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" SEPTEMBER 2012 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 THAT MAGAZINE FROM CiTR Wh% FM\nSUPPORTfHS VANCOUVER'S ItfBlikltOENT MUSIC CSMMirNltY FOR-NEARLY 3 UPCOMING SWPWS\nRED KROSS\nDANTE VS. ZOMBIES, RANDOM CUTS\n| THE GROWLERS\nHALLOW MOON, COSMONAUTS, PLUS GUEST\nSH0W8UNK\n| THE FITS, PLUS GUESTS\nI THE CRACKLING\nCORBIN MURDOCH &THE NAUTICAL MILES\nKOOL KEITH\nJ^DSWJHJHEHELP\nBIO FREEDIA AND THE DIVAS\nI PEACH COBBLAH\nOLIO FESTIVAL feat BID SINISTER $r\nNO SINNER, HARD DRUGS, DIRTY SPELLS a\nm\nI\n+S/C\nadv\nsckets online: liveatrickshaw.com\nin store: Red Cat, Scrape, Zulu\n+19\ndoors 8PM\n+S/C\nadv\nsckets online: Itveatricksli3w.com\nin store: Scratch\n+19\ndoors 8PM\n+S/C\ntickets available\nonlineonlyat\nliveatrictehaw.com\n+19\ndoors 8PM\n+S/C\nadv\ntickets available\nonlineonlyat\nltveatrtckshaw.com\n+19\ndoors 8PM\n;+s/c\niadv\ntickets online: llveatrickshaw.com\nin store: Red Cat, Zulu\n+19\ndoors 8PM\nRiCKSttAW\n254 East Hastings Street \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 604.681.8915\nOLIO FESTIVAL feat. 8RASSTR0NAUT\nJON COHEN EXPERIMENTAL AUNTS & UNCLES\nARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI\nDAM FUNK, BODYGUARD\n\u00C2\u00AB\n$18+a\nin store: Highiife, Red Cat, Zulu\n5 online: oliotestival.com\ne: Beat Street, Red Gat, Zulu\ntickets onHne: tteketweb.ca\nn store: Highlife, Red Cat, Zulu\n+19\ndoors 8PM\ndoors 8PM\n+19\ndoors 8PM\n+19\ndoors 8PM\n0CT4TH THE LIVING, MARIA IN THE SHOWER\nOCTSTH BLACK WIZARD, occult ss, plus guests\nOCT 6TH THEE OH SEES, sic alps, the highway kind\nOCT 20THCALEXIC0, the dodos\n0CT22ND THE WHIGS, the record company\n0CT25TH 8ALM0RHEA,siskiyou\nAdditional show listings, band bios, videos and more are online at\nwNAAA^Jiveatrickshaw.com\nshindig\nEvery Tuesday eveKlvvj from* September 11 to\nDecember 4- oi tke Railway Club*\nTkree ref resklKg baKcis Klgktln, aKd Dokes for Been\nVisit kttp://sklKcUgxltrxa for full sekedule.\nthank you sponsors:\nams events\nbacklme musician services\nband merch Canada\ndiscorder magazine\nfader master studios\nthe hive creative labs\nmint records\nmusic waste\nnxne\nscratch records\nvogville recording\nzulu records EDITOR'S NOTE: WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION\nThis summer was fun. I got to play with my friends and ride bikes a lot. I slept\nin everyday, too. Sometimes we went to the beach when our parents would\ndrive us. But that only happened a few times because sometimes it was so\nrainy and sometimes it was too hot. One time, I was walking on the rocks\nand I slipped and cut my knees on the barnacles, but then my mom put some\nBandAids on them, and I looked tough. I had a lot of slushies, too. Probably\ntoo many, but they are so good, so I think it's okay.\nThe end.\nNow it's back to school time, hey kids? If you aren't going back to classes,\nthen you're likely just being constantly reminded that summer is nearly\nthrough. Either way, I encourage you to get outside and enjoy. Soak it in like\nyou did in elementary school when those precious few months were the most\ncoveted and important of the whole year. Do it.\nNot that there's much to be down about this September. Like what? Like\nthe kick-off of SHiNDiG, CiTR's annual three-month battle of bands, where\ngroups like Japandroids and Three Inches of Blood got their start. Like features\nin this issue on d.i.y. label Kingfisher Bluez; black moss-eating, electro-goth-\nplaying trio Gang Signs; and psych-rocking, yard-saling quartet Nam Shub.\nThis month also marks the first of five issues where we'll skip jauntily down\nmemory lane with past Discorder artists and contributors in honour of the\nmagazine's upcoming thirtieth birthday in February, 2013.\nThis summer has indeed been fun, and it isn't even done. Get out and play.\nI'll meet you at the swing sets.\nRead on and stay rad,\n^Laurel Borrowman\nFEATURES\nREGULARS\n09 Gang Signs Three friends, a proverbial parents' basement, a mouthful of black moss,\nand a banana-flavoured creamy vodka beverage. 11 Kingfisher Bluez Tim Clapp talks\nshop about slangin' records in Vancity. 14 Nam Shub Nam Shub is a yard sale.\n16 Musical Theatre The 2012 Fringe Festival is so much more than a heap of quirky\nplays. There's a heap of music, and it's free. 17 Animal Collective Nine years ago,\nDiscorder put Animal Collective on the cover of a magazine for the first time. Now, they're kind\nof a big deal. 19 The Critical Hit Show: Live D&D Comedy Experience It's just as\nnerdy as it sounds. And you'll laugh your ass off.\n04 Playtime Die Roten Punkte\n05 Textually Active Encyclopedia Gothica\n06 Venews Lucky's Comics\n20 Calendar Joel Rich\n22 Program Guide\n25 Art Project Michael Shantz\n29 Under Review\n32 Real Live Action\n38 On The Air Shake A Tail Feather\n39 Charts\nEDITOR Laurel Borrowman\nART DIRECTOR Jaz Halioran\nCOPY EDITORS Jordan Ardanaz, Steve Louie\nAD COORDINATOR Maegan Thomas\nUNDER REVIEW EDITOR Jordan Ardanaz\nRLA EDITOR Steve Louie\nWEB EDITOR Chirag Mahajan\nCALENDAR LISTINGS Claire Eagle\nACCOUNTS MANAGER Corey Ratch\nOFFICIAL TWEETER Dorothy Neufeld\nCITR STATION MANAGER Brenda Grunau\nPUBLISHER Student Radio Society of UBC\nSTUDENT LIASONS Zarah Cheng, Dorothy Neufeld\nCOVER Ashlee Luk\nCHECK DISCORDER.CA\nREGULARLY FOR NEW'\",\nARTICLES, PHOTOS, AND\nALL THINGS MUSIC\nRELATED!\nWRITERS Chris Adams, Josefa Cameron, Robert\nCatherall, Bepi Crespan, Fraser Dobbs, Clinton Hallahan,\nAriel Fournier, Tristan Koster, Chirag Mahajan, Joni Mck-\nervey, James Olson, Andew Reeves, Chris-ljlflik, Nicola\nStorey, Maegan Thomas, Angela Yen\nPROOFREADERS Chirag Mahajan, Tristan Koster\nPHOTOGRAPHERS & ILLUSTRATORS Jonathan Dy,\nTyler Crich, Anne Emberline, Alex Heilbron, Michael Lee,\nAshlee Luk, Chirag Mahajan, Aaron Read, Joel Rich, Michael\nShantz, Jade Su, Katayoon Yousefbigloo, Priscilla Yu\n\u00C2\u00A9Discorder 2012 by the Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia. All rights reserved. Circulation\n9,500. Discorder is published almost monthly by CiTR, which can be heard at 101.9 FM, online at www.citr.ca, as well as\nthrough all major cable systems in the Lower Mainland, except Shaw in White Rock. Call the CiTR DJ line at (604) 822-2487,\nCiTR's office at (604) 822-3017, email CiTR at stationmanager@citr.ca, or pick up a pen and write #233-6138 SUB Blvd.,\nVancouver, B.C., V6T1Z1, Canada.\nADVERTISE Ad space for upcoming issues can\nbe booked by calling (778) 866-9952 or emailing\nadvertising@citr.ca. Rates available upon request.\nCONTRIBUTE To submit words to Discorder, please\ncontact: editor.discorder@citr.ca. To submit images,\nplease contact: artdirector.discorder@citr.ca\nSUBSCRIBE Send in a cheque for $20 to #233-6138\nSUB Blvd., Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z1 with your address,\nand we will mail each issue of Discorder right to your\ndoorstep for a year.\nDISTRIBUTE To distribute Discorder in your business,\nemail distro.discorder@citr.ca We are always looking for\nnew friends.\nDONATE We are part of CiTR, a registered non-profit,\nand accept donations so we canjirovide you with the\ncontent you love. To donate visit www.citr.ca/donate. DIE ROTEN\nPUNKTE\nMAEGAN\nTHOMAS\nillustration by\nTYLER CRICH\nMeet Astrid and Otto Rot, or Die Roten\nPunkte (the Red Dots), the \"German rock band\" whose musical tales\nof burger store dinosaurs, robots who\nare lions, and one-eyed aliens who\nlove to rock out, have captured hearts\nfrom here to Albania. Litde information exists about their origins before\ntheir debut Super Musikant (whose only\nclues are personal, revelatory stories in\nsongs like \"I'm In A Band\"). But what\nis apparent is their effect on audiences.\nWhile their personalities could fill GM\nPlace, it's the Fringe Fest and the theatre stage\nwhere you'll get to experience their new wave\npunk musical theatre inspired by the Ramones,\nMadonna, Brian Eno, and Lady Gaga.\n\"We won best comedy in Victoria. They\njust kept laughing at us, and we can hear them\njust won Pick of the Fringe in Winnipeg. \"It's a\nnice feeling because we're like the cool kids,\"\nOtto told then-CiTR Arts Director, Adam Janusz,\nin 2011. Or tried to tell him, as Otto and Astrid\ndon't converse as much as lovingly bicker.\n\"There was a great bar called the Albert...\"\nAstrid interrupts Otto with her own favourite\n\"NASA SENDS US TO THIS NEW PLANET. IT'S CALLED CAPRA22B\nIT'S A REAL PLANET, AND THEY THINK THAT LIFE IS THERE...\"\nlaughing and stuff,\" says Otto (lead singer/\nkeytar/Ioops). \"It's weird for us but we have\nthis manager and he books us into comedy\nfestivals and theatre festivals, and stuff. It's\na little bit weird. He is not normal. I don't\nthink he's very good at his job,\" says Astrid,\nwho is also the lead singer\u00E2\u0080\u0094a disputed\nfact\u00E2\u0080\u0094drummer.\nSo say the very serious musicians who followed Super Musikant with sophomore release\nand very serious art rock project Kunste Rock.\nBut their manager must being doing something\nright because the awards keep piling up.\nWhen they last came to Vancouver, they had\naspect of Winnipeg.\n\"There was a picture of her in the front of\nthe newspaper, she was lying in a gutter, \" Otto\ninterjects.\n\"I was having a great time\"\n\"It was a bad photo, she was lying in a pool\nof sick...\"\n\"No, it wasn't, it was tahini from my falafeL\"\nThis time in Vancouver, they present\nEurosmash! When Discorder spoke to them this\nsummer, they were still arguing about the\nmakeup of the band, whether Astrid was on\nvacation or in rehab, and how their parents\ndied\u00E2\u0080\u0094it's either a lion, a train, or a lion on a\ntrain. The \"arty\" rock, developed in a concrete\nbunker by expensive music scientists, has given\nway to bigger and shinier things. Like \"Smash\nYour Hearts Together,\" the number one Albanian\ndance hit Blame the bill from Kunste Rock and\nOtto's love of the Glee Project.\n\"We hang out and watch the Glee Project on\nthe television.\"\n\"Don't tell them that That is not cool!\"\nAstrid says.\nOtto describes their song about how\n\"NASA sends us to this new planet It's\ncalled Capra22B. It's a real planet and they think\nthat life is there and when we get there we find\none-eyed aliens and we rock out with them.\" With\nsuch diverse material, Discorder asks how fans\nshould prepare for a Die Roten Punkte show.\n\"They should prepare to wave their tentacles\nin the air.\"\nAstrid sagely concurs, \"That's one of the lines\nfrom the song.\" Indeed it is, Astrid. Indeed it is.\nDie Roten Punkte performed at the Cultch Aug 28 to\nSept 2. Visit discorder.cajbr a review, and to truly\nunderstand Die Roten Punkte, watch their uideos at\ndierotenpunkte.com. ENCYCLOPEDIA\nGOTHICA(2oii)\nwritten by\nL1ISA LADOUCEUR\nby BEPI\nCRESPAN\nillustration by\nPRISCILLAYU\nLiisa Ladouceur knew she\nalways wanted to write a\nbook about Goth. Referring\nto herself as an \"unpopular\nculture journalist,\" Ladouceur\nadmits her heart is in finding stories in the\nshadows and bringing them to the mainstream.\n\"I've written for everyone from The Toronto Sun\nto The National Post and more recendy [horror\nmagazine] Rue Morgue; When I got the idea for\nEncyclopedia Gothica about three years ago, I knew\nthis was the project that I wanted to do.\"\n\"Goth is about the beauty and the romance\nof death and decay and the darkness,\" explains\nLadouceur who introduces the book with a sec-\ndon called What Is - \"What Is Goth?\" \"It's such a\ncommon and annoying question that I had to\nwrite an entire book to answer it! It's just looking at the dark side with a bit more of a swoon.