaoke events, makes short video sketches and performs regularly with other sketch groups such as Bronx Cheer and Man Hussy. |
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| Thursday
March 04 |
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $16.00 at Zulu, Red Cat, Scratch, Highlife
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
Psych-Jazz band featuring founding member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of invention, Roy Estrada
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| Sunday
March 07 |
Kitty Nights
NYC Style Burlesque and Comedy hosted by Burgundy Brixx and The Purrrfessor.
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door - Poster
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| Monday
March 08 |
Doors at 8:00pm
Tickets $14.00 plus applicable service charge at Red Cat and Zulu
Buy tickets online at www.ticketmaster.ca
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| Tuesday
March 09 |
Timbe Productions and Beatroute present:
The Appleseed Cast
with special guests Dreamend
Note New Venue!!! All tickets purchased for The Media Club will be honoured at The Biltmore.
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $15.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Cat, Zulu and Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
From Kansas, post-punk indie band, perform a special show playing “Low Level Owl” 1 & 2 in their entirety.
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| Wednesday
March 10 |
Classix Dance Party presents:
Ready! Steady! Go! a British Invasion happening!
featuring The Orpheans
with resident DJs David Love Jones & John Cougar
Doors at 9:00pm
Tickets $5 at the door with non-perishable food item, $7 otherwise
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| Thursday
March 11 |
Doors at 8:00pm
Limited admission - Ticket info TBA
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| Friday
March 12 |
Timbe Productions presents: 4AD recording artists,
Efterklang
with special guests Balmorhea
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $14.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Cat and Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
From Copenhagen, orchestral/experimental rock band, on tour to support their February release "Magic Chairs".
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| Saturday
March 13 |
ATO recording artist
Mike Doughty: The Question Jar Show (an acoustic evening)
**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 8:30
Tickets $18.00 at Scratch, Red Cat and Ditch (Victoria) Records
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
Singer-songwriter and founding member of Soul Coughing returns to perform an acoustic duo show, on tour to support his latest release “Sad Man Happy Man”.
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Glory Days Presents:
**Late Show!** Doors 11:00pm
Cover price - $10.00
With resident DJ's: My! Gay! Husband! & Sincerely Hana
Special Guest DJ's Warm It Up Chris (Love and Dancing) and Genie
Photos by Lindsay's Diet - Visuals by Marek & Kellen
Glory Days Facebook Page
Glory Days video trailer teaser on Facebook |
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| Sunday
March 14 |
Kitty Nights
NYC Style Burlesque and Comedy hosted by Burgundy Brixx and The Purrrfessor.
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door - Poster
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| Tuesday March 16 |
Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 10:00pm (unless otherwise posted)
Tickets $5.00 |
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| Thursday
March 18 |
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Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $13.50 plus applicable service charge at Red Cat and Zulu
Buy tickets online at www.ticketmaster.ca
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It's not the end. But it is a new beginning.
That's how Jay Malinowski is viewing the release of Bright Lights and Bruises, his first foray into the solo world outside of the cozy confines of his popular Canadian band Bedouin Soundclash.
"I'm cleaning my side of the street before going back to work," says Malinowski of the 13-track soul purging recorded while on a rare hiatus from his Juno Award-winning day job. “These are songs of things I lost along the way."
The self-produced acoustic-based album, which will be released on Bedouin's own Pirates Blend record label and distributed through Sony Music in Canada, shows off a different side of the artist -- quieter, deeply personal and incredibly contemplative, it is a sound befitting the catharsis he so urgently required.
Eight years ago, Malinowski and songwriting partner Eon Sinclair hooked up in the university town of Kingston, Ontario and set about conquering the music world with their fan-friendly blend of ebullient ska, pop, punk and soul. Three albums later and a handful of hit singles, numerous awards and nominations, not to mention a steady string of high-profile tours that saw them share the stage with such acts as No Doubt, Ben Harper, Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails, and you'd forgive them for proclaiming 'mission accomplished.'
But behind all of the acclaim and achievements there were dark clouds forming on the Bedouin front, both personally and professionally. The constant touring and all of the rock star trappings took their toll on the members of the band. “You go onstage every night under any circumstance, and the personal punches you take have to go somewhere,” says Malinowski. At the beginning of 2009, Malinowski and Sinclair decided they could no longer continue working with now ex-drummer Pat Pengelly. Add to that the demise of a seven-year romantic relationship, and Malinowski admits he was in a tremendously negative and unhealthy space. “Everything changed in a day.”
"Being in a band through bad times is the worst marriage ever. You argue all the time, and it's sexless" he says with a laugh. "We started Bedouin Soundclash when we were really young and hadn't gone through many trials yet. You say you're not going to become the cliche, but if you spend enough time around cliches you become one. Basically that's what happened to us, and that's what happened to me."
"It became about everything but music and relationships. Alcohol and drugs are a great way to temporarily escape those things -- albeit cowardly, and unfortunately they don't work. I realized I'd lost the reasons I'd done anything. And I wasn't happy. I wasn't sure at one point if Bedouin should continue."
