The new NEEDLES//PINS record, 12:34, comes out tomorrow.
If you’re as overeager as we are, the whole thing is streaming right now.
Finally.
Sightlines has released their Summer EP. And the best part is that it’s free (actually, the best part is that it kicks a ton of ass).
It’s never too early to start your summer.
Mixtape #21: This Has Nothing To Do With Anything (Pumpernickel)
We spent a fantastic day at the Main Street Record Fair and then popped over to Red Cat to fetch our Music Waste passes. AND SCHEDULES. Which, to be honest, we were more excited for than the passes.
The show consisted of us playing some of the new singles that we purchased that day and gushing about some of the bands that are playing at Music Waste.
Amazingly, Liz held it together this time around.
1. “Dying Breed” - Slam Dunk
2. “PCS” - Crystal Swells
3. “Nu Sundae” - The Courtneys
4. “Sunday Best” - Hermetic
5. “The Penitent Years” - Role Mach
6. “Take The Mirror” - White Lung
7. “I Heart Your Drugs” - Needles//Pins
8. “Evil’s Sway” - Japandroids
9. “Summer 2009, with Stereos on the Backs of Our Bikes” - Cascadia
10. “Carriers” - Plus Perfect
11. “Hushery” - Vision Loser
12. “Freak Heat” - Each Other
13. “Miami” - No Gold
Something… Something… Download
Mixtape #20: Super Special Rainy May Long Weekend Spectacular
Everything started off nicely! There was sun! Heat! Promises of no school or work!
Naturally, it started to rain. But that didn’t get us down; we got ice cream to spite the rain.
But needless to say, we suffered some remorse. Liz especially. She lost her mind a bit, but provided us with a much needed laugh track to boost our spirits (as I’m sure it did yours).
Jesse, on the other hand, went to a bunch of shows on the weekend and scored himself some new vinyl, which he was eager to play.
1. “These Kids” - The High Drops
2. “Nervous Breakdown” - Shimmering Stars
3. “I Will live Together” - Hemogoblin
4. “Non-Families of Grandview Park” - So You Think You Can Sleep
5. “Nanook Two” - Greenbelt Collective
6. “Pepsiz” - Nail Salon
7. “2 Step” - Bear Mountain
8. “Nothing Will Grow” - Little Jungles
9. “Tripcatcher” - Shi Yi
10. “Boomerang” - Half-Chinese
11. “Plate Glass Effect” - Balacade
12. “Super Moon” - Mansion Music
13. “HRSDRVS009” - Teen Daze
Teen Daze’s latest effort and first full length release All Of Us, Together is streaming over at CBC.
Here is a video Mode Moderne released for “Nightly Youths” a little while back.
They have their record release show on Saturday night with Dead Ghosts at the Biltmore Cabaret.
We Were Pretending To Be - Half Chinese
This is something we’re totally digging, right now. Do yourself a favour: Go to their bandcamp and download it.
PLZ & THX.
Mixtape #19: Nothing As It Seems
With all of the new music that is due in the next couple of months, we decided that it was only best that we played as much new music as possible.
At the same time, the weather was unreasonably summer-ish. So, naturally, we had to load the list with as much pop punk as possible.
Also, we couldn’t help ourselves, but we dusted off some old 7” records, including early versions of some Mixtape favourites.
1. “Whitmore” - Half Chinese
2. “Drop It” - NEEDLES//PINS
3. “PYT” - Philoceraptor
4. “Little Bit” - Bad Channels
5. “Gospel Problems” - EEEK!
6. “I WIsh There Was Something We Could Call You People” - NEEDS
7. “Only Fun” - Slam Dunk
8. “When I See You Again” - Shimmering Stars
9. “Sunlight Is Collecting On My Face” - Dixie’s Death Pool
10. “Better Things To Do” - My Friend Wallis
11. “First World Pooblems” - Koko
12. “Math Whiz Ego Kid” - Pedagogues
13. “Music Snob” - Thee AHs
14. “Landmark” - Apollo Ghosts
I can’t seem to find… oh HERE it is
“Never Forever” (Live) - Dead Soft
Here’s a kick ass new track from Dead Soft, recorded at their show last week at Venue.
Mixtape #18: Less Talk, More Rock
We decided to let things roll on this one.
We had a ton of new music that we were super eager to push on our listeners, so we just kind of shut up and let the music rip.
When we did talk, however, we briefly discussed Vancouver artists in the festival scene outside of Vancouver, as well as the Music Waste 2012 lineup (as per their Flickr account).
This was our longest playlist to date, so enjoy!
1. “I’m In Love WIth the USA” - Apollo Ghosts
2. “Cobra” - Yung Mums
3. “Royal Bummer” - Vision Loser
4. “Prequel” - Gang Signs
5. “Stranger Thoughts” - Village
6. “No Love Lost” - Watermelon
7. “Mononoke” - Loose Tights
8. “Japanland” - Real Boys
9. “Dryer Fire” - B-Lines
10. “Love Goblin” - Kingdom Cloud
11. “Apathy” - Big Nothing
12. “Surrounded” - Tough Lovers
13. “Rain Check” - Bleach Babes
Download it HERE