\"\nColdwave. Columbine. Wednesday Addams.\nCount Chocula. Floria Sigusmondi. Skinny\nPuppy. These are just a sample of 6oo-plus\nterms and phrases deemed relevant enough\nto Goth cinema, music, fashion, history, and\nlifestyle to be included in the book. Ladouceur\nhopes to one day write a book about Skinny\nPuppy. \"I don't think they get [recognition]\nfor being one of, frankly, only a handful of\nCanadian artists ever, in any genre to have created something that had a global influence,\"\nexplains Ladouceur. \"Taking industrial noise\nand horror and making it danceable, I thought it\nwas pretty radical/\n\"I include the Columbine massacre because I\nthink that it did change the public perception of\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0mjffi^\n\"Bauhaus\" illustration byGARYPULLIN\n(art director, Rue Morgue)\nyoung Goths in North\nAmerica a great deal,\"\nsays Ladouceur. \"I think\nit has greater ramifications that extend to the fact that a lot of new\nGoth bands would never call themselves Goth,\nbecause what Goth was really changed a lot\nbecause of that event*\nDark and menacing, Rue Morgue Art Director\n\"...A LOT OF NEW GOTH\nBANDS WOULD NEVER CALL\nTHEMSELVES GOTH, BECAUSE\nWHAT GOTH WAS REALLY\nCHANGED A LOT BECAUSE OF\nTHAT EVENT.\"\nGary Pullin's original illustrations breathe\nfurther gloom and decay into Ladouceur's\nmanuscript\n\"I've been surprised that a lot of people have\noverlooked them,\" admits Ladouceur. \"Instead\nof using one of his amazing illustrations, magazines and newspapers who review the book end\nup using still images from a Tim Burton movie\nor something [laughs]. I don't get that!\"\nIn addition to cover duties, each of Pullin's\n24 illustrations is used to introduce a chapter,\nlike Bauhaus for Chapter B, Joy Division for\nChapter J, and so on.\nLadouceur recounts presenting Bauhaus' Peter\nMurphy with a copy of Encyclopedia Gothica on a\nrecent tour stop in Toronto \"I showed him Gary's\nBauhaus illustration and he's like, 'I remember\nthat jacket!' since it's based on a real photo of\nthem. Then he said, 'Why are you giving this to\nme? I'm not Goth!'\" continues Ladouceur. \"All\nGoths say they're not Goth. And then my girlfriend says to him 'Then you have a lot to learn\nfrom this book!'\"\nI'll admit the Cold Waves + Minimal Electronics\nand Minimal Wave Tape collections get a lot of\nattention on Bepi Crespan Presents...Show (Sundays\n7am to 9am on CiTR), and I've been known to\nblast Alien Sex Field from my SUV on the way to\nmy kids' sumo practices, but my lifestyle is about\nas Goth as Lou Sekora's. Regardless, I found\nEncyclopedia Gothica to be a very compelling and\nentertaining excursion into the subcultural phenomenon known as Goth: still misunderstood\nand misrepresented three decades into its history,\nyet very visible on mainstream radar. LUCKY'S\nby ARIEL\nFOURNIER\nillustration by AARON READ\nEven though Lucky's Comics has been at2072 Main\nStreet since 1995, live music shows are a relatively\nnew venture for the store. When you enter, it is\nimmediately obvious why: the place is both tiny\nand filled with books. Regardless, it's being made\ninto an all-ages venue all its own.\nOwner Gabe Winder says Lucky's began hosting\nsporadic shows in the back room\ngallery a few years ago. Since then,\nit has evolved from a mosdy comic\nand book store into a sort of comics and arts hub. The feel is a little\nmore family friendly, as indicated\nby the paper crafts in the front, and it appeals to a\nbroader audience, as indicated by the huge range\nof illustrated books available.\nThough concerts are not entirely new to Lucky's,\nin the last few months they have emerged as a staple.\nShortly after Music Waste in June when Kellarissa\nand Slight Birching played, Will Anderson ofWeed\nstarted curating monthly shows. His idea is to create an all-ages shows in the space with a variety of\nmusic genres.\n\"I remember what it was like to be 17 or 18 and\nbeing in town where you couldn't see your favourite bands play. Now being 19-plus, I often think it\nwould really cool for a teenager to see this concert\nand maybe be inspired.\" Hosting concerts also fits\nwith Lucky's emphasis on providing a community\nspace for art events and book launches, and the odd\nsoundscape project for artists in the area.\nmake things a little more reasonable, the shows\nare now often held in the front room, which has\nslighdy more space; it's still small and cosy, and\nactually the perfect venue for an intimate show.\nIt's unpretentious, fun, and noisy.\nDuring September, the tables and shelves\nwill be moved aside for more soon-to-be-\n'I REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE 17 OR 18 AND BEING\nIN TOWN WHERE YOU COULDN'T SEE YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS PLAY.\"\nIn addition to the shows during Music Waste,\nLucky's has hosted Johnny de Courcy, The\nCourtneys, White Poppy, and Waters. Its challenge remains that it is small, even for a bookstore.\nThe room for gallery exhibitions doubles as the\nmusic space in the back. While overflow can spill\ninto the back Jane\u00E2\u0080\u0094where Winder keeps his tools\nfor building bookshelves\u00E2\u0080\u0094maximum capacity is\nstill about 20. In the past they have managed to\nmaximize the use of space, hosting a cramped\naudience in the gallery with a full drum kit. To\nregular monthly events. Coming up, a mere\nfive dollar cover will get you into Cascadia and\nHemogoblin (September 20).\nLucky's website also lists upcoming events\nincluding readings, gallery exhibits and the occasional 'zine making workshop. And whenever the\nstore is open, Lucky's always carry comics.\nVisit Lucky's on the regular/or books, comics, music, art,\nand more at 3972 Main Street and at luckys.ca T2TTTI? TTTT^rmJlTXT\nFULL SERVICE REPAIRS \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 TOOL RENTAL\nINSTRUCTION \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 NEW AND USED PARTS\n:M^^^0^WM- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 POSITIVE SPACE\nUBC CAMPUS, SUB BUILDING BASEMENT\nWWW.THEBIKEKITCHEN.COM\n604.827.7S33\nGET INVOLVED AT CITR! CITR AND AMS EVENTS\nCome to our OPEN HOUSE! 12-5 PRESENT...\nWORKSHOPS\nUPCOMING LIVE\nBROADCASTS\nNARDWUAR'S VIDEO\nVAULT 2.0: BACK-TO-\nSCHOOL EDITION!\nPanda, Heatwave, The Oh Wells,\nCapitol 6, and Jay Arr\ninning, Strategizing,\nlanaging + Fundraisinj\nShow Hosting 101\nWednesday, Sept 26, 6-8 p\nShake It Off: The Accept*\nMoru\niNa\nlay, Sept 10.\ndwuar the Human\nBECOME A\nviett\ns, LIVE, as he talks and\nmixing and bea\n^s<:l\n3S from his audio & videc\nIt of\nnterviews.\nDJing 101.9. C\nin October.\n101.9FM on the dial. Live stream + podcasts: CITR.CA HISTORIC NIGHTCLUB \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 TIKI BAR F THE FUNNEST PUCE ON EARTH\nH\nUPCOMING FEATURE EVENTS\n09/05\nThe Men w/ White Lung^Guests\n09/06\nKishi Bashi w/ The Last Bison\nrm 09/07\nThe Hundred In The Hands\nSAT 09/09\nChain & The Gang * Early Show*\nJonathan Toubin's Soul Clap Dance Party\n09/09\nEternal Summers w/Bleeding Rainbow\n09/10\nNite Jewel w/Gang Signs j Bobby Draino\n09/12\nChristopher Smith w/Belle Game\n09/13\nThe Aggrolites w/ D J Jonny Was\nFBI 09/14\nRoyal Canoe w/Krief *Early Show*\nSAT 09/15\nMaria in the Shower Accordion Noir Festival\nFBI 09/21\nRyan Hemsworth presented by OLIO\n09/20\nMaria Minerva w/White Poppy\nFM 09/28\nLove Dancing presents: Axel Boman\nFor full event listings please visit www.waldorfhotel.com\n* Entrance every FRI + SAT also comes with admission to a multiroom party\nin the famous Tiki Bar and downstairs nightclub space the Hideaway.\nO 1489 EAST HASTINGS ST Q/WALDORFHOTEL Q @WALDORFHOTEL\nW^k PERRYSC0Pe\nlL2i ! \u00E2\u0080\u009E\t\nTHE WHITE\nBUFFALO >\nwith Horthcota\nSEPTEMBER 15 | II etecOUIl\nROYAL WOOD ^\nOCTOBER 20\nTHE RIO THEATRE\n1 MANGA\nN 0 V EIIER\nMEUMII ., %$t$&Meat & The Georgia Straight present\nKishi Bashi\nwith guest The Last Bison\nTHURS. SEPT6\nTHE WALDORF CABARET\n1489 EAST HASTINGS ST.\nTickets at Red Cat, Zulu and www.nightheat.ca\nmat\nThe Georgia Straight and NightHeat Entertainment present\nTHE AGGROUTES\nwith guests Valuables\n& DJ jonny Grayston (soul club)\nTHURS. KPT 13 doors 8pm, Show 9pm\nTHE WALDORF CABARET\n1489 East Hastings St.\nTickets also available\n@ Red Cat Records & Zulu Records\nNightheat, The Rio Theatre & The Georgia Straight Present\nAn Evening with\nBebel Gilberto\nTUES. OCT 2\n8 pm\nRIO THEATRE I860 E. BROADWAY\nTickets also available @ Zulu, Red Cat & Highlife Records\nThe Georgia Straight and NightHeat Entertainment present\nSIX ORGANS OF\nADMITTANCE\nwith guests\nTUES. OCT 2\ndoors 8pm, Show 8:45pm\nTHE WALDORF CABARET 1489 East Hastings St.\nTickets also available <\u00C2\u00A7> Highlife, Red Cat Records & Zulu Records\nwww.nightheat.ca\nThe Georgia Straight & NightHeat Entertainment present\nMOON DUO\nwith guests\nLife Coach (member of Trans Am)\n& Mirror Lake\nFRI. DEC 7 8pm\nBILTMORE CABARET 395 Kingsway\nZulu, Red Cat, Highlife Records\nOTHER SEPT 9:\nUPCOMING ETERNAL SUMMERS & BLEEDING RAINBOW\nSHOWS THE WALDORF\n0CT21:\nEMILIE AUTUMN\nTHE RIO THEATRE\nOCT 28:\nRASPUTINA WITH GUEST NIM VIND\nTHE WALDORF '%# 1 111 II\nphotos by \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nASHLEE LUK\nillustration by\nJOEL RICH\nIn the middle of a lengthy email thread attempting to coordinate-band, photographer, and writer\nschedules for an interview with Gang Signs,\nDiscorder received an unusual request.\n\"How about we all eat something odd/gross\nand chase it with something even more potent/\ngross?\" wrote Gang Signs' Peter Ricq. The idea\nquickly evolved into a kind of game, where members of the band would consume a food and\nbeverage combination given to them by lottery.\n'Make two combos yummy! One gross one!\" Ricq\nsaid over email.\nCome interview time, Gang Signs' three members,\nRicq (guitar/vocals), Matea Sarenac (sampler/vocals),\nand Adam Fink (drums), are crowded together in\ntheir tiny jam space on East 2nd, confronted by\nthree mysterious packages. Selecting first, Ricq is\nrewarded with two slices of leftover mushroom pizza\nand a canned version of Jack Daniels and ginger ale.\n'Hey, all right,\" he says, pleasantly surprised.\n\"I want the pizza!\" says Sarenac, reaching out next\nto pick next \"Oh, wait, I want this, whatever this is.\nWhat is this? A piece of cake?\"\nRicq eyes Sarenac's treat, \"I kind of want to all\nshare now.\"\n\"Can we?\" Sarenac asks, taking up the beverage\nportion of her combo, a can of fruit juice and tequila.\n'I like this game.\"\nObserving the band go through this strange food\nsurprise exercise feels like sitting with a group of\nteenagers in their parents' basement, trying to stave off boredom by creating a game out of whatever is at hand. Each person is\nwilling and good humored, but at the same time somewhat retiring and seemingly unconcerned with the outcome. There is an atmosphere in the interview\nthatyou can hear in Gang Signs' music as well, a kind of lo-fi electro thathas\nbeen dubbed by listeners as \"slacker dance.\"\n\"It's like, you want to dance, but you don't have to,\" says Ricq. \"It's perfect\nIt's how I feel all the time.\"\nFrom across the small room, Fink reaches forward for the final package.\n\"I'm going to have to eat something gross now,\" he sighs, inciting laughter\nfrom his band mates. The others look on as Fink draws a flat plastic package\nfrom the bag.\n\"What is that? Hair?\" asks Ricq.\n'\" 'Black Moss'\" reads Fink from the package, \"I don't even know what black\nmoss is.