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Last minute things that I missed:Os Mutantes has been moved from the Rio to the Commodore tonight.Fortress, Congress, and Gross Xmas are at Honey tonight.Amanda Blank plays Blastramp tonight.Petroleum By-Products play Far Away at the Media Club tomor...

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White Lung is in need of a new guitarist. They've got studio time booked and are writing a new album (which shot to the top of my anticipated albums list as soon as Mish mentioned it) and they're set to head out with Nu Sensae for a winter tour.If yo...

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Tonight, Hotel (165 E. Hastings) hosts C/R/I/T/I/C/S a launch party for a book and 7 collaboration between Justin from Sex Negative and Andrew from Nu Sensae. The opening starts at 7pm and there's a live performance at 9pm. Check the Facebook event ...

topics: blues, commodore, pats, show

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That's a paper mache pinata representation of my friend Neil and I. The guy's been one of my best friends for the last few years and during that time he's always talked about ditching Vancouver to get out and see the world. Today he's finally leaving...

topics: commodore, show, vogue

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Tight Solid and Makeout Videotape play Blastramp at the Bourbon tonight.Safety Show, Plus Perfect, and Hermetic play Honey on June 25th.Rah Rah, the Sleepless Nights, and the Superfantastics are at the Railway on June 30th.Lightning Dust is at the Bi...

topics: blues, commodore, dance, show

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I made it down to the Rock and Roll is Good for Kids fundraiser last night, getting to the Astoria in time to catch most of Brasstronaut's set. They were joined by a friend on clarinet for a few numbers, but also welcomed another guest, Shad K, who t...

topics: burnaby, commodore, dj, richards

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Chaos, pure chaos.If there is one thing you can count on from a Crystal Castles concert, that would be it.Thursday night's concert at the Commodore Ballroom was just the experience that I remembered from last year's night at Richards on Richards. Ali...

topics: commodore, concert, richards

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I had a pretty busy weekend...On Friday, I started things off by catching Obits at the Media Club. After Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, having Rick Froberg at (or near) the helm is an instant recipe for success in my books, and his latest outfit doe...

topics: commodore, pats, richards, show

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On Friday, I was down at the Commodore to cover the Weakerthans/Constantines co-headlining tour for DiscorderThe Cons are one of my favourite live acts and they certainly didn't disappoint during their latest visit (although, I was a little bummed th...

topics: commodore, dj, pats, richards, show

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The Stills are playing this Friday, May 8th @ the Commodore Ballroom. It starts at 8:00PM, 19+, with Gentleman Reg, as the opener.Tickets are $20, and are still available at Ticketmaster.The fine folks at Arts & Crafts are giving away some prizes so ...

topics: arts, commodore