Joe writes: While looking through old possessions in my mum's house, I came across these Bran Van 3000 beer mats which reminded me about their awesome but odd debut single Drinking In LA. Odd because there's a DJ talking over the intro about giving away Bran Van 3000 tickets. Awesome because it's such a tune, with that fabulously loose groove, a singalong chorus to rival Tubthumping, and a lyric which captures the mindset of wasting time getting drunk when you could be getting famous. Bran Van 3000 are Canadian and they're still touring apparently but the rest of their career [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Pop Culture , Music Appreciation Getty Once upon a time, music fans had to actually pay for all their music, a phenomenon that peaked in the 1990s. The explosion of alt-rock left major labels awash in cash and on the hunt for "the next Nirvana ." A ton of terrible music was released in the process, much of which sold by the bucket load thanks to the labels tendency [...]
The club last night was amazing craic. It felt like a totally old school night. There were loads of original Gigantic faces making tons of great requests, plus loads of other regulars making great suggestions too. It makes such a nice change from people asking for shite. Big ups to Nik for getting Janelle Monae and Robyn on, Donal for the Gameboy/Gamegirl and Late Of The Pier shouts, Ursula for Prince and Snoop Dogg , Davina for Missy Elliot , [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Music Appreciation Lonny Knapp for AOL We're deep into NXNE 2012 now. The marquee event, of course, remains Spinner's own free super-show at Yonge-Dundas Square featuring mega-weirdoes Flaming Lips , Of Montreal , Hollerado and a pile of others. That's not all that's [...]
Yes yes y'all! It's that time of year again. I've been crazy swamped with life that I barely had any time to put together my NXNE picks. Let's get to it - my NXNE 2012 Best Bets! WEDNESDAY JUNE 13, 2012 Animal Talk @ The Painted Lady, 10PM (post dance-rock) Charlotte Cornfield @ Cameron House, 11PM (folk rock) Porcelain Raft @ The Drake Hotel, 12AM (dream pop/electro) Teenager @ The [...]
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Here is part 2 of who to check out at this year's NXNE Music Festival . This time it is for Thursday. Starting off with various day show/events: Steam Whistle presents Audio Blood & Bonsound's Rooftop Riot Party Featuring performances by The Balconies, Les Breastfeeders, Sandman Viper Command, Hue and many more. Live in Bellwoods - Great Hearts Festival 2012 Playing on Thursday: [...]
CJLO is a community radio station in Montreal. For their fundraising campaign, they made their first compilation of Montreal artists covering Montreal artists. The compilation is called CJLO 1690AM presents "YOU'RE RELATED" Vol. 1 which you can download on Bandcamp . I just have to feature this cover that Adam & The Amethysts ' cover of Bran Van 30002s "Drinkin' In LA". When I saw them play live in Ottawa, they ended off with that song. Does anyone remember that song from the 1990s? Here [...]
El próximo 27 de enero en El Plaza Condesa se presentará una de las agrupaciones clásicas de los 902s, estamos habland0 de Bran Van 3000 que de la mano de James Di Salvio ofrecerá un concierto plagado de memorias y baile. Los boletos ya se encuentran a la venta a través del sistema del Amo de los boletos en esta liga: http://bit.ly/vPiAa4 Obviamente aquí en Los Amateurs podremos invitar a algunos de nuestros lectores.
Montreal, Quebec has always been at the pinnacle of arts and entertainment in Canada, if not in all of North America. Aside from deliciously artery-clogging amounts of poutine (the secret is in the fries) on every street corner, a hearty smorgasbord of lively bars and pubs, and some of the prettiest people on the planet, the city is inundated throughout the year with various festivals and events. In fact, there are so many festivals in Montreal that it's hard to keep track and even locals may be desensitized as to "what's going on this weekend." It would be [...]
Hello Folks! We are working on our new "fall season" of shows as we speak. Bonjay . K.Flay . 12th Planet . Mother Mother . Delhi 2 Dublin . Braids . Nu Sensae . And many more. Until then, we have some of my favorites to tide you over. Sept 5th: the interview show with Evil Ebenezer (Somehow, this Vancity Hip Hop Hustler always ends up dressed as [...]
Music festivals have come and gone in Canada, but one which seems to have taken hold and established an identity is Montreal’s Osheaga Music and Arts Festival . Conveniently scheduled right at the end of July, and picturesquely located on its own island by the Saint Lawrence River, it brought fans from across the country and elsewhere up close and personal with nearly 100 bands and DJs. It’s not quite as big as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, or Coachella yet, but Osheaga is well on its way to becoming a preferred summer destination. I lost track of the number of times artists [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive Jason Merritt, Getty Images Though the ticket read Osheaga , it could just as easily have been called the Eminem Show as a record 38,000 people packed Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau July 29 to watch Marshall Bruce Mathers III play only his third show of 2011, a 90-minute greatest hits set punctuated by a tribute to the late, great Nate Dogg . [...]
Rather than beating the summer heat, why not embrace it? Turn up the speakers, open the windows, click play and let the sun shine in with 5 songs to start your summer.
If you were listening to music in the 90s, you will not doubt remember the track "Drinking In LA." It was one of those songs that was everywhere . You may not remember the song is by a group of Montrealers called BranVan 3000 . Back in the 1997, "Drinking In LA" exploded and suddenly a bunch of friends who had been calling the project an "electronic music collective" were suddenly touring the world and poised to become one of those cross-genre supergroups. This tsunami of success continued. BV3 got signed to [...]
Ik vond vorige week ineens een album terug wat ik al jaren in de kast had: Discosis. Bran Van 30002s tweede album, een eclectische mix van gezellige hits, vage rapnummers en andere bijzondere nummers. Het nummer wat voor mij het album maakte was Love Cliché. Een liedje wat zo uit een musical zou kunnen komen, met een catchy paa-pa-pa en een afwisselend duet tussen man en vrouw. Het vertelt het verhaal van een zomerliefde van achttien weken, die het toch niet helemaal bleek te zijn. Maar wel zo'n zomerliefde waar je altijd met plezier aan terug zal denken [...]
Today marks the return of one of my favourite features, THE CLUB (house music) . A weekly dose of your favourite progressive house, deep house, tech house, minimal. . I've been lucky enough to have this feature handed to me as the first two weeks (8 months ago), were just awesome. Check them out and see for yourself how far the scene has come in just under a year. Each week I'll bring you a selection of anything from heavy bangers that make the dance floor jump, to those chilled out deep vibes that just [...]
I had a request for this little Wesley Willis / DJ Shadow classic. Wesley Willis - Dj Shadow Mix Below are a couple old school personal fav's, on the house. Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity Bran Van 3000 - Problems
The organizers had too much music on their plates this year that it could not be contained in merely 2 days, a third day had to be summoned. The 6th edition of this now 3 day festival goes down @ Parc Jean-Drapeau July 29th, 30th and 31st. Last year's lineup was pretty much unbeatable. Expectations were high for this [...]
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