\" With little else but the name to go on\u00E2\u0080\u0094the back of the package reads\nsimply, \"ingredients: black moss\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094and the fact that it was found in the dried\nfoods section of T & T Supermarket, Fink opens the package and removes a\nclump of wiry black fibres. \"You want to see me eat this? All right\"\n\"It looks like pubic hair,\" says Ricq.\n\"Oh my god,\" comments Sarenac, \"I would not eat that shit\"\n\"Oh no,\" says Ricq as Fink grabs a hold of his beverage. \"What is that?\"\n\"Mmmmmmmmmm,\" Fink says sarcastically, reading his drink label.\n\"Banana flavored creamy vodka beverage.\"\nEveryone in the band shares in the spoils of the game. Sarenac eats most\nof Ricq's pizza. Everyone tries the moss, as Fink says, \"It honestly doesn't\ntaste like anything. You want some on your pizza?\"\nSarenac refuses and Ricq say, \"It's like eating fucking pubic hair. You\ncan't even chew it\" Their easy and familiar way with each other evokes the\nair of lifelong friendship, an impression belied by their very disparate places\nof origin. Sarenac was born in Croatia, her family immigrating to Canada via\nToronto in the mid '90s, eventually moving west to Vancouver where she's\nlived most of her life. Ricq hails from Montreal, a fact given away by his lightly\ninflected English. And Fink, raised in Whitehorse, bee-lined for Vancouver\nafter graduating high school in order to play music.\nIt's obvious from listening to the band talk that their love of music binds\nthem together. Fink, a self-described music freak, has played in bands since a\nyoung age and keeps a handful of projects in rotation, just like his bandmates.\nRicq, possibly best known as half of the dance act HUMANS, has added Gang\nSigns and another side project, Ladyfrnd, to his list of his extra-curricular\nactivities. Sarenac keeps busy as winniecooper.net associate and DJ, Wobangs.\nWhen asked about previous band experiences, Sarenac recounts her days as\na 15 year-old member of local pop sensation Mystique.\n\"We had a single called 'Mystique Knows How to Party' and there's a\nmusic video too.\" She teased us, revealing that the only way to see the video\nwasonVHS.\nDiscussing the origins of the Gang Signs line up, Ricq recalls seeing Sarenac\nsing Patsy Cline's \"Crazy\" at karaoke one night \"When she sang it was like\n[makes a rapturous face]... Wooooah, I gotta start a band with that girl!\"\n\"I always had the idea of starting a band with a girl. I think it's pretty neat\n- that voice? Having that juxtaposition of male and female, I find it is very...\ninviting. And Adam is always just down to play drums.\"\n\"Yean,\" agrees Fink, \"we've known each other for a while, if s just one of\nthose things.\"\nThat \"thing'' is now manifest in an eight-song self-titled\nEP, released this August The band's take on how the EP came\ntogether seems nothing short of synergistic. Songwriting and\nrecording at home in his spare time earlier this year, Ricq\ngot the bulk of the material ready for the rest of the band to\nrecord with\u00E2\u0080\u009421 songs in total. Once Sarenac's vocals were\nrecorded, all that was left was the drum tracks, which Fink\npounded out in a single session at Watershed Studios.\n\"And it wasn't because we were short on cash or had any -\nlimitations,\" Fink is careful to clarify. \"Everything just seemed\nlike it worked. It was exactly how we wanted it to sound.\"\nFollowing their EP release party at the Cobalt on August\n31, the band is slated to open for Nite Jewel on September\n10, at the Waldorf. Later in the month they will be a part\nof a Winnie Cooper-sponsored showcase at the Biltmore on\nSeptember 21 during Olio Festival. Beyond that, no grand\nplans are being schemed, besides spreading their spooky,\nsynthy pop through the airwaves and across the globe. \"We're\ndoing this EP so people outside of Vancouver get to know\nus,\" explains Ricq.\nUnsure of what the future holds, the band cracks open\nsome fortune cookies to wash away the taste of the black\nmoss and maybe catch a glimpse of what's to come. But then\nwe added \"in bed\" to the end of each fortune.\nRicq: You will soon receive compliments on your style [in bed]\nFink: An appeal for some assistance may catch you off guard\n[in bed]\nSarenac: A new approach will bring you greater career success\n[in bed] KINGFISHER\nBLUEZ\nCool music\ncoming out of\nweird places\nbyANDREW\nREEVES\nphotos by\nJADESU\nlettering by\nMICHAEL SHANTZ\nIf one spends enough time in Vancouver, it\nbecomes all too common to hear people bitch\nand whine about the frustrations of trying to be a\nmusician in a city that appears more interested in\nerecting condos than investing in culture. However, local musician, producer and personality\nTim Clapp, a.k.a. Tim the Mute is never one to\ncomplain. If anything, the exuberant entrepreneur has done the total opposite. By creating the\nindie label Kingfisher Bluez, Clapp has opened\nnew fields of potential for underground artists\nin Vancouver. Discorder met with Clapp at Dandelion Records and Emporium oh Main Street,\nwhere he can be found working his day job to\nsupport his fledgling label.\nGrowing up on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast Clapp\nwas drawn to music as a way to cope with small\ntown monotony. \"Coming out of Robert's Creek,\nthere was nothing to do. Pretty much the only\nthing I had was sitting at home listening to\nrecords,\" he explains, \"Itwas the only thing I\ncould do with myself in high school. Going to\nrecord stores was a big thing. We'd just save up\nour money and then on a weekend come into\nVancouver and hit all the record stores, and it\nwas so cool to be coming back on the ferry with\nbags full of records. I loved it I'd spend my entire\npaycheque just on vinyl.\" This passion for music\ngrew into the desire to start his own label when\nhe became intrigued by how they were produced,\nmixed, and released. \"It seemed to be just as interesting as who was playing on them. I like the idea\nof sort of curating that Having a roster of artists...\nlike a perfect collection of records.\"\nAfter moving to Vancouver seven years ago,\nClapp started Kingfisher Bluez as a digital-only\nlabel, with the intention of one day putting out\nvinyl. That vision first came to fruition last year;\nwith the release of the Sebastian Fleet/Count Oak\nsplit seven-inch. Several other releases followed,\nincluding Clapp's own solo compositions on the\nseven-inch Anything You Want, and more recently 1 with local psych-punk outfit EEEK!. Moreover, Clapp has new\nI releases slated before 2012 is over, like Vancouver Island's Zen\nI Mystery Fog, and a Xiu Xiu single called Quagga.\n1 \"It's sort of like experimental synth drone stuff. I feel like [Xiu\nI Xiu's label] Polyvinyl is just letting us do the record because it's\nI so experimental. They probably wouldn't be able to sell many\nI copies of it. They're really cool about it.\"\nBut perhaps his most interesting and ambitious undertaking\nis the Kingfisher Bluez Single-Sided Singles Club, which launches\nin September. \"The Club is a look at Vancouver's d.i.y. indie rock\nscene. There's twelve records, you get one every month for a year,\nand we offer a free pickup for locals from Dandelion Records.\nYou pick up your singles for free from here or I'll mail them to\nyour house for twenty bucks. There's only 250 subscriptions\navailable, and there's a bonus single that you get if you subscribe\nearly. All the records are one sided.\" The bands involved with\nthe project are an impressive roster of local artists, including\nApollo Ghosts, Needles//Pins, Dirty Beaches, Capitol 6, Weed,\nB-Lines, Korean Gut, Student Teacher, and several others.\n\"I feel like there's a lot of shitty popular bands making their\nliving as musicians or whatever, but a lot of the people who\naren't making their living as musicians - they're doing some\nreally cool stuff,\" Clapp explains. \"This whole Vancouver d.i.y.\nscene, it's a lot of house shows and shows in parks and on\nbeaches and all sorts of weird places, and when you start to\ngo out to shows like that I feel like you know people are really\naccepting, and you're gonna hear stuff that's going to be way\nbetter than you might hear than if you went to see a more popular band play at a venue or something. There's a lot of cool\nmusic coming out of weird places.\"\nWith its slew of releases scheduled for the next year,\nKingfisher Bluez truly exemplifies a proactive approach to\nVancouver's sometimes frustrating dearth of support for independent, non-corporate music culture.\nSubscribe to the Single-Sided Singles Club and keep current on all\nKingfisher Bluez bands at kingfisherbluez.com.\nmi\nDUNLEVYSNACKBAR NAM SHUB\nby FRASER\nDOBBS\nphotos by\nKATAYOON YOUSEFBIGLOO\nlettering by\nMICHAEL SHANTZ\nI'm sitting with Nam Shub\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bill Young (guitar/\nvocals), Scotty Boe (synths), Caton Diab (bass),\nand Matty Harris (drums)\u00E2\u0080\u0094in the alley outside Diab's house, drinking beer and learning\nCantonese from tiny bottle collectors. Between\nsquirrel sightings and chemtrail conspiracies,\nthe band chronicles their three-year history\nleading up to last month's release of their first\nalbum, Cascadia. \"We went through a lot of different sounds early on,\" Young explains, \"and\nmany of the songs on the record came together\nover that time [two years ago]. We recorded\nthem in November of that year, so we've been\nsitting on them for a while now.\"\nOne listen to Cascadia's dynamic opener\n\"Original Wizards\" gives a pretty clear idea of\nwhat Young means by \"different sounds.\" A\nchaotic blend of glitchy synths, sharp bass lines\nand shoegazey, vibrating guitar leads come\ntogether in a psychedelic mash that, at u minutes, is a spacey medley that borders on jam-\nsession. One might think that the long wait for\nNam Shub's debut is partly thanks to the vast\ncomplexity of sound on each of its six tracks,\nbut according to the group, the reality was a lot\nmore logistical.\n\"We recorded the songs over two days, live,\nin 2010. Once every two months we'd try to\nhave a mixing session,\" recants Diab, \"but\nsome of it was a financial issue.\" The album's\nsaving grace came in the form of Chris\n\"WE COULD DROP A\nSEVEN-INCH OF THE\nMOST ABRASIVE NOISE\nEVER, AND THEN AN\nALBUM OF STRAIGHT-UP\nKRAUT[ROCK],\" ADDS\nHARRIS, \"AND IT WOULD\nSTILL WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BAND.\"\nCantrell, of File Under: Music, a local independent group that develops and supports\nVancouver artists. \"He kicked our asses into\ngear. He was starting his own label at the time,\nand he wanted to use us as his guinea pig.\"\nFast-forward the release process, and Nam\nShub are excited to have something physical out\nin the world. The group was adamant about putting Cascadia onto vinyl, and it's easy to tell that\nthe band is excited about seeing it in the stacks\nat local record stores. But the boys are equally\nexcited to pave ahead as a constantly evolving\npsychotic music machine.\n\"I visualize creativity as a room in a house,\nand each creative project or album that I've\nstarted working op is a new thing in that room,\na new piece of furniture. It's not until you finish\nthat thing that you have the space to start working on [somethingnew],\"Youngsays.\n\"It's like having a yard-sale,\" Diab pitches in.\n\"Nam Shub is a yard-sale.\"\nDespite the songs on Cascadia being two years old, the band insists that it's two years\nfresh. \"There's a whole bunch of potential trajectories for our sound,\" Young muses.\n\"We could drop a seven-inch of the most\nabrasive noise ever, and then an album of\nstraight-up kraut[rock],\" adds Harris, \"and it\nwould still work in the context of the band.