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submitted by Janine Bandcroft
July 26, 2010
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Videography and Reporting by Shanon Miegom
Video Editing by Shanon Miegom and Neal Bennett
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Interview:Adrian Glynn
Filmed June 12, 2010
at The Baltimore – Vancouver
Adrian Glynn
by Shanon Miegom
I first saw Adrian Glynn play at Herman’s, Victoria’s only jazz bar, that happens to be an all ages venue as well. I went to see C.R. Avery, and just happened to stumble upon Adrian. Their are no words to describe his music, you just have to go see him play. I bought his CD and have been hooked ever since. Then I got to see him play in a church in Vancouver, amazing! Unfortunately I missed him play his last show at the Baltimore on June 12th, but I did get a chance to interview him.
Adrian is in another band called The Fugitives, described as a roots/spoken word ensemble. He joined the band in 2009 and is currently doing a tour across Canada. Click HERE to check out his website & find out about tour dates.
Adrian has also written a book called “Fish Skin Memories: Impressions of India and the Middle East”, and was also one of 20 artists selected out of 450 applicants to be a part of The Peak Performance Project, sponsored by 100.5 Peak FM. Some musical artists he suggests we all check out are “Joe Pug” and “Circlesquare”, and a Vancouver painter he has just found named Andrew Sagado, who is going to be doing some art for Adrian’s new album. Click HERE to see Andrew Sagado’s work. |
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Videography by Andrew Ainsley and Neal Bennett
Video Editing by Neal Bennett |
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On May 19th 2010, Amortals released their debut album “Assume the Superposition”, a haunting mix of mournful peotics and dance beats which firmly plants their first step in the dystopia of the pop underworld.
The B Channel Music crew attended the release party and recorded the night’s performance, along with opening act Year of the Rat. We hope you enjoy! and look forward to seeing more emerging local musicians here on B Channel Music.
More Amortals and Year of the Rat coming soon. |
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Videography & Video Editing by Neal Bennett
B Channel Music Reporter Shannon Meigom |
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Interview:Michael Goudge
of Amortals
B Channel Music caught up with Michael Goudge, lead singer of
Amortals, at Camas Books on June 28, 2010. Michael speaks about
his goals as an artist, online jamming & more. |
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Live at Cafe Fantastico
December 13, 2009 at Cafe Fantastico
About Dirty Grace
from the band’s website:
Dirty Grace combine gypsy, folk, jazz, bluegrass, and hip hop into their own unique style (“jazzypsky grass-hop”).
Three-part harmonies weave throughout like a silk thread.
With an unusually diverse repertoire, they provide everything from sounds that soothe anxious heads, to tawdry grooves that get sweaty hips swinging and feet kicking up dust.
The band formed in 2009. They’ve performed at festivals, clubs, and cafes in and around the Victoria area since their inception.
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Exclusive B Channel Music Videos
Joey Only was one of three acts to play a November 7 fundraiser for independent media activists in Victoria and Vancouver. B Channel was there to film some of the songs. Click on this link to watch more videos of Joey Only at ‘Folk Off’
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Unless otherwise indicated, the following videos were NOT shot by B Channel videographers. They are amateur and professional video that were either submitted by B Channel viewers, or which we found online. (The captions are also usually copied from the description found on the video hosting sites)
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NOMEANSNO
“Small Parts”Victoria Punk legends NomeansNo live in ‘89?
“NoMeansNo is the most interesting, literate, absurd, fucking rock band to come out of the last two decades from that ridiculous genre known as punk.” |
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Pots & Pans
By Mindil Beach Markets – Solstice Cafe October 29 2009Mindil Beach Markets
by Christa Simonds
A marketplace of sound is an apt description of the Mindil Beach Markets, who hail from the Sunshine Coast. The original three members: Daniel Kingsbury (lead vocals/guitar), Pat Codere (vocals/guitar), Matt Posnikoff (guitar/bass) started the Victoria based band in 2005. The three members lulled drummer Cam Ainslie and vocalist/keyboardist Rod Campbell to Victoria in 2008.
The bands sound is amassed from each members distinctive style. Dan brings the folk background, Matt the classic rock, Pat the 90’s rocker, Cam the harder punkish sounds and Rod brings the Hip Hop flavour. Together these styles form a sound the band calls “music with hooks”; a mix of rock, reggae, folk, funk, and pop.
The MBM master light heartedness and depth as seamlessly as they blend lyrical melodies with rap. The band shows they have a maturity beyond their years, yet they do not take themselves too seriously. The band is continually evolving, they are devoted to honing their skills and bringing their music to the next level, which is why they say, ‘a song is never finished.’
The MBM have a busy summer ahead. For more info on tour dates check out their myspace page by clicking on the adress below
www.myspace.com/mindilbeachmarkets |
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Meatdraw
“I don’t want to be your ghost”
produced by Oilyfilms, directed by Scott Amos & performed by
Meatdraw – 2006 Well known Victoria act, Meatdraw, has been described as “one of the best carnival exorcism dance bands in the world”, and is said by Streethawk Magazine to be “aptly described as stomp-gospel dirges, post-apocalyptic crooner ballads, mythic power anthems and ghostly car-chase jazz suites channeled through talented deviants”. Not only known as talented musicians, Meatdraw are performers focused on entertaining their audience visually, mixing in a wide variety of unconventional “junkyard” instruments into a carnival vaudeville in and of themselves. They bring to mind the question that should be redundant, “Has the music evolved as a means to complement the show, or vice-versa?” Marek Tyler (vocals/drums) excitedly admitted during an interview with Tara Zurowski “The songs are fun because they are either about ghosts or impending doom, that’s about it; death and doom – and you can clap along to all of them!” |
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The Children of Celebrities
Tom Wait’s “Chocolate Jesus”Local musicians, Children of Celebrities, performing live in the 100 year old chapel on November 22nd at the 2008 island folk festival.
