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Lost Lovers Brigade

"I felt like hibernating for a while... I’m a little bit shy, a little bit nervous."

By Will Pedley

Illustration by Lindsey Hampton

On the edge of the Downtown Eastside, up a musty old staircase above the Red Gate gallery, hides a handful of humble, ramshackle rooms. Home to artists’ workshops, recording studios and rehearsal spaces, a heady atmosphere of creativity and history hangs in the air. Among these rooms is the rehearsal space of the Lost Lovers Brigade. This is where magic happens. Read More »

"I swear we could hear the ghosts of chickens there"

By Trista Orchard

Illustration by Tyler Crich

Crazy

Punky garage-blues duo the Pack A.D.’s latest release Unpersons (which is set for release September 13) will make you want to jump around and swill drinks, slopping cheap beer all over yourself in the process; if you’re underage don’t worry, you don’t actually need the drinks to get you bouncing. Unpersons offers a heavier sound than the group’s previous work, with tracks like “Sirens” honing in on grungy garage roots via Becky Black’s fuzzy riffs and Maya Miller’s boisterous drum beats. The band likewise gets dirty on “8,” an old school punk number infused with Black’s shouts. Discorder recently got the chance to speak with Miller about the album as the busy band was cabbin’ their way to a Toronto airport. Read More »

"Well, we’re repressed individuals."

By Fraser Dobbs

Drawn Ship, photo by Ryan Walter

Adventure Series

Drawn Ship—comprised of ex-Portico songwriter Lyn Heinemann and ex-Hinterland drummer Gregg Steffensen—play the kind of stripped-down rock music that speaks oodles more than their minimal aesthetic might initially suggest. The bare-bones nature of the band is at odds with their previous ventures; Portico played jazz-infused indie prog, while Hinterland took cues from dream pop and shoegaze. Drawn Ship’s debut disc, Low Domestic, is a haunting series of songs about dead love, dead friends and dead dreams. While preparing for a quick Canadian tour to support the release, Discorder was able to meet up with the duo at the Prophouse Cafe before they took off for Winnipeg. Read More »

"We’ll be part of our own revival at some point... or not."

By Shane Scott-Travis

Illustration by Peter Komierowski

It’s evening, and a violet gloom spreads over the city like ink dispersing in water. I’m on the line with an enthusiastic Jennifer Herrema, who is in Sunset Beach, California, as a shrill and brisk wind blows a goodbye to warming weather. It seems fitting as autumnal darkness descends, then, for Herrema’s current hard-working and hard-rocking outfit RTX to bring their churning tunes—equal parts glamour and dark-edged disaster—on a West Coast tour. The September shows are in support of their new split seven-inch with Nashville-based tourmates Heavy Cream, and the band just may well preview some new tunes from their upcoming Rad Times IV LP, which is expected to drop this winter. Read More »

“Pretty sure my mom did mushrooms with me in her stomach"

By Chibwe Mweene

Illustration by Toby Reid

Born for It

Facebook posts rarely take me beyond the browser, but once I stumbled upon some online material from Vancouver hip-hop trio, Indigo Kids, I couldn’t wait to make an excuse to meet the local talent. A few clicks and clacks later, a meet up was scheduled and just like that, my love for the Internet grew a little more. Read More »

"You ever vomited and been like ‘yeah, now I’m all good?"

By Cail Judy

Joyce Collingwood, photo by Lindsey Hampton

Joyce Collingwood are a local five-piece ready to melt your faces off with their blistering brand of hardcore. Via angry vocals and ass-kicking guitar licks, Joyce Collingwood are more than ready to take Vancouver by storm this fall with the release of their long-gestating catalogue, of which the band recently discussed with Discorder over drinks near their Gastown practice space. Read More »

2011 Preview

By Alec J. Ross

Photo by Steve Louie

The Thrill

With the last long weekend of the summer approaching, there are a number of ways in which we can celebrate that extra day off before going back to work and school. We could dress ourselves head-to-toe in white clothing, possibly sneak in a bocce game, or we could just sit around and lounge on Labour Day. But c’mon people, this is your last long weekend of the summer. Make it memorable. Why not pack yourself into a car and cross over into Washington for Bumbershoot, Seattle’s long-running Music & Arts Festival? Read More »

"Just knowing that there are people out there who put a lot of faith in what we do is a great inspiration."

By Shane Scott-Travis

Illustration by Tyler Crich

Little Dreamer

Submerged somewhere in Samuel T. Herring’s bosom beats a nostalgic musical adventurer. Herring, ringleader of the playful Baltimore post-wave trio Future Islands, is suggestive of a brainy Jack Black by way of Captain Beefheart. It isn’t so much that Herring looks like Black—though he does—but he also seems to inhabit the same physical space, delivering in concert a comparable, sometimes comic intensity. He also posseses a poetic whimsy most artists only daydream about. Read More »

"You know, you only get to do this once.”

By Vivian Pencz

Photo by Ben Marvin

Like Dad

Amid a sea of insipid young rock bands, local punks White Lung are hoisting a Jolly Roger for dark and exciting music. Between Mish Way’s razor-sharp vocals, Anne-Marie Vassiliou’s whip-crack drumming, Grady MacIntosh’s rumbling bass and Kenny McCorkell’s doom-and-gloom guitar, the band has distinguished themselves as a noteworthy act, especially live. Read More »

"We always like to have at least one of our stages on the beach..."

By Erica Hansen

Illustration by Peter Komierowski

There is something happening in the woods. It taunts the night owls out of their nests as forest floors devour bass lines while mountains watch over with protective eyes. The river, meanwhile, will seduce you, coaxing you to dance with her, playfully flirting with the sun then sending off on your next adventure. This is the magical world that is the Bass Coast Project. Don’t forget your sunscreen, this gem of a festival happens right in our own backyard—just 15 minutes outside of Squamish and pulsing with West Coast soul. Read More »

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Category Archives: features

Lost Lovers Brigade

"I felt like hibernating for a while... I’m a little bit shy, a little bit nervous."

By Will Pedley

The Pack A.D.

"I swear we could hear the ghosts of chickens there"

By Trista Orchard

Drawn Ship

"Well, we’re repressed individuals."

By Fraser Dobbs

RTX

"We’ll be part of our own revival at some point... or not."

By Shane Scott-Travis

Indigo Kids

“Pretty sure my mom did mushrooms with me in her stomach"

By Chibwe Mweene

Joyce Collingwood

"You ever vomited and been like ‘yeah, now I’m all good?"

By Cail Judy

Bumbershoot

2011 Preview

By Alec J. Ross

Future Islands

"Just knowing that there are people out there who put a lot of faith in what we do is a great inspiration."

By Shane Scott-Travis

White Lung

"You know, you only get to do this once.”

By Vivian Pencz

Bass Coast Project

"We always like to have at least one of our stages on the beach..."

By Erica Hansen

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