Railway Release of GFY and Round 1 by Mitigo

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Sloan Bones

mitigorailway2Hey music crunchers!!

On a day  before the first family day in BC Mitigo had their CD releases which was supported by much of their extended family so it was quite fitting.  The fact that it was at the Railway Cub was icing on the Go Fuck Yourself cake which if you didn’t know is what Mitigo’s new demo release is called.  As the show would go I missed the first two bands so now I describe them each and give you a link so you can check them out.

Sally’s Hot is a pop rock type of band that is very much for people who like bubble gum pop about girls and such.  It is upbeat but very middle of the road as in you could put on any popular pop punk band and here the same song.

Cry of Silence is a band that could easily be played on The Fox very radio friendly.  I really like Eddie Lam’s voice and lots of hooks just not my cup of tea.

All Photos Taken at this show were done by Diane Jackson.

Mitigorailway

The Band I did see besides Mitigo is Real Mad Decent who had some interesting breakdowns and good buildups.  I thought the singer Zak Mcmillan sounded a lot like Tim Mcllrath from Rise Against at least live.  But listening to their recording he’s completely different.  The best song I like from their self title ep is Fine Tuned Presentable Magic Show.  The fact that these guys are so young and already this good the future looks good for them.

mitigorailway3  Mitigo had a lot to look forward to this show releasing two albums playing in front lots of friends and family. Which Virginia (Lead Vocals) solidified by inviting all the people they thanked on their demo GFY to the front of the stage which was a nice gesture.  They proceeded to shred through that album from front to back. An Oi is heard from the crowd which Mark (Guitarist Vocals) shot down saying that “wasn’t fucken good enough!”Jerry Hairy (Bass) added some Egyptian flare to the start of D Bag.  This band always gives their all every show and as this show will be their last for a while as Virginia is going on a world adventure it was more extra special.  The only thing I think they can improve on is the range of style and sound that this band portrays.  Ive said it before that I can’t wait to see what this band does once they find their true sound.  It was a Rockin Sockin Kickass Stompin greasy show, a perfect end before they go on hiatus.

I say good day to you! Eat some more music!

I am Sloan Bones

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A Fly Take on GFY by Mitigo

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Sloan Bones

Hey there it’s Sloan Bones !Yes my last post was long ago and if you don’t like it you can Go Fuck Yourself! Which is also the name of the new DIY release of Mitigo which again showcases how amazing a singer Virginia is.  The soul and sadness that she conveys through these songs brings out the best in the band.  Her brother Mark (Guitarist) adds some great lower end dynamic to the vocals.  The starting track Tainted put us right down their twisted highway of Jungle rock as I like to call it.  When you get to track three Queen the album slows down a tad which allows everyone a pit stop on the highway. We hit back to 100 miles an hour with 4 Stops and then smooth out the ride with DBag.  Which reminds of early 90′s grunge and that song also shows off Mark and Virgina ‘s way of successfully blending their vocals so well.  Moral Relapse has some nice balls and delivers some nice punch. Honestly the album is perfect for night of drinking a flat of Pilsner and did I mention they won the Pilsner battle of the bands?  Well they did check out pics Here and they also have a song called The Fly so how could I not like this album.  Cooper Teeth ends our journey down Jungle Rock highway and left me wanting more from this band I think they can honestly go in so many directions that it will make for an interesting ride.

They will be playing their last show in a long while on Sunday Feb 10th at the Railway Club to release two albums GFY and Round 1 check out the events page Here:

Also they’re working on a new music video for the song The Fly so keep your many eyes on that too!!

Iam Sloan Bones

 

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A Tasty Cd Release Show at Kosmic Zoo

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Sloan Bones

Hey Sloan Bones here hope your summer is going great here’s review of a show a while back but still holds true.

Rockin the stagePhotos By: Diane Jackson

First off I missed the first band PARENTHESES so my fly bad on that one, but I shall avenge this and watch them live soon.

The Hairless Bares (whom aren’t even close to hairless) were great with clean mean guitar but with a happy go lucky sound.  I would definitely play this music going on a car trip or playing some frisbee down by the lake.  The sound is very Dead Milkmen Esq, the bass player stood out for me amazing lines and made the experience better.  The band did a cover of The Kids in the Hall theme song which was wicked.  Look for more Hairless Bares coming soon to a near pub or show lounge!!

The thing I liked about the show was the room size and the visuals by Blake Mckay which were kick ass and complemented the show quite well. The one thing that doesn’t work is when a band doesn’t change its sound to fit the room and is too loud to hear anything.

