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But I don't want to\nfocus on technical definitions. When asked what independent publishing means to\nlocal poet Adele Barclay, she described it to me as \"a fuck you to the canon and the\nold white men tastemakers who have held power for so long.\" I want to hold onto that\nthought of tastemakers for a moment \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTastemakers or influencers are folks with the ability to nudge trends into the\ncollective conscience through different media platforms, which is not always a bad\nthing. Influence can be positive.\nI don't know that Discorder is a tastemaker so much as a taste tester. 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In association with the apocalyptic period, one also imagines a\npanoply of discursive imaginings: non-humans, post-humans, cyborgs and chimeras which explode the rigidity of patriarchal embodiments according to Donna\nHaraway's Cyborg Manifesto. It is, to paraphrase David Cronenberg, the radioactive\ncharge of the idiomatic nuclear family\nwhich presumes the potential of disruption and transformation.\nThe post-apocalyptic scenario is one\nI've contemplated in light of two Vancouver happenings. The former was a lecture presented by Lief Hall of MYTHS fame\non music and cyberfeminism. The latter,\nwhich inaugurates this article, being an\nupcoming ritual / happening created by\nRaghunath Khe (Ritch) and Miki Aurora\ntitled, Dystopia Dreaming. The evening,\nmeant to \"articulate the destruction of the\npatriarchal establishment\" and to \"facilitate catharsis for the collective wound of\nwidespread misogyny,\" links Ritch and\nDYSTOPIA DREAMING\n9\n ,\nMiki to a lineage of ritual in Vancouver,\nand to transhuman feminists around the\nworld. In consolidation of the event's ritual powers, the dresscode is designated\n\"post-apocalyptic,\" for a period after the\nandrocentric hegemony has folded.\nOn the note of ritual and performance art, criticism of the contemporary art\nworld according to its own networking in\nan expansive chain of investment funds\nurge towards the question of what power\nart can have against capital. Ritual art,\noften masochistic, scandalous, strives\ntowards the real, the truly provocative\nand gripping. But to reiterate Jameson,\nwhether apocalyptic gestures can produce\nunprecedented change remains dubious.\nLief Hall, who discussed the post-\nhuman and apocalyptic in her lecture,\n\"Mythology, Gender, and Cyber-virtual\nIdentity in Pop Music Performance\" presented iterations of the alien and apocalyptic as costume in mainstream pop\nmusic: fetish plays that toy with the signifiers of the apocalypse, while resolving\ninto traditional patriarchal and capitalist codes: the alien as sex-object, the end\nof the world brought to you by Katy Perry\nand Samsung.\nTechnological determinism has in itself\na Utopian urge. Glassholes herald the singularity and an era when technology will\nproduce post-scarcity. Speculatives aside,\nthe displacement and patriarchal anar-\ncho-capitalism of the Silicon era reiterates\nentrenched codes and hierarchies, disseminating an all too familiar future.\nDonna Haraway has a key-word in her\nontology of the cyborg: irony. Irony here is\nnot synonymous with parody or careless\njokes. It is the inherent irony of language,\nthe irony of an earthly gesture that takes\non spiritual potency, depth of meaning in\nevery statement and action. Technology,\nwhich itself currently acts in many ways to\nstratify existing systemic disadvantages, is\nalso a powerful resource.\nMiki Aurora: \"The internet is this mirror to the biosphere and the natural connection that humans and other entities\nhave in an energetic sense, almost like the\ncurrents that comprise the ethereal structure of our reality is kinda mirrored in the\nweb of our reality.\"\nReturning to the ritual component of\nDystopia Dreaming, I identify a powerful utilization of irony, in a wholly serious sense. The alleged primitivism of ritual art is notable. Victoria Singh's Ritual\nin Contemporary Performance rebutkes\nthat though this art may \"include primitive elements or make reference to ideals\nfrom bygone eras, the intent of the actions\nbelong in the now' \u00E2\u0080\u0094 offering poignant\ncommentary and insight into our current\nlifestyles, society and the human condition.\" The cyber shamanism of Dystopia\nDreaming, owing to a practice that uses\nthe internet to facilitate its spiritual rites,\nis itself informed by prior texts and practices. Nodding to Haraway, it's an ironic contradiction of elements that produces surprising configurations. Dystopia Dreaming will network in a priestess from Mt.\nShasta, and a circle of priestesses from\na thriving web community in Houston,\nbelonging to, as Miki explains, a \"powerful\nvirtual temple,\"\nThe simulcast presencing of the happening establishes a kind of third space\nin the \"intangible nature of the internet.\"\nFor Ritch and Miki, this is their investment in the discourse, contributing to the\ncorpus of technology's interface with the\nspiritual and sublime. What makes Dystopia Dreaming additionally intriguing is its\nameliorative ends, the potential it identifies in this sublime space. Of note is the\nevent's inclusive capacity, and subcultural\nprovocations: Ritch and Miki aim for nothing short of revolution, and hope the event\nwill bring together subcultures in the\nLower Mainland.\nAbetting these ends, Ritch and Miki\nDYSTOPIA DREAMING\n11\n and cybernetic interface, Dystopia Dreaming will itself be a space for the expression\nof catharsis.\nSo much of this article has been\ncharged with tangents, refractions of the\nconversation I had with Ritch and Miki,\nand the research I did beforehand. This\nwriting is of course preceding the event,\nso to some extent the obstructions here\npreclude a piece of total synopsis. But the\nimperative of that Vedic prophecy makes\nevident that dreaming dystopia is an\nongoing process. We may be living in the\nend times. You'll want to see what's coming next.\nIll \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ^\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2vFF y: .<\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'-' ''.\nspeak with consideration to the safety of\nthe dancefloor. The post-apocalyptic garb\nis not a costume, a nod towards gunslinger\npolitics informing the zombie fantasy. It\nis instead an apprehension of the apocalyptic systems of oppression and violence\nsurrounding us, and the sub-spaces echoing a cataclysm that destabilizes these\nsystems: the urgency of survival that the\ndance floor has historically offered to marginalized communities. Dystopia Dreaming's cathartic dance offerings, DJs who\nreflect eclectic Cascadian geographies and\na variety of gender configurations, speajt\nto this commitment.\nRitch recounts to me excerpts from\nVedic literature he studied while living\nas an ashram monk, acknowledging the\nproblematic historical elements that nonetheless point towards contemporary dissolution: \"When society is in its last days,\none of the signs is that women will be\ntreated badly.\" For the seriousness of ritual\nDystopia Dreaming is happening at\nRed Gate on Saturday, December 5. The ritual is at 9 p.m., by RSVP only. At 10 p.m.\ndoors open to the public, with ongoing performance art and dj sets by Brontron, Miss\nKosmik, Aerion, Raghunath Khe and little,\nfiery, one, and artworks by Natalia Wilhelm,\nLindsay Starbird, Miki Aurora, Antonina\nAnanda, Tito Ohep, Trinity Firth, Nathan\nBarrett, Chelsea Mei Lee and Marie Eve.\nA NOTE FROM THE ORGANIZERS: While the\ncomposition of the photo shoot and the power\ndynamics that we are subverting through the\nimagery present a binary, inclusion of trans and\nmarginlized genders is an important part of our\nmandate, and we acknowledge any uniquely positioned genders in regards to the power dynamics that will be present during the ritual-Happening scheduled to take place on Dec 5th. We\nfelt it important to include this message with our\nphoto to make clear our intentions, that may not\nbe accurately conveyed simply looking at the performers who were able to attend this photo shoot.\n12\nDYSTOPIA DREAMING\n BEYOND FRUIT SALAD\nwords by Alex Lenz // illustrations by Eva Dominelli\nphotos by Pascale Mendez\n\"Vancouver is too\nfucking expensive. We\ncan have a house for\nourselves to record in\nin Victoria/'\n\"We were shredding cabbage on the\nfloor. It was fun. I'm interested to see how\nit turns out.\" Noah Varley, the bassist\nfor the up-and-coming pseudo-pop band\nPainted Fruit (formerly known as Painted\nFruits), is recounting his very recent\nexperience of making 15 gallons of sauerkraut with Johnny De Courcy and Johnny's father. Other than the fact that one of\nVancouver's best-known alternative musicians is interested in German side dishes,\nPainted Fruit's musical connections at\nsuch an infant stage in their band are\nquite impressive.\nPainted Fruit is a young band in multiple senses of the word- they have only\nbeen together for about a year, and the\nband members themselves are fairly\nyoung. Three of them are 20 and one is\n23. Despite their multi-faceted youthful-\nness, Painted Fruit has managed to carve\na successful pathway for themselves since\ntheir conception. They released their first\nfull-length cassette back in May of 2015,\ntitled Fruit Salad. The cassette is melodic,\nbreathable and rather joyful in nature.\nAlthough Fruit Salad is a self-proclaimed pop album, darker and more rigid\nundertones creep their way onto tracks like\n\"Running Away,\" giving the album some\nrefreshing diversity. Noah speaks candidly\nof his post-punk influences, such as his\nlove for bands like Women and Gang of\nFour. \"I like the idea of the music conveying\nthe mood. I think it's really powerful when\nsomebody can write an instrumental that\nconveys what they're trying to say.\"\nThe band is composed of Noah Varley\non the bass, Jon Varley on the guitar (yes,\nthey are brothers), Evan Aasen on the guitar, and Ben Smith on the drums. All four\nof the band members grew up together\nin Vernon, BC and now live together in\nthe same house in Victoria. This affords\nPAINTED FRUIT\n13\n them the freedom to collaborate and write\ntogether at all hours of the day, an arrangement that is highly beneficial to the group,\nsince all four members are also full-tirne\nstudents. In fact, Noah is presently working at a job placement at Mercedes-Benz\nin Vancouver studying hydrogen fuel cells\nas part of his engineering degree. He travels to Victoria every weekend to play with\nPainted Fruit, which he jokes is making a\nkilling for BC Ferries.\n\"I think about this a lot, about what I\nreally want to do. I was talking to Michael\nDe Courcy yesterday, his son John is a\nmusician in Vancouver. He's been an artist in Vancouver since the early 60s, and\nhe was commenting that it sucks that\nwe have this awesome band but we're in\nschool. It's kind of disheartening, when\npeople feel that they have to be in school at\nthe same time. It is a really good backup.\nIt's just hard to put your full effort into\nmusic.\"\nWhile the smaller audience base in\nVictoria may seem like a disadvantage for\na band, Noah emphasized that lower living\ncosts in Victoria give the band opportunities they wouldn't have in Vancouver.\n^tt#^ 'I\nThe motif of fruits is evident in the\nband's outward image, which stems from\na place of artistic purpose. \"One of the\ninspirations was from still-life art, like\npainted fruits. The idea of being a painting on a wall...maybe not so much music\nbut abstract art. I think we're all into visual art as well.\" Noah himself has done the\nvisual design for all of their projects thus\nfar. As an independent band without the\npressures of a record label, Painted Fruit\nis able to carve their own pathway through\nthe music industry, a feat which is both\nrewarding and daunting.\nA defining feature of Painted Fruit's\npublic image is its staunch rejection of\ntheir branding. The members are defiant\nin the face of social media profiles and\nwould rather rely on the quality of their\nmusic rather than the image they propagate of themselves. While the group does\nhave a Facebook page, they are reluctant\nto delve full-force into the world of Likes\nand Followers as a means of gaining suc-\n14\nPAINTED FRUIT\n cess. Noah cited Vancouver's Dada Plan as\na band that he respects on the grounds\nthat they have gained success by putting\non unique shows, such as their set alongside Summering and Ora Cogan at the\nPlanetarium October 22.\nLike many other bands, Painted Fruit\ngrapples with the difficulty of keeping a\ncommon musical theme within the band.\nTastes vary between members, which can\nimpose a strain on the course of the band.\nThat being said, the members of Painted\nFruit have channeled their darker, post-\npunk preferences into a separate band,\nNovel. This band is composed of three of\nthe members, and allows the group to\nstep away from their pop-music focus in\nPainted Fruit. Novel is expected to release\na full-length record within the next few\nmonths.\nDespite the undertaking of this\nmusical side project, Painted Fruit is set to\nrelease a split 7\" record with an Albertan\nband, Smoke Eaters. Strikingly, Painted\nFruit's half of the record will feature one\nsingle song, seven minutes long. The collaboration will allow the group to diversify\ntheir artistic threshold and reach a wider\naudience, which is arguably a more ingenious means of spreading the scope of their\ninfluence than updating an Instagram\naccount.\nThe exact date of Painted Fruit's new\nalbum is yet to be released, although it\nshould be coming out within the next few\nmonths. They will be playing a show with\nSoft Serve at the Cobalt on December 19th.\nPAINTED FRUIT\n15\n 7t\1f\ HFI FfKFQ PHflM\n. LIGHT\n;; ORGAN\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 RECORDS\nBROKEN ARROWS\nBAD-BETTER\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nCHEAP THRILLS\nUNALASKA\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nid*\nARROWS\n#iw THE MATINEE\nWINO ORACLE\n' '\u00C2\u00BBv '\" -\nNEW RELEASES AND TOURS TO COME IN\nTWIN RIVER. 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FRANK DICKENS\nUIDI.EL \u00C2\u00A3\JXOl\nxoxo\nTHE HANTS\nHARI8SA JOHNSON\nMOTHS & LOCUSTS\nNO ALOHA\nQUITTING\nROBERT LOVE\nRYDER\nSAN FELIX\nSARAH N E F U E L 0\nSCARS & SCARVE8\nSWIM TEAM\nTHIEF\nTOO HIGH CREW\nTOP MEN\nVERSING\nWARS\nWOLF PARADE\nYOU SAY PARTY!\nZAFRIOS GE0R6ILAS\nNEW SOUNDS!\nhefm^ttw/wiAMMiti. m\n?FF sam\n ALARUM RECORDS\nHomegrown Labels\nwords by Stefanie Bartlett\nillustrations by Dana Kearley\nphotos by Pat Valade\nAlthough he \"put a name to\" Alarum\nRecords in 2013, Eric Axen had been honing his taste in the Vancouver indie pop\nand punk scene for years. \"There were a lot\nof bands [that I thought] if I had a label, I\nwould put their record out.\" So he did just\nthat, releasing Sightlines' Our Demands (of\nwhich he is a part) in early 2013. And the\nlabel has gained momentum; this year he\nreleased Supermoon's Comet Lovejoy and\ntv ugly's UCLA Yankee Cola. \"I just really\nwanted people to hear them.\"\nThe sound that Axen curates is a\nunique one. Self-described as \"weird pop,\"\nthere is a distinct mesh of grittiness and\nlistenability to the sound he puts out.\nHe considers it pop music \"in the sense\nof songwriting, not pop in the sense of\npopular music. [These aren't] bands doing\nwhatever it takes to get on the radio. [But]\npop songwriting as a craft is something\nalive and well in Vancouver.\"\nWithin the distinct niche of unique\nlocal sound, Axen believes running a small\nlabel gives bands extra opportunity to be\nrecognized.\n\"I used to listen to CBC Radio 3 [now\nCBC Music],\" he explains. \"It was interesting when it started but then it got more\nhomogenized ... it's very safe, very commercial.\" Though said with conviction,\nAxen clarifies that his commer+r are \"not\nto trash [CBC].\" He is just more interested in a thread of \"grittier stuff' that\nlies beneath mainstream Canadian indie\nmusic.\nOperating a smaller label allows Axen\nto take a hands on approach. Something he\nfinds especially exciting is the resurgence\nof cassette culture in the city. \"Supermoon\ncame and said *we're just going to do a\ntape' and I thought, 'no, a tape can be an\namazing art project.'\"\nIndeed, the cassettes Alarum have\nreleased are nothing short of mesmerizing;\nco-designed by Axen's partner, artist and\nillustrator, Dana Kearley, they are a mirage\nHOMEGROWN LABELS\n17\n of colourful plastic, dazzling prints and\nsparkling tape. Kearley finds the possibilities of cassette art stimulating. \"When I'm\nworking with Eric we're collaborating in a\ndifferent sense. We're working on the same\nthing together, but in two completely different ways.