There are some good venues, but they are mostly small cafes or abandoned crackhouses (such as Turd Furgeson House, in Abbotsford). Yeah, good venues, you know.

Dandi Wind is a psuedo-experimental art student shrieking almost constantly, but she has interesting songs (which, it has been pointed out, are rare here). She's been in Montreal for some time now, so catch her if you get the chance.

The Doers are an acoustic-punk band worth seeing. Their bassist especially is quite impressive. He got into a bad accident a few years back and Mike Watt, being a fan of the band, came down to replace him for a while.

I'd be interested in meeting up to do something creatively/bitch about things, if anyone's interested. I'm going to the Art Institute for Recording right now, and have access to the studios there...

just so people know. KK null is playing at that cafe on commercial 2 times this week im not sure of the actual days but i think wends thurs at that rhime or rhyme cafe oh and atlantic thanks for adding me to your myspace spontaniously strange cuz i didnt know it was your band till just now! oooeeoooo add my band on there "this is radio one" theres nothing really up there song wise since the band isnt even concrete in its line up just some feedbakc experiments and shit.

KK NULL people!

Here is some more information regarding the above show: [url] http://www.zula.ca/?m=20060517&cat=6 [/url]

This is my second post and I can only assume that that link will work.

well ill damn well be there! not sure what day though. looks interesting! KK Null never fails me

It's not what you'd conventionally call music, but I quite like The Vancouver Soundscape 1973 from the World Soundscape Project. It's basically just sound recordings from the Vancouver area and was meant to be part of a study to represent good and bad acoustic design in the city. They went on to collect field recordings from all over Canada and the rest of the world. I think there's also a compostional element to it. Vancouver, she is a very musical region, no?

The Music of Horns and Whistles mp3



Snappy Dressers, too.

sndo wrote:No music coming from Vancouver? Here are some possible reasons.
-Abundance of marijuana

Bingo. When I'm on the reefer, the last thing I want to do is get off of the couch and start a new band, see a show, or hang out at the record store.

I scored high grade weed in less than 15 minutes after leaving my hotel in Vancouver.