SWS is one of this year’s Peak Performance TOP 20 Artists!
Since the 2007 inception of Vancouver based Sex with Strangers the band has been gaining local, national and international attention with a mention in Spin Magazine naming them one of “7 Undiscovered Bands Worth a Listen to” and now as a Top 20 Finalist in the 2011 Peak Performance Project. I sat down with the contest finalist (Hatch Benedict and Isabelle Dunlop) before their recent Peak showcase at the Red Room to talk about their third full-length album Frontier Justice, Isabelle’s fashion line (see their upcoming Fashion and Music for Memories event below!) and of course the Peak Performance Project Contest.

The best Robot rock band in Vancouver has released a new video. The video has a noir feel to it capturing the image that the band projects on stage, dark purple tunes with black clothes on clear backgrounds. They predicted the Dance Police and the robot wars, if you haven’t seen Sex With Strangers you have a chance June 3rd at the Venue. They will be playing with Guilty about Girls and Young Pacific.

This party was a wild one. Its always nice when you get to see your friends showcase their talent in a gig. I knew the show was going to be mad when I saw Sex With Strangers sharing the bill with Joyce Collingwood and Run with the Heard. In addition Guilty about Girls was spinning pretty cool dancing tunes. All of the Vanmusic crew was there partying with a lot of familiar faces. The crowd was already fired up when Sex With Strangers took the stage, plus they had time to drink their booze.

The saga continues in the near future of the Pacific Northwest, THE NEW FRONTIER. Sex with Strangers explores love and war with their new production, now 7 years after the final explosion an inevitable clash between The Futurists and the New Pioneers is quickly approaching. No, It is not Asimov’s Sci-fi, it is a conceptual CD about a love story that takes place after our time. But it left me wondering where are the robots? Luring behind the walls of the losts cities? Or maybe, just maybe “The new pioneers” are not what they say they are or supposed to be. The answer might be inside the lyrics of the new SWS production.

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 …

Sex with Strangers were playing a free show on Thursday to celebrate the release of their new EP We Want the Fire and they threw also specials at the bar of the Metropole. It was raining outside but the place was full. The SWS played a 35 minute set with tracks from their upcoming album “Frontier Justice” and some of their previous hits like New City Anthem which is probably their most popular song. Step by step Hatch and the strangers have earned the love of plenty of vancouverites including those in the music scene.

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

This is the first compilation of the collective Boutique Empire, Boutique Empire:Rec’10. It consists of thirteen songs by ten different artists. Primarily focused on the Vancouver electronic scene and the bands of Boutique Empire, it features the latest singles from Guilty About Girls and Combine the Victorious as well as the newly remastered “New City Anthem” from Sex With Strangers. Also making debuts on the compilation are songs from: Ten Suns, Ingrid Schroeder, Gilles Zolty, Piper Davis, Chiwawa and Mince.

This duo reminds me a lot of Jesus and Mary Chain, althought they say their influences include New Order, Pavement and the Velvet Underground.

We started the show with this band called a Problem of Alarming Dimensions, I was running on the cliffs of St John´s New Foundland with these songs in me headphones like 5 years ago. What a feeling, a perfect soundtrack for the wind and the gray landscape of the sky and the fierce waves pounding the cliffs, what a strange city, I love it. It was fresh but old, astounding and exciting. Small, cozy and crazy. Check the photo, it was taken day day. Anyways enjoy the songs.

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.

So I am at the Media Club with Mathieu Wacovich and his wife Adriana Regalado. Sex with Strangers played with Adjective and we made an interview about their new album Tokyo Steel. The show was the release of their video New City Anthem.