During an interview with A Channel one member said “the best phrase I’ve heard to describe us is ‘Enviro-cowboy lounge music”. Another member went on to say “People say to us, ‘well your not really blue grass, your not really folk, & your not really country, & your not really a rock band’.” Though its true they aren’t really any one of these things, it hasn’t stopped them from being all of them. Eclectic?, yes. Perhaps “Blue grass that has grown a little long” describes them well in that their roots are deep & many. |
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Fruit Bats at Mission Theater, Portland
Covering Neil Youngs “Helpless, Helpless”
February 6th 2009 |
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Pressure Cooker
“Lug it Hugher/Holly O”
Food Not Bombs benefit in Boston at the George
Sherman Union Alley, April 4th 2008 |
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NOMEANSNO
“The Day Everything Meant Nothing”/”Humans”Victoria punk legends, Nomeansno perform @ Hell’s Kitchen
November 2007 |
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Leeroy Stagger at Madrona Farm Chef Survival 2009Hey LeeRoy and Tyson: Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedules to come over and stand up for food security and saving farmland. It was sure a great show. We hope you will come back next year too and play for us all again. |
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Stone Temple Pilots perform ‘Plush’ live at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria BC, Canada on Saturday November 7, 2009. Audio provided by Planman from planman.net |
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Talented Musician Max Serpentine amazing music on guitar solo from 350 festival in Spirit Square |
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Please enjoy this lovely song by the O’Darling videoed in Victoria BC last September 2009. Jenna,Galen,Ida, Aidan, Julia, Olivier, Chantel and Colin. |
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Bloozecan playing 32-20 Blues at the Cameron Bandshell, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, BC. September 12, 2009. |
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The Racoons live in concert, July 17th 2009. (@ Lucky Bar Victoria BC).The Racoons Bio: (http://www.myspace.com/theracoonsmusic)
It’s difficult to nail down The Racoons. Picture a band that can reconcile a love for Joy Division, Bruce Springsteen and The Cars. Now picture a second band that sounds like Frank Zappa, David Caruso and Animal from the Muppets. Now picture a cover band of the second band mentioned. Now picture a rival cover band of the first cover band who arent quite as talented and generally refer to themselves as a tribute band. The Racoons are that band. |
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11/21 Tegan & Sara – The Cure + Tegan’s Old ‘Hood (Vancouver’s DTES) @ Rifflandia, Victoria, BC 9/25/09
(follow this link for more Tegan and Sara at Rifflandia) |
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Said The Whale perform their song ‘This City’s A Mess” at the 2009 Rifflandia Music Festival in Victoria, BC. |
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Aidan relating well with the crowd at the Alex Goolden Hall in Victoria BC Canada during Rifflandia. Thanks to Tegan and Sara and Nick Blasko and Casey Austin. Bernie Keppler Aidan’s #1 fan and Marcus Pollard.
Song title: Jasper |
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Blues Union performing at their induction to the Royal City Music Project’s Hall of Fame in Victoria, BC |
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Too Far Gone/ Never Think by Sam Bradley @ Metro during Rifflandia Music Festival Victoria BC |
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SIX BREW BANTHA – Encore Under The Bay Street Bridge
OCTOBER. 03/ 2009 (10PM – 1AM)
Victoria BC, Canada
Guerrilla show with STONED EYES, SPACE MIRACLE and QUEBEC LEPINK
http://www.myspace.com/sixbrewbantha
Guerrilla show put on by Wretched Dog, Ear Raid & NOA
http://www.myspace.com/noalabel
http://www.ear-raid.com/
Pardon the shaky camera… way too drunk to this point! |
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Mother Mother perform their song ‘Arms Tonight’ at the 2009 Rifflandia Music Festival in Victoria, BC. |
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“Frequently Asked Questions is a powerpop quartet from Victoria, BC, Canada. Their first album, “Should have stayed home” was self-released in August 2009.” – from their MySpace site.
http://www.myspace.com/thefrequentlya…
This song was captured at Evolution: The Club in Victoria, BC, Canada, on July 23rd, 2009. |
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Immaculate Machine’s bicycle showdown video for their single, “Only Love You For Your Car” from their record, High On Jackson Hill. Made in Victoria, BC with care by:Director: Tippi Tomlin-Hood
Producer: Kimberli Persley
Camera: Kyle Surovy
And a special thanks to the Recyclistas crew. |
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“things have thoughts” by the revolutionary cyborg wedding band mobile unit live performance at logan’s pub in victoria, b.c. fundraiser for camas bookstore |
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Local Pop Punk band Everyone Everywhere playing at Logan’s Pub, August 2, 2009 |
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