\"\nAxeri echoes this, believing that \"with\ntapes, the goal is to create something\nbeautiful that people want to own.\" Axen\nbelieves part of this cassette culture is\ndriven by the social and economic conditions of Vancouver itself. Records are\nexpensive to buy and produce, and in a\ncity with such high costs of living, cassettes are an interesting alternative.\nAnd how else does Vancouver as a\ncity factor into Alarum Records? I was\ncurious to know if he thought that such\na concept as \"local sound\" was even relevant, now that we live in an age where all\nmusic is easily accessible. Axen believes\nthat regardless to the internet, \"bands\nfrom certain locations do influence each\nother just by playing together in the same\narea,\" claiming that's something he wants\nto document. If anything Alarum Records\nis a testament to this cross-pollination\nof influences. With groups sharing band\nmembers and subtly impressing their\nstyles on each other, the label has evolved\nto foster a definable sound that Axen\nwants to continue curating. \"You can find\na niche in a city like Vancouver and it can\nstill be geographically specific. I like that it\nbecomes this web, you see everyone influencing each other.\"\nAlarum Records is currently working on\ntwo new releases for early 2016. Details to\nbe announced in the new year.\n18\nHOMEGROWN LABELS\n j^^w^25SStx\no\n^\nN^ . ^\n^^^\n\} &^'\nvs\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00A3&\nA\n<~^\n \\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSHINDER\nwords by Elijah Teed / / illustrations by Jesse Ross\nShindig \u00E2\u0080\u0094 it's a tradition that has endured the city's musical melange for\nover three decades. Over 800 bands have performed on half a dozen stages\nthroughout the competition's long and thickly woven history, and now \u00E2\u0080\u0094 for\nthe 32nd time \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a trove of Vancouver talent has taken Shindig by full force.\nSadly, not all of our old customs have had the same luck enduring so many\nyears of change the way Shindig has. In our tech-sawy, tap-happy world, it has\nbecome increasingly difficult to get to know bands on a personal level. Gone\nare the groupies of yore, replaced by hordes of faceless Instagram followers\nand surreptitious Soundcloud streamers. Here at Discorder, we want you to\nlove (and we do mean \"love\") our first five winners and Shindig's host the same\nway we do, so get ready to swipe right for the magazine's very own dating app\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Shinder.\nh *LAI (wndig Host)\n*\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00AB:\u00C2\u00AB!\u00C2\u00AB,.\u00C2\u00AB '\"\"\"\"ml Ma\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 men ana woman q^\n CiTR's Shindig is hosted at Pat's Pub. Upcoming dates include\nDecember 1 with Late Spring, Cloudhood and RE/GEN, December 8 with Francesca Belcourt, Speranza and ATSEA, and December 15 with The Psychic Alliance, Making Strangers and Aidan\nShamray. Semi Finals will be held January 12, 19 and 26, and the\nFinals will be Friday, February 5.\n PAUL ANTHONY\nIn Good Humour\nwords by Evan Brow\nillustrations by Ming Wong\nIn our vast culture of entertainment,\nwe tend to associate variety shows with\nthe past. They were ways for guys like Bob\nHope and Frank Sinatra to goof around\nwith friends on one of the three channels available at the time. They were filler,\nbridging the gap between the news and\nepisodes of Gunsmoke. Almost eight years\nago, actor / comedian, Paul Anthony had\nan idea. He saw the potential of a live variety show, a showcase of Vancouver's most\nunique talent. With a distaste for polished\nperformance and a desire to create a community of charming differences, Anthony\ncreated Talent Time in 2008, a full-fledged\nunderground Vancouver talk show.\n\"I feel with Talent Time we've created\na secret club where it feels like everyone's vibing together,\" says Anthony. \"I see\npeople enjoying it with their friends. It just\nfeels like a warm, happy place.\"\nAnthony grew up in Winnipeg, listening\nto comedy radio shows. He had a predisposition to portraying different characters,\nsometimes skipping school and dressing in\nhis dad's clothing to walk around outside\nand see how people would respond. He\nbegan performing character comedy, opening for bands and improv groups as his\ncharacter, Hugh Phukovsky, self-described\nas the \"punk rock custodian of comedy,\"\nwith a name specifically chosen to sound\nlike \"You Fuck Off-sky.\" Anthony admired\nthe strange and the unusual, seeking a\ndistinct voice in everything he did.\n\"I didn't believe any rule of comedy,\"\nAnthony explains. \"I have an inherent\ndistrust of authority. So people say comedy happens in threes? No. It happens in\ntwelves, or whatever.\"\nIn 1998, Anthony moved to Vancouver,\ngraduating from Studio 58 in 2001. As an\naspiring actor, Anthony began to build a\ncareer: getting an agent, acting in main-\nstage plays, and going down to Los Angeles\nfor parts, but his heart was never in the\nHollywood rat race.\n\"I met with the heads of networks and\n24\nIN GOOD HUMOUR\n .\nAnthony, on portraying\ncharacters growing up:\n\"I started putting on these characters\njust for my own psychology experiment,\nlike I'd go to different neighbourhoods\nwith this ratty wig and I'd just go\nthrough people's garbage. And I'd just\nsee how people responded to me.\"\ncasting directors, but it felt like a lot of\nwork. I was never interested in that part\nof acting,\" Anthony continues, \"Some\npeople really want to be movie stars, and\nI've only been ambitious about the work.\nSo this idea of going down there where I\ndidn't know anyone, to auditions where\nyou maybe get something, seemed like a\nwaste. So I came back here and did little\nshows with friends, and I don't regret it.\"\nNow settled in Vancouver, Anthony has\nfound work in a number of fulfilling projects, including a lead role as a street kid\nin Eighteen, as a rock n' roll vampire in\nSuck, and more recently as the Rainbow\nRaider in The Flash. However, Anthony\nkept doing small shows around town. In\n2007, Anthony's friend, Aubrey Tennant\nasked him to co-host the show, Softcore\nComedy at the Cobalt. Anthony liked the\nexperience so much that he did the show\nfor a full year. The Biltmore took notice of\nAnthony and asked him to produce his\nown show. With a premiere in January\n2008, Talent Time began.\n\"I have a lot of friends who are comedians and I love comedy, but it's only one\nscene,\" says Anthony. \"I get bored when\nthings are so small and the same. So I'd be\ntaking the bus to New Westminster because\nI heard there was a talent show happening in a mall. And I'd watch three hours\nof horrible shit, all just to see one kid who\nwould come on in a purple tutu, tap-dancing to Johnny Cash, and there was something there. They would be on the show. I\nknew my friends wouldn't endure all the\nhorribleness for that gem, so I did my show\nso I could bring that gem to them.\"\nTalent Time grew fast. The show began\nairing on Novus in August 2008 and on\nShaw in October 2011. Local actor /\nimproviser Ryan Beil joined as the official\nco-host in January 2011, and the show\neventually became too big for the Biltmore.\nIn September 2014, Talent Time moved to\nthe Rio Theatre with a brand new set and\na deeper appreciation for the weird and\nwonderful. Now in its eighth season, the\nshow has curated hundreds of unique acts\nto its Vancouver audience, from a nine-\nyear old duo's Mario Bros, dance performance, to an original song by Randy\nQuaid, to retired auto mechanic inventor\nJames Ming Kwok's inventions to reduce\ncar accident injuries. With an appreciation\nfor community and raw expression, Paul\nAnthony's Talent Time lives on as a bastion\nof beautiful Vancouver oddities.\n\"I just want to understand people more,\nwhich ties into my own understanding as\nwell,\" says Anthony. \"There's nothing better than a hearty laugh with good friends\nand it's good to expand that boundary of\nwho your 'good friends' are.\"\nYou can see Talent Time at the Rio Theatre on the first Thursday of each month.\nThe next two installments are December 3\nand January 7.\nIN GOOD HUMOUR\n25\n %:*^\n AMPLIFIERS\nwords by Jasper D Wrinch II illustrations by Francesca Belcourt\nphotos by Jon Vincent\n\"There's only so much\nyou can do if you\nonly have one guitar\nbetween three bands/9\n\"They might not be able to finish a\nshow because too many guitar strings get\nbroken,\" explains Andrew Morrison, bassist and founding member of Taxa. Sitting\ndown with Discorder just a few days before\nhis band \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Tafia Maisonneuve, guitarist/vocalist; Hieg Khatcherian, guitarist /\nvocalist; and Daniel McVeigh, drummer \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nleaves for a Cuban tour, Morrison helps\nillustrate the state of the Cuban hardcore\npunk scene.\n\"There are these people,\" he goes on,\n\"who are hungry to be creative, hungry to\nmake music, and don't have the means to\ndo it.\" Because of its political and cultural\nisolation under a strict communist government over the past fifty years, Cuban culture has had to develop primarily on its\nown without outside influence or resources. While some American artists \u00E2\u0080\u0094 notably Ry Cooder \u00E2\u0080\u0094 travelled to Cuba in order\nto highlight the extensive musical history\nof the country, much of the music that\ncame out of the country in the latter half\nof the 20th century was in the traditional\nCuban son, bolero, or guajira styles.\nWith limited access to electric musical\nequipment in the '70s and '80s \u00E2\u0080\u0094 such\nas electric guitars, amplifiers, drum sets,\nor keyboards \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Cuba's rock scene was\nseverely stunted at the time when metal,\npunk, and a plethora of new and exciting\nmusical genres were exploding out of the\nrest of the world. \"Even if they did have\naccess to the equipment,\" says Morrison,\n\"there's no way they could have afforded\nit.\"\nNevertheless, the music found a way.\n\"In the late '80s and early '90s, the Cuban\npunk scene sort of started up,\" says Morrison, quickly adding, \"I'm not the best person to tell this story.\"\nThe story is of the fhkis, a group\nof Cuban punks who forged their way\nthrough adversity to create a music scene\nin the harshest of conditions. Recently\nTAXA\n27\n gaining the attention of NPR's Radiolab in\nthe feature \"Los FriMs,\" the emergence of\nCubans punk scene is a shocking history of\nthose whose passion for music exceeded,\nat times, their passion for life.\nAs Morrison explains, \"When the Soviet\nUnion fell, Cuba lost its chief support system. At that time there was a lot of hard\nliving and chaos in Cuba,\" With the loss\nof significant economic subsidies that had\nbeen coming from the USSR, Cuba fell into\na severe crisis. Known as the Special Period in Cuban history, the population was\nfaced with extreme food rationing, shortages of gasoline, and a tightening of political control over the masses, with slogans\nlike 'Socialismo o muerto' branded across\nthe Caribbean nation.\nThe increase in political control over\nthe population, as well as the loss of their\nchief communist ally led the Cuban government to strike out against anything\nthey saw to be anti-communist. The Cuban\npunks, who enjoyed American music, were\nseen as threats to the regime, \"so the police\nwere just beating the hell out of [them] all\nthe time,\" as Morrison explains.\n\"Because of how bad their living conditions were, and on the assumption that HIV\nwould be something readily cured within a\nfew years, a lot of the Cuban punks began\ninjecting themselves with HlVl-infected\nblood]/' says Morrison. Those with the disease were quarantined from the rest of the\npopulation in sanitariums; they were given\ngood treatment, and good food.\n\"Clean living because you had HTV,\"\nThe sanitariums \"were fully outfitted.\nThey had TV rooms, entertainment rooms,\nmusic rooms, jand so strangely enough,\"\ncontinues Morrison, \"a lot of the beginnings of punk rock in Cuba were started\ninside the HIV sanitariums by HIV infected\npunk rockers.\"\nEskoria, for instance, named the\nfounding fathers of Cuban punk, was\nformed within one of these HFV sanitar\niums. \"The scene never really got the legs\nunder it that it could,\" Morrison explains,\n\"because most of them are dead now.\"\nTaxa is visiting this Cuba, with a punk\nscene shaped by frikis whose sound never\nleft the country. \"The goal is to try to\nget people to go down there, so the local\nbands can get some exposure from something outside of Cuba, and in turn, get)\nbands from Cuba to come up here,\" says\nMorrison.\nWorking with Solidarity RockF an\nartist-run organization out of Edmonton that partners Cuban and Canadian\nbands, Taxa, along Vancouver's Recovery\nare embarking on an 11-day tour of Cuba\nNovember 19 to December 2. As Morrison\ndescribes, it's a sort of \"exchange program\nA couple Cuban bands were just up here,\nactually. Adictox and Arrabio.\"\nIn addition to creating opportunities\nfor musical exchanges between Canada\nand Cuba, Solidarity Rock also collects\nand donates music equipment to punk\nbands in Cuba. \"There's only so much you\ncan do if you only have one guitar between\nthree bands,\" says Morrison. While not a\nrequirement of the bands, Taxa have taken\nit upon themselves to find and collect\nequipment for Cuban musicians.\n\"We're not bringing our normal gear\ndown,\" explains Morrison. \"We're just\ngoing to bring the gear we've scrounged\nup, and then when we're done the tour,\nwere going to give it to the contact for Solidarity Rock down there.\" From there, the\norganization will distribute the equipment\nto those who need it the most. \"The idea is\nto get enough guitars and enough supplies\nand enough of a backline down there so\nthat they can be self-sufficient.\"\nWhile the Cuban punk scene has seen\nsome rough day in recent years, those with\nthe drive and the passion to create music\nhave been steadily rebuilding. \"As far as\nI've been told, the scene down there is\nprobably stronger than some of our local\n28\nrAXA\n scenes in terms of attendance,\" says Morrison. \"It's not about it being a metal show\nor a punk show. It's about the chance to\nsee live music. Everybody comes out, and\nthat actually bolsters the audience.\"\nWhether it be playing shows with Vancouver bands here, or touring with bands\nin Cuba, part of the goal of Taxa is \"to try\nto reach out to different bands, different\nscenes, different labels,\" explains Morrison. And even if their trip to Cuba has gotten in the way of their own musical endeavours \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Taxa's new LP \"was supposed to be\nrecorded this month, but then this touring thing came up,\" says Morrison \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Taxa\ncan't help but lend a hand to a punk rock\nscene in need.\nTaxa's tour in Cuba with Recovery is from November 19 - December 2,\nwith updates available on their Facebook\npage. They will be releasing a new album\nsometime in 2016.\nTAXA\n29\n IIP\nr\n-\nSIGHTLINES / KISS\nPAINTING / SWIM\nTEAM/DUMB\nNOVEMBER 6 / ASTORIA\nAs an adopted Vancouverite, I am quickly learning that musicians and gig-goers\nalike are very proud of their homegrown\nmusic. Local talent is championed and\nadored in equal measure. What better way\nto spend a Friday night than watching four of\nVancouver's best and brightest at one of the\ncity's favourite venues.\nLast minute heroes Dumb kicked off the\nproceedings, replacing Oldage, who cancelled the day before and, based on the\ninfectious sense of fun of their two EPs,\nlooked every bit like they fit the bill. During\none of the many longer breaks between\nsongs (whilst the lead guitarist fiddled with\nhis collection of pedals), the frontman reliably informed us, \"Everyone's got herpes,\naccording to an article I read today.\" This\nencapsulated the atmosphere of four guys\nhaving a great time, which is hard not to buy\ninto.\nDumb's guitarist, and his pedals, then\nreturned to the stage with his other band,\nSwim Team. The art rockers launched into\na very self-indulgent set, including a number\nof long instrumental breakdowns. That said\ntheir exemplary musicianship was obvious,\nespecially that of the drummer, whose beats\nbecame the driving force behind the band.\nSet closer \"Disgust\" was a highlight \u00E2\u0080\u0094 if they\ncan apply their talents in a similar way to\nfuture recordings, the thought of what they\ncould create is very exciting.