So, with the urging and encouragement of Sinclair, he began writing with a solo project in mind, putting into song everything he'd been dealing with at what he admits was his lowest point. Then, when all of the band's commitments had been fulfilled for the year, he took off from Bedouin's homebase of Toronto and headed West to his hometown of Vancouver to convalesce and record the tracks that would become Bright Lights and Bruises.
"It had to be that way. It's just a really personal record and my home is Vancouver – I'd forgotten the ocean and the mountains and all of those things that are really important to me, but I didn't really realize that until now," he says. "It was important for me to do this in Vancouver."
Fittingly, the tracks were recorded at Armoury Studios -- the studio of late family friend and legendary rock producer Bruce Fairbairn, who inspired Bedouin fan favourite Santa Monica, written when Malinowski was 16 after Fairbairn's death and delivered in a gorgeous reworking on the new album. “I wrote that for Kev when his dad died, I stopped playing it with Bedouin a while ago cause it lost it's meaning there, but it fit this record. Kev played guitar on it with me, it felt whole again.” And, aside from some assistance from pals in West Coast indie nu wave band Hot Hot Heat, the album is an entirely self-reliant affair, with the artist providing all of the vocals and somewhat sparse instrumentation.
The result is a stunning and remarkably stirring collection of material that shows someone who's as much in touch with his feelings as he is with the craft of songwriting, and someone who's willing to take chances and lay it all on the line. From the haunting and plaintive piano ballad There's A Light -- the album's opener and first single -- to country strummers Life Is A Gun and Loving Hand, and the jangly, McCartney-esque pastoral melodicism of A Vacant Youth, Malinowski explores sonic and emotional spaces that will surprise but allure fans old and new.
And now, with a New Year set to begin, Malinowski is ready to share his Bright Lights and Bruises with the rest of the world. And, more than that, he's ready to get on with life and career. The upcoming months will see his time divided between supporting this solo project and getting to work in earnest on something new for those who've come to him through his work with Bedouin Soundclash. He'll do so, he says, as a healthier, happier and stronger musician and man than he was when he stepped briefly away.
"I couldn't really in all honesty put out a Bedouin record because it wouldn't have been true to where I was at, spiritually," he says. "Now I'm actually excited to make a record for Bedouin Soundclash. It's a good thing. We actually have clarity of what we want to do right now -- it's a really good thing."
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March 21 |
Kitty Nights
NYC Style Burlesque and Comedy hosted by Burgundy Brixx and The Purrrfessor.
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door - Poster
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| Tuesday March 23 |
Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 10:00pm (unless otherwise posted)
Tickets $5.00 |
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| Friday
March 26 |
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The Bonfire Ball revue tour will bring together three artists for a unique night of collaboration that is as intertwined as their musical lineage. Instead of the typical show in which each act plays its own set, Jason Collett, Zeus and Bahamas will seamlessly integrate the songs of all three artists into a cohesive night-long set of incredible music. At times you will find Collett strumming softly on the guitar alone; Zeus pounding out their rich pop numbers; or Bahamas melting the rocks in your glass; then find them all back together again in full force. The energy, the creativity, the inherent knowledge each musician brings to the stage, of their fellow musician, will make for a unique and exciting night, each and every night along the tour.
In Jason's own words:
"I would like to explore the idea of me being the first one on stage playing solo. I think it serves to immediately subvert people's notions about what to expect from the evening, which I like. After that, we will build into Bahamas and Zeus songs, back to my own, and continue this alchemy of music throughout the night. I imagine we'll interchange parts so each night is unique and never formulaic. We've even discussed the idea of coming out for an encore with us all playing a big batch of covers - wedding band styles."
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March 27 |
**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 8:30
Tickets $20.00 at Scratch, Red Cat, Highlife and Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
Japanese psychedelic-rock collective, led by Kawabata Makoto.
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Glory Days Presents:
**Late Show!** Doors 11:00pm
Cover price - $10.00
With resident DJ's: My! Gay! Husband! & Sincerely Hana
Special Guest DJ's Warm It Up Chris (Love and Dancing) and Genie
Photos by Lindsay's Diet - Visuals by Marek & Kellen
Glory Days Facebook Page
Glory Days video trailer teaser on Facebook |
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| Sunday
March 28 |
Kitty Nights
NYC Style Burlesque and Comedy hosted by Burgundy Brixx and The Purrrfessor.
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $5.00 at the door - Poster
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| Monday
March 29 |
Doors at 8:00pm
Tickets $12.00 at Zulu, Scratch and Red Cat
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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| Tuesday March 30 |
Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 10:00pm (unless otherwise posted)
Tickets $5.00 |
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April 2010:
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April 01 |
Save The Brains - A Rock 'N Roll Fundraiser
Performances by:
The SOME x6 Band, The Deadcats and The Stag Reels
Emcee'd by burlesque beauty Burgundy Brixx and the ever-debonair Purrrfessor of Kitty Nights
Save the Brains is an annual Rock n Roll Fundraiser for Brain Cancer Research through the BC Cancer Foundation. On March 3rd, 2009, with the help of four great bands and some fabulous volunteers, we raised $2000 for the BC Cancer Foundation. On April 1, 2010, with your help, we hope to double that! |
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Join us on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 at The Biltmore Cabaret for some great blues & rockabilly music and help fight brain cancer at the same time!
