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What a crazy few weekends! I've finally sorted through 1200+ Sasquatch photos and another hundred more from Music Waste, slept for a day, watched some hockey and here I am! Sasquatch was once again an awesome time...there's nothing like spending a few days getting dirty, listening to music in a beautiful place. THEN to come home and have a festival in town? Perfect.
Now, the insanity that was Sasquatch had me running from stage to stage as much as I could...I saw shows by Death From Above 1979, Dan Mangan, Tokyo Police Club, Das Racist, Sam Roberts, City and Colour, The Flaming Lips and more...not to mention some awesome comedy in the comedy tent.
And what is the best news for you? NPR was there recording the shows. You can pick and choose whom you'd like to hear BY CLICKING HERE. (I missed Black Mountain during the Peak Top 20 announcement, but luckily could listen to them through that page too!).
The day I got back I was invited to check out the Noah & The Whale/Bahamas show at the Biltmore, unfortunately the staff wouldn't let my camera equipment in/no photos were allowed, but I did enjoy the show. Bahamas was great as always, and if you want to hear a what Noah & The Whale sound like, check out their NPR-Sasquatch Recording!
Lastly Music Waste was happening this past weekend (yes, there were things going on during hockey!) I managed to make it to three shows on Saturday night (barely!), checking out VIAindie favourites Kingdom Cloud, Oh No! Yoko, and Sun Wizard. Thanks again to Music Waste!
THIS WEEK IN MUSIC: is fairly quiet (probably due to, you know, the Canucks being in the Stanley Cup Finals) until the end of the week. Friday sees MANY shows happening after Game 5 including: The British Columbians/Vancougar/Carmen Townsend at The Cobalt - The Enemy Feathers/The Oh Wells/Rat Silo at Lanalou's -and Himalayan Bear/Prairie Cat/Chris-a-Riffic at the Interurban Gallery. Saturday is this week's playlist creator The Provincial Archive playing the QUICKNESS CD release party at the Railway, and Matthew Barber w/ Oh Susanna at the Biltmore for an early show. No idea what I will be able to make it out to this week (I might even be here, here OR here!), but get out there and see some live music!
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(Proposal on stage during Tokyo Police Club!)
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