\nThe highly anticipated Kiss Painting took\nto the stage next. In stark contrast to the previous two acts, they were unconcerned with\nimage. Guitarist James Baxter sported a\ntrucker cap and wielded a guitar which had\nalmost a metre of spare string coming out of\nthe head. The instrument seemed to play him\nas he threw himself around the stage, allowing the solid rhythm section of CA Chux and\nS.Hellina to hold the band together. Together\nthey produced* a rip-roaring show that was\nas absorbing as it was impressive. Although\nthe set was short, the six songs they delivered were packed full of energy and really\naffirmed the trio as a band to watch.\nEric Axen's latest band, Sightlines, were\nheadlining the evening. The band, which\nalso contains Kiss Painting's James Baxter\non bass, has made a name for itself playing nostalgic pop-punk that is more than a\nbit influenced by the '90s. (They actually\nreleased a cover of The New Fever's \"Our\n30\nREAL LIVE ACTION\n Demands\" on limited edition floppy disks\nback in 2013). Their summery hooks left the\nAstoria feeling a world away from the torrential rain outside. With Chris Martell threatening to smash holes in his kit throughout,\nthe atmosphere that the three piece created\nwas deafening, washing Axen's lyrics (a real\nhighlight on record) away under the swirling\nnoise.\nI must tip my hat to Axen for putting\ntogether such a stellar display of local music;\non this night it was clear Vancouver's music\nscene is in safe hands, and it made me proud\nto be an (albeit adopted) Vancouverite.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Sachin Turakhia\nDEAD SOFT / SLOW\nLEARNERS / PINNER\n/ DOPPELGANGER\nNOVEMBER 7 / ASTORIA\nThere's something special about a Dead\nSoft show. Maybe it's the earnestness with\nwhich the band performs, or the genuine,\ninnocent excitement that they coax out of\ncynical crowds of half-drunk hipsters, or even\nthe passion with which the members will\nwatch transfixed by all the bands before and\nafter them. And so, after two months away\non tour in the US of A, it was a real nice thing\nto walk into the Astoria and be surrounded\nby an atmosphere of music-nerd-sanctuary,\na safe haven for fuzz-heavy guitar aficionados to wax poetic about whatever Dinosaur\nJr is up to these days. It felt like home.\nDoppelganger turned out to be my \"I'm\nonly hearing about them NOW?\" band of the\nnight. Mountains of energy plus members of\nlocal favourite MOSFETT, the trio powered\nthrough a set-list that had all of the garage-\nrock charm, not to mention the ear-candy bass lines, of the Beck-imagined Sex\nBob-Omb. Doppelganger was definitely not\npop punk, but it was a little pop punk; with\na drummer hell-bent on never repeating the\nsame fill twice (and sporting a pretty amazing mullet/moustache combo), the band's\nenergy could almost come across as silly if\nit didn't feel so sincere. At one point someone in the audience tried to hand-feed a beer\nto frontman David Madge, who awkwardly refused the intrusion to finish his wicked\nsolo instead. Doppelganger's priorities were\non point.\nI've been told to see Pinner play, adamantly, by upwards of a dozen people who\nhave a foot dipped in the Victoria music\ncommunity. That it's taken this long to finally see the imported Islanders is a testament\nto my bad luck, as they've been making frequent incursions on the mainland recently.\nThe four-piece, composed equally of male\nand female musicians, borrows talent from\nlegendary party-rock outfit Slam Dunk, and\nthat's reason enough to give them the time\nof day. Their set was equal parts raucous\nnoise, pop-punk charm, and heartfelt crooning. A grungy group slathered in the charm\nof '90s slacker rock, Pinner left me with a\ngiant, shit-eating grin on my face.\nSlow Learners definitely had a different\ncharm to them than the previous openers.\nMore streamlined, less rambunctious, and\na wee bit more traditional rock 'n' roll, the\nheaviest band of the night played a dedicated half-hour of fast-paced punk rock with\nnary a pause. There's no disputing the talent and drive of the three-piece, but a combination of the peppy groups previously and\nmy old-man curfew fast approaching added up to a set that was easy to enjoy but\nhard to remember. The impressive rendition\nof a Fleetwood Mac cover was a glowing\nexception.\nThe first time I saw Dead Soft play was\nmaybe a few weeks after the two founding members of the band, bassist Keeley\nRochon and guitarist Nathaniel Epp, moved\nto Vancouver from Victoria. They were fresh-\nfaced, nervous, and maybe a little overwhelmed before taking the stage. The band\nREAL LIVE ACTION\n31\n that greeted us hot off the heels of a two-\nmonth long sojourn into the deserts of the\nUnited States was a very different trio ascending the steps to the Astoria's ratty stage.\nThere's still an innocence in their passion\nthat is captivating and mesmerizing, but the\nband walks with a confidence gleaned from\nyears of steady progress in the Vancouver\nmusic world. The trio turn Frankenstein as\nthey touch their instruments, transforming\nfrom humble music geeks to electric-channelling grunge phantoms, and it's this transformation that has held true throughout their\ntenure here. It's just as fantastic to witness\nnow as it was the first time.\nDead Soft's ode to grunge was a powerful performance filled with fan favourites (of\nwhich there are plenty), old stand-bys and\neven a few newer tracks they'd obviously\nbeen unveiling over their tour. It's the most\nvaried their set has been in a long time, and\nin that vein, being trapped in a van together for two months probably did them a lot\nof good. You could tell, looking closely at\nGraeme McDonald's frenzied drumming,\nor Rochon's swaying bass hooks, that the\nband was tired, but tight, at the end of a long\ntime spent on the move. But at the end of\nthe night, more than the group's ferociously fuzzy performance, what stood out the\nmost was how shows like this one \u00E2\u0080\u0094 shows\nfilled with positive energy and vivid support\nand entranced listeners \u00E2\u0080\u0094 just don't come\naround very often. If Dead Soft are the tuning fork channelling all those good vibes,\nthen we're damn lucky to have them back.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Fraser Dobbs\nBRONCHO/THE\nSHELTERS / PEARL\nCHARLES\nNOVEMBER 14 / COBALT\nOn November 14 at the Cobalt, Los\nAngeles-based Pearl Charles got off to a late\nstart for a sparse crowd. Still, in the course\nof her short set, the 23-year-old won some\n32\nREAL LIVE ACTION\n Vancouver hearts.\nHaving formerly played with The Driftwood\nSingers and The Blank Tapes, Charles\nbegan her solo career this summer with the\nrelease of her eponymous EP.\nHer band was notably supportive and\ncoordinated, radiating good vibes to the\ncrowd below. Charles' dreamy stoner vocals\nblended seamlessly with the stable rhythm\nof the band. This first act seemed a stark\ncontrast to The Shelters and Broncho, as\nthe atmosphere they had created was sorely\nmissed for the remainder of the night.\nAfter a short changeover, The Shelters\ntook to the stage to celebrate the release of\ntheir debut self-titled EP. Also hailing from\nL.A., The Shelters emitted a very different\nsound. Occasionally rockabilly and frequently pop-punk, the band of four was high energy from start to finish.\nWhen they were in the process of setting\nup, I was immediately concerned by their\nlooks, as they exemplified a range of guys\nyou would probably avoid at a party. But they\nwere shortly redeemed. Performing at 100\nmph, they poured with sweat through the\nend of their set. Although their songs began\nto blend together after a while, this band has\nmajor potential to gather a fanbase seeking\na good time.\nThe Cobalt's Facebook event claimed\nthat \"curfew\" was 11 p.m., but by the time\nBroncho was ready to perform, it was\nalready 10:20. They had made the unusual\nchoice of bringing their own lamps and ferns,\nwhich took a chunk of setup time. Still, even\nthese small aesthetic touches showed that\nmaking minor show enhancements does not\nrequire a huge budget. With the addition of a\nlittle bit of smoke, Broncho created an eerie,\ntheatrical mood.\nMaybe it was apparent to some, but I\nhadn't identified Broncho as an obviously mosh-worthy show. But halfway through\nthe set, a fight \u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 in other words, one guy\nmoshing \u00E2\u0080\u0094 appeared to break out right\nbelow centre stage, but it was quickly extin\nguished. When the moshing was in full\nswing, the same man who had broken up the\nfight seemed not to have gotten the memo,\nbecause he nobly spent at least ten minutes\ntrying to break up a twenty-person mosh pit.\nBroncho continued, unfazed.\nLead vocalist Ryan Lindsey was an undeniable showman. Despite his Oklahoma\nroots, Lindsey's stage persona is the spitting\nimage of Mick Jagger, down to the pouted\nlips. And his words, already difficult to hear\non the album, are entirely indecipherable\nlive. The Shelters' set had been excessively\nloud, so Lindsey's frequent yelps were piercing and unwelcome.\nStill, Broncho killed it with \"What\" and\n\"Class Historian.\" We all knew \"Class\nHistorian\" was coming, and we waited anxiously for its immediately recognizable opening. Broncho made the right choice in closing\ntheir set with the hit, ending on a high note\nand breaking curfew by 10 minutes.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Hannah Thomson\nREAL LIVE ACTION\n33\n TOPS / FRANCESCA\nBELCOURT / LEIF\nHALL\nNOVEMBER 21 / BILTMORE CABARET\nWhite Poppy was the originally scheduled opener for TOPS on November 21 at\nthe Biltmore Cabaret, but due to a last-minute cancellation, we were treated to an opener double feature: Lief Hall and Francesca\nBelcourt. Lief Hall had joined the lineup\nweeks before, but Francesca Belcourt was a\nlast minute surprise.\nLief Hall performed first, before the horde\narrived. I had the pleasure of talking to a\nfriend of hers in the audience, who informed\nme that Hall is an accomplished visual artist.\nNative to Nelson, B.C., she currently resides\nin Berlin. Hall used to be one half of MYTHS,\nwho toured with Grimes in 2012.\nIn fact, Hall's vocals sound like a toned-\ndown version of Grimes'. Her tracks were\nsmooth and effortless, and she commanded\nthe stage with the confidence of a veteran\nperformer. Hall's sound would perhaps be\nbest appreciated while lying down and staring at the ceiling, but the Biltmore's upright\naudience didn't mind.\nNext up was Francesca Belcourt, whose\nspecialty was also highly atmospheric, experimental music. She utilized a ton\nof vocal distortion, although at one point it\nseemed that this was the result of a technical difficulty. After that brief hiccup, Belcourt\nwas able to showcase her impressive vocal\ntalent to the crowd, already dense in anticipation of TOPS.\nBelcourt looked like a young Drew\nBarrymore. Like Hall, she stood alone at center stage. And, like Hall, she was not intimidated. It was so lovely to see these talented\nwomen on stage, and such a strong female\npresence was a fitting prelude to TOPS.\nWhen I saw TOPS earlier this year at the\nBiltmore, they were already coming into their\nown. Thanks to a rigorous tour schedule, the\nMontreal group has only become more comfortable on stage. They clearly have a dedicated fan base in Vancouver, because the\nvenue was completely packed. I saw familiar\nfaces in every direction. But, as expected, all\neyes were on lead vocalist, Jane Penny.\nPenny had a uniquely enchanting presence on stage. Her vocals carried us through\nthe set, making new songs seem as familiar as those we already knew. TOPS have\n34\nREAL LIVE ACTION\n released two standalone singles in 2015,\n\"Anything\" and \"The Hollow Sound of the\nMorning Chimes,\" and we were fortunate\nenough to hear them both live. They are still\ntouring on their 2014 release, Picture You\nStaring, but a third album is clearly in the\nworks.\nThe crowd approached fanaticism during\nTOPS' closer, \"Way to be Loved,\" but the\nshow suffered from some loud talkers during\nthe quieter songs. What's more unfortunate\nis that these softer melodies are some of\nTOPS' best work. Still, they came back for an\nencore, covering The Pretenders' \"Don't Get\nMe Wrong.\" TOPS could not have channeled\na better musical ancestor, as both bands\nconstruct a comfortable melancholy while\nlulling their fans into absolute infatuation.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Hannah Thomson\nfVV\nTo have a live show considered for review in Discorder\nMagazine and online, please email event details 4-6 weeks in\nadvance to Robert Catherall, Real Live Action Editor at\nrla.discorder@citr.ca.\n:\u00C2\u00BBil\n1660 EAST BROADWAY\nDECEMBER |\nHIGHLIGHTS\nWWW.RIOTHEATRETICKETS.CA\nM DEC\nI3\nPAU1 ANTHONY'S\nTALENT TIME\n{FIRSTTHURSDAY OF EVERY MOHTH!)\n8th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW |\nM DEC\nI4\nNIGHTMARE BEFORE \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nTHE NUTCRACKER\nA #VERYBURTQNXMAS SHOW\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ADDITIONAL SHOWS DECEMBER 5, 11, 12 H|\nI DEC\nREBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1\n\7\nDIRECTOR ANTON CORBIJN'S\nJAMES DEAN BIOPIC\nLIFE\n9 DEC\nI9\nTHE GENTLEMEN\nHECKLERS PRESENT\nTHE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 2 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nHILARIOUS LIVE COMMENTARY\n\" FOR THE BEST BAD MOVIESI\nI DEC\n110\nFROM DRAFTHOUSE FILMS\nTHE PEOPLE BEHIND MIAMI\nCONNECTION & ROAR!\nPRESENTING JOHN S. 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ALL DAY. LONG. 1\nI JAN\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 8\nQUENTIN TARANTINO'S\nTHE HATEFUL EIGHT \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nREAL LIVE ACTION\n35\n EIVBFR\n1\nillustrations by Max Littledale\nMON.\nTUES.\nSHINDIG w/ Late Spring,\nCloudhood, and RE/\nGEN @ Pat's Pub\nI The Two Character Play \nf , %M\nHpillllliill\n YOU NEVER\nCALL HOME\nANYMORE\n0 Qiscomtz A&T fKotfcT\n flu MfiwMK By Gtfimt z\u00C2\u00ABe*\n I\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nROUND TRIP TRANSPORTATION\nVANCOUVER > WHISTLER\n# W \u00C2\u00AE\nWIFI DROP-OFF MOVIE\nSTILL WANT MORE? DOWNLOAD THE SNOWCARD APP\nFOR THE BEST DEALS & PERKS IN WHISTLER & VANCOUVER\nCHECK OUT THE SNOWBUS WINTER CONCERT SERIES AT\nTHE PIT PUB UBC. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR INFO\nSNOWBUS.COM 604-451-1130\nWITH\nMM rfMT \"f* \u00E2\u0084\u00A2\ncontact: advertising@ditr.ca\n under review\nCult Babies\nOff to See the Lizard\n(Self-Released)\nListening to Cult Babies feels a little bit like\nactually being asked to join a cult. On their new\nalbum, aptly named Off to See the Lizard, the\nband is headed down a yellow brick road. But\nthey're not fooled by cheery smoke and mirrors.\nNo, with both sound and lyrics bringing up ideas\nof the occult and conspiracy vibes, Cult Babies\ndig straight into the uncanny world beneath.\nOff to See the Lizard \u00E2\u0080\u0094 released this October (two years after their debut EP, the self-titled\nCult Babies) \u00E2\u0080\u0094 is decidedly noisier than their last\nrelease. Heavy, fuzzed-out guitars and vocals are\nunderlined by organ and theremin. The album is\nconsistent but not homogenous: songs move in\na common direction without sounding the same.\nThe album starts on a lighter note with \"Garbage People\" and \"On a Roll\" and gradually\nmoves into darker territory. On the final track,\n\"Yes We Cannibal,\" the band pairs intense minor\nchords with lyrics that suggest a serious danger in\nbeing unable to \"see it any other way.\"\n\"Fuck Money\" is a definite standout. Beginning\nwith noise that gives way to a top-notch organ line,\nmoving forward to group vocals over a drum solo\nbefore culminating in a powerful ending. Listening to this song always makes me want to see Cult\nBabies play live. I imagine how their ability to build\nenergy through a song (and throughout the album\nas whole) in recording could be amplified on stage.\nThe band's use of the theremin, particularly\nnoticeable on the intros to \"Garbage People\" and\n\"Fuck Money,\" is reminiscent of golden-age horror movies, as in aliens coming to Earth to suck\naway your individuality in true cult-leader fashion.\nNowhere is Cult Babies' representation of indoctrination more evident, however, than on track\nfour, \"Yenom Kcuf\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094 36 seconds of the chanted\nphrase \"fuck money\" played backwards over a\ndistorted guitar line. This half-minute of noise\nreveals an ironic dichotomy in underground music\nscenes, where anti-conformity becomes something to which you conform. \"Yenom Kcuf\" reveals\nthat conformity is impossible to avoid, because\nrejecting our capitalist norm would mean embracing Cult Babies' back-masked doctrine to \"fuck\nmoney.\" The track is also laughably strange and\nadds to the band's cultish aesthetic.