Dan Mangan It’s been two years since we last saw Vancouver’s Dan Mangan, but, in addition to becoming a dad and recording a new album with his band Blacksmith, the Juno award-winning musician has found time to score a film. Hector And The Search For Happiness is about a quirky psychiatrist, starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, and Christopher Plummer, and had its Canadian premiere last Friday.
Former Sonic Youth frontman and Rolling Stone “Top 100” fodder Thurston Moore brings his lanky 6’6” frame to the Biltmore Friday to flog his first solo record since 2010’s Demolished Thoughts. Aspirationally titled The Best Day, and being toured with the album lineup up of James Sedwards (guitars), Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine, bass), and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth, drums), the ensuing rock ‘n’ roll dismantling will, if anything, be a bloody good night. The show's at 8pm, with Sebadoh. Tickets available are $20 and available at TimbreConcerts.com, Red Cat, Zulu, and Highlife.
Classical Mystery Tour Think of it as the best show the Beatles never did. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents four world-renowned musicians performing more than two dozen Beatles songs, note-for-note, exactly as they were originally recorded. Tickets are $45-$65 and available at VancouverSymphony.ca or by calling 604.876.3434.
