Why visit a festival? Simple. Live music outdoors. It's practically impossible to beat unless you're also being offered free narcotics and alcohol. In addition to a great line up of acts, Live at Squamish included a Silent Disco , which many hadn't experienced beforehand. What's a silent disco you ask? Simple; you listen to what the DJ's spinning through wireless headphones. You can adjust the sound to your own comfort and go from there. Though fairly empty throughout the day, when night fell, the disco got packed. Complete with glow sticks [...]
The pressure is always on the first performers on the second day for two reasons; one, most people don't arrive early on day two (unless the artist is extremely recognizable and consistently draws huge crowds), and two, if they do have an audience, the audience is expecting something exceptional as they're a smaller, "more eager" group. Henry Mah (Stawamus Stage @ 1:00PM) and George Osei (Garibaldi Stage @ 1:00PM) have this challenge to face as Sunday begins. Brasstronaut - Stawamus Stage @ 3:05PM Vancouver's Brasstronaut are defined as [...]
LIVE at Squamish 2011: Final Event Reminder It's almost here! Virgin Mobile presents LIVE at Squamish outdoor music festival, organized by brand.LIVE , will be taking place this weekend on August 20th and 21st. Expect more than 30 amazing musical acts, cool events, awesome food and a community atmosphere all weekend long. "The 2011 festival is shaping up to be even better than last year," said brand.LIVE Senior Vice President of Production Paul Runnals. "We have an amazing line up of artists performing at this year's festival, and being set against such a beautiful [...]
A couple weeks ago the Peak Performance Project ended, an ambitious radio-sponsored project that brought some well-deserved attention to a bunch of British Columbia bands (like The Painted Birds and Adaline ). When the project reached its finale, three bands were left standing: We Are The City , The Left , and Bend Sinister . To be honest, at that point I thought it was a lock: Bend Sinister had this thing. They make incredibly fun, BIG music (imagine that Elton John mated with Queen and you have a hint [...]
Filed under: News , Canada Ninteen-years old and $150,000 in your pocket -- not a bad weekend for We Are The City, the grand prize winners of the Peak Performance Project. The Kelowna, BC trio clinched the win on Jan 22 at a special showcase at Vancouver's historic Commodore Ballroom featuring the top finalists. Bend Sinister and the Left were also in the running for this new contest created by Vancouver radio station 100.5 The Peak and Music BC to help develop emerging artists. Beating [...]
Most bands wait until after achieving commercial success to release a best-of album. Not Bend Sinister , however; the Vancouver indie rock outfit has released three albums, and while it has earned a strong local following, it is yet to achieve widespread recognition. Nevertheless, the five-piece has selected eight songs for a best-of compilation, which is currently being offered as a free download from the band's website . "Time Breaks Down" begins as a gentle ballad before suddenly bursting into a jaunty bounce that's part Paul McCartney , part Ben Folds . This [...]
"A Bend In The Road" by Bend Sinister It's been a rough weekend and I'm super exhausted, but I just wanted to give a quick Monday morning shout out to this excellent looking documentary on touring Canada by Vancouver's Bend Sinister . Let's hope it comes out soon. In other Bend Sinister news, the band recently made the finals for the lucrative 100.5 FM Peak Performance competition in Vancouver, BC, which means they've got at least 50K (CDN) coming to them after their January 22, [...]
Hi Vancouver, I realize this is very short notice, but there is an event tomorrow (Friday December 18th) you just can't miss. It's called Busking For Change and it's happening right here in Vancouver at Library Square & Vancouver City Centre Station. If by chance you can't attend, please consider supporting War Child Canada online here . Celebrated musicians will take to the streets of Vancouver to raise money for war affected children. The musicians taking part are: Carly Rae Jepsen ( http://www.myspace.com/carlyra emusic ) Elias [...]
Emotionally upbeat and nostalgically charming the way Bend Sinister surround their central keyboard reliance with a wider modern rock feel. Warming vocals, exceptional confidence in musical style, these guys could play just about anything. The Vancouver band are offering a `best of` free download , ten tracks for the simple exchange of an Email address. Band Website also includes one of the best Beatles covers we`ve heard in along time, savable to a music folder in two clicks. "Featuring well-constructed keyboard driven songs, enhanced by vocal flourishes and virtuoso [...]