\"\nWind the clock back a few days before our\nalley meeting, and I'm standing in Zoo Zhop\nhaving my mind melted by the quartet's sonic-\nbending skills. If you took a little bit of\nMy Bloody Valentine's Loveless, added a healthy\ndose of Toronto's Holy fuck, and then threw\nit into a woodchipper and smoked the result,\nyou might have something similar to what\nwas taking place in the tiny venue. Boe cues\nup found sound, field recordings and synthesized speeches between and during songs\n(despite his insistence that he's, \"Just here to\nturn knobs, man.\") and the crowd can't quite\nfigure out whether they should close their eyes\nand meditate or dance spastically next to one\nanother. On the trippy, beautiful \"Orbit\" if s\neasy to understand why it might be hard to\nchoose, and according to Young, that's exactly\nthe way the band wants it\n\"Tapping into people's minds, in a subliminal sense, musically I find really interesting. Music is this beautiful space where you\ncan communicate with people, potentially, on a\ndeeper, non-conceptual level. It's not rooted in\nthe filters of language, so you can really affect\npeople in different and new ways.\"\nImprovisation plays a big part in Nam\nShub's constantly-shifting soundscape, even if\nthe crowd doesn't always realize it \"It's actually a point of contention within the band,\"\nDiab adds, \"how long we get to jam [at shows]\nand how long we have to play actual songs.\"\nFor most of the band's gigs, it seems like the\nmix is 50/50.\nFor Music Waste in June, Nam Shub helped\ncelebrate the opening of the Nines, the new\nmulti-function gallery, for its inaugural aural\nexperience. Despite a heavy parking ticket, the\nband enjoyed the new experience, particularly\nsince the musicians are all heavily involved in\nthe Red Gate Collective's ongoing attempts to\nestablish a new location.\n\"Any new venue is a good venue,\" says Harris,\nbut Boe seems to echo the sentiments of the\ngroup when he says, \"It was a funny venue for\nus to be booked in. Three of the walls are glass,\nand we're a loud band.\"\n\"The bands that played before us were about \\na thousand decibel levels [quieter],\" Diab adds.\n\"And the organizer tells us before our set 'That\nwas really nice. It was good what those bands\ndid, and we're looking forward to you guys. Just\nkeep it around the same leuel, okay?' It's a big problem because we're loud as spit We're constantly\nturning up volume to match each other, so by\nthe end of [that] show we had the whole place\nvibrating. We had each frequency meeting in\nthe middle to create some sort of drone, the\nalmighty 'ohm'.\" It's a happy byproduct that the\n\"ohm\" is usually dance-friendly, too.\nNam Shub play September 5 at the Astoria with\nSwansona and Ian William Craig. MUSICAL\nTHEATRE\nby TRISTAN\nKOSTER\nillustration by\nMICHAEL LEE\nIt's been a long season of festivals all over the\nwest. I've had friends make me jealous with the\nawesome music that they got to see while some\nof us work for a living. I finally get my chance\nthough with the Vancouver Fringe Fest, the international indie theatre festival.\nMusic and theatre often means a Broadway\nmusical, but Fringe offers something a bit different. A collaboration between the Van Fringe and\nlocal promoter/indie guru/DJ Tristan Orchard\nhas led to the Fringe Bar, a new music offshoot\nin the midst of the festival. This year, The Ruffled\nFeathers are back for their second year, and over\nthe course of the ten days of concerts Bleating\nHearts, Hot Panda, DJ Glenn Alderson of Too High Crew\nand more will all play the same stage, for free, in the middle of Railspur Alley on Granville Island.\nExecutive Director of the Fringe, David Jordan, admits\nto a slightly selfish motivation for split identity of the\nVancouver Fringe\u00E2\u0080\u0094concerts are a good way to sell beer\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nbut he's also quick to point out that Vancouver is the last\nstop on the cross-Canada Fringe tour and the companies\nof travelling thespians use the opportunity for an unofficial cast party.\n\"I've been told, by outside sources,\" says Jordan, with a\nnotable pride, \"that our [Fringe] has the best party.\" Party\nor not, many of the bands playing were excited to get to\nsee the Fringe, and Orchard admitted that it was a big lure\nof the gig as well as the outdoor venue.\nWhen it came to why they wanted to work with\nOrchard, Jordan cited his passion and eclectic taste,\nwhich is especially tangible this year, with shows like\nKeytar Warrior, a musical improv performance created by\nNoah Ferguson, who is also one of the earliest acts that\nOrchard promoted. Orchard and Jordan both curate a\nstage that is accessible and diverse, with an element of theatricality, and most of all, \"It's gotta be fun.\"\n\"It's really different than the shows that I normally pick\nthat are at clubs\" says Orchard, \"it gives me a chance to pick\nbands that I like that are maybe a bit more mellow.\"\nMusic suitable to the space was also key, which is like a\ncourtyard about halfway down Railspur Alley on Granville\nIsland. The cafe opposite and most of the alley will be filled\nwith performers and audience. There was talk of moving the\nVenue this year to accommodate everyone, which would have\nbeen a shame, as the courtyard promises an intimate show\nwith this year's acts, plus trees, stars, and the Granville Street\nBridge overhead. Orchard himself will get in on the fun at\nleast twice, in a performance with his band of local indie poppers, BESTiE, on September 13, and capping off the festival\nwith his own DJ show on September 16. He says that the party\ngoers at the Fringe \"really like to act out the songs,\" and that\nit's one of the best DJing jobs he's had.\nThe Fringe is really the one time of the year that\nVancouver's micro-universes of music and theatre crossover\noutside in a unique way. The classic musical is still the main\nplayer, but they aren't necessarily meant for dancing.\nMusically, the Fringe this year is better than ever. Ten\nfull days of free outdoor entertainment and 10 full days to\ncelebrate theatre is good for everyone. There's 750 regular\nshows this year, plus the music acts, plus the Fringe Bar at\nRailspur Alley.\nNo matter what, there are many reasons to be at the\nFringe this year and to stay late. And you'll probably leave\nwith lots to brag to your friends about.\nThe Vancouver Fringe Festival runs from September 6 to 16, with free\nshows at the FringeBar happening every night. For more information and tickets, visit vancouverfringe.com and check out Tristan\nOrchard's blog at winniecooper.net\nJtah\n(H MMAl\nDISCORDER\nREVISITED\nAnimal Collective take a\ntrip to Pat's Pub\nby LAUREL\nBORROWMAN\nIn February 1983, Jennifer Fahmi and Mike Mines published the Jirst issue of Discorder. That means we are\nnearly 30 years old. In the next jive issues, we'll tell tales\nthat harken back to the days of Discorder yore. Here's\nonejrom 2003, as relevant now as it was men.\nA sepia-toned photograph shows two men, aged\n24 and 25, sitting in black metal folding chairs,\nwielding acoustic guitars. One wears a red and\nblue striped t-shirt and jeans, the other a green\nand white tie-dyed number and faded, torn denim.\nTheir mouths are wide open in exaltation, belting\nout silent lyrics. If the camera shot were wider,\nlettering & illustration by\nALEXHEILBRON\none could place the two around a blazing\ncampfire; like camp counsellors strumming kumbaya to an enthralled youth group. But\nthe two'are surrounded by microphones, drums,\nand cords. If there is an audience, the likelihood\nof it being more than a dozen is slim, is is any of\nthem being under 19. Besides, back in 2003, how\nmany people could an Animal Collective show at\nPat's Pub on Hastings attract?\nTake a picture with the same two men\u00E2\u0080\u0094David\nPortner, a.k.a Avey Tare, now 33, and Noah Lennox,\na.k.a. Panda Bear, now34\u00E2\u0080\u0094in 2012 and a few things\nwould be different Trade the acoustic guitars for\nelectric ones; trade sitting for standing; pan out to\nshow thousands in the audience;; add sequencers, synthesizers, samplers, and percussion. And place\nthe other two members, Josh Dibb, a.k.a. Deaken,\nand Brian Weitz, a.k.a. the Geologist on stage to\ncomplete the quartet\nThe funny thing is that Animal Collective then,\neven through a different lens, is not all that different from Animal Collective now\u00E2\u0080\u0094except for a\nfew million, fans, or so. So, what has happened\nbetween August 2003, when Discorder was the first\nmagazine to feature the Baltimore-raised quartet\non the cover, and September 2012?\n\"That's a lot to. comment on,\" Weitz, now 34,\ntells Discorder by phone from Florida beach, where\nhe's on vacation with his family before setting out\non a two month tour through North America and\nEurope. \"We were still working day jobs at that\npoint I don't think we could have ever imagined\nit would turn into this.\"\nAnd \"this,\" is pretty big.\"\nWhen Discorder's Marek Cooper spoke with\nthe group in August 2003 when they toured for\nHere Comes The Indian, the group's fourth full-\nlength release, they were about to play a show\nat Pat's Pub, where Portner and Lennox wailed\nout a stripped down set with an acoustic guitar two mics each, and a few drums. Weitz split\ntime between hanging with some friends and\nmanning the merch table, and Josh Dibb, a.k.a\nthe Deaken, was \"suspiciously absent.\"\nOr maybe nojt so suspiciously. Over the\ncourse of the four friends playing music\ntogether\u00E2\u0080\u0094since high school\u00E2\u0080\u0094it was never a\nplan or expectation for music to be a full time\njob, and so not every album has included every\nmember. 2000's Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've\nVanished, was recorded with Lennox and Portner; 2009's widely acclaimed Merriweather Post\nPavillion saw an absence of Deaken.\nSince that show at Pat's, there isn't much time\nfor anything but the music. In those years, they\nstarted as playing for \"sometimes 50 or 60 people, sometimes maybe eight or nine, and now it's\nsometimes eight or nine or ten thousand people,\"\nWeitz says of audiences at Coachella in southern\nCalifornia, and Primavera Festival in Spain.\nAfter eight studio albums, two live albums,\nheaps of solo side projects, and an audio-visual\nperformance for the Guggenheim Museum's 50th\nanniversary in 2010, all four have reunited for\nCentipede Hz, including Dibb, after his hiatus from\nthe last album.\n\"{Dibb] was part of all those things and projects\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Discordercover, August 2003,\nphoto by Hana Macdonald\nduring Merriweather. We were all doing a lot [of\nother projects] at that time. He was involved,\njust not as noticeably and physically, because\nMerriweather was the most visible, physically, of\nthose projects.\"\nThe band's latest Centipede Hz, premiered on\nCentipede Radio, an Internet collaboration with\nThe Creators Project, on August 19. Every Sunday\nevening from July 29 to August 19, the band members each took a mm hosting an online broadcast\nwhich included mixes with new solo tracks and\nnew songs from Centipede Hz, followed by mixes by\nguests like Atlas Sound, long-time friends Black\nDice, and Haunted Graffiti. On August 29, Weitz\nhosted the final the installation, starting the first\nhour with what Weitz called their \"inspirational\nmix,\" a collection of songs that shaped Centipede\nHz for them. In the final hour, Weitz premiered\nthe album in its entirety.