\n\"Yenom Kcuf\" raises the question: are cults a\nform of dangerous conformity or a group of radical non-conformists? It is hard to say whether\nCult Babies criticizes, embraces, or just likes the\naesthetic of cults, but they are making some seriously groovy music regardless. Off to See the Lizard has me nodding my head no matter where I\nam.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Claire Bailey\nUNDER REVIEW\n43\n Dead Ghosts\nLove And Death And All The Rest\n(Burger)\n\"Aren't ghosts already dead?\" you might ask.\nSemantic confusion aside, Dead Ghosts deal in\nthe sort of gutsy garage rock that is waiting to\nsoundtrack your next road trip. Their third LP,\nLove And Death And All The Rest, comes to us\ncourtesy of indie powerhouse Burger Records:\na label that eschews the adage of \"quality over\nquantity\" by simply having tons of both.\nThe album jolts into action with \"Another Love,\"\na song which, with its sun burnt guitars, plodding\nbass and unexpected psych freak-out, would have\nmade Captain Beefheart proud. Indeed, the album\ncover of LADAATR is reminiscent of Beefheart's\nSafe As Milk. Yet it's fractured and scrawled over\nin black ink, an artistic decision reflective of Dead\nGhosts' work as a whole. The band resurrects\nthe sounds of classic psychedelia-infused garage\nrock (a backwards guitar here, a tremolo-laden\norgan there), whilst the on-point production\nspruces them up for a fresh sound.\n\"Upside Down\" transports the listener from\nDead Ghosts' native Vancouver to the searing heat\nof the Mojave Desert: rattlesnake-like vibraslaps\nwhirr and crickets croak over languid country guitars. \"You said you'd rather be dead / Than playing on The Top of the Pops,\" frontman Bryan Nicol\ndrawls. Clearly Dead Ghosts aren't aiming for the\nmainstream. And that's just fine by them. Indeed,\nalthough more ambitious than their previous two\nalbums, LADAATR is perhaps too left-field and\nlacking in hooks to make Dead Ghosts the kind of\nsuccess that kindred spirits Black Lips are.\nHowever, crossover success or not there is\na lot to love about this album. The second half\ncovers so much ground musically that it's almost\nhard to keep up. \"Living In My Mind\" could soundtrack Tarantino. \"Waste My Time\" starts out Sabbath then ends up psychedelic surf-rock. And\n\"Anything For You\" is a heartfelt Smith West-\nerns-esque love song. Final track \"I Will Be Gone\"\nsounds like the soundtrack to the last dance at\nthe punk highschool of your dreams, its heartsick\n'60s backing vocals giving way to screeching guitars and feedback before fading away. \"I will be\ngone\" Nicol laments. But I for one am hoping that\nDead Ghosts are around for a long time to come.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Caleb Fanshawe\nGirlfriends and\nBoyfriends\nOur Garden\n(Pop Era)\nThe first full-length LP from Vancouver's\nGirlfriends and Boyfriends, Our Garden sounds\nexactly like it's supposed to. That is, it sounds like\na new wave album. Unfortunately, that's about it.\n. Since they began releasing tracks in 2010,\nGirlfriends and Boyfriends have developed their\nsound from bright, spunky britpop to a dark, plodding new wave. The guitar lines are still perky\npunk, but they quickly become bogged down by\nover-produced, morose vocals. At times the pro-\n44\nUNDER REVIEW\n duction creates a deep, heavy sound that dips into\ngoth rock. The tempos tend to drag.\nOpener \"A Flower\" was possibly an ill-fated\nchoice, evidencing as it does these worst qualities of the album. The rest of the tracks don't\noffer much variety, continually invoking lyrical\ncliches that undermine whatever progress\nthey might make by adding in more interesting\narrhythmic synth and drum elements. For reference, see \"Hearts Undone\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \"Moon on the rise /\nLight in, our eyes / Hearts come undone / Waiting\nfor the sun.\"\nWhile the beat of many of the songs gets lost\n.beneath indistinct, sludgy composition, side B\nstarter \"Without Me\" picks up a bouncier guitar\nline that makes for more danceability. This style\nis similarly heard on closing track \"Cost of Living,\" suggesting where Girlfriends and Boyfriends\nmight want to devote more of their energy.\nNew wave is a genre that has its roots in deviation and exploration, but rather than adding to\nthis legacy with their own unique additions, Girlfriends and Boyfriends sound like they were given\na few greatest hits albums and decided to form\na tribute band. While definitely 'doing' new wave,\nthey aren't really contributing anything to the\ngenre. There was better music being made when\nit was actually a new wave of music, and Vancouver new wavers would be better off sticking to the\nclassics until Girlfriends and Boyfriends get more\nexciting, or something better comes along \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nElizabeth Holliday\nUveVan.com: Part of a network of concert calendars\ncompletely updated and populated with details by\nthousands of Informed members of the music industry\nIntegrated with local prattles frt i\nVancouver Musicians Dir\nthe CiTR Radio Sponsored\nVancouver Band Directory\nand the\nVancouver Music \\n8 Resource 1\nCommunity\nMoonwood\nDesert Ghosts\n(Arachnidiscs)\nSplit into two suites, Moonwood's latest\nrelease, Desert Ghosts is a voyage through parallel terrains \u00E2\u0080\u0094 in both the physical and metaphysical sense.\nThe first half of the album is an \"Earthbound\ndesert rock\" trip through the Mojave Desert. Track\none, \"Trans Mojave Express\" has a groovy rhythm\nsection playing behind an ever so slightly varying\nsynth progression while fuzzy layers of overtones\nand undertones paint the scenery passing by.\nBasic song structure and melody remain\nintact throughout the first suite with some tracks\nsounding more or less the same as each other.\nRepetition and improvisation seem to find their\nown equilibrium from time to time: a core characteristic of the band's krautrock roots. Most tracks\nare instrumental jamming platforms with monumental potential that allows the band to build up\nas much as they please for however long they\nwish. Occasionally a haunting, echoing couplet or verse drops by in the hypnotic voice of\nJacqueline Noire, who's also in charge of the lead\nsynth.\nThe first suite has high speed action drawing attention to frontman Jakob Rehlinger's\nexpansive guitar and Luca Capone's drums. The\nsecond half is nothing short of an interstellar road\ntrip. The \"Trans Arrakis Express\" suite is named\nfor the desert planet of Arrakis from Frank Her-\nUNDER REVIEW\n45\n bert's Dune, and its sound moves towards the\nmystic with tracks that strip the music to a min-\nimalistic mixture of beat and melody. It's a combination so natural that it turns into an excess of\npsychedelia \u00E2\u0080\u0094- an attack on the conventional perception of time. Middle-Eastern instrumentation is\nmost prominent on songs like \"Ghoia Dance\" and\n\"On the Funeral Plane.\" It's an element that brings\na sense of comfort and familiarity to the travelling\nstranger passing through an unearthly terrain.\nMoonwood forms a collusion between multiple influences in terms of their music, blending\nmiddle-eastern percussion and late 60's German\nsynth with utter subtlety.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Harsh Trivedi\nSoft Serve\nS/T\n(Self-released)\nThe first time I listened to the self-titled full-\nlength debut of Soft Serve I was immediately\ncomfortable. Everything from the simple and\nsteady drumbeats, to the lightly shimmering guitar lines, to the never-anything-but-calm vocals,\nmade Soft Serve one of the most relaxing records\nto come out of Vancouver in the past year. Even\nthe pace at which the band releases their music\nis laid back \u00E2\u0080\u0094 their only prior release is a three-\nsong EP from over two years ago.\nUpon listening to it again, attempting to get\na better sense of the songs, of the band, of the\npersonality of the music, I found myself exactly\nwhere I was the first time around, it's nice, it's\neasy and that's about it. Streamlined against any\nexcess, every one of the nine songs is pleasant,\nthrough and through. Made up of two guitarists,\na drummer and a bassist, all doing exactly what\none would expect of them, Soft Serve isn't afraid\nto keep it simple.\nBy the third, fourth, fifth listen, I struggled\nto find any more to say about it. With bands of a\nsimilar sound \u00E2\u0080\u0094 i.e. Real Estate, Mac Demarco,\nBeach Fossils \u00E2\u0080\u0094 already occupying a large space\nin the popular contemporary music sphere, Soft\nServe are playing to a well-established audience.\nThey lack a certain amount of the clarity of Real\nEstate, the character of Mac Demarco and the\nemotional directness of Beach Fossils, but Soft\nServe still sound just as comfortable playing their\nsunny, relaxed guitar music. While the tempo of\nsome of the tracks are certainly set at a danceable pace, the simple instrumentation, conservative use of effects and reliance on traditional pop\nsong structure make the entire record feel thoroughly easy-going and routine.\nPerhaps boring is too strong a word to\ndescribe Soft Serve. But it can easily be described\nas unimaginative, conventional and safe. Soft\nServe may not be serving up anything we haven't\nheard before, but they certainly know that everyone likes vanilla.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Jasper D. Wrinch\ny ' *:'\nmm^.:\nThus Owls\nBlack Matter\n(Secret City Records)\nThus Owls\u00E2\u0080\u0094 a newfound species of nocturnal hunting birds, a hybrid of Swedish and Can-\n46\nUNDER REVIEW\n adian origins. They inhabit an enormous variety\nof ecological niches, from stars to planets: the\nhusband-and-wife duo of Erika and Simon Angell\nhave extraordinary traits. Because of their superb\nnight vision and precise depth perception, they\ncan see the invisible mass that holds the entire\nuniverse together \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the dark matter. The duo's\nthick feathers absorb the sounds caused by this\nenigmatic force in our planetary system, releasing\nthem into their new EP, Black Matter.\nIn Black Matter, electromagnetic fields are\ncreated by confident synthesizers accompanied\nby intelligent string arrangements, varying from\ncrazed guitars and howling violins, full-bodied\ncellos and shadowy pianos \u00E2\u0080\u0094 something like circuit bending the baroque music era. Drums, committed to passion, grace the overall synthesis,\nwhich is elevated by versatile vocals constituting\na mixture of Shara Worden and good ol' Bjork.\nErika Angell has an alluring, sui-generis\nvoice with which she interprets the sound profile\nof Black Matter in human language. Sometimes\nshe resembles a classical choir and other times\na jazz improviser. Sometimes she mumbles and\nother times her heart blasts out as Thus Owls fly\nfrom planet to planet collecting their six songs:\nMars: Born on the peak of the largest mountain in the solar system, \"Asleep In The Water\"\nhas an inherently epic quality. Martian coyotes,\neagles and other alien creatures recount legends\nof inner battles.\nVenus | The birthplace of \"Black Matter,\"\na multi-layered song made of heavy, toxic carbon-monoxide. Ferocious and compelling, it traps\nhuge amounts of heat and its texture is marked\nwith volcanoes and canyons.\nMercury | The smallest but most generous\nplanet of all. Mercury donates \"Shields\" and \"Turn\nUp The Volumes\" which swing between burning\nand freezing temperatures.\nJupiter | The distant and largest one. It produces \"Vector,\" which is colourful but wordless. The\nbands of \"Vector\" are arranged in dark belts and\nlight zones formed by a strong, northwest wind\nreaching its crescendo at the end of the song. It is\ndreamy, massive, remote and one step closer to\neternity.\nEarth | Life as we know it. Our homeland\nwhere \"We Leave And Forget\" inside oceans\nand oxygenated skies, nests and human homes.\nRivers of shape-shifting jazz and blues notes are\nabundant on \"We Leave And Forget.\" It is a humble celebration of all living things as we know them.\nBlack Matter matters. Don't wait to change\nyour cosmic address to learn of the unknown.\nThus Owls have already invited us to secret\nplaces we will be wanting to come back to \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthey are not spooky, but pleasantly haunting.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Theano Pavlidou\nTV Freaks\nbad luck charms\n(Deranged)\nAs the first chord of the thunderous opening\nriff smashes through your eardrums, it is clear that\nOntario's TV Freaks are as angry as ever. The Hamilton hardcore four-piece have made a name for\nthemselves by creating the type of supercharged\npunk-rock of which The Stooges themselves would\nbe proud. Rattling through songs at a rate of knots\nis their trademark, so TV Freaks are not straying far\nfrom familiar territory with bad luck charms.\nDo not mistake this. TV Freaks' third record\nrepresents a move forward since 2013's Two. The\nproduction itself sounds \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and whisper this \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n'polished.' Before long-term fans start to run for\nthe hills, let me explain myself. It was never going\nto be an Ellie Goulding record produced by Calvin\nHarris, but it is certainly more refined compared to\ntheir previous, DIY style work.\nThe new record also demonstrates a step\nUNDER REVIEW\n47\n forward in musicianship and confidence. There's\nbarely an atmospheric bum-note to be found, with\nthe band no longer hiding behind the lo-fi production fuzz their genre is susceptible to. The songs\nbenefit from this newfound assuredness, pushing into new territory. The slowed down marathon\n\"FORGET YOU\" sees frontman Dave O'Connor rasping \"Forget you! / That's all I ever do!\"\nwith ever-present gusto, over a riff that almost\nresembles 12-bar blues. Whilst \"Love Fade\" also\nutilises a slower tempo as O'Connor pries beyond\nhis satirical deflation of a failed relationship and\nopens with \"Don't wanna spill my guts / My mind\nhas had enough.\" It's a world away from \"Cut, cut,\ncut, cut...\" on Two's lead single \"Knife.\"\nTV Freaks have not forgotten the ramshackle\npunk formula which they built their reputation on.\nAnd why would they? \"Pick My Brain\" and \"Song\nfor RJ\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the latter has a contender for riff of the\nyear \u00E2\u0080\u0094 are the primest examples of why the band\nhas such a committed following. They write classic\npunk rock that is uncomplicatedly enjoyable. Lead\nsingle \"Thirteen\" will also make you start pogoing\nno matter where you are or what you're doing.\nSo bad luck charms is progression, yes. But\nit is more TV Freaks doing what they do best. It's\nnot revolutionary but good quality punk-rock is\nhard to beat and I, for one, hope they continue to\nchurn out albums of the same nature until I can\nbounce no more.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Sachin Turakhia\nUmmagma\nFrequency\n(Raphalite)\nIt's often difficult to find music that strikes an\neven balance between atmosphere and musical-\nity. I personally find that when one triumphs the\nother seems destined to fall short, as busy musicians get caught up in this perfect sonic texture\nor that well-composed chord progression. However, upon listening to Ummagma's latest album,\nFrequency, I was pleasantly reminded that there\nare groups out there that have conquered this\ncreative pitfall and risen above the norm. The\ndreamy, 8 track EP features remastered versions\nof \"Orion\" and \"Lama\" (off of two of their previous\nalbums released in 2012), as well as 3 brand new\ntracks and a bonus 3 remixes of the track \"Lama.\"\nThe Ukrainian-Canadian (husband and wife)\nduo comprised of Alexander Kretov and Shauna\nMcLarnon are by no means fresh on the scene,\nhaving won numerous accolades and several coveted chart positions since the release of Ummagma\nand Antigravity in 2012. But their most recent\nalbum makes a significant departure from their\nearlier work. A blend of Brian Eno-esque ambience and airy, reverb-drenched vocals provide a\nrich textural base for the album from start to finish.\nKretov's instrumentation and sound design top off\nthe mix and keep the album sonically interesting\nthroughout as well. The snappy, seemingly improvised guitar in \"Orion\" is satisfying, cutting through\nthe track's mid-heavy crescendo nicely towards the\nend. The driving rhythm behind \"Winter Tale\" pro-\n48\nUNDER REVIEW\n vides the same sort of satisfaction as it seems to\npop up from beneath the wash of reverb and synth\npads and pulls McLarnon's honest vocals along\nthrough the thick, surrounding ambience.