That’s what I felt I didn’t like about AMUSIA they had a neat sound but were so loud you cant enjoy the music.  Their sound reminded me of Tool and Adrian Naqvi (Lead Vocals) has a voice similar to Brandon Boyd from Incubus.  They also had great cosmic keyboard interludes but for the most part the set wasn’t balanced one of the guitars was too quiet and it was hard to get into the groove of the band.  These guys are off to Europe for some shows in Finland and they have something big planned for September so stay tuned to their website.

Awesome Acoustic bass

Tasty Animals hit the stage with some real fervor with tribal beats that got the crowd dancing away. Their new album Ear Candy was a tasty treat indeed with Jazzy riffs and a Surfy style.  I loved the Super Mario theme that they played plus their stage presence was stellar.  Their next show is August 25th at the Princeton Pub show starts at 9pm so check them out they will rock you quite well!

Hey ill see you next time keep rockin your fly!!

Sloan Bones

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A Feathery interview with The Ruffled Feathers

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Sloan Bones

Lots of amazing things have happened to this band since they re-released their debut cd “Lost Cities”. The band has had a successful fundraising campaign to mix and master their new cd raising the five thousands dollars they needed.  Also a new music video “MockingBird” which is a song off their new album “Oracles” which shows the wide range of music diversity the band has. The influences coming from ” A common stage in our youth where we have to make critical decisions about our future and who we look to for advice.” said Gina Loes (Singer, Guitarist, Ukulele).

Another interesting thing about the band is how they interact with their audience, none more apparent then how they are currently releasing “Oracles” to the public by 2 songs at a time over the course of about two and a half months.  Gina explains,”Each pair of songs gets more closely considered and appreciated. It gives us an avenue to put out good content. We knew it would be a lot of work, but its been worth it to us.”

Cities past and present are another thing that dominates the minds of the Feathers as the song (All my Cities) and art work (Oracles cover) reveal. “Each member of The Ruffled Feathers is from a different city, and those places have shaped who we are and the people we want to be.”Gina says. More cities will know of the Ruffled Feathers as a tour of the U.S and Canada is scheduled for early summer.

The song “Rosin and Horsehair” talks about relationships something that is also a strong voice in this band. Gina reveals, “The song is about past relationships and how sometimes they come back into our lives and how we have to choose between a place that we once loved and a place of new possibilities with someone new. That someone new, happened to play violin, and was the inspiration for this song.”

The passion for their environment, music, art and creativity is evident in this band and  not much seems to “Ruffle” their feathers (except for being late for practice).  The artwork for the album  done by Mike Ellis visually shows off all the passions that the band has and paves the way for the future successes.

The cd release show for the Ruffled Feathers is April 20th at the Woods with Jasper Sloan Yip, Doors at 9pm.  They will also be playing an all ages cd release show on April 25th at the Prophouse.

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Sloan Bones

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Hell Raiser at the Rio Theatre

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Sloan Bones

Sloan Bones out on a Friday Night heading down to the Rio Theater for the Hell Raiser show to help make the Rio a multi media theater.  The neat thing about this night is most of the bands are of the experimental type and are playing because they care about what happens in their community.  Now I have to admit I came late to the show and missed some of the early bands such as Gyre (experimental, electroacoustic) and Female Blue Balls.  Both bands have the multi instrumental Poib as a member and because of that fact left me feeling swollen and unsatisfied. Female Blue Balls are playing a show on 4:20 in April so I will remedy that then.

Half Chinese rockin it!

But the show did go on and I watched as musicians onstage set up two drum sets plus lots of guitars, a clarinet and a Saxophone.  This line up called themselves the Peter Volbek impromptu band and most of the songs were soft with Volbek speaking spoken word poetry. The weird th ing is is Peter Volbek’s recordings are better than what I saw last night.   After he left I discovered most of the members made up a group called Half Chinese. Now they had some great party songs and again the songs online were better than the ones live, just a little too unorganized.

Corinne Lea came out and thanked everyone for coming out to this very important event and asked us to sign the new petition to get Rich Coleman to make good on his promise to change the Liquor laws and you can sign it by going here.

Colby Sparks busting out sounds

Colby Sparks put on the best performance that I saw with his space techno beats accompanied by some cool rave lighting made for an entertaining set. Some of it reminded me of the final boss in an 80′s video game.  Chriss-a-Riffic ended the show off with lots of people onstage chanting God Damn while he spouted off some chest anger spoken word.

The point of this show was to raise not only money but awareness to our problem in the arts in Vancouver. Humans have always been creatures of habit and are used to routine, with that comes doing things the same way and expecting different results.  Another is when something like the Arts is completely gone from the culture that we live in for things to change.  Maybe that’s what it’s going to take, either that or sub coming to corporate sponsorship to save the Arts.  The point is doing the same things to fix this problem doesn’t work and until all of our creative minds do things differently we will be stuck with the short end of the stick.

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Sloan Bones

Chris-a-Riffic organizing the masses

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