1)Constellation recording artists,DO MAKE SAY THINKWith Special GuestsMonday October 29th, 2007THE COMMODOREDoors 8:00pm, Show 9:30pmTickets $20.00++ advance at Ticketmaster.Also at Zulu, Scratch, Red Cat, Highlife and Noize To Go records.ONSALE: Saturday August 11th at 10am!The return of acclaimed Toronto instrumental rock collective, on tour to supportlatest release "You, You're A History In Rust".For more info, visit www.cstrecords.com2)PLEASE UPDATE YOUR LISTINGS:The August 23rd MATT & KIM show at Pat's Pub has been cancelled!!!Full refunds at point of purchase.
Fun at Pat's Pub in the Patricia Hotel on Hastings!:August...Thurs Aug 9 Hawaiian Bibles, Low Note, PaperboxesFri Aug 10 Jakarta, White Lung, The Bloggers, Cheerleader CampSat Aug 11 Under the Volcano fundraiser with Big Whoop, BFTL and specialguestsThurs Aug 16 BC SKA CD release party with Skatomatics and KarmachanixFri Aug 17 The DTs, Red Hot Lovers, 76 ChargerSat Aug 18 Creepshow, The Hits, Rio BentFri Aug 24 Grease n Grind Weekender! with The Farrell Brothers, SwitchbladeValentines and guestsSat Aug 25 Grease n Grind Weekender! with Zombie Ghost Train, The Fiends,Surf MessiahsWed Aug 29 Lightening Dust, The Cave SingersFri Aug 21 Hung Jury, Stolen Bicycle Gang and guestsSat Sept 15 4th Annual Lowbrow on the High Seas: the Pirate Arrrt Show withThe Hits, The Zip Guns, The Big BadWed Sept 19 Ruins (Japan) and guestsSat Sept 21 Hank Angel and his Island Devils and guestsSat Sept 29 Forbidden Dimension and guests
TORI AMOSWITH GUEST MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2007 THE ORPHEUM - VANCOUVER, BCTICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH @ 10:00AMTickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets or Charge By Phone604-280-4444Order Online at or www.ticketmaster.caTickets (incl. gst) $69.50, $59.50 & $39.50 (plus FMF and service charges)Show 7:30 PM **RESERVED SEATING**One of the most outspoken, creative singer/songwriters of our timereturns with her ninth studio album and she's brought company. AmericanDoll Posse features Tori Amos in a way we've never heard her: as fivedistinct characters named Isabel, Clyde, Pip, Santa & Tori, who combineto make a complete woman. After centuries of being dismembered,literally and figuratively, by the ruling patriarchy the feminineessence has reassembled to take back the power. In addition to Amos, thequartet creates a compelling portrait of the role of women todayexpressed through one of Amos's most wide ranging albums, boththematically and musically. Tori Amos had a jump on the world of music from the very beginning. Byage three, she was already demonstrating a startling aptitude for thepiano; by four she was composing musical scores; and at six she becamethe youngest student ever to attend the prestigious Peabody Conservatoryin Baltimore. Her first album, Little Earthquakes, was released in early1992. Featuring the poignant first single "Silent All These Years," thecompelling ballads "Crucify" and "Winter," plus the teasing,cabaret-like "Leather," her debut sold two million copies and placedAmos firmly on the musical map. It is an album that tackles a number ofstrong subjects, especially on the startling "Me and a Gun," an acappella tale of her escape from a would-be rapist. With her more ornateplatinum follow-up, Under The Pink, Amos continued to embrace songsabout the female experience: "God" questions male authority; "CornflakeGirl" explores what happens when one woman betrays another. In 1996,Boys for Pele debuted at #2 and quickly went platinum despite itsinaccessibility for radio. Don't miss Tori Amos with guest at the Orpheum Theatre on December 3rd.
BOYS NIGHT OUT & TEN SECOND EPICWITH SICK CITY AND LIVING WITH LIONS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rdTHE PLAZA CLUB - VANCOUVER, BCDoors: 6:00pm Show 7:00pm TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, AUGUST 10th @ 10:00AM Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets or Charge By Phone604-280-4444 or Order online at www.ticketmaster.ca
Tickets also available at Zulu and Scratch
Tickets (incl. GST) $15.00
(plus service charges)
**GENERAL ADMISSION / ALL AGES**
It's hard to think of a more definitive statement from a band than a
self-titled album. Often times it's a group's debut, setting the
blueprint for years to come. But when it's a move enacted by a band
that's already built a following on the road and garnered critical
acclaim with a handful of albums? Now that is a bold, bare-knuckled
declaration.
After being nominated for New Group of the Year at the 2006 Juno Awards
and winning Favorite Rock Artist/Group of the Year at the 2006
Independent Music Awards, the guys knew that their next album would have
to be great!
