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 …

The London Intl Ska Festival 2012 Band Competition was open to any Ska inspired band or solo artist from anywhere in the world. Los Furios, a proudly Vancouver band is among the twenty finalists. This is a great opportunity for them so lets send them to London. All you have to do to vote is email the band name to enquiries@rockersrevolt.com Voting will take place between 1st September 2011 – 30th November 2011. The band with the most votes will win.

Vogville Recordings is the brainchild of music lover Jonathan Fluevog. The son of designer and entrepeneur John Fluevog started this business more than ten years ago with a 30,000 dollar loan from the bank, Since then he has worked with a wide range of artists, from international acts like The Scissor Sisters, The Shins, Zero 7, the Dandy Warhol’s and Supreme Beings of Leisure to local emerging talent and established bands like Mathew Good and K-OS who also had recorded there.

He has been working with musicians for the last 17 years as an engineer, producer, promoter and now manager. He is managing the band The Light Machines and that is how he got the idea of organizing a festival like Vogville. “I have been booking them and I noticed there was a need for festivals so bands can play for more people and reach a different audience. By doing the festival we are reaching a lot of people. When they play in a club they get the same followers and fans all the time and not a lot of exposure, so imagine getting all the followers from all the bands.

Vogville Recordings, Jonathan Fluevog’s studio is organizing this amazing festival next Saturday. The son of the fashion business man John Fluevog, Jonathan has 17 years of experience as an engineer and producer working with artists such as The Scissor Sisters, The Shins, Zero 7, the Dandy Warhol’s and Supreme Beings of Leisure. He is launching Vogville’s Day & Night Festival on February 19th. This ambitious all-day music event features 12 local indie pop groups, including City of Glass, Lakefield, Cosmik Debris, The Autumn Portraits, The Blacktops, By Starlight, Los Furios

Satori Tide is bringing their ska reggea to the Billy Bishop Legion hall in Kitsilano headlining an awesome Valentine’s party

The best 20 bands of Vancouver Independent Music scene Part 2
The best of the best in Vancouver
Thats right folks, the post we all been waiting for is finally here. In the previous post we saw some of the bands that you have to watch for but that haven’t really go to the next level, these ones are on the next level. Time for us to unveil the best Vancover indie established bands. It this post we examine some of the best Vancouver acts that have achieved international success, that …

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…

We had German Cantillo from Santa Lucia, they have a new CD coming soon. We heard four songs and also we interviewed Justin from The Consonance. We gave away tickets for Woodhands and Sex with Strangers. Every Tuesday at 11:30 AM The Morning After Show 101.9 FM www.citr.ca

Every Tuesday on CiTR www.citr.ca your future favourite song. 11:30 PT AM or if you are in Mexico tune in at 13:30 and in Europe 20:30 PM 101.9 FM
We started the show with a band from the UK called Cougar, we played 4 songs from their single Stay Famous on Counter Records. Kind of Post rockish.

We started the show with the new album of Sonic Youth, The Eternal, the song was Antenna The from Spain the best Ska band in Europe, El vals del obrero from the CD of the same name. Los Furios from Vancouver with the song playing with fire. They are playing Saturday 27 at the Commodore Ballroom.
The heavy metal starts with Magnus Rising and Counting the numbers from their Cd of the same name counting the numbers.

The Morning After Show is every Tuesday at 11:30 AM bringing you the best independent music. Tune is at 101.9 FM or www.citr.ca

The podcast starts with the last song from Third Times the Charm, the Hot Rats covering the Gang of four.

Luna Riot a Vancouver band they have a new CD Night steal the light.

Los Furios with Welcome to the Barrio, this Vancouver band is one of our favourites. Their new CD is called Run devil Run.

Playlist February 23rd. 2 hours 1/2 of eclectic madness.

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 AM at 101.9 FM or www.citr.ca you can also podcast the show at the station´s website or listen here http://playlist.citr.ca/podcasting/audio/20100105-113627-to-20100105-130706.mp3

Next show The Rekkening and on the 19th Aunts and Uncles playing LIVE! Also next show I will have tickets to give away, I mean cool tix.

Los Furios – Body Bag – Watch more amazing videos here