Monthly Archives: January 2011

Editor’s Note

February 2011: That cuddle with your lover magazine from CiTR 101.9 FM

By Gregory Adams

First and foremost, let me introduce myself by admitting that for every experience I’ve had in my life, there’s been a Sheryl Crow song that sums up said experience quite nicely. Long story short, “All I Wanna Do” is have some fun. Every summer I strip off my shirt, slap on a pair of shorts and bike on over to Third Beach so I can go “Soak Up the Sun.” On a more serious note, though, considering the ups and downs of this crazy, unpredictable life of mine, I’ve come to realize that “Everyday is a Winding Road.” For instance, I can’t say I ever imagined myself penning an editor’s note, let alone one so focused on my love for a certain rock ‘n’ roll cougar. Read More »

“This is a big step because this will save live music in Vancouver”

By Jordie Yow

City staff are putting forward a report that is likely to be the basis for major change on how venues are run in Vancouver. Read More »

with Billygoat, January 12 @ Fortune Sound Club

Review By Chibwe Mweene

Swimming
Despite being a snowy Tuesday night, the sheer turnout for Little Dragon’s show at Fortune Sound Club—one of my favourite venues in Vancouver—was impressive. The crowd ranged from drunken British twenty-somethings, to devoted fans of Little Dragon, to even local artists like the Polaris Prize nominated rapper, Shad. Regardless of one’s background, we were all packed in like sardines, waiting anxiously for the show to begin. Read More »

Apply to be our new Distribution Coordinator.

By Discorder Staff

CiTR Radio 101.9FM, UBC’s radio station is looking for a Distribution Coordinator for its award winning publication, Discorder Magazine. Discorder is published 11 times a year by the Student Radio Society of UBC and distributed for free throughout Vancouver. Discorder focuses on independent and local music, literature and arts. Read More »

“Two hours of rock, a lot of spitting, a lot of swearing and having a good time.”

By Greg McMullen

Hard Core Logo: LIVE

It would be hard to forget Hard Core Logo’s last tour across western Canada, had it actually happened. The legend of the fictional punk band’s fatally flawed reunion tour got its start in Michael Turner’s 1993 book of the same name. Read More »

with To Bad Catholics and Duffy & the Doubters, January 15 @ Interurban Gallery

Review by A.B. Murray

No one in Vancouver shows up on time for anything. This is why the Scratch Records show at the Interurban Gallery with Sex Church, Duffy & the Doubters and To Bad Catholics started late. At 10 p.m. the largely open space was pretty sparse, with about 25 people mulling around drinking Bowen Island beers and Dixie cups of wine but after an hour the space felt snug and cozy. Read More »

Podcast

Did you know that Discorder now has a radio show?

In this, our second edition of the Discorder Show, hosts Raien and Spencer (minus Raien this episode) have compiled the following:

Debby Reis’ interview with Rob Firth, owner of Neptoon Records, who talks about Record Store Day and what Tom Waits did when he visited Neptoon.
Spencer reviews the top 10 records according to the CiTR Charts.
Plus music!

The podcast starts off with a little left over of an interview from the Arts Report with George Stroumboulopoulos, and following the Discorder Radio show, there’s a little bit of Samsquantch’s Hide-Away.

Don’t forget to subscribe via our handy RSS feed.

with Loscil, November 19 @ Western Front

Review By Adrian Dziewanski

Chimeras
There was another sold out show at the Western Front for the highly anticipated return of Tim Hecker, who last played Vancouver seven years ago. Hecker was in town as a panelist for the 2010 Sound Thinking Symposium taking place at the Surrey Art Gallery. Luckily, the Front was able to snatch him up for a performance beforehand. Read More »

with the Black Heart Procession, December 6 @ Vogue Theatre

Review By Olivia Meek

The Books, photo by Noah Adams

Group Autogenics I
Though I was thoroughly absorbed by the Black Heart Procession’s background visuals, maybe too absorbed, they didn’t really seem to make any sense. I wondered if the looped pictures of vampires, dragons, the Alps and the Pope were put in place to subliminally invoke emotion to go with the music, or if it was just a Google image stream. Either way I think I laughed too loud at the Dracula images and I hope the band didn’t think I was laughing at them. The best part of the Black Heart Procession’s set was the musical saw that was played in the last song—that and Dracula. Read More »

with the Fresh & Onlys, November 16 @ Biltmore Cabaret

Review By Andrea Bennett

Clinic, photo by Jake Foster

You Can’t Hurt You Anymore
I first saw Clinic in the early 2000s. I was 16 and had bought the tickets primarily because I was
obsessed with Radiohead. When the opening band—a group of four men wearing scrubs and surgical masks—popped onstage and began to play, I was sceptical—and then entranced. They were touring their first full-length album, Internal Wrangler, which became, and has remained, one of my personal favourites. Read More »

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