\nIn contrast to MPP's terrestriality, Centipede Hz\nis a trip through space, and still Animal Collective\nthrough-and-through. Part of its influence is from\nsomething like a transmission from outer-space\nthat funnily enough, Cooper discussed even when\ntalking about the band for this show nearly 10\nyears ago. The nostalgia of AM/FM radio permeates one part, while a varied collection of music\ninfluenced the other.\n\" [During Centipede Hz], we listened to a lot of old\npsych music, electronic, a lot of [UK experimental\nband] White Noise, [psych electronic band] Silver\nApples, cumbia. Not recent cumbia, but a lot of\nPeruvian cumbia from the '60s, and reggae.\"\nIf the past nine years are any indicator, Animal\nCollective will continue mind-bending, evolving\nand creating as always, whether two, three, four,\nor ten thousand or millions, are in on the music.\nBoth now, and another 10 years from now, Discorder\nwill be pleased as can be to keep saying, \"We\nwere there.\"\nAnimal Collective do not play at Pat's Pub this month.\nCatch them at the Malkin Bowl on September 10. ritfcftl\nMitten)\nlettering by\nANNEEMBERUNE\nphoto by\nJONATHAN DY\nA Live Dungeons & Dragons\nComedy .Experience\nCHRIS\nUy \J | | T\ IO A sure wave of the hand steadies the\nOI \l A 1/ wobbly knees of your party behind you.\nOI V/llA Guards scoff at your credentials, slob\nber on grilled cheese, and gesture you\nfurther into the darkness. Your shoes make a sugary smacking sound\nand you nearly tip over toe while stumbling to your seat; the editorial panache of your Dungeons & Dragons Player's Manual never had\nanything to say about a dexterity modifier for having a beer in each\nhand. Welcome to The Critical Hit Show's Live Dungeons & Dragons\nComedy Experience. If you were ever looking for somewhere to wear elf\nears and brandish a plastic sword in public, you might want to check\nout the Rio Theater on the last Wednesday of every month; your\npeople are waiting for you. Since beginning in March, the show has\nalready amassed an enthusiastic following.\nCastrating ores and kobolds in the creased recesses of a kingdom\nfrom someone else's imagination won't be at the top of everyone's list\nof plans for a Wednesday night, but the CHS is looking to change that.\nThe familiar trappings of everybody's favorite tabletop game are all\nhere: dice are rolled to resolve conflicts; off-brand soda is consumed;\nand battles are fought for glory, blood, and Funyuns. CHS's stage is a\ntabletop come to life and is overseen by Dungeon Master in-residence,\nEric Fell. When one of the actors, for instance, declares and mimes that\nthey're kicking down a door, Fell makes a couple of quick die rolls and\neither loudly declares that it holds fast or that it bursts off its hinges\nlike a suckling pig being crushed by a washing machine.\nThe show is a spawn of Fell's imagination. A familiar face in\nVancouver's improv scene, he's assembled an impressive roster of\nsimilarly schooled comics to join in the mayhem.\n\"Everybody I wanted for the show had to be a comic first and a\ngamer second.\" says Fell. It's delightfully apparent when the cast\nis less educated on the D&D universe than the audience. Points.of\nhesitation surrounding D&D minutiae are expedited by a remedial outcry from the audience, and it's highly entertaining to watch\nthe cast fish for the best suggestion in the melee. Patrons will see\nsome familiar talent onstage. Joanna Gaskell's face is probably the\nmost recognizable as a fixture from the comedy web-series, Standard Action. Allen Morrison and Shaun Stewart hail from Vancouver\nTheatresports. Lauren McGibbon is a popular standup comic, and\nIan Boothby is probably best known as a writer for the Simpsons and\nFuturama comics.\nEverything from surly innkeepers, to wisecracking kobolds, to an\nentire civilization of dwarves with French accents are voiced by Fell.\nNaturally, diplomacy often has a hazardous trajectory and when the\ninevitable happens, audience members are brought onstage to play\nthe part of enemy combatants. Fisticuffs are resolved with a series of\ndice-rolls punctuated by the audience shouting encouragement and\ntaunts at the cast\nThe high level of audience participation is noteworthy. Something\nhollered from the audience has as equal an opportunity to become\ncomedic fodder as one of Boothby's savagely asphyxiating puns. Have\nyou ever known a dwarf who didn't work under-the-table?\nThe creative energy behind the show goes out of its way to find\nunique ways to involve the audience. Once, to save McGibbon's thief\nfrom being lost on the other side of a dimensional gateway, the audience\nhad to relay her \"safe word\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094banana loaf\u00E2\u0080\u0094in secretive whispers from\nthe back of the room. Another time, the head antagonist, \"Jarrod,\" was\nset to unleash mystical furor at the local tavern's pancake breakfast To\nsimulate this, a heap of balloons above was dumped on the gleeful audience below. It had happened to have been a particularly rainy evening\nand a large number of audience members opened up their umbrellas\nto shield themselves from the horror. It was unscripted, the crew rolled\nwith it, and it became a part of the show.\nCHS strikes an enviable balance between improv comedy show and\npolyhedron-chucking roots. Its smooth flow might be attributed to the\nfact that as Fell says, \"The D&D ruleset is essentially [one] for improv.\"\nThe kernels for both sprout from the same philosophy: to play along.\nIf it doesn't conflict with your own weekly D&D session, catch the Critical Hit\nShow's Live Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Experience at the Rio Theatre\non the last Wednesday of the month. Visit criticalhitshow.com/or more details. K\ndtlA irt\n^P\ii'A>^\n4\n^\ntJ\nli 2>\n1\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00A3\n<:\nor\ni\nE\no\ns\no\nM\n1\no \"*\n\u00C2\u00AB w >\nos a*\na. 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(Dance/Electronic/\nEclectic)\n9\niA\nTranscendance\n\"\"'''{Dancer'*\"\nThe Jazz Show (Jazz)\nSexy In Van City (Talk)\n10\nIB\nRadio Nezate\n(Eritrian)\n11\nCabaRadio (Talk)\nHans Kloss Misery Hour\n{NaasH^iiglf\nFunk My Life'\n(Soul/Dance)\nRandophonic (Eclectic)\n11\nin\nCiTR Ghost Mix\nCanada Post-Rock (Rock)\nAural Tentacles\n(Eclectic)\nThe Vampire's Ball\n(Industrial)\n12\n\\u00C2\u00A3\nCiTR Ghost Mix\n1\nCiTR Ghost Mix\nCiTR Ghost Mix\n1\nHI\n3\nThe Absolute Value of\nInsomnia (Generative)\nHHHB\n1\n3\nIB\n5\nCiTR Ghost Mix\n5 CLASSICAL CHAOS\n(Classical) 9-10am\nFrom the Ancient World to the 21st\ncentury, join host Marguerite in\nexploring and celebrating classical\nmusic from around the world.\nSHOOKSHOOKTA\ni7a//yi0am-12pm\nA program targeted to Ethiopian\npeople that encourages education\nand personal development.\nTHE ROCKERS SHOW\n(Reggae) 12-3pm\nReggae inna all styles and\nfashion.\nBLOOD ON THE SAODLE\n(Roots) 3-5pm\nAlternating Sundays\nReal cowshit-caught-in-yer-boots\ncountry.\nslttKEA^\nfSou///?.Se;3-5pm\nThe finest in classic soul and\nrhythm & blues from the late '50s\nto the early 70s, including lesser\nknown artists, regional hits and\nlost soul gems.\nCHIPSTwiTHFeWRyThING\n(Pop) 5-6pm\nAlternating Sundays\nBritish pop music from all decades.\nInternational pop (Japanese,\nFrench, Swedish, British, US, etc.),\n'60s soundtracks and lounge.\nfittirTiMSINDIA\n(World) 8-9pm\nAlternating Sundays\nFeaturing a wide range of music\nfrom India, including popular\nmusic from the 1930s to the present; Ghazals and Bhajans, Qaw-\nwalis, pop and regional language\nnumbers.\nTECHNO PROGRESSIVO\n(Dance) 8-9pm\nAlternating Sundays\nA mix of the latest house music,\ntech-house, prog-house and\ntechno.\nBOOTLEGS & B-SIDES\n(Dance/Electronic) 9-10pm\nTRANCENDANCE\n(Dance) 10pm-12am\nHosted by DJ Smiley Mike and DJ\nCaddyshack, Trancendance has\nbeen broadcasting from Vancouver, B.C. since 2001. We favour\nPsytrance, Hard Trance and Epic\nTrance, but also play Acid Trance,\nDeep Trance, Hard Dance and even\nsome Breakbeat. We also love a\ngood Classic Trance Anthem, especially if it's remixed. Current influences include Sander van Doom,\nGareth Emery, Nick Sentience,\nOvnimoon, Ace Ventura, Save the\nRobot, Liquid Soul and Astrix. Older\n., influences include Union Jack,\nCarl Cox, Christopher Lawrence,\n| Whoop! Records, Tidy Trax, Plati-\n\ pus Records and Nukleuz. Email:\n; djsmileymike@trancendance.net.\ni Website: www.trancendance.net.\n!f!W\nBREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS\n(Eclectic) Z-ltem\nYour favourite Brownsters,\nJames and Peter, offer a savoury\nblend of the familiar and exotic\nin a blend of aural delights.\nbreakfastwiththebrowns@hotmail.\ncom.\n! SKA-T'S SCENIC DRIVE\n\ (SAaJ llam-12pm\nSYNCHRONiciTY\nj <7aW12-l:00pm\nI Join host Marie B and discuss spiri-\ni tuality, health and feeling good.\n\ Tune in and tap into good vibrations\n\ that help you remember why you're\n! here: to have fun!\nI pliMuiwN\nI (Pop) \-3om\n\ An indie pop show since 1999, it's\n\ like a marshmallow sandwich: soft\n| and sweet and best enjoyed when\nj poked with a stick and held close\nI to a fire.\n! THE RIB\n(Eclectic) 4-5pm\n| Explore the avant-garde world of\n\ music with host Robyn Jacob on\n| the Rib. From-new electronic, and\n| experimental music to improvised\ni jazz and new classical! So weird it\ni will blow your mind!\n[ NEWS iff ~~\n| flaW5-6pm\n; Vancouver's only live, volunteer-\n\ produced, student and community\nnewscast. Every week, we take '\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 a look back at the week's local,\n; national and international news,\nas seen from a fully independent\n! media perspective.\ni SORETHROATS, CLAPPING HANDS\n(Rogue Folk, Indie S/S) 6-7:30pm\nLyric Driven Campfire Inspired:\nPlaying Acoustic Punk, Anti-Folk,\nI Alt-Country, etc. Tune in for live\ni acts, ticket giveaways and interviews, but mostly it's just music.\nSubmit to: music@sorethroat-\nsclappinghands.com. Find us on\nFacebook!\nEXPLODING HEAD MOVIES\n(Cinematic) 7:30-9pm\nJoin gak as he explores music from\nthe movies, tunes from television\nand any other cinematic source,\nalong with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange\nold goodies that could be used in\na soundtrack to be.\ntWj3zThW \"~\n\u00C2\u00A3/32zJ9pm-12am\nVancouver's longest running\nprime-time jazz program. Hosted\nby Gavin Walker. Features at 11pm.\nSeptember 3: One of the great\nunsung voices of the baritone saxo- I\nphone: Nick Brignola. \"On a Differ- \\nent Level\". September 10: Part one j\nof The Jazz Show's annual education !\nFeature. Maestro Leonard Bernstein \\nand \"What is Jazz\". September 17: j\nPart two of The Jazz Show's annual I\neducation Feature. Alto saxophone ;\ngreat Julian \"Cannonball Adderley \\nNarrates: \"An Introduction To Jazz\". I\nSeptember 24: Musical alchemist I\nGil Evans and his orchestra with j\nsoloist Julian \"Cannonball\" Adder-\nley: \"New Bottle, Old Wine\".\n(Rock) 12-l:00am\nFormerly on CKXU, Canada Post- \\nRock now resides on the west coast !\nbut it's still committed to the best j\nin post-rock, drone, ambient, j\nexperimental, noise and basically j\nanything your host Pbone can put\nthe word \"post\" in front of.\nPACIFIC PICKIN'\n(Roots) S-%am\nBluegrass, old-time music,\nand its derivatives with Arthur \\nand the lovely Andrea Berman. j\npacificpickin@yahoo.com\nQUEERFM\nVANCOUVER:RELOADED\n(Talk) 8:00-10:30am\nDedicated to the gay, lesbian,\nbisexual and transexual commu- j\nnities of Vancouver. Lots of human \\ninterest features, background on\ncurrent issues and great music, j\nqueerfmradio@gmail.com\nsuRmiui?