Artist: vancouver

Tron 2 comes to Vancouver. Like who else would you get to make the sound for an all robot film??? Daft Punk of course is sighed on to score this disney flick. I personally can wait. Heres a little getto sneak peak..... †

While Mogwai had their moments of greatness on Wednesday night , last night Black Mountain "brought da noize" for ninety solid minutes. Vancouver reprezent, yo. Playing the second night of a two night stand at the Annandale, Vancouver's finest purveyors of dark, riff-heavy rock impressed the hell out of me. Despite being from my hometown, I'd never seen the band before so I went in last night not really knowing what to expect. I really dig both albums so I was excited on that front but I was pretty surprised at how each member of [...]

The Deep Dark Woods is Ryan Boldt (guitar), Burke Barlow (guitar), Chris Mason (bass), and Lucas Goetz (drums), with all four sharing songwriting and vocal duties. Winter Hours is their sophomore release on the Black Hen Music label and w as recorded and produced in Vancouver at The Factory by Steve Dawson. The album most certainly surpasses the excellent Hang Me, Oh Hang Me, which happened to win the award for Best Roots Album at the Western Canadian Music Awards. When I wrote about The Deep Dark Woods' first album I described it [...]

Photographs by Jennifer Picard Chances are you learned to play the ukelele in a music class at some point in your youth. That familiar four-stringed instrument, brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants during the nineteenth century, was an icon of the jazz age, and has since become a standby in indie-pop recordings by Jens Lekman , Sufjan Stevens , and Beirut . Not to mention that Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords is a member of the Wellington Ukelele Orchestra . And how about The [...]

In his latest selections iamxl harks back to the days when he used to make mix tapes with two cassette decks, have Boyz N The Hood on repeat and upset his parents by blasting Gangsta rap at full volume. These cheeky little Electro refixes of some Hip-hop classics from the Vancouver veteran bubble along nicely enough with the Ice T and Too Short mixes but for us it's all about the King T and Run DMC remixes that [...]

So, Richards on Richards is moving to the old A&B Sound location on Seymour! I'm so excited that Vancouver isn't losing a live music venue to condo development. Airborne Toxic Event , indie darlings from L.A., brought their show to Vancouver on Wednesday despite a toxic throat infection being suffered by leader Mikel Jollett. Mike Jollett It was a sold out crowd but the poor sound quality, and lackluster [...]

by al (pic by chris mckibbin) It was an all Canadian bill at Bowery last night as Mother Mother and Sam Roberts Band shared the stage. I was there for the sweetly disjointed Mother Mother and I left plenty satisfied with the experience. The Vancouver five piece is anchored by Molly Guldemond and Jasmin Parkin on side vocals and keyboards. It's like front man Ryan Guldemond has a good and bad angel on either shoulder. I've always loved their produced material [...]

• Mother Mother - Train

Got to Vancouver and slid through customs no big dealllll. Rony however spent 3 hours getting told "a Canadian could do his job" and he was getting sent home. Shitttty but Jason and the biltmore worked it out with customs and all was okay with the world. Lindsay and Nigel grabbed me from the airport and after a cup of jo from Tim Hortons I was red' to go. I was also feeling like death because I don't ever drink coffee, I just wanted to start this canadian trip [...]

Vancouver's Matthew Walko will be playing The Backstage Lounge on Sunday February 15th. Matthew recently released an EP titled Glitter 'n' Gold, and also recently filmed a music video for the title track from the album, which you can see and hear below. Listening to the EP you get a little bit of diversity in the four tracks, however the music screams soulful indie pop and is very upbeat and energizing, I expect it would be even more so when listened to during a live performance. Have a listen to the title track below and if you [...]

Photographs by Jennifer Picard . It had been a long time since I'd been at the Media Club in Vancouver. So long, in fact, that it was almost unrecognizable. They've renovated the space to make it more conducive to live music, including the loss of tables and booths, and the addition of mirrors. The result is a space that feels remarkably roomier. Other Lives, of Springwater, Oklahoma, who has existed in one form or another since 2004, took the stage just after 9pm on Saturday, February 7 to a full house. The crowd, [...]

