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July 30th |
COCAINE MOUSTACHE w/ BLACK WIZARD,
HUGENELK
& BALLISTA @ The BILTMORE -
Info HERE
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Aug 13th |
ELEPHANT TRAIN Tour Kick-Off
Party w/ The UNKNOWN CULPRITS,
The INTRUDERS & The MILK
PIPES @ The RAILWAY CLUB -
Info HERE
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Aug 20th |
KILL MATILDA CD & Video Release
Tour Kick-Off Farewell Party
& INNERTWYNE CD Release
w/ GLORYWHORE & MONIKER
@ The SHARK CLUB - Info
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Aug 21st |
STONE COLD CRAZY Queen Tribute
w/ TROPHY WIFE, SOL 3 &
NUKEM NICE @ The RAILWAY CLUB
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| Fri
Sept 3rd |
DRIVE Cars Tribute w/ CRAZY
DIAMONDS Pink Floyd Tribute
& The BLUE BUS @ The RAILWAY
CLUB
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| Sat
Sept 4th |
MENDOZZA, CRIMSON ROOTS, WE
HUNT BUFFALO & guests @ The
Fairview Pub - Info
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Sept 10th |
ANALOG BELL SERVICE w/ AUNTS
AND UNCLES & TARIQ HUSSEIN @
The RAILWAY CLUB
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Sept 11th |
The MATINEE, WALTER DANDY &
THE DUSTY SEEDS, PETE WERNER
+ REDBIRD @ The RAILWAY
CLUB -
Info HERE
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Sept 17th |
The
SSRIS,
GO GHETTO TIGER, The STRANGE
MAGIC & D.B. BUXTON @ The
RAILWAY
CLUB - Info
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Oct 1st |
MIAMI DEVICE, WHITEY, LEMMING
DYNASTY & FUZZCAT acoustic @
The SHARK CLUB
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Friday, July 30th IMU
presents COCAINE MOUSTACHE
w/ BLACK WIZARD, HUGENELK
& BALLISTA @ The Biltmore Cabaret,
395 Kingsway . Doors 8pm / Purchase
$10 advance tickets directly online
HERE
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COCAINE
MOUSTACHE - Showcasing
a wide mixture of styles,
Cocaine Moustache sounds like
the dysfunctional love child
of Black Sabbath and The Allman
Brothers with a little ZZ
Top and James Brown mixed
in for the hell of it. Formed
in 2009, the band features
members from many of Vancouver's
top local metal/punk outfits
including Zuckuss, Mecha Messiah,
Tyrants Blood, Tendonitis
and Mechanism.
BLACK
WIZARD - Vancouver's
best new metal band is melting
faces with their huge psychedelic
riffs and even bigger harmonies,
wielding the power of intense
old-school metal. Featuring
former members of Sprëadeagle,
Onslaught and Whyte Hott,
they have all the obligatory
guitar shredding, vocal yowling
and percussion pounding needed
to get the blood flowing.
HUGENELK
play riffs and drums and put
words over it too - that's
crazy!
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. Friday, August 13th
IMU
presents
ELEPHANT TRAIN Tour Kick-Off
Party w/ The UNKNOWN CULPRITS,
The INTRUDERS & THE
MILK PIPES @ The Railway
Club, 579 Dunsmuir . Doors 9pm
/ Cover $12 @ the door
ELEPHANT
TRAIN has been around
for nearly two years, gaining
a respectable following by playing
shows throughout Vancouver.
Their sound touches on a wide
variety of genres and styles,
combining funky licks that make
the girls cry with a solid,
lickity-split havoc that brings
out the boogie in people. Quickly
gathering speed with a new album
of studio recordings, Elephant
Train delivers a strong, enthusiastic
live show full of funky, original
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UNKNOWN CULPRITS are a Toronto-based
power grunge trio with jazz and blues
leanings who are quickly building
a growing fanbase all across Canada
with their uniquely fresh sound and
explosive live shows. With incredible
instrumental skill and powerful, yet
melodic vocals, the Culprits' high-energy
performances and catchy hooks constantly
win over even the most diverse crowds.
The
MILK PIPES always drop the
hammer on their original tunes with
a joyful and reckless abandon. Three
years, over 50 shows on, and with
a new album almost in the can, The
Pipes are having the kind of good
time that can only come from within.
They are a band of brothers who always
share their beer... until it's the
last one, then it's war. You'll hear
them coming so stomp your feet or
get the hell out of the way.
The
INTRUDERS are a rock and roll
band. They dig Delta & Chicago blues,
60s garage rock, southern rock, British
Invasion, acid-rock and early punk.
After a summer of writing, touring,
and playing festivals around the interior,
they moved to Vancouver and have just
finished recording their new LP 'Half
Cut' at The Farm Studios. The Intruders
are geared up for bringing some real
rock and roll to Vancity in 2010!
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Friday, August 20th
IMU
presents
KILL
MATILDA CD & Video Release Tour
Kick-Off Farewell Party & INNERTWYNE
CD Release w/ GLORYWHORE &
MONIKER @ The Shark Club, 180
West Georgia Street . Doors 8pm /
Cover $10 advance . $12 @ the door
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KILL
MATILDA pours a high-energy,
adrenaline-infused shot of thrashing
guitar riffs, pounding rhythm,
intelligent lyrics and snarling-to-sweet
vocal melodies. With hints of
punk and metal, this tough as
nails band has blown out the
eardrums of audiences from UBC
to East Hastings, summoning
the ghosts of grunge and dynamic
grrl-rock.
