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 …

Directed by Mike Roberts. “Haunt You” is The Pack a.d.’s second video from their 2011 release, Unpersons. The video takes place in a graveyard and is accompanied by creepy animation, which is a perfect combination for the Halloween season!

Olio Festival returns for its third year!
Olio Festival 2011 will take place over four days – September 22nd 2011 to September 25th 2011 – and will produce 30+ events hosting the best local and international independent talent in the mediums of music, art, comedy, skate & film throughout six of Vancouver, British Columbia’s most creative neighbourhoods.
This year, Olio Festival 2011 has doubled its out-of-town headliners to perform at Olio2011!
Confirmed to perform as part of Olio2011 are musical acts J Mascis of Dinosaur JR, Glass Candy, Chromatics, Ladyhawk, Cave Singers, Teen …

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

BreakOut West is proud to announce the nominees for the 2011 Western Canadian Music Awards. The awards will be presented at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse YT during BreakOut West 2011 on Sunday October 23rd. The Western Canadian Music Industry Awards will be presented on Saturday October 22nd. Vanmusic would like to congratulate all the nominees, you are all winners already.

NXNE Music and Film Festival presents over 650 artists and 40 films at over 55 venues from June 13-19 in Toronto.

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 …

I interviewed Emily Menzies of the employees on The Morning After Show where I played a lot of green songs including Back To The Planet which has been a British sensation in the 90s, also we played Arcade Fire, Like Animals Again, John Pippus, The Cure, Christina Martin, Nadia Von Hahm, ThePack AD among other local stars. Listen to the podcast and the complete interview with Emily who talks about all the great programs that are happening right now in Galiano island. Some of these practices could be examples to follow and solutions to some of the problems humanity is facing due to its massive consumption and waste.

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 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.

This show has very cool music and Bradley playing LIVE! Learn more about the Vancouver Independent music here at The Morning After Show and discover your favourite future song. Listen also to a special segment dedicated to Cudillero´s band Milenta 3.

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.

I was judging one of the semi finals where these guys played. It was an easy pick for me. Their guitar and drums duo just went on creating landscapes of heavy post rock. For me the hard decision was who I was going to chose second. Their sound reminded me of different musical states of mind, it was like a collage of fresh rock. Trans Am meets Thrill Jockey records from Chicago. Influences that go from Sabbath to Yes.

Playlist last show of the year, we got Vancouver local, japanese, Hungarian, English, French bands, really cool show. Your future favourite song is right here. Every Tuesday at 11:30 AM Vancouver time 101.9 FM www.citr.ca Podcast the show.

We started the show with Vancouver bands, first the Landronauts with the song Stain from the album Come clean,

Mint Records knows how to throw one hell of a party. If you were one of the first seventy-five people through the door you got a prize ticket. I felt jolly as St. Nick himself, giving away all that swag. CD’s, Records, Shirts, DVD’s, Jumbo boxes of Pocky in all flavors, from chocolate to strawberry even vegetable flavored! I didn’t even know they had vegetable flavor! Maybe I gotta get out more, but that strawberry Pocky is the bomb.

I also met Nardwaur the Human Serviette. I had seen his interviews with countless bands and I decided I would try to interview the interviewer.