\nf\u00C2\u00A3c/ecf7c;iO:30-ll:30am\nFuzzy and sweet, a total treat! 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Alternating Wednesdays\nSXsprn Discorder Magazine now has its\nworld. . and.more!. \t\nISSS^fS7 SAMSQUANTCH'S HIDEAWAY\n//wLaL, ' miectic) MQ-oom\n^^!L^^ l Alternating Wednesdays\nCRIMES & TREASONS All-Canadian music with a focus\n(Hip-hop)9-llpm on indie-rock/pop. anitabinder\u00C2\u00AE\ncrimesandtreasons@gmail.com hotmail.com\nCABARADIO FOLKOASis\n(7a/Wllpm-12:30am (Roots) 8- 10pm\nFor the world of Cabaret. Tune in for Two hours of eclectic folk/roots\ninterviews, skits, musical guests music, with a big emphasis on our\nand more. It's Radio with sass! local scene. C'mon in! A kumbaya-\nfree zone since 1997. folkoasis\u00C2\u00AE\ngmail.com\nSulliu^ i ^'!'V*?C,TY\n(Eclectic) Z-ltom I JWlO-llP\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\nUvefromtheJungleRoom.joinradio You; \"*\u00C2\u00AB* dose \u00C2\u00B0f Sucatl\u00C2\u00ABn\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0hostJa(*Velvettoanectecticmixof : and en ertainment in the realm\nmusic,soundbites,informationand of relationships and sexuality.\ninanity.dj@jackvelvet.net I sexyinvancrty.com/category/sexy-\n ; j in-vancity-radio\nPOP DRONES\n ABROAD I\nSTUDY \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 TRAVEL \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 WORK \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 VOLUNTEER\nSaturday\nSeptember 22\nlpm -5 pm\nVancouver Convention Centre\nwww.studyandgoabroad.com\n~\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00C2\u00ABh\u00C2\u00ABr*t*\nFrankenstein: A Modern Myth (UK, 48 mm.i\nSet to the pulsing strains of Iggy Pop and The Rolling Stones, Adam\nLow's exhilarating documentary exalts the raw power of the first punk\nnovel: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Academics and artists (including\nDanny Boyle and John Waters) remind us just how radical, confrontational and blasphemous this now-ckssic text was when first published.\nGENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY }{^p { #r\)~ r\\nCartoon College (USA, 78 min.)\nThis bittersweet, charming documentary introduces us to some of the\nworld's greatest graphic novelists, and the extraordinary college in\nWhite River Junction, Vermont, where the comic artists df tomorrow\nget inspired and get to work! Chris Ware, Lynda Barry, Art Spiegel-\nman, Franchise Mouly and Scott McCIoud are among the many artists to take us into their imaginative inner lives and craft. The fabulous\nsoundtrack includes an original score by Jason Zumpano.\nGENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY \fCiTR\nRegeneration Music Project\n(USA, 82 min.)\nAmir Bar-Ievs fascinating high-\nprofile project asks leading contemporary musicians and producers to\nbroaden their chops and play to a\ndifferent groove. Skriliex joins the\nsurviving members of the Doors; DJ\nPremier conducts the Berklee Symphony OrchestraO) with Nas; the\nCrystal Method backs R&B singer\nMardba Reeves; Pretty Lights play\nwith Dr. Ralph Stanley and LeAnn\nRimes; Mark Ronson joins Zigaboo\nModeliste! Music triumphs overall.\nGriot (Senegal/USA/France/\nGermany, 82 min.)\nSenegalese kora and western\ntrumpet make fabulous music, together! Volker Goetze's enthralling\ndocumentary melds dazzling visuals and haunting songs to serve up\na feast for the senses. Griot introduces us to Goetze's own soulful\ntrumpet styiings and the extraordinary voice: and calabash harp artistry of Ablaye Cissoko. We were\nso impressed that we're bringing\nthem to town for a special live concert performance! UNDER REVIEW SEPTEMBER 2012\n(Independent)\nBlack horn rimmed glasses, deadpan\nexpressions, and mastering the distinctive wallflower stance\u00E2\u0080\u0094the cover\nphoto ofVancouver's Jay Arner's latest single might have you thinking,\n\"I've seen this before.\" But don't be\nfooled by the lackluster and Weezer-\nesque record cover. Arner takes that\nfamiliar geek-rock set up of synth,\nfour chords, and female vocal harmonies, and churns out two solid tracks\nthat prove keeping it simple results\nin the catchiest of tunes.\nSide A's \"Bad Friend'' bursts\nright into the verse, wasting no time\nin delivering a head-banging beat.\nThe track has an addictive bopping\nchorus destined for live sing-alongs\nand where listeners can't help but\nchant the song's terrific lyrical hook,\n\"I still can't shake the feeling.\" Short\nand sweet, \"Bad Friend\" is the type of\nsong you can have on repeat without\ngetting sick of it\nThe following track, \"Black\nHorse,\" cools things down, opening with soft disco keyboard. Though\nlacking the melodic punch of the first\ntrack, \"Black Horse\" has a mellow\ngroove with echoing vocals that\ndreamily croon, \"Why do I waste my\ntime?\" during the airy chorus. There's\nache and longing as the line repeats\nand bleeds into the lingering end\nsynth chord.\nArner and his bandmates may not\nbe offering a new sound, but when it\ncomes to having a sudden urge for\nsome awkward dancing, comforting\nmusic on a Friday night, or simply\nany occasion that calls for classic and\nstraightforward indie rock-pop gems,\nyou'll know you can't go wrong with\nspinning this record.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Angela Yen\nTHE SUMNER BROTHERS\nI'LL BE THERE TOMORROW\n(Independent)\nIf you're as glum as I am about the\nimpending end of summer, this\nis your go-to album. The Sumner\nBrother's sophomore studio album,\nI'll Be There Tomorrow, was produced\nand recorded with Derek DiFilippo,\na close friend of the brothers, in a\nlog cabin situated in the mountains\nof Merritt, B.C. According to Bob\nSumner, the spot is an \"incredibly inspiring setting,\" the closest\nneighbours living miles away. The\nalbum launches with an angry bang\nin \"Toughest Man in Prison Camp,\"\na messy melting bowl of the raspy,\ncracking voice of Brian Sumner\nand the hard hitting drums of Mike\nArdagh. After this rocky smash, the\nalbum mellows down to a peaceful\nprairie of old-country inspired folk\ntunes.\nThis is where the band's influences are most evident The heavy\ndrums slow into soft, quick brushes\nand the voice deepens with self-\nindulgence. In short, this section\nof the album sounds like Willie\nNelson and Woody Guthrie were\npaired to play to an audience of\nGreat Depression-era wash-ups\nand a group of devoted Strange\nBoys fans.\n\"When You Dig My Grave\"\ncomes in place near the end of the\nalbum, and changes the dynamic\nfrom country western gloom to\nsloppy after-hours throwdown.\nThe album closes with two contrasting songs placed back to\nback; 'That's Alright\" encompasses\na jig-like, almost d.i.y. sound, and the\nalbum finishes with a slow, minimal\nbut pretty, instrumental.\nAll in all, the Sumner Brothers\nhave put together an accomplished,\ninstrument-crammed album. You'll\nfind banjo, harmonica, pedal steel,\nsynths, clarinet, and pretty much\nevery other apparatus created to make\nnoise. Its neo-country/wreck-folk\nsound will sluggishly serenade you\nas you throw that beach towel in and\ncheck back into reality of autumn.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Josefa Cameron\nItU\n(Kingfisher Bluez)\nTake the playful tones of psych-pop,\ndrench them in fuzz and adolescent\nfrustration, Increase the tempo and\nyou've got Eeek!. Inspired by beach\nbums and pop-punk, their latest\neffort, Move Real Slow, weaves Colin\nSpensley's ironically out of tune\nguitar through seemingly capricious\ntempo changes and lazy mumblings\nthat lead to iconoclastic chanting.\nClocking in at 18 minutes, Eeek!\nhave matured (just barely) from their\nraucous infancy to come off with a\ntighter, more cultivated sound. Move\nReal Slow is loud, proud west coast\nrock that draws barely decipherable\ngrumbles through cocksure bass lines\nand infectious drumming to create\nenergetic sounds that could\nnever be denied a fist pump.\nAdvancing beyond the gritty\nenergy of their earlier EPs, the\nlocal rockers have arrived at a\nstylized accessibility steeped\nin distorted surf tones and\ngarage-rock vitality. The interplay between meandering jams\nand hoarse, affected vocals\non \"A Will and Grace Period\"\nsees the carefree antics of their\nearlier recordings replaced\nwith clean production and a tighter\nsound, to create Eeekl's finest\npop-punk song yet Following in a\nsimilar fashion, \"Think About It\"\nilluminates the driving rhythm section, as drummer Devin O'Rourke\nand bassist Rob Cameron allow\neach other to stray just enough to\nentice listeners before they seamlessly reconvene to support Spensley's frenetic chanting.\nBut as the heavier'effects begin\nto wear off, the group's witty pop\ntendencies turn to wholesome radical rambling as they proclaim the\nvirtues of agricultural sustainability\non \"For Our Health.\" Amidst the\nmonstrous breakdowns and coarse\nhowls, fun loving sing-a-longs\nmeet laid back surf rhythms on the\nquirky \"Jurassic Parka,\" while the\nhazy and cheerful reverb of \"Tough\nGuys\" closes the album.\nMove Real Slow is altogether a\nrelaxed, sometimes careless, companion to a boozy late night It's an\nalbum best characterized as the outspoken wallflower, simultaneously\nentertaining and insightful, yet never\nneedlessly complex. Most of all, itsees\nthe group confidently reach out and\nexplore new territory\u00E2\u0080\u0094a promising\nstep for these young (self-professed)\nCascadians.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094-Robert Catherall\nMOTHER MOTHER\n(Last Gang)\nGo do the Pepsi Challenge with the\nMother Mother discography and\nyou're going to taste two distinctly different bands. Their debut record,\nTouch Up, is a justifiably lauded alt-\nfolk masterpiece, and by the time\n\"Legs Away\" starts playing, Mother\nMother has cemented themselves\nas something other, and exciting.\nIt's perhaps not puzzling, like a\nhippie trading rope sandals for\nwing tips when baby makes three,\nthat they would trade that uncanny\nquality for something more widely\npalatable. Not puzzling, but a\nshame nonetheless.\nThis might sound like lame nostalgia on the occasion of the latest\nMother Mother release, The Sticks,\nbut that nostalgia runs a hard path\nthrough all of their subsequent\nreleases. I wouldn't even have new listeners go back to Touch Up to see what\nthe band could do with an acoustic\nguitar, some stilted lyrics, and a three\npart harmony. Ignorance is bliss, and\n\"O My Heart,\" et al are much more\nenjoyable notknowingwhatwas, and\nnot wanting to shake the band by its\ncollective shoulders and ask them to\ndisregard Emily Haines and just be\nthemselves, dammit\nBut that's a flawed approach to\nthis album. The identity of a band\nis rooted in the present and by that\nprinciple, this Mother Mother is more\ncalculated and aerodynamic at the\nexpense of weird. \"Let's Fall In Love\"\nis probably the most accurate thesis\nstatement on the record, a power pop\npiece with no power. It's an earwig, to\nbe sure, and one sure to be hummed\nthrough the year, but if s safe. And not\njust seatbelt safe, but full racing harness safe. Waterwings safe. \"Business\nMan\" and \"Happy\" continue the\ntrend, all but screaming the query:\nWhere did the energy go?\nWe know multi-album deals are\na wet blanket on creativity, but The\nSticks could stand to generate some\nfriction and heat On \"Verbatim,\"\nfrontman Ryan Guldemond has the\nverve to call himself \"the rooster in\nthe morning\" and \"the cock of the\nday.\" The Sticks is a kind of bird too,\nbut it's more like a sleepy seagull at\nnight belly full of yesterday's scraps.