An impromptu road trip in the a.m.. We're heading westbound to Edmonton for Wyrd Fest II. In Edmonton, Wyrd Fest II has become the official after-party for the Royal Bison Craft & Art Fair, while the Calgary and Lethbridge stops solidify partnerships with the Sled Island and Mammoth Cave music festivals. The organization of each evening will mimic the same successful formula from Wyrd Fest: 16 bands across two stages and running from 5pm through Midnight.

The traveling festival lineup is:

Women (Calgary, AB)
COSMETICS (Vancouver, BC)
D’EON (Montreal, QC)
Omon Ra II (Montreal, QC // Halifax, NS)
Nü Sensae (Vancouver, BC)
Shearing Pinx (Vancouver, BC)
MYTHS (Vancouver, BC)
The Famines (Edmonton, AB)
Myelin Sheaths (Lethbridge, AB)
The Wicked Awesomes! (Edmonton, AB)
Fist City (Lethbridge, AB)
Topless Mongos (Calgary, AB)
JAZZ (Edmonton, AB)
Krang (Edmonton, AB)

Date: Saturday May 1st, 2010
City: Edmonton, Alberta
Time: Doors at 3:00pm, bands start at 4pm.
Location: The ARTery + ARTery Annex (9535 Jasper Avenue)
Price: 1st 99 advanced tickets $15 and come with a 7” :::: $20 thereafter
All Ages Welcome

NOIZE!!!

I was just watching the episode in season one of Californication where they tell the story of how David Duchovny and Natascha McElhone's characters met. Basically they were hipsters from NYC. He a writer, and she in a noise band that played at CBGB's. He thought she was pretentious and she thought that he was self-serving... blah blah blah. I totally lol during that scene for realsizes, and was inspired to shut of my television, turn on some noise, and do my dishes. Then I remembered that Shearing Pinx is going to be here on Friday, and so I dedicate this here post to them and noise.

Shearing Pinx are an Experimental/Punk rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Formed in 2005, the band is made up of Nic Hughes (Vocals/Guitar), Jeremy Van Wyck (Drums) and Erin Ward aka Les Beyond (Guitar). The band has over 50 releases including vinyl records, cassettes and CDs, most of which are on singer Nic Hughes' own record label Isolated Now Waves. They will be playing in Saskatoon on Friday November 13th, 2009 @ The Free Flow Dance Studio, 224 25th St. W.

Here are some noisy sounds that I like listening to whilst washing dishes:

Shearing Pinx - Selfish Acts (mp3)

Shearing Pinx - Battery Born (mp3)

Boredoms - Greatboreful Dead (mp3)

Boredoms - Boredom With God On Noise - Boretafari (mp3)

AIDS Wolf - Gnarly Tooth (mp3)

AIDS Wolf - Cities of Glass (mp3)

Narwhalz - Rupiesjam (mp3)

Narwhalz - Slime (mp3)

Doddodo - She Sing Slime Song (mp3)

Doddodo - pictograph of crossed out note and angry furry thing (mp3)

NaBloPoMo

Just yesterday I was made aware that there is a National Blog Posting Month which begins today. Basically the goal is to post something to this blog daily for the entire month of November. I'm definitely up for the challenge, and am in fact skipping a soccer game that I should be coaching so I could prepare for Rainbow Radio, and assure that I had enough time to post something here.

I don't have much time to dedicate to a post right now, but I didn't want to already have ruined my chances at successfully completing this challenge.

Here's a playlist of the tracks I'm going to play tonight on Rainbow Radio:

Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
Girls - Solitude
The Younger Lovers - Danny
Gravy Train!!! - You Made Me Gay
Mika Miko - I Got A Lot (New New New)
Mika Miko - Bastard In Love
Kania Tieffer - Hot
Kania Tieffer - The Pleasure Is Mine
Katastrophe - Tonight
Katastrophe - The Life
Sexy Sushi - Tu Dégages
Sexy Sushi - Je T'obéis
Shearing Pinx - Selfish Acts
Shearing Pinx - Battery Born
Narwhalz - The Pom Wizard Rises