\nWhereas Antigravity and Ummagma's self-\ntitled album borrow influence from post-rock acts\nlike Mogwai or trip-hop outfits like Portishead,\nFrequency etches out a new niche that blends\ndowntempo elements with art-rock, using less\norganic instrumentation and boasting a more\nelectronic sound. Though this new collection of\nsongs is a change of pace for the band, the direction seems to be distinctly their own, leaving\ntheir inspirations far more difficult to pin down.\nUmmagma has effectively found middle ground\nbetween atmosphere and structure on this latest\nrecord. And with such a dramatic change from\ntheir earlier work comes the opportunity for\ngrowth; for Ummagma to continue to define a\nsound that belongs entirely to them.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Mat Wilkins\nYoung Galaxy\nFalsework\n(Paper Bag)\nThe feeling of breaking free of the usual grind\nis universal. Whether escaping into the city or staging a dance party in your friend's room, the promise of escape is often what propels us through\ntedious times. Young Galaxy has observed this.\nAnd the Montreal group has crafted a soundtrack\nespecially for those feelings.\nYoung Galaxy has been making music since\n2006: Falsework is their fourth album. The band\nlayers ethereal, electronic, bass-heavy beats with\nthe crooning voice of Catherine McCandless. The\ndynamic is electronic and spunky, but the underlying beat is hearty and intriguing.\nWhile it's upbeat and energetic throughout,\nthe album progressively gets more sentimental\nin tone. The song \"We're No Good\" stands out\nfrom the rest of the album. While most of the other\nsongs are positive or mystical, this song is specifically about recognizing a toxic love: \"I finally\nsee what you're looking for / A little piece of me\n/ To take away for free.\" It's very touching in the\nmidst of a feel good, free wheeling album. However, it also manages to be liberating and fit with\nthe mood.\nThe whole album flirts with wanting to find\nlove, sweetly reminiscing, and creating your own\nfun. Many songs start with a high energy hook, let\nthe vocals lead for a bit, then dive back into the\nspotlight for the vibrant and cathartic choruses.\nThe relation between the vocals and the sonic\nlandscape are strongest in the song \"Pressure.\"\nA small, playful beat quietly coexists amongst a\nvoice questioning the reality of unfulfilling work.\nThe underlying music feels like a wave rushing\nin at the same time the lyrics start to get really\nliberating, until the song gets to the culminating\nthought: \"There must be / Ways of making a life\nfor more than a living.\" These various focuses and\nslight ambiguity make the entire piece so rentable. Any essence can speak to you; you can\nchoose what to emphasize for the night.\nThe root of what this album provides is hope.\nBursting dance beats, accompanied by a lyrical\nglimpse of what could be, suggest to the listener\nthat the potential of change is in the air, and that\nmundane rituals will be altered.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Katherine Kott\n!!!\nTo submit music for review consideration in Discorder\nMagazine and online, please send a physical copy to\nthe station addressed to Jon Kew, Under Review Editor\nat CiTR 101.9FM, LL500 6133 University Blvd., Vancouver BC, V6T1Z1. Though our contributors prioritize\nphysical copies, you may email download codes to\nunderrevlew.discorder@citr.ca. We prioritize albums\nsent prior to their official release dates.\nUNDER REVIEW\n49\n I F\nCALCULATEDLY ABSTRACT\nwords by Natalie Dee // illustrations by Kat DombSky\nphoto courtesy ofYu Su\n\"More scientific than\nmusic... it's all about\nhow to construct\nthings and get the\ntiming right.\"\nThe original plan was to grab a coffee at Great Dane with electronic artist Yu Su between classes, but when we\narrive it's packed to the brim. However,\nit's easy enough to come up with a contingency plan once we realize we're in the\nsame anthropology class next, the both\nof us discussing our term paper topics\nas we trek to UBC's Museum of Anthropology. We end up sitting down in the Bill\nReid Gallery, visitors strolling by as Su\nfills me in on her upcoming debut release,\nAIYEScM.\nSu is a self-taught DJ and producer,\npicking up the program Audiotool in early\n2014, after weeks spent digging around\nSoundcloud in a quest to fuel her vor\nacious appetite for new sounds and beats.\nThis quest was spurred on by over 14\nyears of piano training in China, where\nshe was never really into the theory, but\n\"was always really good with senses and\nrhythm.\" With AIYE SIM, Su has created\na collection of beats and post industrial\nsounds, all from sampled music \u00E2\u0080\u0094 an\nethereal swirl that is simultaneously lofty\nand grounded.\nHer composition process is more\nfocused on the visual than the sound, Su\ndescribing the endeavor as \"more scientific than music... it's all about how to construct things and get the timing right.\" Su\nlines up all the channels on her screen to\nget a visual and goes from there \"so you\nsee where everything goes, and everything's in order.\"\nThe platform on which she creates and\ncrafts is Ableton, a program she initially\nstruggled with. It wasn't a matter of a creative block, but rather one of skill \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Su\nfound herself unable to finish a track,\nleaving things unfinished for months at a\ntime. It wasn't until she took the time to\nbecome familiar with the program that she\nfound success, just like any other musi-\nYU SU\n51\n cian learning their instrument.\nNowadays, she doesn't have \"the concern of not knowing how to make sound\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 instead, Su will start and finish a\ntrack in one fell swoop. On AIYE SZM, Su\nfocuses on the expression of her past emotions, anxieties and experiences, which by\nnature are unchanging.\nThese past anxieties Su is addressing\nwith AIYE S\u00C2\u00A3M include overcoming language barriers and the culture shock from\nwhen she first came to Canada. \"I would\nalways get self conscious about being\naround people and wanting to express\nmyself, because sometimes I didn't know\nhow to say it in English,\" she explains.\nThis led to a sense of identity ambiguity\nfor Su \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \"You like work so hard to get used\nto this other kind of language and cultural\nsystem, some part of my own identity just\ngot lost.\"\nShe has brought this sense of cultural ambiguity and duality with the very\ntitle, AIYE SZM, as it appears in both English and Chinese as a nod to her heritage. Su doesn't want to be \"aggressive with\n[her] identity,\" but she wants to strike a\nbalance between how she wants to represent herself, as opposed to the expectations of others. Aiye is the name of a Chinese herb, the sound of the word is something Su found aesthetically pleasing. The\nmotivation behind including the Chinese\ncharacters is a medium through which Su\nbelieves she can express ownership over\nher culture. The title is far from just an\naesthetic or something that Su feels she\nhas to do because of her heritage \u00E2\u0080\u0094 as she\nadmits honestly, she wants to be able to\ntell her mom that \"this is what it [the title]\nmeans.\"\n\"My identity is more abstract and\nambiguous with this album,\" Su states\nas she explains to me her friendship and\ncollaboration with Li Wei, a photographer\nbased in China whose images have had\na strong influence on Su's sound. \"[The\n1PW'\n!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0;$%\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 '111\n.\nphotos] are very atmospheric, which was\nwhat I was trying to make with my music...\nit's not hi-fi, there's no subject or object,\nyou can't find anything.\" It's this broadness and timelessness that Su aims to\nrecreate with her music, every beat carefully placed to achieve that effect.\nSu has had an abundance of support\nfrom her many friends who convinced her\nto get enough tracks together for AIYE ScM\nand release it, inspired by the successes of\nwomen around her. One of these friends is\nSoledad Munoz, founder of Genero \u00E2\u0080\u0094 an\nall-female electronic-music label that is\ncurrently making waves across the Vancouver scene. Initially, Su had her reservations about the label, but is now quick to\npraise the positive impact Genero has had\non the scene, especially after her personal\nexperiences with appropriation and sexism. \"The label includes all different kinds\nof music-making and processes, and how\n52\nYU SU\n different female artists represent themselves. It's not linear,\" Su says, explaining the diverse kinds of feminism she sees\nat the label and how it has succeeded in\ncreating a better atmosphere for female\nartists.\nIt was in her days as a DJ that Su\nexperienced some of this sexism, and\nwhen it comes to live performances, Su\nsays she has other projects on the horizon with collaborators that would be more\nsuitable. \"When I play live, I want people\nto dance,\" she insists, and as her music is\nso computer based she doesn't see an AIYE\nScM show being much fun. In addition, Yu\nsays the songs featured on AIYE SIM are\n\"more personal and intimate \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I don't feel\ncomfortable presenting that kind of emotion in front of people.\"\nFrom the long list of projects she's\nmentioned throughout the interview, it\nseems as if this is just the start for Su\nas she positions herself to make her first\nmark on the electronic scene and assert\nher own identity through her meticulously\ncrafted sounds on AIYE SIM.\nAIYE ScM will be released January 29 on\nGenero, accompanied by an exhibition.\nAdditional details to be announced.\nYU SU\n53\n ALL THAT GLITTERS\nwords by Brody Rokstad //illustrations by Cristian Fowlie\nPhotos by Alisha Weng\n\"It's a nerdy\nindulgence.\"\nThere's an incredibly productive group\nof artists doing an impressive array of\nthings around this city, and chances are\nyou haven't heard of them yet. But if you\nconsider yourself either a patron of the\narts scene in Vancouver or a part of it\nyourself, I'd be willing to bet that you've\nencountered their work in some way,\nshape, or form over the last few months;\nthis group seems to be everywhere. They\ncall themselves Gold Saucer, and I recently\nsat down with some of the members at\ntheir new location in the Dominion Building at Hastings and Cambie to talk about\nwhat they do.\nSo just what is Gold Saucer? I suppose you could call them a collective of\nsorts, but rather than working as a unified whole, they instead collaborate with\neach other according to the technical\nneeds of their various projects. The majority of their individual projects are actually\ncollaborations with people outside of the\ncore tenants. The breadth of their collective talents is truly impressive, and when\ncombined with the technical expertise of\nthe entire membership, these artists are\nable to provide support to each other and\nthe community in a wide range of creative\nendeavours. This group is capable of a lot.\nSepehr Sarnimi, a filmmaker responsible for the acclaimed short films, Grey\nand Turquoise and currently working in\nnew media, explains the cooperative and\nversatile nature of the group. \"What we\ndo is very interdisciplinary, so in a way it\ndoesn't matter what medium a person is\nusing. None of us are really confined to our\nown media. With the nature of the technical stuff that we do, you often end up\ndelivering things for other people's visions\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 almost like we've adapted to become\npeople who are considerate of the person's visions as intended. We are adding to\nthose creative visions.\"\nRemy Siu \u00E2\u0080\u0094 in addition to being a\nhighly productive composer whose work\nhas been performed by the Vancouver\n54\nGOLD SAUCER\n Symphony Orchestra and the Victoria\nSymphony among many other organizations, also works in new media. He\nexpands on Samimi's point. \"Working in\nmusic, and working in new media production, it's a very modular role in that we can\nwork in theatre, we can work in dance, we\ncan work in music, we can work in film, we\ncan work in pretty much most media in the\nperforming arts. We're very lucky that way,\nthat we can do that.\" And indeed, that's\njust what they do. Collectively they have\nworked in all of these areas and more.\nAn interesting collaboration recently\noccurred between members Paul Paro-\nczai and Terence Grigoruk for a project\ncalled \"Ghost in the Machine.\" Paroczai\nis a composer, an electroacoustic instrument creator and an installation artist,\nand recently acted in and provided technical support for Barbara Adler's musical\nKlasika. Grigoruk, whose skills include\ndramaturgy, video, tech design and operation, has applied his skills in theatre\nproductions such as \"We'll Need a Piece\nof Cake Before We Die\" and in numerous art installations. (Are you starting to\nget a sense for how accomplished these\npeople are?) With \"Ghost in the Machine\"\nthey collaborated alongside Martin Gotfrit\n(their professor while at the SFU School for\nContemporary Arts) for a motion tracking\ndance software (GiTM) that writes music\nbased on how dancers move their bodies.\n\"It's basically a generative music system\nthat composes its own piece, and we basically developed an interface for that that\nfeeds it with data from dancer motions,\"\nexplains Grigoruk. \"So it's a combination\nof a motion control system, but it's also\na generative music system.\" Paroczai and\nGrigoruk have both explored this concept\nfurther, and have put on similar performances in the Gold Saucer space.\nKiran Bhumber, a classically trained\nclarinetist, composer and a programmer, also worked recently on a movement\nGOLD SAUCER\n55\n tracking device called Pendula. Pendula is\nan installation in which motion sensors\nare installed onto a swing set that then\nresponds to any physical interaction with\nsonic outputs. \"It becomes a sort of amalgamation of movement within technology\nand seeing how that affects individuals\nin the space and how the user becomes\npart of the artwork, or the output of the\nartwork.\" It seems that a motion tracking\ntheme of sorts could be said to be emerging from this innovative group.\nOf course, a group that is innovative\nby nature will always be improving themselves. Gold Saucer has a found new space\nfor itself, and it's a definite upgrade. The\nspace serves the same basic functions\nas the previous one \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a place to work, to\nshowcase performances, and a space that\nother artists can utilize for various projects. The group is excited about this new\nspace because it's quieter, more central\nand best of all, more soundproof. This is\na shared space in which they can work,\nlearn, and grow together as artists.\nMilton Lim \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a theatre director, performer and co-artistic director of Hong\nKong Exile Arts Association \u00E2\u0080\u0094 has also\ndone some projection design and seeks to\nexpand his technical skills simply by being\nin close proximity to the others in the\ngroup. \"These guys have so much knowledge and the presence of Gold Saucer\nhas really kept me going. I have resources\nreadily available if I ever need them.\" Not\nonly do they teach one another, but the\ngroup also offers its collective and formidable skillsets to whomever they work with\nto enrich the process. Paroczai explains, \"I\nfeel like making people aware of what they\ncould be doing with technology is a big\npart of what we do. A big part of this space\nis conceived on the basis of enabling \u00E2\u0080\u0094 in\nmaking something available to people that\nmaybe they didn't know of before.\"\nAnd the name? True to their digital\nfocus, the name Gold Saucer comes from\nFinal Fantasy VII. It's a separate space\nwithin the video game where the avatar\ncan go to gamble and play various mini\ngames. \"It feeds into what we're saying\nabout multiple functions,\" says Grigoruk.\n\"It's a place where you go to have fun\nand indulge, and that's what Gold Saucer is about.\" The members of Gold Saucer have all been inspired by video games\n56\nGOLD SAUCER\n YEAR IN\nREVIEW\nA YEAR OP LAUGHS IN ONE SHOW\nDECEMBER 26 - 31\nMPROV CENTRE, GRANVILLE ISLAI\n*LM'E\u00C2\u00AB \u00C2\u00ABfc PI Eft\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00A9*>\n4HGD1&\n3240 Main Street\nG04 5C8 5130\nF AS IN FRANK VINTAGE CLOTHING\n242S MAIN ST. VANCOUVER. BC\n at one point or another in their lives, and\ngiven their accomplished technical skills\nit seems fitting to have the inspiration for\ntheir name come from a digital source. \"It's\na nerdy indulgence,\" laughs Siu. \"We gave\nthe space a name so we could stop referring to it as 'The Space.'