\nThere's no offense here, but I doubt\nthat the critical clairvoyants could\nhave predicted a forgettable outing\nfrom Mother Mother. Yet here we are,\nankle deep.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Clinton Hallahan\n(Suicide Squeeze)\nNil Sensae's second full-length\nrelease, Sundouming, sees Andrea\nLukic (vocals/bass) and Daniel Pitout\n(drums) joined by axeman Brody\nMcKnight, whose presence brings\nnumerous rewards for the group as a\ncreative unit heard over the album's\nfourteen blistering tracks. The group\nhas retained their ferocity and pulse-\npounding punk energy, while gaining,\nwith McKnight the full realization of\ntheir sound.\nAll the best elements of this new\nlineup are crystallized early on in the\nstellar \"Swim,\" which sounds set to\nbe Nu Sensae's most buzz-worthy\ntune. Atonal, jagged riffing assaults\nthe listener before Lukic and Pitout\nbarrel into the mix with jackham-\nmer rhythms. Lukic's vicious howl\nreminds one of Pretty on the Inside-era\nCourtney Love for all the right reasons, seamlessly shifting between\nanimalistic snarling and a deadpan\ntalk-singing delivery.\nNii Sensae races through\nSundownina with breathtaking power\nand abrasive anger. \"Burnt Masks\"\nshows the group's strong sense of\ndynamic range, slowing the tempo\nmomentarily before throwing the\nlistener back to the wolves. The rage\nexpressed particularly through Lukic's\nvocals is almost an entity unto itself,\nthe intangible fourth member that\nunites the group's musical focus.\nThat is not to say that Sundownina\nis a one-sided affair, nor is the group\na one trick pony. Nii Sensae offer brief\nmoments of respite from their visceral\nbrand of punk. \"Tea Swamp Park\" is i\nanother highlight as its driving tribal j\ndrumming and chant-like vocals cap- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nture the listener in an enthralling yet \\nbrief hypnotic trance. It's psychedelic, \\nbut mired in the worst sort of vibes. I\nSundownina is a real witch's brew ;\nof punk, grunge, and riot grrl influ- '\nences. It's a beast that foams at '\nthe mouth and only rarely eases its ;\nunrelenting assault on the listener.\nThis latest release is a snapshot of ;\na young group at their most driven.\nDespite the album's title, the sun is\nshining for Nii Sensae. Many bright\ndays await this trio.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094James Olson\n(Independent)\nDon't let the title Zoloft you just j\nyet The title of Shad's first release\nsince 2010's TSOL is an excuse for i\nus to overuse nostalgic phrases, and\npushing down hard on the buttons of\nour memories. The pay-what-you-can :\nrelease has him spitting over samples j\nmade (in)famous by everyone's favor- !\nite bygone pop tunes: from that over- '.\nenunciated Milli Vanilli interlude,\nto that pitched down vocal on that j\nWeezy song you used to love. With ;\nno particular tonal distinction, Shad j\ntouches each expertly sampled track\nwith his throwback flow, with DJ T\nLO scratching and cutting his way I\ninto nearly every track.\n\"A Milli VanilH\" shifts between\nsamples, back to Shad quite drastically, maintaining perfect cadence\nthroughout until a too-good-to-\nbe-true interlude gives us a break.\nCertainly Melancholy's hardest track,\nthe song includes some standout\nstanzas, \"No you're not pigs but the\nprofiling's hogwash.\" It's insightful\nwithout being street-corner crazy.\nThis, along with grin-inducing introspection on \"ItAin'tOver,\" highlights\nthe EP's commercial sensibility, which\ndoesn't feel at all deliberate.\nNever feigning identity or donning personas, Shad's flow provokes\nand persists over every beat\n\"New Don\" and \"Old Prince\"\nboth clock in slightly under two\nminutes, serving as the philosophical badge on Melancholy's\nlapel. \"New Don\" puts Shad's*\nsocial consciousness behind\nthe wheel, (\"How to make a\nrich man buy?/ Make him feel\npoor\"), while the rolling, eyes-\ndown vibe flowing through \"Old\nPrince\" puts a ghoulish darkness on the release in the best\npossible way.\nShad's consistency over this\narray of beats doesn't necessarily feel\nlike a deliberate showcase, because\nwith a record this honest and this\nnostalgic, there's no need to switch\nyour style. Melancholy doesn't care\nwhether or not you hate, or if the\nmoney piles up. It cares about how\nit feels to maintain a standard of quality while exhibiting a sense of history\nthat whatever your feelings toward\nMilli or Vanilli, injects a certain swing\nback into the step of some forgotten\nmemories.\nHow do you make a rich man buy?\nPresent him with a stellar EP and give\nhim the opportunity to support one of\n2012's best hip hop releases.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Chris Adams FREEMUSIC\nON THE PETER LEHMAliL' lj$>\nWINES STAGE AT\nm&m. _\nTHE ST. AMBROISE\nHpr j&;\nFRINGE BAR\nB^T '\n2012\n- VANCOUVER\nral'' 1' fujBJ\n1 FESTIVAL\nSEPT. 6-16 A\nAt AGRO Cafe:\n1363 Railspur Alley\non Granville Island MB\nl->^fksday, Sept 6 i\nWednesday Sept. 12\n1 DJ Thomas Maxey t\n^unts and Uncles\n=1\nhf ot Panda\nfcNripty, Sept. 7\n1 * Jordan Klassen\nrhursday Sept. 13\n1 * The Ballantynes\nBESTiE\n1 DJ Jarrod Odell\nfough Lovers\nl\n:riday. 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If you\nhave never been, picture sparJdy\nsequins glistening on bedazzled\nbooties as people prance around\nwith unicorn horns, ready to strut\nand twirl. For one weekend the\ncity is taken over by a sea of rainbow flags, and outrageousiy clad\nfolk donning everything from titty\ntassles to mermaid costumes. This\nyear's 34th Annual Pride Festival\ndrew a crowd of 600,000 peopie to\ncelebrate sexual freedom.\nThe parade started off with\nJenna Talackova, a transgendered\nbeauty queen who challenged Donald Trump\u00E2\u0080\u0094and won\u00E2\u0080\u0094for her\nright to compete in this year's Miss\nUniverse pageant, earning a warm\nwelcome from the crowd. Followed\nby Dykes on Bikes, always a yearly\nfavourite, and Canucks player\nManny Malhotra, the West End\nquickly became flooded with sass,\n' class, and ass.\nThe highlight of my pride nightlife was seeing Leslie Hall at the\nWaldorf. Not only did she bust out\nonstage high-kicking in a golden one-\nsie, but she went from doing dragon\nimpersonations to singing the song\n\"How We Go Out,\" with the lyrics\n\"Shake it if you wanna hear more /\nStomp once to hear Britney / Now\ntwice for Beyonce / Now three times\nif you wanna hear me get nasty.\" Hall\nthen went on to dedicate a song to,\n\"a lady's rear end. The flat kind, good\nfor pancakes,\" and teased the crowd\nwith her overt sexuality, which left\nme wanting to eat a giant stack of\nasscakes. Blow Pony, a queer party\ncrew from Portland, laid down the\nbeats for the rest of the night with\neverything from '80s punk, to glitz\nelectro, to ska, to g-rap. The crowd\nwas thick and sweaty, which made\nit hard to get into the midst of the\naction. The only thing that could have\nhindered Blow Pony at Pride was their\npopularity.\nI look forward to Pride weekend\nmore than Christmas. This is partially because of the sunshine, but\nalso because of the way members\nof a marginalized community come\ntogether to celebrate one thing we\ndo all have in common: being queer.\nDuring Pride, it seems like everyone\nunderstands each other. Friends are\nmade in a heartbeat because people\nare so happy to be out loud and\nproud. That is not to say that there\naren't issues with Pride, such as the\nimmense corporate sponsorship,\nespecially in the parade, and some\nromanticizing of queer experiences,\nfor example the positive message of\nhomosexuality and transgenderism\nwithout discussion about the difficulties that come with it. Various members of the community, however, are\ncontinually addressing these issues\nby bringing more visibility to them\nthrough focus groups, non-profit\ngroups, art and social circles. This\nallows for a space to enact social\nchange while still having the time\nof your life.\nThe amount of appreciation, activism, and support that pours out of\nPride weekend makes this glitterfest\none of my absolute favourites. I managed to exit with only one bite mark,\na handful of bruises, some flogging\nwounds and permanent glitter that\nwill not wash away anytime soon.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nicola Storey\nTHE CHANTRELLES /\nWHISKEY CHIEF\nAugust 4 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Biltmore\nIn this post-post-everything musical universe we find ourselves in, it's\nalways comforting to hear classic\nsounds from talented bands without the help of a Macbook. Whiskey\nChief and the Chantrelles linked to\nthe past, where they respectively |\nrevived funkadelic '70s grooves and 1\nmid-'6os rhythm and blues.\nVancouver'sWhiskeyChiefkicked ;\noff the night with \"Dyno Egg,\" a dirty i\nlittle funk fest with greasy horns and j\nStevie Wonder keys, before floating\naway in a spacey Floydian breakdown.\nThey easily drew the biggest crowd of\nthe night, not in terms of numbers,\nbut the sheer size of the dudes dancing up a storm in front of the stage.\nThis high energy group had amazing\nstage presence for a band with no\nfront man, or vocals. Members broke\nthe fourth wall, jumping into the\ncrowd to share a dance, while bassist\nDave Wise rode through the crowd on\nthe burly shoulders of Dreadnoughts\nbassist Andrew Hay.\nVictoria's eight-piece Motown\nmachine the Chantrelles, on the\nother hand, had soul siren Chance\nIovett leading the proceedings, with\nthe audience eating up slow-cooked\nMemphis grit from the palm of her\nhand from the first song to the last\nLovett has grace, poise, and powerful pipes, and her well-dressed backing band is sympathetic to her every\nwhim, bending and swinging the\nmusic to the funky beat\nHowever, this soul show was\nalmost a no show. Earlier in the day,\nthe band's van broke down in Hope,\nafter three-and-a-half weeks on a\nCross Canada tour to Montreal and\nback. They had to cab into Vancouver\nwhile BCAA saved the day, towing the\nvan to the Biltmore.\nThe Chantrelles didn't let this\nminor setback get them down, as they '\nplowed through a set of retro soul\ntunes that would have sounded right at home in Muscle Shoals Studios\nbetween sessions by Wilson Pickett\nand Aretha Franklin.\n\"Ain't Nobody Home\" was driven\nby a rippling clean guitar tone, punctuated by the occasional Who-style\ncrunch and killer back-up vocals\nand harmonies. A call and response\nbreakdown drove most of the already\nenthusiastic audience into a frenzy.\nBut the band also knew when to\nslow things down, like on \"Ooh Me.\"\nThis show-stopper has all the makings of a classic slow jam for a '6os\nschool gym dance.\nThe Chantrelles revived soul\nmusic. The band is true to the groove\nlaid down by Stax house band Booker\nT. and the MGs and the interplay of\ntrumpet and sax are the Cool Whip on\ntheir soul food for the ears.\nThe Chantrelles are not as forward thinking as Janelle Monae and\nnot as focused on the past as Sharon\nJones and the Dap Kings, but luckily,\nthat leaves them stuck in the present\nwith us.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Brent Mattson\nSELKIES / HAIKU CHARLIE\nAug vj \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Orchard House\nThere's something about East Van\nhouse shows and summer nights.\nThat feeling you get when the sun\nslowly disappears over the length of a\nliving room set is a pretty intoxicating\nexperience. The Orchard house, and\nits tiny living room in East Van, played\nhost to a combination farewell party\nand record release show.