There will be a fantastic raffle with bigger and better prizes, a silent auction featuring artwork by some fabulous local artists, and of course, door prizes and goodie bags at the event.
Join our mailing list,our Facebook group or our MySpace page to get all the latest news as it happens, for sneak previews of the silent auction, and for first crack at raffle and event tickets.
Fighting Brain Cancer in memory of Kevin Rushton
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| Friday
April 02 |
Timbe Productions presents:
Dead Meadow
with special guest Imaad Wasif and guests
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $16.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Cat, Highlife and Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.caLA-based, indie psyche-rock trio on tour to support their March release, a full-length concert movie and accompanying soundtrack "Three Kings".
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| Wednesday April 07 |
Talent Time
Comedy and Variety at it's finest with Paul Anthony and Friends.
With DJ Body Beautiful
Doors 8:00pm showtime 9:00pm
Tickets $8.00
followed by....
Weekend Leisure
Weekend Leisure
is Erich Gerl, Curtis Grahauer, Christy Nyiri and Pietro Sammarco. Inspired by the 1990s laserdisc era of karaoke videos Weekend Leisure produces its own karaoke videos, hosts and DJs karaoke events, makes short video sketches and performs regularly with other sketch groups such as Bronx Cheer and Man Hussy. |
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April 09 |
The Biltmore and Chez Nous present:
The Ruby Suns with Toro Y Moi and No Gold
Sub Pop recording artists from Auckland New Zealand perform Pych/pop songs from their record, Sea Lion
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $10.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Cat and Zulu
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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| Saturday
April 10 |
**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm - Show at 8:30
Tickets $15.00 at Scratch, Red Cat and Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
From Sweden, electronic band on tour to support their latest release "Machine Dreams".
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Glory Days Presents:
**Late Show!** Doors 11:00pm
Cover price - $10.00
With resident DJ's: My! Gay! Husband! & Sincerely Hana
Special Guest DJ's Warm It Up Chris (Love and Dancing) and Genie
Photos by Lindsay's Diet - Visuals by Marek & Kellen
Glory Days Facebook Page
Glory Days video trailer teaser on Facebook |
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April 20 |
Timbe Productions presents:
Special One Time Only Show!!!
The Wedding Present Play Bizarro
with special guests Girl in a Coma
**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 8:30pm
Tickets $20.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Cat and Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
UK pop legends, celebrate and perform their classic 1989 album “Bizarro” in its entirety.
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Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 11:00pm
Tickets $5.00 |
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| Wednesday
April 21 |
Timbe Productions presents, Partisan recording artists
Deer Tick
with special guests Holy Sons and guests
From Providence, RI indie rock band, on tour to support their upcoming new release.
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:00pm
Tickets $14.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Catand Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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| Friday
April 23 |
The Biltmore and Mint Records presents:
The Pack A.D.
with guests Sex with Strangers and The Angry Dragons
Mint Records recording artists celebrate the release of their latest LP, We Kill Computers
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $12.00 in advance at Red Cat and Zulu
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
On Sale Saturday February 13/10
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| Wednesday
April 28 |
The Biltmore presents:
Shearwater
with Wye Oak and guests Hospital Ships
Matador recording artists from Austin, Texas featuring members of Okkervil River
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $12.00 in advance at Red Cat and Zulu
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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| Friday
April 30 |
Timbe Productions presents:
Red Sparowes
with special guests
LA-based, epic instrumental rock band (featuring members of ISIS, Pleasure Forever, Angel Hair and The VSS), on tour to support their latest release "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer".
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $15.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Catand Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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May 2010:
| Tuesday
May 11 |
Timbre Productions presents:
Johann Johannsson
with special guests
**Early Show** - curfew 11:00pm
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 8:30pm
Tickets $15.00 in advance at Scratch, Red Cat, Highlife and Ditch (Victoria) Records.
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
From Iceland, experimental artist & musician, producer and composer, who combines electronics with classical orchestrations. On tour to support his most recent 4AD release “Fordlandia”..
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Houseparty - Retro Hip Hop Dance Party
DJ's Cam Dales, Man Tears, and Lil Baby Peace Sign
Doors at 11:00pm
Tickets $5.00 |
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May 27 |
The Biltmore presents:
WHY?
with special guests The Donkeys and Josiah Wolf
Indie folksters from Cincinnati, Ohio, tour in support of their latest LP "Eskimo Snow"
Doors at 8:00pm Show at 9:30pm
Tickets $15.00 in advance at Red Cat and Zulu
Buy tickets online at: www.ticketweb.ca
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