Boys Night Out's eponymous new album demands to be heard, now. The
greatest live band from the Great White North has hit their stride,
throwing progressive guitar work in the mix with dark pop and heavy but
loose rock n' roll. While countless new bands rely on tired, rehashed
images to sell themselves to kids, Boys Night Out recognize the need for
real bands to step forth from the shadows and deliver the goods.
Describing any concept, art work or song as a ten second epic is an
oxymoron, and makes one ask exactly what the hell a ten second epic is?
Patrick Birtles, drummer for Canada's Ten Second Epic has a quick and
straightforward answer, "You don't need to wait years for something epic
to happen in your life, you can make it happen in the next 10 seconds.
You can start to make anything you want to happen right now".
Ten Second Epic want to give fans something different with Count
Yourself In to add to their musical repertoire but not too different,
just different enough to make it interesting enough to check out again
and again, "We hope people who listen to this record will want to go
back and notice the subtleties because the music makes them curious
enough to do so. We want to leave question marks... and answers".
Don't miss Boys Night Out and Ten Second Epic with Sick City and Living
With Lions for an all ages show at the Plaza Club on September 23, 2007.
THE SPILL CANVASWITH MEG & DIA, PLAYRADIO! AND IDIOT PILOT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007CROATIAN CULTURAL CENTRE - VANCOUVER, BCDoors: 6:00pm Show 7:00pm TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, AUGUST 10th @ 10:00AM Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets or Charge By Phone604-280-4444 or Order online at www.ticketmaster.ca
Tickets also available at Zulu and Scratch
Tickets (incl. GST) $18.50
(plus service charges)
**GENERAL ADMISSION / ALL AGES**
Like Bright Eyes
or Five
for Fighting
, the
Spill Canvas began as the pseudonym for a solo singer and songwriter,
but has since transformed into a traditional band. Sioux Falls, SD,
native Nick Thomas
played
in a variety of local punk bands in his early teens before transforming
himself into a solo acoustic emo act along the lines of Dashboard
Confessional
. At the
age of 19, Thomas
signed
with the indie label One Eleven Records and recorded Sunsets and Car
Crashes
almost entirely on his own, save for a few guest musicians. Following
the album's April 2004 release, Thomas
put
together a full-time touring lineup of the Spill Canvas, with himself on
vocals, guitar, and keyboards, Dan Ludeman
on
guitar, Scott McGuire
on bass,
and Joe Beck
on
drums. The first full-band lineup album by the Spill Canvas, One Fell
Swoop ,
was released in August 2005.
Crafting a sound halfway between alternative rock and confessional
singer/songwriter pop, the Utah-based band Meg & Dia began as a way for
Meg and
Dia Frampton
to play
music together. The Frampton sisters' dad was a DJ and the girls were
exposed to a wide range of music while they were growing up, and were
encouraged to express themselves through music: Dia
sang at
county fairs, while Meg
learned
guitar by playing along with the radio.
As well as recording, Meg & Dia spent 2006 touring, including a stint on
the Warped Tour's MySpace stage that summer. Their first Doghouse
release, the What Is It? A Fender Bender
EP, also
arrived that summer, with the full-length Something Real
coming
out shortly after. That fall, Chan
left the
band amicably, but the sisters soon found themselves talking with Warner
Bros, and soon had signed to the major label.
Don't miss The Spill Canvas with special guests Meg & Dia, playradio!
and Idiot Pilotat the Croatian Cultural Centre on Thursday, October 18,
2007.
NICK LOWEWITH SPECIAL GUESTS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10THRICHARD'S ON RICHARDS - VANCOUVER, BCTICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, AUGUST 10TH @ 10:00AMTickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets or Charge By Phone604-280-4444 or Order online at www.ticketmaster.ca Tickets (incl. GST) $25.00 (plus service charges) DOORS 8:00PM SHOW 9:00PM **GENERAL ADMISSION** TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT ZULU & HIGHLIFEFrom his pub-rock beginnings to his role as producer (Elvis Costello),band member (Rockpile) and, perhaps most importantly, solo artist, NickLowe has accumulated an amazing body of work. What is even moreincredible is that his latest album, At My Age, is his 13th solo studiorecord-and is as good as even career highs like Pure Pop for Now Peopleand Labour of Lust (which gave the world the immortal "Cruel to BeKind"). Lowe started out in the mid-60s with the British outfit BrinsleySchwartz, and began to find his voice as a writer with songs like"(What's So Funny) 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding" (later covered,of course, by Costello on the Lowe-produced Armed Forces record). In themid-'70s he began playing with Rockpile along with guitarist DaveEdmonds before signing with punk upstart Stiff, releasing three classicpop albums, and becoming the label's house producer for acts like ElvisCostello. On At My Age, as with previous albums, listeners can hear howLowe has been informed by the era he grew up in, which is to say that onevery record he captures the warmth, com-passion and humour, as well asthe melodic ingenuity, of some of the best pop songwriters of all time.Indeed, it's not too much of a stretch to mention Nick's name in thecompany of talents like Paul McCartney and Ray Davies.
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