\nHaiku Charlie have grown\nimmensely since I saw them last\nwhich, at three years ago, is understandable. Local folk/pop orchestra-\ntor Carly Ramsey has an ensemble\ncast of musicians including Selina\nCrammond (drums) and Jessica\nWilkin (keys, flute, melodica) and\nparticularly in the case of bassist\nCaitlin Gilroy, their combined talents help Haiku Charlie immensely.\nSongs with not-quite-loud-enough\nlyrics threatened to be too sweet to\nhandle with soft vocals, flutes, and\nmelodica harmonies, but were played\njust slow enough to breathe fresh life\ninto the shy indie-pop melodies.\nSelkies, Vancouverites Juliann\nNelson (guitar) and Jessica\nWilkin (bansuri flute) played\nwarm, ethereal siren songs.\nEach quiet soliloquy felt like\nit was inviting the audience to\nshipwreck on golden fields, and\nit was hard to ditch the image\nof dangerous beauty as Selkies'\nset felt designed to tug at the\nheart-strings. Wilkin's flute\nadded rich harmony to otherwise\nsparse folk instrumentation,\neven though it seemed at times\nto be added almost improvisa-\ntionally into the songs. Selkies\nwere saying goodbye to Wilkin,\nwho was moving to Toronto, and\nso it was with more than a little\nmelancholy that Nelson played\nfor encore a song she had been\npracticing by herself. Seeing\nWilkin on the sidelines watching Selkies transform into a solo\nperformance was heartbreaking\nand natural at the same time.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fraser Dobbs\nHome of\ngaifeoiwerf\nMusic Oirectories\nBANDS MUSICIANS RESOURCES\nCOMMUNITY\nDRIVEN\nMUSIC\nIISTINGS PRSHYS I COLUMNS\n: ilillEIlK 1 COMICS I MY\nTHE BEST 0 INDEPENDENT\nARTS a CULTURE\nDELIVERED TO YOU I Y\nj OCTOBER 27 - VOGOE THEATRE\nDOORS 7PM - Alt. 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' 1 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Io8bi*FI\n*213 I#iiiss\nsiigi\nsSEeaSSo ion\nShake A Tail Feather\nwith DJ V\nintra, interview\nand photo\nby CHIRAG\nMAHAJAN\nlettering by\nMICHAEL LEE\nSunday is a smooth day for soul music;\na day to reflect on what has passed,\nand to dream about what lies ahead.\nIf you've had the pleasure of tuning\nin to Shake A Tail Feather on Sundays,\nyou'd know DJ V has followed radio\nveteran George Barrett's merry reggae\nvibes with all things soulful\u00E2\u0080\u0094from the\ngolden years to today's local scene. On\nthe air since September 2006, and on\nalternate Sundays since January 2011,\nDJ V, aka Vanessa Tara, knows that a splash of\nsoul and a dash of funk are all you need to get up\nand shake your tail feather. DJ V reminds me that\nthe show's name is inspired by the 1963 tune by\nthe Five Du-Tones, and to see one of the grooviest\ncovers of that classic, look for a clip ofRay Charles\nin the 1980 cult classic, The Blues Brothers.\nDiscorder: What music did you grow up listening to?\nDJ V: I was born in 1970, so I grew up with a lot of\nsoul and early rock 'n' roll. My mother was a huge\nsoul fan, and I guess the music she played must\nhave just come out. This included Barry White,\nThe O'Jays, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Diana\nRoss, and many others, so there certainly was a\nlot of soul around the house.\nWhat made you start Shake A Tail Feather?\nIn a previous life, I was doing radio at CKUT [at\nMcGill University, Montreal]. That was 20 years\nago. I was volunteering in their production department. I then took over a literary program on CKUT,\nand I hosted that for a summer. I went around to\nlocal cafSs to record various poetry and fiction\nreadings on tape. I then had the tech person mix\nit, with me doing the announcing in between. It\nwas neat!\nDo you collaborate with local radio hosts? < -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0,\nI've done that here at CiTR. David Love Jones from\nAfrican Rhythms was on the show, particularly in my\nfirst couple of years. I've also had Gavin Walker on\nfrom The Jazz Show, because classic soul and jazz\noften overlap. Guest host GAK from Exploding Head\nMovies has played blaxploitation film soundtracks.\nDarren (Gawle) from Stereoscopic Redoubt, which\nwas a psychedelic music show when he started\nit, was on and we played psychedelic soul, like\nFunkadelic, The Chambers Brothers, and Sly &\nthe Family Stone.\nWhat is Rainbow 24?\nRainbow 24 was a project put together as a special\n24-hours of programming. QUEER FM, which was\nhosted by DJ Aedan Saint and company, decided to\nput this together as he was leaving. Aedan invited\nme to do an hour of LGBTQmusic on Rainbow 24.\nThere are soul artists who identify that way, but if\nyou go back to the 1960s or '70s, the artists weren't\nnecessarily out For example, Toronto-based Jackie\nShane was openly gay, but didn't actually say so\nin public. But he had makeup on with a bouffant\nhairdo, or wore adressora feminine-looking suit.\nHe peppered his stage with songs about women\nbut they actually weren't. Other examples include\nLittle Richard, Big Mama Thornton, Laura Nyro,\nand Billy Preston.\nWhat has been your most memorable on-air\nmoment?\nComing out on the air last October was a major one.\nI didn't expect it to be that big a deal but it brought\na lump to my throat. I started that show like a\nregular one, played\ngreat music, and I told\nour listeners that I had\nan announcement at\nthe end of the show. A\ncouple of hours later, it\nwas quite moving. My friends who were listening\ncalled me and congratulated me. I was DJ V from\nthat point on.\nIf you could relive a year in the history of soul\nmusic, which would you pick?\nProbably 1967. It was a huge year for soul. Musically speaking you can't beat that. You had soul,\nMotown, Stax, southern soul, blue-eyed soul,\nboogaloo (a fusion of soul/R&B with Latin American music), ska turning into rocksteady in Jamaica,\nand the rise of northern soul in Britain.\nIf you could only play one album to shake your\ntail feather, which one would it be?\nWow, it's such a big genre! I would have to say\nIn The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett. Another\none would be James Broum At The Organ: Handjul Of\nSoul. A lot of people don't know this but he used\nto play the Hammond B-3 organ very well!\nWhat is your favourite CiTR radio show, besides .\nyour own?\nIt used to be Sweet And Hot (with Charles Burn-\nham), which was a fantastic 1920s, '30s, and '40s\nshow. It's not on anymore, but it gets an honorable mention. I'd have to say The Jazz Show with\nGavin Walker.\nThis month marks the show's sixth anniversary. What does the future hold for Shake A Tail\nFeather?\nOriginally, I thought I probably had enough ideas\nfor six months. And now, it's been six years! I take\nevery show individually, and I enjoy each one.\nEach show has its own focus: the songs could be\nfrom the same year or they have the same theme,\nso there's always something going on. As long as\nthat continues to happen, I will continue doing it.\nBut I'm more concerned about how long the music\nlasts, so I'm really interested in mentoring somebody. I'm a UBC alumna so I'm more than happy to\nmentor students who want to get in to radio, who\nlike and respect the music, and who simply love to\nlearn, because then the listeners benefit.\nShake A Tail Feather airs alternate Sundays, jrom\n3pm to 6pm. CiTR 101.9 FM CHARTS\nSTRICTLY THE DOPEST HITZ OF AUGUST\n #_\n ARTIST\nALBUM\nLABEL\n#\nARTIST\nALBUM\n LABEL\t\nSWi\nPurity Ring*\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Shrines\nLast Gang\n26\nSelkies*+\nTall Grass\nSelf-Released\nWM\nWhite Poppy*+\n1 Had a Dream\nNot Not Fun\n27\nRobin And Linda\nWilliams\nThese Old Dark Hills\nRed House\n3\nApollo Ghosts*+\nLandmark\nYou've Changed\n28\nJon and Roy*\nLet It Go\nWarner (WEA)\nUp\nMetric*\nSynthetica\nMetric Music\nInternational\n29\nThe Fundamentals*\nGet Alright \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nStomp\n5\nChains of Love*+\nStrange Grey Days\nDine Alone\n30\nA Place To Bury\nStrangers\nWorship\nDead Oceans\n5\nCapitol 6*+\nPretty Lost\nLight Organ\n31\nFrank Ocean\nChannel Orange\nDef Jam\njjjSJJ\nThe Be Good\nTanyas*+\nA Collection\nNettwerk\n32\nGrimes*\nVisions\nArbutus\n8\nJay Arner*+\nBad Friend b/w\nBlack Horse\nSelf-Released\n33\nHot Panda*+\nGo Outside\nMint\n9\nDirty Projectors\nSwing Lo Magellan\nDomino\n34\nJapandroids*+\nCelebration Rock\nPolyvinyl\n10\nHumans*+\nTraps\nHybridity\n35\nLower Dens\nNootropics\nRibbon\nfepij\nPeaking Lights\nLucifer\nMexican Summer\n36\nNam Shub*+\nCascadia\nSelf-Released\n12\nThe Tallest Man\nOn Earth\nThere's No Leaving\nNow\nDead Oceans\n37\nNihiti*+\nFor Ostland\nLo Bit Landscapes\n13\nBrasstronaut*+\nMean Sun\nUnfamiliar\n38\nV. Vecker\nEnsemble*+\nIn the Tower\nSelf-Released\n14\nCookie Duster*\nWhen Flying Was Easy\nDraper St.\n39\nJody Glenham*+\nGypsy Babe\nSelf-Released\n15\nHot Chip\nIn Our Heads\nDomino\n40\nCold Specks\n1 Predict A Graceful\nExpulsion\nArts & Crafts\n16\nWhite Lung*+\nSorry\nDeranged\n41\nGreen Tree*+\nBack When They\nWere Good\nSelf-Released\n17\nTwin River*+\nRough Gold\nLight Organ\n42\nHermetic*+\nCivilized City\nSelf-Released\n18\nBeach House\nBloom\nSub Pop\n43\nLiars\nWIXIW\nMute\n19\nPizza Sub*+\nPizza Sub\nSelf-Released\n44\nLos Furios*+\nNever Look Back\nSelf-Released\n20\nBend Sinister*\nSmall Fame\nFile Under: Music\n(FU:M)\n45\nMatisyahu\nSpark Seeker\nJDub\n21\nDark Orchard*\nDark Orchard\nSelf-Released\n46\nNii Sensae*+\nSundowning\nSuicide Squeeze\n22\nNo Sinner*+\nBoo Hoo Hoo\nFirst Love\n47\nPanther &\nThe Supafly*+\nBlood & Joy\nSelf-Released\n23\nCFCF*\nExercises\nPaper Bag\n48\nLes Momies De\nPalerme*\nBrulez ce coeur\nConstellation\n24\nDead Can Dance\nAnastasis\nPias\n49\nFrom Birch to Yew*+\nWhisper in the Trees\nSelf-Released\n25\nEcho Lake\nWild Peace\nSlumberland\n50\nCold Warps*\nSlimer b/w\nDream Creepin\"\nFundog\nCiTR's charts reflect what's been played on the air by CiTR's lovely DJs last month. Records with asterisks (*) are Canadian and those marked (+) are local.\nMost of these excellent albums can be found at fine independent music stores across Vancouver. If you can't find them, give CiTR's music coordinator a shout\nat (604) 822-8733. Her name is Sarah Cordingley. If you ask nicely she'll tell you how to find them. Check out other great campus/community radio charts at\nwww.earshot-online.com. ilSSENTIAL libRM R^BifS\nCALEXICO\nA L 6 t E R S\nj^BlBCr*1*^^. \u00E2\u0084\u00A2r' ISM\nCALEXICO\nAlgiers CD/LP\nDIVINE FITS GRIZZLY BEAR\nA Thing Called Divine Fits CD/LP ^^rtetds^eD/fcP\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n_^\nSWAJjg.':^\nTheSewCD/LP^\nTHE FRESH ANJ^ONLYS^\nLong Slaw Dance\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00C2\u00A3TARS\nNorth CD/LP\nAnd much moreinJffiC\u00E2\u0096\u00A0super\nfttn store.,. Vintag^Amps^\nTurntables, Speakers^Iicke^\nMags etc... o^psitarounA\nST. VINCENT & DAVID B\u00C2\u00A5RNE riftf! tltlfe SllHHit- IrQCk SlU jXS^fjL.\nLove This Giant CD/LP allU l\u00C2\u00AB ^g|3j\nfacebook\ntwitter.com/zulurecords\nfacebook.com/people/\nZuluRecords-Store/680210042\ntumbli; zulurecords.tumblr.com\nZulu Records\n1972-1976 W 4th Ave\nSTORE HOURS\nMontoWed 10:30-7:00\nVancouver, BC\nThurs and Fri 10:30-9:00\ntel 604.738.3232\nSat 9:30-6:30\nwww.zulurecords.com\nSun 12:00-6:00"@en . "Periodicals"@en . "ML3533.8 D472"@en . "ML3533_8_D472_2012_09"@en . "10.14288/1.0049844"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver : Student Radio Society of the University of British Columbia"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these recordings must be obtained from CiTR-FM: http://www.citr.ca"@en . "Original Format: Student Radio Society of University of British Columbia"@en . "Rock music--Periodicals"@en . "Discorder"@en . "Text"@en .