Vancouver Indie bands rocked 2011.
2012 is already looking like an exciting year! But 2011 (though not as exciting as 2010) deserves a list of what I think are the best Vancouver bands of the year. Last year continued to show the world that the Indie Music Scene in Vancouver is thriving with amazing talent. So much so that VanMusic and CiTR could no longer ignore the demand to promote both emerging and established bands. We came together to start the Indie Pop Vancouver Series, a musical event that showcases acts …

Prizes include recording time from Hive Creative Labs, showcase spots with AMS Events, Canadian Music Week in Toronto, North By Northest in Toronto, CITR Thunderbird Radio Hell, Automatic acceptance to Music Waste 2010, radio exposure, articles on CiTR 101.9 FM’s Discorder Magazine, Van Music, Mint records among others. Scratch Records Band Merch Canada prize packages among other things. The contest takes place at The Railway every Tuesday and there are five judges per night, people related to the music industry.

You’ll need to send:

- A minimum 3 song demo of original material. CD/MP3/MySpace/Bandcamp/Whatever. Rough mixes absolutely OK. We’ll get the idea.
- Contact information (Email + Phone number).
- Bio, photos or other information are not required but we will look at them if you send them in

The band has a unique sound and they are true warriors of the independent scene. Talented musicians that got together in March of 2009 as an acoustic experiment. They have played and play in groups like the SSRIs, Like Animals Again, The Barcelona Chair and Friends From School, also you can see them jamming with other musicians like Brasstonaut, Olenka and Sciences.Listen to the podcast so you can hear them experiment on AIR with their music and listen to their newest song playing on the radio for the first time.

But before going anywhere, I stopped by a friend’s place for a visit where I was offered this ginger tea with mushrooms. I had to go to a magazine anniversary party, Tropidelica at the Waldorf and the release party of Tyranahorse at the Cobalt. When I hit Nanaimo street, two or three blocks later my head exploded. By the time I went to the celebration I was feeling disconnected from the world.

There is a new band in Vancouver East side and they play mean music with an attitude. But they are not really a punk band, they go beyond that. Their rhythm is catchy and loud, the guitars are piercing when they have to be and fuzzy when the song needs it, the drums precise and fast, the keyboards macabre and the vocals of Prophecy Sun are mysterious, eloquent and direct. They use a theramin which is a lovely sound for any band. You might have a new favourite band when you listen to Tennage girl or The Zombie Waltz which sounds more like a sick, demented blues that transforms into psychedelic madness.

Some say that God was born out of the ejaculation of another god, a being that was more god or “goder” than him. That was the Big Bang explained by some wako porno creationists. There are other wacos that believe the Earth is just like 20,000 or so years old. That just corroborates the theory of evolution and demonstrates that the human brain is not very evolved yet, but will it be enough time to perfection our computer inside our skulls? The believers of the “holy” book now are afraid because the birds fell from the sky and the fish died in the ocean. Apolcalyptic times my friends. Destruction. We started the show with garage pre punk band from 65 We also played some of the best bands of 2010 from Vancouver according to this website.

Olenka Krakus is Polish but has Vancouver ties, having lived and played here for a long time she left a lot of friends here. She was born in Poland but grew up in Canada. Now she resides in London Ontario but she played the Biltmore on a visit to Vancouver with a stellar line up that included members of Aunts and Uncles and Like Animals Again who also played the show. Olenka and the Autumn Lovers formed in early 2008. has a sound that mingles a strong Eastern European influence with elements of North American country and folk music. The band’s diverse instruments (cello, violin, accordion, trumpet, saxophone, lap steel, mandolin and glockenspiel) provide a unique musical backdrop to Olenka’s sophisticated, often narrative, form of songwriting. Influenced by her memories of Communist Poland and by the country’s folklore, Olenka investigates themes of social injustice and personal responsibility, populating her songs with melancholy outcasts from both Polish and Canadian landscapes.

Here are a few videos from the April 7th show at The Railway Club with Aunts And Uncles, Waltz Darling, Sunday’s Best and The Get Down.
We want to thank Jason Chatterton for bringing his camera and shooting this for us. And we’d like the thugs in Latvia who stole our camera from Oswaldo to stub their toes or get kicked really hard in the shins.

On Wednesday April 7th VanMusic put on a show at The Railway Club here in Vancouver.
It was just over a year ago that we launched VanMusic and almost one year to the day when we threw our first event. Coincidentally when we arrived at The Railway there was a birthday in progress and we even arrived to cake. Sometimes the universe speaks in strange ways…
The Railway is a great venue, there’s something about seeing that train near the ceiling as it travels along the track. …

We started the show with a band called Reverberation making a cover of the Silver Apples, Its all over now the name of the song
We heard to The Ruby Suns from new Zealand, playing in Vancouver next Friday.
Then we listened to Petroleum by Products from Vancouver, they have a new CD I think its first. Artificial Superficial is the name of the CD
You Say party we say Die! with the song Glory from their CD XXXX They are playing at the Ricshaw theatre

Every Tuesday listen LIVE 101.9 FM CiTR www.citr.ca for your favourite future song. This show Jay Beck played LIVE!

Great concert happening at a great new venue at 121 Heatley in Strathcona in East Vancouver. on the 18th VanMusic will start participating in this exciting concept brought to Vancouver from Montreal by the Nir Blu and Jess Hart. These awesome artists will be joined by Vancouver’s favourites Aunts and Uncles.

Every Tuesday at 11:30 AM The Morning After Show with your future favourite song. This show we had Aunts and Uncles playing live. next show a Mint Records special with surprise guests. Tune in. To podcast this show go to www.citr.ca and on the schedule The Morning After Show or here
http://playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/audio/20100119-113155-to-20100119-130621.mp3

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