\"\nGold Saucer is a collection of highly\nproductive, multi-disciplinary artists\ndoing innovative work around the city. It\nis inevitable that they would attract attention. In addition to Samimi, Siu, Paroczai,\nGrigoruk, Lim and Bhumber, Gold Saucer\nis also home to artist Alex Man and choreographer Mahaila Patterson O'Brien, for\na total of eight members. They're a relatively new group and they're well poised to\ngrow in both breadth and reach. For anyone with an eye on the local arts scene,\nthese creatives are ones to watch.\nWhile there is no Gold Saucer website,\neach artist is currently working on projects.\nParoczai, Grigoruk and Bhumber recently\nparticipated in the Third Annual Elec-\ntroacoustic Festival at Western Front November 20-21. In the near future, Mah is involved\nin the EDAM Residency's First Showing\nDecember 11, location TBC. \"Saudade: Rise\nand Fair at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts\nDecember 17 and 19 features media by Sui,\nand a mesmerizing trailer by Samimi Patterson O'Brien is premiering a performance\nwith the Warehaus Dance Collecting at the\nRoundhouse Theatre January 17. Paroczai\nis assisting on a new work of imaginary theatre presented by The Party January 29-30\nat the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.\n58\nGOLD SAUCER\n A MUSICAL EDUCATION\nDISCORDER REVISITED\nwords by Erica Leiren\nillustrations by Alicia Lawrence\nI grew up on a varied musical diet:\nZorba The Greek, country, folk and lots of\nclassical. Waking up to Gordon Lightfoot's\n\"Alberta Bound\" is a happy childhood\nmemory. My three sisters and I had free\nrange to flip through the stacks of records\nand our parents didn't mind us roller-skating around the living room to songs at high\nvolume. We had sisal carpets \u00E2\u0080\u0094 scratchy if\nyou fell, but we never did.\nIn Grade 10 at Balmoral Junior High\nin North Van in 1976, I took guitar. Our\npatient music teacher, Miss Christiansen,\ntaught us massed on risers in the music\nroom. It was fun and inspiring, and for me,\nit led to classical guitar, then later at UBC\nto a string of original bands.\nThat same year the English teacher,\nMr. Paynter, a gentle rugby-playing giant\nwho kept our boisterous class in line with\nhumour and an enlightened sense of\nhumanity, sponsored a small radio club\nit was me, and the cool guys who knew\nabout rock. KISS was very big then and\nfour members of our radio club were Balmoral's garrison of the Kiss Army. Steve,\nKevin, Scott and Nigel had presence. They\nwere big, tall and dressed routinely in\nblack leather jackets, platform boots and\nband tees. They called each other only by\ntheir last names. The four of them strode\nabreast down the hallway like they owned\nthe school. But they were all nice guys,\njust more confident in their musical styles\nand tastes than the rest of us.\nThe radio club set up was simple: in\nthe school office was a record player, the\ndesk microphone and PA used for making announcements. You put on a record (for example, Van Cliburn's legendary\npiano performance of Mozart's \"Rondo A\nla Turka,\" the first classical record I ever\nowned), and then you would talk about it\nbefore dropping the needle into the groove.\nI called my show \"Classical Gas,\" starting\nit off with Mason Williams' unlikely guitar hit by the same name. It was all classical music, which made my show unique\nDISCORDER REVISITED\n59\n \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the 'Others were playing contemporary\nmaterial.\nThe others in the radio club had been\nexposed to actual pop music. I had only\never heard it at school dances, where local\nbands played Top 40 covers. I remember\nthinking in Grade 9 what an awesome band\nwe had gotten for our school dance, with\ntwo songs I especially liked: \"Fox On The\nRun\" and \"Smoke On The Water.\" I had no\nidea these were not their own songs, and\nthought it routine that our school would\nhost musicians with such excellent repertoire. The Sweet and Deep Purple... if only.\nSome Fridays there was lunchtime\nentertainment in the gym. One of these\nFridays was a band called Burnt Toast\nthrown together by several of the Kiss\nArmy guys including Steve Robertson and\nKevin Crompton in radio club. I don't recall\nthe songs so much as their images and\nattitudes \u00E2\u0080\u0094 exciting, loud and confident\nwith a sly wink. You could call it proto-\npunk-rock, though we had not yet heard\nit named. In the bleachers we cheered and\nstomped for more, and even the teachers\nsmiled at the showmanship. In a trajec\ntory that blazed from KISS and Rush fan-\ndom, to Burnt Toast and beyond, Kevin\n(now cEvin Key) grabbed the brass ring as\na founding member of seminal Vancouver\nindustrial band, Skinny Puppy. Steve went\non to become a popular CiTR DJ (most\nnotably, for Soul Galore with his co-host.\nAnne Devine [Now Anne Robertson]) and\nCiTR President from 1983 to 84. Steve also\nreplaced Jazbo on bass for the Actionauts\nin the later part of their music-making.\nWhile at UBC, I was often at CiTR, an\nenvironment that fosters and encourages\nlocal bands. That early support and the\namazing people I met at CiTR led to further\nmusical adventures in bands that charted:\nThe Dilettantes with \"Dunkel Augen,\"\n\"Gregory's Girl,\" and \"Turn Away,\" ant} The\nHip Type with \"Illumination,\" \"Mary Baby\"\nand \"Bluebottle Flies.\" But that's another\nstory...\n60\nDISCORDER REVISITED\n THE HOT SEAT\nNO FUN FICTION\nwords by Mitchell Mathews\nillustrations by PriscillaYu\nJim was sick of seeing the sad longing\neverywhere, especially in himself. It was\nridiculous. He'd seen a sad, bland man sit\nnear a similarly bland looking woman, on\na nearly empty TTC train one.night, and\nfrom the get go the man began to longingly\nogle her. The only other people on the train\nwere Jim and this kid standing a bit further down with music blaring from his\nphone. He was a fairly tough looking kid\nbut the music was candied pop. When the\nwoman got up and left, Jim watched with\na scowl as the bland man moved over to\nthe seat where the woman had been sitting. In her seat he suddenly had a look\nof intense satisfaction as he basked in the\nlingering warmth of the woman's behind.\nThe sappy song playing from the aloof\nkid's phone had an abominable effect on\nthe scene. Jim remembered having withheld the desire to spit on the floor.\nA few months later, Jim entered a train\nthat was about half full. He looked around\nfor a good spot where he could stretch out\nhis legs. An attractive young woman moved\nthe bag from the seat next to her onto her\nlap and* Jim felt that it'd be rude not to sit\nthere now. He sat down and pulled out his\nbook. But he couldn't concentrate because\nthe woman next to him was jostling her\nleg slightly, it would occasionally rub\nagainst his, and worse, she smelled nice.\nWhen it was her stop, she started to stand\nup and Jim also stood up, to make room\nfor her to get by. The lady smiled at him\nand said \"Thank you,\" gently. Jim mumbled something, and then unthinkingly sat\ndown in her seat, as it was a window seat.\nHe noticed the still very present warmth\nof her bum. It hugged his and he almost\nsmiled and felt like closing his eyes and\nsighing a little. But then he remembered\nNO FUN FICTION\n61\n the bland man and regained his composure. Packing away his book, he pondered,\nwhile still enjoying the warmth.\nJim had spent the last couple years\nresponding to a personal crisis of meaning\nand he now saw his only source of hope\nwas to live life here on the ground, not in\nthe mind or the screen, or in other forms\nof escape. This was his chief concern\nabout the lingering butt warmth: the girl\nwas gone. It was just some fantasy that\nremained, like a cheap way of distracting\nhimself from, while simultaneously deepening, the lack he felt. Jim supposed it\nwould have been okay to merely enjoy the\nfeeling of having his butt warmed on the\nsubway there, but would he feel the same\nway if it was the seat of some fat, dirty construction worker? No, he'd be repulsed.\nBut was the warmth, the energy, any different? A cold-blooded creature wouldn't\ncare. But he was no reptile. Was he?\nHe thought about moving to a cold,\nuntainted spot, but then felt adamant about\nnot. He liked the woman and he'd been\nlonely for a while and always practically,\nbecause even when he was with a woman,\nhe really wasn't there, and neither was she.\nHe was bothered by the fact that it being\nthe warmth from a pretty woman somehow legitimated the enjoyment of it in his\npatriarchally warped mind, but he couldn't\neasily erase these effects of his socialization. At least the butt warmth came from a\nreal woman, even if she was now gone. But\nwasn't it this kind of weird settling for literal\nleftovers that prevented him from actually\ninitiating real relationships? But further,\nwasn't this second guessing of everything\nalso anathema to living in the embodied\nmoment? It smelled a bit like Christian\nself-flagellation and confession. Should he\nhave said something to her maybe? But\nwhat would he have said? If it was something that came directly from his feelings,\nlike \"you smell nice,\" it would've been weird,\nand if it was something designed to be less\nweird, that'd even be weirder, like some sort\nof 'pick-up artist' asshole would do. Should\nhe just accept that he might seem weird at\nfirst? But if he were talking to her anyways\nhe'd probably be doing it with some intention for the future, to date her or something, and that meant that the whole thing\nwould be fucked from the get go because\nhe wasn't living in the moment, but being a\nslave to the future, and to reified concepts\nof the self, of love and relationships, and oh\nso many things. Jim felt doomed. He got up\nout of the seat and went to leave. But then\nhe realized that the train was a couple minutes from his stop, so he just stood there\nshaking.\nMitchell Mathews is trying to get out\nof his head. Writing does not seem to\nhelp. Over the next couple months, he'll be\nheading north from LA.\n62\nNO FUN FICTION\n CiTR 101.9 FM PROGRAM GUIDE\nDISCORDER RECOMMENDS LISTENING TO CiTR\nONLINE AT CiTR.CA EVERY DAY\nMon\nTue\nWed\nThur\nFri\nSat\nSun\n6 (am)\nCITR GHOST\nMIX\nPACIFIC\nPICKIN'\nCITR GHOST MIX\nCITR GHOST\nMIX\nCITR GHOST\nMIX\nCITR GHOST\nMIX\nCITR GHOST\nMIX\n6 (am)\n7 (AM)\nMOON GROK\nBEPI CRESPAN\nPRESENTS-\n7 (am)\n8 (am)\nBREAKFAST\nWITH\nTHE\nBROWNS\nQUEER FM\nVANCOUVER:\nRELOADED\nSUBURBAN\nJUNGLE\nVANCOUVER,\nRIGHT?\nTHE SECTOR\nTHE\nSATURDAY\nEDGE\n8 (am)\n9 (am)\nTHE\nCOMMUNITY\nLIVING SHOW\nMOON GROK\nCLASSICAL\nCHAOS\n9 (am)\n10 (am)\nPOP DRONES\nA FACE FOR\nRADIO\nSTUDENT\nSPECIAL\nHOUR\nSHOOKSHOOKTA\n10 (am)\nROCKET FROM\nRUSSIA\n11 (am)\nUNCEDED\nAIRWAVES\nTRANSITION\nSTATE\nTHE CATS\nPAJAMS\n11 (am)\nMORNING\nAFTER SHOW\nFILL-IN\n12 (PM)\nSYNCHRONICITY\nTHE\nSHAKESPEARE\nSHOW\nDUNCAN'S\nDONUTS\nDAVE RADIO\nWITH RADIO\nDAVE\nGENERATION\nANNIHILATION\nTHE\nROCKERS\nSHOW\n12 (PM)\ni(pm)\nPARTS\nUNKNOWN\nSHINE ON\nA\nBVP\nRADIO\nALL EARS\nFEMCONCEPT\nPOWER CHORD\n1(PM)\n2(PM)\nALBION\nB\nMUSAK FOR\nTHE OBSERVANT\nRADIO ZERO\n2(PM)\nTHE BURROW\nRADIO FREE\nTHINKER\nKEW IT UP\nASTROTALK\nCODE BLUE\nLA\nFIESTA\nBLOOD\nON\nTHE\nSADDLE\n3(pm)\nTHUNDERBIRD\nEYE\nNARDWUAR\nPRESENTS\n3(pm)\n4(pm)\nLITTLE BIT OF\nSOUL\nVIBES & STUFF\nASIAN WAVE\nSOUL\nSANDWICH\n4(pm)\n5(pm)\nTHE LEO\nRAMIREZ\nSHQW\nDISCORDER\nRADIO\nARTS REPORT\nALL ACCESS\nPASS\nNEWS 101\nMANTRA\nCHTHONIC\nBOOM!\n5(pm)\n6(pm)\nS0ULSHIP\nENTERPRISE\nFLEX YOUR\nHEAD\nSHARING\nSCIENCE\nARE\nYOU\nAWARE\nUBC\nARTS\nLADY RADIO\nNASHA VOLNA\nCRESCENDO\n6(pm)\nPEANUT\nBUTTER\n'N' JAMS\nC\nINNER\nAWARE\nSPACE\n7(pm)\nEXPLODING\nHEAD MOVIES\nF\nNOD ON THE LIST\nMORE THAN\nHUMAN\nTICK TALK\nAFRICAN\nRHYTHMS\n7(PM)\n8(pm)\nINSIDE OUT\nFOLK OASIS\nTHE\nSPICE\nOF LIFE\nNEW\nERA\nSOCA STORM\nD\nE\n8(PM)\n9(pm)\nTHE JAZZ\nSHOW\nCRIMES &\nTREASONS\nLIVE FROM\nTHUNDERBIRD\nRADIO HELL\nSKALDS HALL\nSYNAPTIC\nSANDWICH\nBOOTLEGS &\nB-SIDES\n9(pm)\n10 (pm)\nTHE SCREEN\nGIRLS\nCANADA\nPOST ROCK\nTRANCENDANCE\n10 (pm)\n11 (pm)\nMOON GROK\nWHITE NOISE\nCOPY/PASTE\nTHE MEDICINE\nSHOW\n11 (pm)\n12 (AM)\nCITR\nGHOST\nMIX\nCITR\nGHOST\nMIX\nCITR\nGHOST\nMIX\nAURAL\nTENTACLES\nCITR\nGHOST\nMIX\n12 (AM)\nTHE\nLATE NIGHT\nSHOW\ni(am)\ni(am)\n2 (AM)\nTHE ABSOLUTE\nVALUE OF\nINSOMNIA\n2 (AM)\n3 (am)\n3 (am)\n4 (am)\n4 (am)\n5 (am)\n5 (am)\n6 (am)\n6 (am)\nCITR 101.9 FM PROGRAM GUIDE\nA: THE PERMANENT RAIN RADIO | B: EXTRAENVIRONMENTALIST | C: SAMSQUANTCH'S HIDEAWAY | D: RHYTHMS INDIA | E: TECHNO PROGRESSIVO\nI P\u00C2\u00AB I IRriMSinPRQ ON AIR\n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 DIFFICULT\nBEPI CRESPAN PRESENTS...\nSUN. 7(am)\nBepi Crespan Presents... CiTR's 24 Hours Of\nRadio Art in a snack size format! Difficult music,\nharsh electronics, spoken word, cut-up/collage\nand general Crespan\u00C2\u00A9 weirdness. Twitter: @\nbeplcrespan. Blog: bepicrespan.blogspot.ca\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 CLASSICAL\nCLASSICAL CHAOS\nSUN. 9(am)\nFrom the Ancient World to the 21st century, Join\nhost Marguerite in exploring and celebrating\nclassical music from around the world.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 TALK\nASTROTALK\nTHU. 3(PM)\nSpace is an interesting place. Marco slices up the\nnight sky with a new topic every week. Death Stars,\nBlack Holes, Big Bangs, Red Giants, the Milky Way,\nG-Bands, Syzygy's, Pulsars, Super Stars...\nTHE SECTOR\nFRI. 8(AM)\nDiscussing the world of social justice, non-profits,\ncharities and activism. Join Ethan for in-depth\ninterviews, ex(am)inations of nonprofit missions\nand causes, and discussions of everything\nfrom philanthropy to progressive politics.\nSYNCHRONICITY\nMON. 12(PM)\nJoin host Marie B and discuss spirituality, health and\nfeeling good. Tune in and tap into good vibrations that\nhelp you remember why you're here: to have fun!\nNEWS 101\nFRI. 5(PM)\nVancouver's only live, volunteer-produced, student and\ncommunity newscast. Every week, we take a look back\nat the week's local, national and international news,\nas seen from a fully independent media perspective.\nQUEER FM VANCOUVER: RELOADED\nTUE. 8(AM)\nDedicated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and\ntransexual communities of Vancouver. Lots of human\ninterest features, background on current issues\nand great music.queerfmradio@gmaii.com\nRADIO FREE THINKER\nTUE. 3(PM)\nPromoting skepticism, critical thinking and\nscience, we ex(am)ine popular extraordinary\nclaims and subject them to critical analysis.\nCITED!\nwed. h:3o(am)\nThis is a radio progr(am) about how our world is being\nshaped by the ideas of the ivory tower. Sometimes, in\ntroubling ways. Formerly \"The Terry Project\" on CiTR.\nALL EARS\nMON. 6(PM)\n(Alternating with UBC Arts On Air.) All Ears is\nan advice radio progr(am) targetted to the UBC\ncommunity. We try to answer your questions and\naddress topics sent via social media and over the\nphone. Interviews and segments relating to c(am)\npus life will be featured, all in our attempt to better\nour community and supply positive feedback.\nEXTRAENVIRONMENTALIST\nWED. Z(PM)\nExploring the mindset of an outsider looking in on Earth.\nFeaturing interviews with leading thinkers in the area of\nsustainable economics and our global ecological crisis.\nARTS REPORT\nWED. 5(PM)\nReviews, interviews and coverage of local arts (film,\ntheatre, dance, visual and performance art, comedy, and\nmore) by host Jake Costello and the Arts Reporters.\nUBC ARTS ON AIR\nALTERNATING WED. 6(PM)\nIra Nadel, UBC English, offers scintillating profiles and\nunusual interviews with members of UBC Arts world.\nTune in for progr(am)s, people and personalities in Art\nTHE COMMUNITY LIVING SHOW\nTHU. 9(AM)\nThis show is produced by the disabled community and\nshowcases special guests and artists. The focus is for a\npositive outlook on progr(am)s and events for the entire\ncommunity. Originally called \"The Self Advocates\", from\nCo-Op Radio CFRO, the show began in the 1990s We\nshowcase BC Self Advocates with lots of interviews\nfrom people with special needs. Tune in for interesting\nmusic, interviews and some fun times. This progr(am)\nis syndicated with the NCRA (National Community\nand C(am)pus Radio Association) across BC and\nacross Canada. Hosted by: Kelly Reaburn, Michael\nRubbin Clogs and Fri.ends. communitylivlngradio.\nwordpress.com | communitylivingradio@gmail.com\n| Community Living Radio Show | @clivingradio\n| #communitylivingradio\nNEW ERA ,\nALTERNATING THU. 7:30(PM)\nShowcases up and coming artists who are considered\n\"underdogs\" in the music industry. The show will provide a\nplatform for new artists who are looking to get radio play.\nHip-Hop music from all over the world along\nwith features of multi-genre artists.