Starting back on January 15th, folk-roots band Corbin Murdoch and The Nautical Miles began a project titled a Year In Song, which involves the band releasing a new song every month in 2009. The songs will be available for download on the band's website and as well at the band's CBCRadio 3 New Music Canada website . To record the songs the band has been spending one day every month at the Hive Studios with Jesse Gander (The Buttless Chaps, Pride Tiger, The Pack A.D.) producing one song per session since October 2008. [...]

• Corbin Murdoch & The Nautical Miles - 37000 feet

Looking for something to do with your "significant other" for Valentines night this weekend in Vancouver? How about checking out some music at The Media Club? As the poster for the event states, it is called The Big Make Out and the roster for the event will certainly put you "in the mood". The event features Laura Smith , The Painted Birds and The Prettiest Face in Town . You can check out their myspace page's for a listen on the odd chance you haven't heard these bands, but I assure you that you [...]

by jaq saf A dear friend who had some extra tickets to a show at Le Royale, introduced me to Fan Death . The band gets their name from this freaky myth in Korea which says that if you fall asleep in a room with an electric fan you will die. I had checked out their myspace and wasn't thrilled, but I thought they seemed legit enough. I got to the show kinda late, a few songs into their set. They sounded great but it took me a little while to [...]

• Fan Death - The Best Night

Events around Vancouver tonight, In case you are still struggling with the winter blues and wanting to get out of the house tonight! Debra Whyte - Wired Bean Coffee Lounge Hard Rubber Orchestra - WISE Hall Japandroids , White Owl - The Cobalt The TVees - The Railway Club Woodpigeon - Performance Works Featherz Edge - Eclipse Bar & Grill - Port Coquitlam Smiling Politely [...]

The young master that is, FELIX CARTAL has just launched his new website over at felixcartal.com . There is an interesting post over there at the moment about the setup he uses for his production work. Just goes to show you dont need the best/most expensive gear to make some hot tunes. Go check it out for yourselves. It's also interesting to see everyone elses setups too... If you have a photo of your setup that youd like to share with us then drop us an email at: info at mnuvrs dot com and we'll [...]

Fan death is a South Korean urban legend which states that an electric fan, if left running overnight in a closed room, can cause the death (by suffocation, poisoning, or hypothermia) of those inside... Fan Death is also a really amazing Canadian band. I was pretty stoked to get some pictures of the band last Saturday when they opened for Metronomy at Glory Days in Vancouver. The show was insanity and completely lived up to the hype (THE HYPE: "An all to the [...]

Already having achieved some major feats including a YouTube featured video with nearly 300,000 views, Said The Whale is one of those bands that only continues to build off its previous successes. One-part Brian Wilson, one-part Nick Cave, a dash of the Shins and sprinkled with the Decemberists, Said The Whale is exploring new aspects of their musical potential while drawing inspiration from the world that surrounds them in Western Canada. The unique blend of guitars riffs and witty lyrics captures the essence of what it means to be young, free, and [...]

I've decided that I'm totally going to be Eatskeet's Canadian Content affiliate for a while. Last week it was Fake-Shark , this week it's Vancouver's The Clips - a dancey and funky, poppy and melodic quintet with more intensity & style then you could shake a fist at. The Clips new album, Matterhorn, was given a great review by Pitchfork back in October '08 - but you should probably just watch their video for Space Kidz and see [...]

Come hear some of the finest players in the US play "Chamber Music in Any Chamber"! The Chiara String Trio / and pianist Soyeon Lee - February 24, 2009 8pm at The Cellar 3611 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC. Program: Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 Dohnanyi Serenade in C major for String Trio, Op 10 Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47 Playing "Chamber Music in Any Chamber," the Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer, Julie [...]

Long time reader, first time poster - Lindsay here... It was about a year ago that I met Trevor at a party I helped organize here in Vancouver, B.C. He asked if I'd like to post on his blog sometime and OF COURSE, I said yes.. but then I got really cold feet (how would I know what eatskeet visitors would want to read about?!). I'm feeling brave today, but only so I can post about the EP some of my very best friends (who just so [...]