The members of this dynamic and loveable group are a true example of how worlds can merge together with a common dream. These experienced musicians’ come from all parts of the globe; their mandate is to create accessible music with a message of a unity, freedom, acceptance, and love. Their ability to connect to the audience and create synergy in the room is the reason The Unified already has amazingly strong local support.

Soir de Semaine rouse the soul with their original lively music! They fuse Franco rock with ska, reggae, folk and funk, and they have an incredibly fun time doing it! On stage Soir de Semaine create a visually rambunctious show, dressing up in costume and painting their faces. They’re an incredibly versatile group, tailoring shows to play in schools, bar venues, or at festivals.

Vancouver Based Band The Brass Action

The Brass Action is a Vancouver based, high-energy, horn-driven, ska band!  With two loud horns, we’ve been making noise in Vancouver for the past 3 years.  We’re a 6-piece band that mashes jazz, reggae, ska, and punk into one big ball of flaming music and spits it out at anybody within earshot. Be prepared to dance, skank, mosh, sweat, and find out why we’re called The Brass Action.  We are an independent band and we just released our first EP after many long hard years …

This Montreal band plays a hard reggae or is it a fast blues? I think is funk with Latin influences, or is it Quebecois influences? I can hear some Santana in their music and a lot of Ska. The first song of their latest album Take Your Ticket is really energetic. I am sure this Montreal band make audiences jump into the dance floor. Postcard is more of a Caribbean tune, check the song at the bottom of the post. I like when they sing in French like in the song I’m on a roll. Late Night is the perfect party song. The rest of the CD is closer to ska. The Hangers is an interesting band to listen and they are back in full force with Take Your Ticket

Rocky Mountain Rebel Music will be touring across Western Canada this summer to promote their sophomore album Vic Sound System. RMRM will be playing at the Yale on August 11th with Free flow.
Rocky Mountain Rebel Music is the rally and the after party. A band that simultaneously helps you unwind and challenges you. They believe that counter-culture should be celebrated, and that’s exactly what they do.

We were wet, we danced and jumped, we explored, we climbed a mountain and crossed a river, we traveled on shrooms with Mary Jane, we camped and made new friends and met old ones. Oh yeah, there was music too…

Rude City Riot has coined the term “PowerSka” and their media value has appreciated ever since!

Phatty Phatty And The Roaches are an amazing ska, reggae, dub band. We’ve been playing them a lot on Friday Sunrise on 101.9FM in Vancouver. Definitely a local band worth checking out!

Phatty Phatty arrived via The Mothership in Vancouver, BC, Canada sometime just after the year 2000 (details can get hazy). The Phatty’s play an extraterrestrial blend of reggae, dub, ska, with a taste of just about anything else. Bring yer dancing shoes to a Phatty’s show (blue suede if ya got em), cause that’s what’s it all about!

Fuzzcat explodes dance floors with diverse sets that keep the crowd on an upward trajectory. Fuzzcat is singer/guitarist Chris Ryan, bassist Dave Wise, drummer Jeff Carter, lead guitarist Steve Bedall, and keyboardist/percussion Peter Bowles.

Playing everywhere and anywhere, the band has become a fixture on the Vancouver music scene. Fully independent, Fuzzcat regularly books their own shows at The ANZA Club and plays monthly nights in Vancouver — one of which is the second Monday of every month at the legendary Railway Club, playing stripped-down acoustic sets with diverse groups from many scenes and styles.

Fuzzcat plays live in studio and they make us giggle.
Fuzzcat is “GO!” Playing funk-rock with elements of ska, reggae, and punk, Fuzzcat explodes dance floors with diverse sets that keep the crowd on an upward trajectory. Fuzzcat is singer/guitarist Chris Ryan, bassist Dave Wise, drummer Jeff Carter, lead guitarist Steve Bedall, and keyboardist/percussion Peter Bowles.
Playing everywhere and anywhere, the band has become a fixture on the Vancouver music scene. Fully independent, Fuzzcat regularly books their own shows at The ANZA Club and plays monthly nights in Vancouver — one of …

Five Alarm Funk is Vancouver’s own afro-funk orchestra. For more than four years the band has brought their relentless grooves to clubs and major festivals across Western Canada. Intense horn lines and percolating afro-beat guitar combined with the interplay of four percussionists create an unstoppable dance party.

hey dudes! The Morning After Show with Oswaldo Perez Cabrera is back like every Tuesday bringing you your future favourite song. If you don’t believe me listen to CITR 101.9 FM or listen to this podcast. This show karen Fowlie played LIVE! next show 11:30 AM Vancouver Killing Spree. February 16 Jay beck and February 23 Kidnap Kids.

The Morning After Show. Every Tuesday at 11:30 or podcast the show. We always have free tix. The number on air is 604-822-2487.

Mint records canceled at the last minute, so the special had to be postponed indefinitely. But we started the show with a crazy song from German Kraut rock band NEU, the song was Hero from the CD Dusseldorf.

Every Tuesday at 11:30 catch it live! At 101.9 FM www.citr.ca and next Tuesday Wayne Powell from Sinister Black and Mark Feraby from the Get Down will be in the studio. Podcast this show and other shows at www.citr.ca on schedule the morning after show your future favourite song is here.

We started the show with a band named The Feelies with the song called slipping.

The oh sees with the song Destroyed Fortress reappears from the CD called the Velvet revolution with 15 songs inspired by the Velvet Underground.

In November 1986, one of Vancouver’s legendary Ska bands was born. SkaBoom! exploded onto the Vancouver Music scene with sold out shows since their first gig on February 8th 1987 at the Town Pump. SkaBoom was one of Vancouver’s most popular bands and became a regular headline act at many of Vancouver’s Live Music Venues such as the Town Pump, Commodore Ballroom, the Roxy & 86 St.