\nLANGUAGE TO LANGUAGE\nMON. 11(AM)\nEncouraging language fluency and cultural awareness.\nWHITE NOISE\nSAT. 8(PM)\nNeed some comic relief? Join Richard Blackmore for half\nan hour of weird and wonderful radio every week, as he\ndelves in to the most eccentric corners of radio for your\nlistening pleasure. Then stay tuned for the after show\nfeaturing a Q and A with the creator, actors and a guest\ncomic every week.\nwhitenoiseU BC@gmail .com\nUNCEDED AIRWAVES\nMON. 11(AM)\nUnceded Airwaves is a radio show produced by CiTR's\nIndigenous Collective. The team is comprised of\nboth Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who are\npassionate about radio, alternative media and Indigenous\ntopics and issues. We are committed to centering\nthe voices of Native people and offering alternative\nnarratives that empower Native people and their stories.\nWe recognize that media has often been used as a\ntool to subordinate or appropriate native voices and\nwe are committed to not replicating these dynamics.\nSHARING SCIENCE\nWED. 6(PM)\nVANCOUVER, RIGHT?\nTHU. 8(AM)\nALL ACCESS PASS\nTHU. 5(PM)\nCITR Accessibility Collective's new radio show.\nWe talk about equity, inclusion, and accessibility\nfor people with diverse abilities, on campus\nand beyond. Tune in every week for interviews,\nmusic, news, events, and awesome dialogue.\n63\nPROGRAM GUIDE\n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 REGGAE\nTHE ROCKERS SHOW\nSUN. 12(PM)\nReggae inna all styles and fashion.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ROOTS/FOLK/BLUES\nBLOOD ON THE SADDLE\nALTERNATING SUN.DAYS 3(PM)\nReal cowshit-caught-in-yer-boots country.\nPACIFIC PICKIN'\nTUE. 6(AM)\nBluegrass, old-time music, and its derivatives\nwith Arthu.r and the lovely Andrea Berman.\nEmail: pacificpickin@yahoo.com\nFOLK OASIS\nWED. 8(PM)\nTwo hours of eclectic folk/roots music, with\na big emphasis on our local scene. C'mon.\nIn! A kumbaya-free zone since 1997.\nEmail: folkoasis@gmail.com\nTHE SATURDAY EDGE\nSAT. 8(AM)\nA personal guide to world and roots music\u00E2\u0080\u0094with\nAfri.can, Latin, and European music in the first half,\nfollowed, by Celtic, blues, songwriters, Cajun, and\nwhatever else fits! Email: steveedge3@mac.com.\nCODE BLUE\nSAT. 3(PM)\nFrom backwoods delta low-down slide to\nurban harp honks, blues, and blues roots\nwith your hosts Jim, Andy, and Paul.\nEmail: codeblue@paulnorton.ca\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 SOUL/R&B\nSOULSHIP ENTERPRISE\nSAT. 7(PM)\nA thematically oriented blend of classic funk, soul,\nr&b, Jazz, and afrobeat tunes, The Happy Hour\nhas received great renown as the world's foremost\nfunky, Jazzy, soulful, and delightfully awkward radio\nshow hosted by people n(am)ed Robert Gorwa and/\nor Christopher Mylett Gordon Patrick Hunter III.\nAFRI.CAN RHYHMS\nfri. 7:30(pm)\nWebsite: www.afri.canrhythmsradio.com\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 HIP HOP\nNOD ON THE LIST\nTUE. 11(PM)\n\"Nod on the List is a progr(am) featuring new urban and\nalternative music, sounds of beats, hip hop, dancehall,\nbass, interviews, guest hosts and more every Tues.day\nat11(pm).\nscadsJnternational@yahoo.com\nfacebook-So Salacious\"\nCRIMES & TREASONS\nTUE. 9(PM)\nUncensored Hip-Hop & Trill ish. Hosted by J(am)al\nSteeles, Trinidad Jules & DJ Relly Rels. Website: http://\ncrimesandtreasons.blogspot.ca.\nEmail: dJ@crlmesandtreasons.com.\nVIBES & STUFF\nTUE. 4(PM)\nFeeling nostalgic? Vibes and Stuff has you covered\nbringing you some of the best 90s to early 2000s hip-hop\nartist all in one segment. All the way from New Jersey and\nNew York City, DJ Bmatt and DJ Jewels will be bringing\nthe east coast to the west coast throughout the show. We\nwill have you reminiscing about the good ol' times with\nVibes and Stuff every Tuesdays afternoon from 4:00(pm)-\n5:00(pm) PST. E-mail: vibesandstuffhiphop@gmail.com\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 EXPERIMENTAL\nMORE THAN HUMAN\nSUN. 7(pm)\nStrange and wonderful electronic sounds from\nthe past, present, and future with host Gareth\nMoses. Music from parallel worlds.\nPOP DRONES\nWED. 10(AM)\nUnearthing the depths of contemporary cassette and vinyl\nunderground. Ranging from DIY bedroom pop and garage\nrock all the way to harsh noise and, of course, drone.\nKEW IT UP\nWED. 3(PM)\nFight-or-flight music. Radio essays and travesties:\nSonic Cate(s)chism / half-baked philosophy\nand criticism. Experimental, Electronica, Post-\nPunk, Industrial, Noise : ad-nauseum\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 LATIN (AM)ERICAN\nLA FIESTA\nALTERNATING SUN.DAYS 3(PM)\nSalsa, Bachata, Merengue, Latin House, and\nReggaeton with your host Gspot DJ.\nTHE LEO R(AM)IREZ SHOW\nMON. 5(PM)\nThe best of mix of Latin (am)erican music.\nEmail: leor(am)irez@canada.com\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ETHIOPIAN\nSHOOKSHOOKTA\nSUN. 10(AM)\nA progr(am) targeted to Ethiopian people that\nencourages education and personal develo(pm)ent.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 CHINESE/KOREAN\nASIAN WAVE\nWED. 4(PM)\nTune in to Asian Wave 101 to listen to some of the best\nmusic from the Chinese language and Korean music\nindustries, as well the latest news coming from the two\nentertainment powerhouses of the Asian pop scene.\nThe latest hits from established artists, rookies only\nJust debuted, independent artists and classic songs\nfrom both industries, can all be heard on Asian Wave\n101, as well as commentary, talk and artist spotlights of\nunsigned Canadian talent. Only on CiTR 101.9 FM.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 RUSSIAN\nNASHA VOLNA\nSAT. 6(PM)\nNews, arts, entertainment and music for the Russian\ncommunity, local and abroad. Website: nashavolna.ca.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 INDIAN\nRHYTHMSINDIA\nALTERNATING SUN.DAYS 8(PM)\nFeaturing a wide range of music from India, including\npopular music from the 1930s to the present; Ghazals and\nBhajans, Qawwalis, pop and regional language numbers.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 PERSIAN\nSIMORGH\nTHU. 5(PM)\nSimorgh Radio is devoted to the education and literacy\nfor the Persian speaking communities and those\ninterested in connecting to Persian oral and written\nliterature. Simorgh takes you through a journey of\necological sustainability evolving within cultural and\nsocial literacy. Simorgh the mythological multiplicity of\ntale-figures, lands-in as your mythological narrator in the\nstoryland; the contingent space of beings, connecting\nPersian peoples within and to Indigenous peoples.\nPROGRAM GUIDE\n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 SACRED\nMANTRA\nSAT. 5(PM)\nAn electic mix of electronic and acoustic beats and layers,\nchants and medicine song. Exploring the diversity of the\nworlds sacred sounds - traditional, contemporary and\nfuturistic.\nEmail: mantraradioshow@gmaii.com\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 DANCE / ELECTRONIC\nCOPY/PASTE\nTHU. 11(PM)\nIf it makes you move your feet (or nod your head), it'll be\nheard on copy/paste. Tune in every week for a full hour\nDJ mix by Autonomy, running the g(am)ut from cloud\nrap to new jack techno and everything in between.\nTECHNO PROGRESSIVO\nALTERNATING SUN.DAYS 8(PM)\nA mix of the latest house music, tech-\nhouse, prog-house and techno.\nTRANCENDANCE\nSUN. 10(PM)\nHosted by DJ Smiley Mike and DJ Caddyshack,\nTrancendance has been broadcasting from Vancouver,\nB.C. since 2001. We favour Psytrance, Hard Trance and\nEpic Trance, but also play Acid Trance, Deep Trance,\nHard Dance and even some Breakbeat. We also love a\ngood Classic Trance Anthem, especially if it's remixed.\nCurrent influences include Sander van Doom, Gareth\nEmery, Nick Sentience, Ovnimoon, Ace Ventura, Save the\nRobot, Liquid Soul and Astrix. Older influences include\nUnion Jack, Carl Cox, Christopher Lawrence, Whoop!\nRecords, Tidy Trax, Platipus Records and Nukieuz.\nEmail: djsmiieymike @trancendance.net.\nWebsite: www.trancendance.net.\nINSIDE OUT\nTUE. 8(PM)\nRADIO ZERO\nFRI. 2(PM)\nAn international mix of super-fresh weekend party j(am)\ns from New Wave to foreign electro, baile, Bollywood,\nand whatever else. Website: www.radiozero.com\nSYNAPTIC SANDWICH\nSAT. 9(PM)\nIf you like everything from electro/techno/trance/8-bit\nmusic/retro '80s, this is the show for you!\nWebsite: synapticsandwich.net\nTHE LATE NIGHT SHOW\nFRI. 1230(AM)\nThe Late Night Show features music from the\nunderground Jungle and Drum & Bass scene, which\nprogresses to Industrial, Noise and Alternative No\nBeat into the early morning. Following the music, we\nthen play TZM broadcasts, beginning at 6 a.m.\nINNER SPACE\nALTERNATING WEDNESDAYS 6:30(PM)\nDedicated to underground electronic music,\nboth experimental and dance-oriented.\nLive DJ sets and guests throughout.\nBOOTLEGS & B-SIDES\nSUN. 9(PM)\nHosted by Doe Ran, tune in for the finest remixes\nfrom soul to dubstep and ghetto funk to electro swing.\nNominated finalist for 'Canadian college radio show of\nthe year 2012' Pioneer DJ Stylus Awards. Soundcloud.\ncom/doe-ran and search \"Doe-Ran\" on Facebook.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ROCK/POP/INDIE\nCANADA POST-ROCK\nFRI. 10(PM)\nFormerly on CKXU, Canada-Post Rock now\nresides on the west coast but it's still committed\nto the best in post-rock, drone, (am)bient,\nexperimental, noise and basically anything your\nhost Pbone can put the word \"post\" infront of.\nCRESCENDO\nSUN. 6(pm)\nStarting with some serene chill tracks at the beginning\nand building to the INSANEST FACE MELTERS\nOF ALL TIMEEE, Crescendo will take you on a\nmusical magic carpet ride that you couldn't imagine\nin your wildest dre(am)s. Besides overselling his\nshow, Jed will play an eclectic set list that builds\nthroughout the hour and features both old classics,\nand all the greatest new tracks that the hipsters\nthink they know about before anyone else does.\nDAVE RADIO WITH RADIO DAVE\nFRI. 12(PM)\nYour noon-hour guide to what's happening in Music\nand Theatre in Vancouver. Lots of tunes and talk.\nDISCORDER RADIO\nTUE. 5(PM)\nDiscorder Magazine now has its own radio show! Join\nus to hear excerpts of interviews, reviews and more!\nDUNCAN'S DONUTS\nTHU. 12(PM)\nSweet treats from the pop underground. Hosted by Duncan,\nsponsored by donuts. http://duncansdonuts.wordpress.com.\nSPICE OF LIFE\nALTERNATING THU.RSDAYS 7:30(PM)\nThe spice extends life. The spice expands\nconsciousness. The Spice of Life brings you a\nvariety of Post-Rock, Shoegaze, Math Rock and\nanything that else that progresses. Join host\nBen Life as he meanders whimsically through\nwhatever comes to mind on the walk to CITR.\nS(AM)SQUANTCH'S HIDEAWAY\nALTERNATING WEDNESDAYS 6:30(PM)\nAll-Canadian music with a focus on indie-rock/pop.\nEmail: anitabinder@hotmail.com.\nSPICE OF LIFE\nALTERNATING THU.RSDAYS 7:30(PM)\nThe spice extends life. The spice expands\nconsciousness. The Spice of Life brings you a\nvariety of Post-Rock, Shoegaze, Math Rock and\nanything that else that progresses. Join host\nBen Life as he meanders whimsically through\nwhatever comes to mind on the walk to CITR.\nS(AM)SQUANTCH'S HIDEAWAY\nALTERNATING WEDNESDAYS 6:30(PM)\nAll-Canadian music with a focus on indie-rock/pop.\nEmail: anitabinder@hotmail.com.\nPARTS UNKNOWN\nMON. 1(PM)\nAn indie pop show since 1999, it's like a marshmailow\nsandwich: soft and sweet and best enjoyed when\npoked with a stick and held close to a fire.\nTHE CAT'S PAJ(AM)S\nFRI. 11(AM)\nThe cat's paj(am)as: a phrase to describe something/\nsomeone super awesome or cool. The Cat's\nPaj(am)s: a super awesome and cool radio show\nfeaturing the latest and greatest indie pop, rock,\nlofi and more from Vancouver and beyond!\nTHE BURROW\nMON. 3(PM)\nNoise Rock, Alternative, Post-Rock, with a\nnice blend of old 'classics' and newer releases.\nInterviews and live performances.\nTHE PERMANENT RAIN RADIO\nALTERNATING WEDNESDAYS l(PM)\nMusic-based, pop culture-spanning progr(am) with a focus\n65\nPROGRAM GUIDE\n on the local scene. Join co-hosts Chloe and Natalie for an\nhour of lighthearted twin talk and rad tunes from a variety\nof artists who have been featured on our website. What\nwebsite?\nthepermanentrainpress.com\nALBION\nTUES. 2(PM)\nThe best new music coming out of the UK along\nwith the most exciting Canadian artists British\nhost Sachin finds as he explores Vancouver.\nBVP RADIO\nALTERNATING WEDNESDAYS 1 (PM)\nBVP Radio is Blank Vinyl Project's radio show companion\non CiTR. It features musicians from UBC and Its\nsurrounding community. Interviews, performances\nlive on air, and advice to developing bands.\nMUZAK FOR THE OBSERVANT\nTHU. 2(PM)\nA progr(am) focusing on the week's highlights\nfrom CiTR's Music Department.S Plus: live In-\nstudio performances and artist interviews!\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 CARIBBEAN\nSOCA STORM\nSAT. 8(PM)\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ECLECTIC\nTRANSITION STATE\nTHU. 11(AM)\nHigh quality music with a special guest interview\nfrom the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Frank\ndiscussions and music that can save the world\nSHINE ON\nTUE. 1(PM)\nAn eclectic mix of the latest, greatest tunes from the\nVancouver underground and beyond, connected through\na different theme each week. Join your host Shea\nevery Tues.day for a groovy musical experience!\nSOUL SANDWICH\nTHU. 4(PM)\nA myriad of your favourite music tastes all cooked\ninto one show. From Hip Hop to Indie rock to Afri.\ncan j(am)s, Ola will play through a whirlwind\nof different genres, each sandwiched between\nanother. This perfect layering of yummy goodness\nwill blow your mind. AND, it beats subway.\nTHE SHAKESPEARE SHOW\nWED. 12(PM)\nDan Shakespeare is here with music for your ear.\nKick back with gems of the previous years.\nUP ON THE ROOF\nFRI. 9(AM)\nFri.day Mornings got you down? Climb Up On the\nRoof and wake up with Robin and Jake! Weekly\nsegments include improvised crime-noir radio dr(am)\nas, trivia contents, on-air calls to Jake's older brother\nand MORE! We'll be spinning old classics, new\nfavourites, and lots of ultra-fresh local bands!\nBREAKFAST WITH THE BROWNS\nMON. 8(AM)\nYour favourite Brownsters, J(am)es and\nPeter, offer a savoury blend of the f(am)iliar\nand exotic in a blend of aural delights.\nEmail: breakfastwiththebrowns@hotmail.com.\nCHTHONIC BOOM!\nSUN. 5(PM)\nA show dedicated to playing psychedelic\nmusic from parts of the spectrum (rock, pop,\nelectronic) as well as garage and noise rock.\nTHE MORNING AFTER SHOW\ntue. h:30(am)\nThe Morning After Show with Oswaldo Perez every\nTues.day at 11:30a.m. Playing your favourite songs for\n13 years. The morning after what? The morning after\nwhatever you did last night. Eclectic show with live music,\nlocal talent and music you won't hear anywhere else.\nSUBURBAN JUNGLE\nWED. 8(AM)\nLive from the Jungle Room, join radio host Jack\nVelvet for an\neclectic mix of music, sound bites, information\nand inanity. Email: dj@jackvelvet.net.\nARE YOU AWARE\nALTERNATING THU.RSDAYS 6(PM)\nCelebrating the message behind the music:\nProfiling music and musicians that take the\nroute of positive action over apathy.\nPEANUT BUTTER 'N' J(AM)S\nALTERNATING THU.RSDAYS 6:30(PM)\nExplore local music and food with your hosts,\nBrenda and Jordle. You'll hear Interviews and\nreviews on eats and tunes from your neighbourhood,\nand a weekly pairing for your date calendar.\nLIVE FROM THU.NDERBIRD RADIO HELL\nTHU. 9(PM)\nFeaturing live band(s) every week performing in the\nCiTR Lounge. Most are from Vancouver, but sometimes\nbands from across the country and around the world.\nAURAL TENTACLES\nTHU. 12(AM)\nIt could be global, trance, spoken word, rock, the unusual\nand the weird, or it could be something different. Hosted\nby DJ Pierre. Email: auraltentacles@hotmail.com\nFemConcept Fri. 1 (pm)\nEntirely Femcon music as well as spoken word content\nrelevant to women's issues (interviews with c(am)\npus groups such as the Women's Center, SASC, etc.).\nMusical genres include indie-rock, electronic, punk,\nwith an emphasis on local and Canadian Artists.\nNARDWUAR\nfri. 3:30(pm)\nJoin Nardwuar the Human Serviette for Cl(am) Chowder\nflavoured entertainment. Doot doola doot doo...doot doo!\nEmail: nardwuar@nardwuar.com\nTHE MEDICINE SHOW\nfri. h(pm)\nA variety show, featuring musicians, poets and\nentertainment industry guests whose material is\nconsidered to be therapeutic. We encourage and\npromote independent original, local live music and art.\nRANDOPHONIC\nSAT. 11(PM)\nRandophonic is best thought of as an intraversal\njukebox which has no concept of genre, style, political\nboundaries, or even space-time relevance. But it does\nknow good sounds from bad. Lately, the progr(am) has\nbeen focused on Philip Random's All Vinyl Countdown\n+ Apocalypse (the 1,111 greatest records you probably\nhaven't heard). And we're not afraid of noise.