Bend Sinister , who in addition to being great guys, are a great band who penned one of my favourite local tunes ever (see above), and they're up for $150k in a contest put on by the Peak. Why not help them out by voting here . It's really quick and there's no arduous form to fill out or personal information to give or any crap like that, so if you've got a second, help them get some money so they can afford to put out more records and concentrate even more time on putting out great [...]
In the new age of digital downloading and iTunes supremacy, many artists are turning to giving tracks away as a way to get their name out and about. Maybe it's effort to get you to come out to your local pub, farmer's market, or Tully's to watch them give you the magic live and in person. Vancouver B.C.'s Bend Sinister has graciously joined the hopefuls by giving away 10 free tracks as downloads on their website. And by now we should know that just because it's free, doesn't mean it lacks quality. [...]
Bend Sinister was recently chosen as one of the twenty finalists for the Peak Performance Project. The Peak Performance Project is sponsored by the 100.5 The Peak FM and Music BC. The PEAK Performance Project is a seven-year, $5.29 million contest open to all musicians in British Columbia. The project was created by 100.5 The PEAK and Music BC to develop BC based emerging artists. Every year, twenty finalists from BC will receive an intensive, one week training program in the music business, live performance, songwriting, marketing and promotion. [...]
When I'm talking about Bend Sinister today, I'm not talking about the classic EP by The Fall. I'm talking about the band that just released, "Tales of Lovers Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers," a wonderfully complicated, fresh and vital prog-rock-and-roll. Take the Queen-like loud-crash-into-light-piano-an d-back-again extended intro of "The News," which begins with a lyrical tribute to the Beatles, mix in "Brothers of Humankind," which features whirling keyboard and sax riffs that combine to form heavy metal Springsteen, and then jump to lighters-up anthem, "Jimmy Brown," and you've got a recipe for stadium rock like you [...]
I always wondered what "RIYL" stood for and finally decided to look it up. I always tried to make it mean "right up your alley," but I knew that wasn't right. Well, it means "recommended if you like," which makes a lot more sense! That's not to say I'll be using it much, mainly because I'm really bad at making those kinds of associations between bands, but at least now I understand what it means when other people use it. God bless google. Anyhow, I [...]
The amount of funding being awarded to the independent and small label bands in Canada is pretty impressive. You constantly hear about people like The Swiss (@polarismusicprize) or something like the Verge awards raising cash to help support the arts and in a time where the government is doing the exact opposite, it's the very tiny silver lining in a very large dark cloud that constantly pours down on musicians. For BC emerging artists – not exactly sure what that term implies, especially when one of the nominees has been grinding for 10 years – the [...]
"let's just stay here" kam mitte oktober auf mint records heraus: carolyn mark - all time low am 24.11. erscheint "big deal. what's he done lately?" und wir krachen uns schon einmal ein wenig warm (wird es plagiatsvorwürfe geben?): brimstone howl - suicide blues "sunset/sunrise" ist der aktuelle output der band aus seattle und erschien auf hardly art , wir hören [...]
"heave yer skeleton" folgt dem debutalbum "deliver this creature" und zwar geschieht dies im november, die vergleiche zielen ab auf "chan marshall steht death from above 1979 vor" und ähnliches kaliber: mr gnome - slow slide auf overdraft recordings erschien am 22.09. "kid moves", moderner e-rock, dargebracht von justin ford und mike steibel: kinetic stereokids - twisted thoughts kinetic stereokids - have a nice day "dear furies" gibt es auf [...]
The Better Swimmers have birthed a new Winnipeg music festival called POP! ET CETERA , which runs from October 07-18th, 2009 + includes performances by acts such as Shout Out Out Out Out , vitaminsforyou , Young Galaxy , Library Voices and Bend Sinister , to name a few. Check out popetc.ca for the full lineup! The Swimmers have compiled a small digital sampler EP for the festival, which you can download (for [...]
Greetings, the YG crew are hitting the road. It's simply unfair that only the eastern cities have experienced Young Galaxy recently. Now they are taking the show to almost every city in Canada. More dates in November are to be announced, but for now I would like to see everyone of you that are west of Thunder Bay out to the show. Oct. 16th Thunder Bay - Jack's Oct. 17th Winnipeg - Pyramid w/ Bend Sinister Oct. 19th Regina - Exchange w/ Bend Sinister Oct. 20th Medicine Hat - Ottoman Empire w/ Bend Sinister Oct. [...]
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