\nSTRANDED\nfri. 6(pm)\nJoin your host Matthew for a weekly mix of exciting\nsounds, past and present, from his Australian homeland.\nAnd journey with him as he features fresh tunes and\nexplores the alternative musical heritage of Canada.\nSTUDENT SPECIAL HOUR\nTUES. 2(PM)\nStudents play music.\nA FACE FOR RADIO\nTHU. 10(AM)\nA show about music with interludes about nothing.\nFrom Punk to Indie Rock and beyond.\nPROGRAM GUIDE\n66\n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 CINEMATIC\nEXPLODING HEAD MOVIES\nMON. 7(PM)\nJoin gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes\nfrom television and any other cinematic source, along with\natmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange\nold goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 JAZZ\nTHE JAZZ SHOW\nMON. 9(PM)\nVancouver's longest running prime-time Jazz\nprogr(am). Hosted by Gavin Walker. Features begin\nafter the theme and spoken intro at 9(pm).\nDec. 7: A wonderful small band led by the legendary\nclarinettist and character Artie Shaw. Timeless small group\nswing by Mr. Shaw's \"Gramercy Five\" (1940 and 1945).\nDec 14: A personal favourite of your host.\nTenor saxophonist J.R. Monterose with trumpet\nlegend Ira Sullivan, pianist Horace Silver, bassist\nWilbur Ware and drummer Philly Joe Jones.\nA powerhouse debut album from J.R.\nDec.21: The Jazz Show's annual Christmas\ncelebration with the Miles Davis All-Stars and\nThelonious Monk recorded on Christmas Eve 1954.\nThe \"Bags' Groove Session\". More Christmas\nJazz and a visit from Scrooge too. Hohoho!\nDec. 28: Five musicians who have been frequent\nvisitors'to Vancouver led by trumpet ace Jim\nRotondi with tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander,\npianist Harold Mabern and company. \"Jim's Bop\". A\nsolid and swinging date to cap off the old year.\nJan.4: Happy New Year! Tonight an early session by\ntrombone master J.J.Johnson with the incredible Clifford\nBrown on trumpet. From 1953 but as fresh as tomorrow.\nJan 11: A session by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers\nthat never has been heard anywhere until tonight.\nBlakey's great band with trumpeter Lee Morgan\nand tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley and others. ,\nFiery and intense. Hear the story tonight!\nJan 18: Tonight we celebrate the Birthday of one\nof Canada's finest musicians, 76 year old Don\nThompson who will be heard on piano and vibes\nas well as composing all the music for this disc\nwhich also featured the late great Ross Taggart on\nsaxophone and piano. An all-Canadian Feature!\nJan 25: Another Birthday tribute tonight to tenor\nsaxophone master Benny Golson who will be 87*. Benny\nis alive and active. Tonight's Feature is a fine quartet\ndate called \"Free\". It's Benny at his best.\nLITTLE BIT OF SOUL\nMON. 4(PM)\nOld recordings of jazz, swing, big band,\nblues, oldies and motown.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 DRAMA/POETRY\nSKALD'S HALL\nfri. 9(pm)\nSkald's Hall entertains with the spoken word via story\nreadings, poetry recitals, and dr(am)a. Established and\nupcoming artists join host Brian MacDonald. Interested in\nperforming on air? Contact us on Twitter:\n@Skalds_Hall.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 SPORTS\nSPORTS IS FUN\nthu. 3:30(pm)\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 PUNK\nROCKET FROM RUSSIA\ntues. io:3o(am)\nHello hello hello! I interview bands and play new,\ninternational and local punk rock music. Great Success!\nP.S. Broadcasted in brokenish English. Hosted\nby Russian Tim. Website: http://rocketfromrussia.\ntumblr.com. Email: rocketfrom russiacitr@gmail.com.\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.comRocketFromRussia.\nTwitter: http://twitter.com/tima_tzar.\nGENERATION ANNIHILATION\nSAT. 12(PM)\nOn the air since 2002, playing old and new punk\non the non-commercial side of thespectrum.\nHosts: Aaron Brown, Jeff \"The Foat\" Kraft.\nWebsite: generationannihilation.com. Facebook:\nfacebook.com/generationannihilation..\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 LOUD\nPOWER CHORD\nSAT. 1(PM)\nVancouver's longest running metal show. If\nyou're into music that's on the heavier/darker\nside of the spectrum, then you'll like it. Sonic\nassault provided by Geoff, Marcia, and Andy.\nFLEX YOUR HEAD\nTUE. 6(PM)\nPunk rock and hardcore since 1989. Bands and guests from\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 GENERATIVE\nTHE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF INSOMNIA\nSAT. 2(AM)\nFour solid hours of fresh generative music c/o\nthe Absolute Value of Noise and its world f(am)\nous Generator. Ideal for enhancing your dre(am)\ns or, if sleep is not on your agenda, your reveries.\nwf HORSES RECORDS*?\n2447 E. Hastings St, Vancouver BC\nBOXING DAY SALE\nOilOf _-%ff NEW vinyl,\n\u00C2\u00ABU /O Oil tapes, t-shirts\nOHO/ ^ff USED vinyl,\nOU/O Oil tapes, books\nopen Mon-Sat 10:30-8pm, Sun 11 -7pm\n604.336.6776 - no jokers\n67\nPROGRAM GUIDE\n MfMpEH Cff*m.m & \u00C2\u00A3fc M__UNE Kf$ 8ANDMERCH\n^Mgw mhmm -: VIVO ^ \u00C2\u00AE Sk. ntnbus\n NOTE: Due to a heavy spell of human error we misprinted these charts in the previous two issues.\nApologies. Here are the correct charts for October and November. -BB, EIC\nriTRim Q FM\nTo submit music for air-play on CiTR 101.9fm, please send a physical copy to the station addressed to Andy\n^^1 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nV \u00C2\u00ABV* I\n...\nResto, Music Director at CiTR 101.9fm, LL500 6133 University Blvd., Vancouver BC, V6T1Z1. Though we\nOCTOBER CHARTS\nARTIST ALBUM LABEL\nprioritize physical copies, feel free to email download codes for consideration to music@citr.ca.\nup with the Music Director 1-2 weeks after submitting by emailing, or calling 604.822.8733.\nYou can follow\nARTIST\nALBUM\nLABEL ARTIST\nALBUM\nLABEL\n1\nTV Ugly*+\nUCLA Yankee\nCola\nAlarum\nThe Ballan-\ntynes*+\nDark Drives, Life\nSigns\nLa Ti Da\n20\nSoft Serve*+\nSoft Serve\nSelf-Released\n2\nKnife Pleats*+\nHat Bark Beach\nLost Sound HH\nTapes Bjfl\nJulia Holter\nHave You In My\nWilderness\nDomino\n21\nMetric*\nPagans in Vegas\nUniversal\n3\nU.S. Girls\nHalf Free\n4AD\nHomeshake*\nMidnight Snack\nSinderlyn\n22\nKing Midas\nSound & Fen-\nEdition 1\nNinja Tune\n4\nOught*\nSun Coming\nDown\nNightshifting\nConstellation 1\nMint\nCold Beat\nBabysitter*\nInto The Air\nBabysitter\nCrime on the\nMoon\nPsychic\n23\nnesz\nUnalaska*+\nS/T\nLight Organ\no\nFake Tears*+\nHandshake\n24\nGrimes*\nArt Angels\n4AD\n6\nGang Signs*+\nGeist\nFU:M\nDuke Robillard\nThe Acoustic\nBlues And\nRoots Of\nStony Plain\n25\nYoung Rival*\nInterior Light\nPaper Bag\n7\nLinda McRae*\nShadow Trails\nBorealis IM\nRec Centre*+\nTacoma Dome\nSelf-Released\n26\nMourning\nCoup*+\nBaby Blue\nNo Sun\n8\nThee Ahs\nNames\nSelf-Released 1\nShannon And\nThe Clams\nGone By The\nDawn\nHardly Art\n27\nTigerwing*\nMake the\nRabbits Run\nSelf-Released\n9\nMourning\nCoup*+\nBaby Blue\nNo Sun\nSlim Twig*\nThanks For\nStickin'With\nDFA\n28\nFloating Points\nElainia\nLuaka Bop\n10\nDestroyer*+\nPoison Season\nMerge\nSlime\nTwig\nCompany\nWeird World\n29\nCaveboy*\nCaveboy\nSelf-Released\n11\nOther Jesus*+\nEverything is\nProblematic\nNo Sun\nValiska*\nRepetitions\nSelf-Released\n30\nWillie Thrasher*\nSpirit Child\nLight In The Attic\n12\nBeirut\nNo No No\n4AD\nVarious*\nMood Ring\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Debaser\nSelf-Released\n31\nHSY*\nBask\nBuzz\n\">\n13\nHinds\nThe Very Best of\nHinds So Far\nMom + Pop 1\nVapid*+\nCompilation\nLake of Tears\nSelf-Released\n31\nSkim Milk*+\nGhosts of Jazz\nSelf-Released\n14\nNo Aloha*\nNo Problemo\nPoncho\nAndrea Super-\nWhat Goes On\nCellar Live\n33\nRed Moon\nRoad*\nSorrows and\nGlories\nSelf-Released\n15\nDilly Dally*\nSore\nBuzz\nstein*+\n34\nSpray Paint\nDopers\nMonofonus\nPress\n16\nKurt Vile\nb'lieve i'm goin\ndown\nMatador\nMall Grab\nElegy\n1080p\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Swamp City*+\nSwamped\n3t>\nSelf-Released\nNOVEMBER CHARTS\n17\nMauno*\nRough Master\nSelf-Released \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nLife Without\nBuildings\nAny Other City\n(Reissue)\nWhat's Your\noo\nRupture?\nLinda McRae*\nShadow Trails\nBorealis\n18\nPetunia*\nFree as the Wind\nSelf-Released 1\n37\nThe Pointed\nS/T\nSudden Death\n19\nJerusalem in my\nHeart\nIf He Dies, If If\nIf If If (f\nConstellation 1\nKnife Pleats**\nHat Bark Beach\nLost Sound\nTapes\n38\nSticks*+\nD.O.A.V\nHard Rain\nSudden Death\n20\nOld Man\nLuedecke*\nDomestic\nEccentric\nTrue North 1\nGood for\nGrapes**\nOther Jesus*+\nThe Ropes\nEverything Is\nPheromone\nNo Sun\n39\nOught*\nFalling\nSun Coming\nDown\nConstellation\n21\nLindi Ortega*\nFaded Gloryville\nThe Grand Tour H\nProblematic\n40\nNew Order\nMusic\nMute\n22\nThe Pointed\nSticks*+\nThe Pointed\nSticks\nSudden Death 1\nDilly Dally*\nSore\nBuzz\nBummer\n41\nFuzz\nComplete\nII\nIn The Red\n23\nLaLuz\nWeirdo Shrine\nHardly Art 1\nWar Baby*+\nDeath Sweats\nRecords\nBetrayers\nTombstone\n24\nThe Fuzz Kings*\nYour Kids Are\nGonna Love It\nSelf-Released 1\nGang Signs*+\nGeist\nFU:M\n42\n/The Lad\nMags*\nSalesman /\nShame\nYoMal\nKind Midas\nEsmerine*\nOther Voices\nConstellation\n25\nSound & Fen-\nEdition 1\nNinja Tune 1\n43\n1977*\nTwister\nSelf-Released\nnesz\nMississippi Live\nShopping\nWhy Choose\nFat Cat\n44\nTV Freaks*\nBad Luck\nDeranged\n26\nAnd The Dirty\nGoing Down\nSelf-Released \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nCharms\nDirty*+\nColin Linden*\nRich In Love\nStony Plain\nI Am A\nProblem: Mind\nIn Pieces\n27\nWhite Poppy*+\nNatural Phenomena\nNorman\nMajical Cloudz*\nAre You Alone?\nArts & Crafts\n45\nWolf Eyes\nThird Man\n28\nBeach House\nDepression\nCherry\nSub Pop\nLt. Frank\nDickens*+\nSunburned\nHorses\n46\nYppah\nTiny Pause\nCounter\n29\nHag Face*\nR.I.P.\nPsychic\nHandshake 1\nTV Ugly*+\nUCLA Yankee\nCola\nAlarum\n47\nJulia Holter\nHave You In\nMy Wilderness\nDomino\n30\nTeen Daze*+\nMorning World\nPaper Bag 1\nMoonwood*\nDesert Ghosts\nPleasence\nRecords\n48\nNorth Atlantic\nAll The Ships\nAnniedale\n31\nChildbirth\nWomen's Rights\nSelf-Released 1\nBuckman Coe*+\nMalama Ka\n?Aina\nTonic\n49\nExplorers*+\nThe Nils*\nAt Sea\nShadows and\nSelf-Released\n31\nInfilm*\nEmporium\nSelf-Released \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nU.S. Girls*\nHalf Free\n4AD\nGhosts\n33\nProtomartyr\nThe Agent\nIntellect\nHardly Art 1\nThe Beverleys*\nBrutal\nBuzz\n50\nTim the\nMute*+\nWhy Live?\nKingfisher\nBluez\n34\nCentury Palm*\nValley Cyan 7\"\nDeranged 1\nFamily Band*\nFamily Band'15\nEgg Paper\nFactory\nJenny Ritter*\nRaised By\nWolves\nFiddle Head 1\nPetunia*\nFree as the Wind\nSelf-Released\n CITR101.9FM\nTOP 100 ALBUMS\nOF 2015\nCiTR's charts reflect what's been played on the air by CiTR's lovely DJs throughout the year. Records with\nasterisks (*) are Canadian and those marked (+) are local. Most of these excellent albums can be found at fine\nindependent music stores across Vancouver. If you can't find them, give CiTR's music coordinator a shout at\n(604) 822-8733. His name is Andy Resto, and if you ask nicely he'll tell you how to find them. Check out other\ngreat campus/community radio charts at www.earshot-online.com.\nFreak Heat\nWaves *\nRunning Back\nBonnie's State\nof Mind\nFaith Healer * Cosmic Troubles\nMourning\nCoup*+\nFake Tears*+\nTough Age*\nWUg|y% w^_\ntiStXS SortaHafta\nI and The Subs +\nSupermoon*+ Comet Lovejoy\nBaby Blue\nNightshifting\nI Get The Feeling Central\nOld Man\nLuedecke*\nLie**\nColleen\nPoor Form *+\nViet Cong*\nBraids*\nLate Spring**\nTwin River *+\nI Buffy Sainte-Ma-\nrie*\nI Other Jesus*+\nChastity Belt\nDomestic\nEccentric\nCaptain of None\nNuclear\nStrikezone\nDemo\nViet Cong\nDeep In The Iris\nLate Spring\nShould the light\ngo out\nPower In The\nBlood\nEverything Is\nProblematic\nTime to Go\nHome\nPurity Ring * Another Eternity\nThe Ballantynes**\nI Energy Slime *+\nLinda McRae*\nMoss Lime*\n| White Poppy**\nLoscil *+\nDefektors *+\n| Century Palm *\nWoolworm**\nAnimal Bodies\nDark Drives, Life\nSigns\nNew Dimensional\nJuly First\nNatural Phenomena\nCentury Palm\nEverything\nSeems Obvious\nThe Killing\nScene\nKnife Pleats** Hat Bark Beach\nThe Back-\nhomes *\nTidalwave\nNames\nLefse\nHockey Dad\nMint\nNo Sun\nMint\nMint\nAlarum\nSelf-Released\nSelf-Released\nTrue North\nThat's Cool\nThrill Jockey\nStomp\nSelf-Released\nFlemish Eye\nFlemish Eye\nSelf-Released\nLight Organ\nGypsy Boy\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0pv\nNo Sun\nHardly Art\nLast Gang\nLa Ti Da\nMint\nBorealis\nFixture\nNorman\nKranky\nShake!\nMammoth Cave\nHockey Dad\nHard Beat\nLost Sound\nTapes\n, Self-Released\nSelf-Released\nShopping\nConsumer\nComplaints\nDestroyer** Poison Season\nGang Signs** Geist\nKimmortal *+\nShearing Pinx *-\nI OK Vancouver\n0K*+\nDilly Dally*\nU.S. Girls\nSincerity\nPeople\nInfluences\nSore\nHalf Free\nLsr\u00E2\u0080\u009E7 B\u00E2\u0080\u0094i*\u00E2\u0084\u00A2\nFountain*\nOra Cogan**\nI The Population\nSlim Twig*\nSleater-Kinney\nDark Glasses* Dark Glasses\nFountain II\nCrystallize\nDark Power\nWay Down\nThanks For\nStickin' With\nTwig\nNo Cities To\nLove\nAnamai *\nSallows\nThe Park\nJoel Plaskett * Avenue Sobriety\nLes Chau-\nsettes**\nNap Eyes*\nKate b/w\nVolcanoes\nMystic\nPetunia* Free as the Wind\nRamzi** Houti Kush\ne^,\u00E2\u0080\u009Et D,,\u00E2\u0080\u009Emw The Silent March\nSecret. Pyramid /Movementsof\nNight\nAriel Pink pom pom\n*M Stefana Fratila** Efemera\nLindi Ortega* Faded Gloryville\nLightning Bolt Fantasy Empire\nSarah Davachi** Baron's Court\n| Neu Balance *+ Rubber Sole\nYoung Braised Northern\nI Sur Une Plage** Legerdemain\nZola Jesus Taiga\nSometimes I Sit\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0a.,^. d\u00E2\u0080\u009E H And Think, And\nJCourtneyBamett Sometimes|\nJust Sit\nHag Face*\nR.I.P.\nFat Cat Records\nMerge\nFU:M\nSelf-Released\nPsychic\nHandshake\nKingfisher Bluez\nBuzz\n4AD\nLatent\nSelf-Released\nHidden City\nRecords\nSelf-Released\nSelf-Released\nCalico Corp\nSub Pop\n^^9\nGary Cassettes\nBuzz\nPheromone\nPunk Fox\nPlastic Factory\nSelf-Released\n1080p\nnH\nStudents of\nDecay\n4AD\nTrippy Tapes\nThe Grand Tour\nThrillJockey\nStudents of\nDecay\n1080p\n1080p\nSelf-Released\nMute\nMom + Pop\nPsychic\nHandshake\nYou've Got A\nHold On Me\nIan William\nCraig * +\nSmash the\nState (With Your\nFace)\nCircuit des Yeux In Plain Speech\nFashionism *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nKappa Chow * Collected Output\nLiturgy The Ark Work\nOught*\nSun Coming\nDown\nRec Centre *-\nKind Midas\nSound & Fen-\nnesz\nTeen Daze**\nEternal Tapestry\nDoldrums *\nAce Martens *+\nFrankie**\nYukon Blonde**\nMoon Duo\nThe Real\nMcKenzies *+\nB.A. Johnston*\nLizzy Mercier\nDescloux\nKathryn Calder *\nMoon*\nSix Organs Of\nAdmittance\nOK Jazz*\nMoon King *\nMonster of the\nWeek\nMorning World\nWild Strawberries\nThe Air\nConditioned\nSilent Days\nGirl Of Infinity\nOn Blonde\nShadow Of\nThe Sun\nRats In The\nBurlap\nShit Sucks\nPress Color\nKathryn Calder\nMoon\nHexadic\nOK Jazz\nSecret Life\nLo\nThe Cyrillic\nTypewriter *+\nMinimal\nViolence**\nJenny Ritter*\nHello Blue\nRoses *+\nJenny Hval\nHeavy Slave\nRaised By\nWolves\nApocalypse,\nGirl\nRecital\nThrill Jockey\nHosehead\nSelf-Released\nThrill Jockey\nConstellation\nSelf-Released\nNinja Tune\nPaper Bag\nThrill Jockey\nSub Pop\nSelf-Released\nSelf-Released\nDine Alone\nSacred Bones\nStomp\nMammoth Cave\nLight In The\nAttic\nF:UM\nBruised Tongue\nDrag City\nSelf-Released\nLast Gang\nTelephone\nExplosion\nHybridity\nMusic\nJaz\nGenero\nFiddle Head\nJaz\nSacred Bones\n vinylrecords\nVancouver\nfacebook.com/\nvinylrecords ca\njftuidJ\nOPEN 12-6 PM DAILY\n321W HASTINGS ST\na VICTORY SQUARE\n604.488.1234\nCHECK OUT DAVID LOVE JONES' AFRICAN RHYTHMS RADIO\nEVERY FRIDAY ON CiTR 101.9FM 7:30-9PM\nwww.africanrhythmsradio.com\n_^^ia*B| African Rhythms Radio\nCOME AND CHECK\nOUT OUR VAST\nSELECTION OF\nNEW, USED AND\nRARE RECORDS\nKAMASI\nWASHINGTON -\nTHE EPIC\n-2015 SPIRITUAL JAZZ\n3LP $76.95\nf\u00C2\u00BBCMNT\u00C2\u00A3Q I.TICK'S\nHARD\nem\nA\nPOINTED STICKS-\nPOINTED STICKS\n-2015 VANCOUVER\nCANADA PUNK LP\n$16.95\nBEACH HOUSE -\n1 DEPRESSION CHERRY\nI -2015 INDIE ROCK LOSER ED\nI VELVET COVER CLEAR LP\n$34.95\nD.O.A.-\n| HARD RAIN FALLING\n-2015 CANADA PUNK LP\nI $16.95\nKENDRICK LAMAR \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nI TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY\n-2014 HIP HOP\n1180 GRM 2LP\n1 $46.95\nGIRLFRIENDS & BOYFRIENDS \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nOUR GARDEN\n-2015 VANCOUVER CANADA\nPOST PUNK NEWWAVE LP\n$16.95\nHIATUS KAIYOTE-\nITAWK TOMAHAWK\n-2013 NEO SOULJAZZ\nI DOWNTEMPO 180 GRM LP\n$46.95\n"@en . "Periodicals"@en . "ML3533.8 D472"@en . "ML3533_8_D472_2015_12"@en . "10.14288/1.0378415"@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 .