INNERTWYNE's
combination of South American
folk, rock and classical music
infused with metal and punk
combusts into a powerful and
incendiary rock show that is
at once captivating and ass-kicking.
With two albums already under
their belt, the band is currently
supporting their third most
recent release.
GLORYWHORE
expoits the beauty in sleaze
by abducting the edgier elements
of glam, metal, powerpop and
New York punk and pummelling
them into submission. Initially
formed as a side project of
Vancouver blues punks The Cryptos,
they've quickly gained a reputation
as a tight, high energy live
act fronted by fiery suicide
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MONIKER
blends the heavy riff-based structure
of metal with the dirty chordal grandeur
of grunge. With bombastic drums, thunderous
bass tones, heavy rhythms, blistering
leads and epic, clearcutting vocals,
ear plugs are only a suggestion.
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Saturday, August 21st IMU
presents STONE COLD CRAZY
Queen Tribute w/ TROPHY WIFE,
SOL 3 & NUKEM NICE @
The Railway Club, 579 Dunsmuir . Doors
9pm / Cover $12 @ the door
STONE COLD
CRAZY was formed by happy
accident in August 2008 when UBC's
Ubyssey newspaper requested the formation
of a Queen tribute for their 90-year
anniversary. The guys had so much
fun dressing up and rocking out in
character that they've decided to
take their love of Queen off-campus
and into the hearts and minds of Vancouver's
70s-centric rock fans!
SOL
3 - These former heavyweights
of Edmonton’s indie music scene have
relocated to Vancouver with their
brand of well-crafted, hook-driven
melodic guitar rock. Influenced by
the great bands from every era in
rock history including the Stones,
Led Zeppelin, The Who and The Pixies,
SOL 3 have evolved to create their
own distinct and unique approach with
a fresh and relevant sound for the
modern age.
TROPHY
WIFE put the mental back in
instrumental, combining blistering
riffs, funky bass and rhythmic beats
into an intensely contagious blend
that has hooked fans at venues throughout
Vancouver. It's hard to pin down their
mix of rock, funk, metal and blues,
but they've steadily made believers
out of legions of people who simply
didn't know they would like an instrumental
act until they heard Trophy Wife.
Foregoing a singer and the desire
to be conventional or mainstream,
Trophy Wife steals all the glory for
themselves by dazzling ears, pleasing
eyes, moving asses, melting faces
and doing other unmentionable things
to every other body part you can think
of!
NUKEM
NICE is a hard-working four
piece original rock band. Their style
can be described as a blend of classic
rhythm n' blues mixed with modern
hard rock. Each band member's distinctive
styles combine to create a truly unique
sound. The band's overall purpose
is to deliver a pure musical experience
and to perform raw, high-energy live
shows.
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Friday, September 3rd IMU
presents DRIVE Cars Tribute
w/ CRAZY DIAMONDS Pink Floyd
Tribute & The BLUE BUS
@ The Railway Club, 579 Dunsmuir .
Doors 9pm / Cover $12 @ the door
DRIVE
- Vancouver's own tribute to The Cars
pays homage to one of the most successful
American bands to ever emerge from
the late '70s New Wave era. The Cars'
uncanny timing and unusually sleek
style created a contagious, irresistable
and distinctive sound with elements
of early rock ‘n’ roll, the British
Invasion, art rock and punk. With
a catalog of songs that still enjoy
immediate recognition nearly three
decades later, DRIVE delivers tight,
faithful renditions of The Cars' edgy
streamlined sound with spot-on vocals,
riffs and tempos for fans to groove
along to!
CRAZY
DIAMONDS - In the 12 months
they've been together, Vancouver's
one and only Pink Floyd tribute act
has already built up a sizable following
playing clubs like The Media Club,
Railway Club and Backstage Lounge.
These musicians are serious about
honoring the music of Pink Floyd and
delivering a powerful live show that
presents the best of their mindblowing,
psychedelic music.
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Saturday, September 4th IMU
presents MENDOZZA,
CRIMSON ROOTS, WE HUNT BUFFALO &
guests @ The Fairview Pub, 898 West
Broadway . Doors 8pm
/ Cover $10
online HERE
and @
the door
MENDOZZA
- With a thunderous bellow, three
shadowy figures emerge from the smoky
depths of Vancouver: the throaty Deuce
on guitar and vocals, tattooed drumming
beauty Bina and the heavy handed The
Judge on bass. Having shared stages
with the likes of 3 Inches of Blood,
Jucifer and Pride Tiger, they've come
to deliver their latest creation "White
Rhino", and this time they've perfected
their bastard strain in conspiracy
with producer/engineer Rob Shallcross
(Gwar, Strapping Young Lad, Jaw).
Mixed by the legendary Billy Anderson
(Melvins, High On Fire), the album's
array of thunder, grit and earthy
tones slam into the earth like a screaming
pink belly in the desert sun.
CRIMSON
ROOTS -- This is the dawning
of a great age, one where man and
metal can live as one with rock as
their foundation. Deep in this time
was birthed a band. In the dying moments
of '07, a young man entered a basement
lair that would make the average man
tremble. Hit by the soulful cry of
a gleaming, radiant guitar and taken
over by a driving, powerful beat,
he plugged in his bass guitar with
pure euphoria and screamed with all
the love and hate within him. Showcasing
an original blend of east coast hard
party music and west coast psychedelia,
three warriors pillaged the vaults
of creativity within their minds,
their intense passionate musical voyage
spawned the heavy, groove-rockin juggernaut
that is Crimson Roots.
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10th IMU
presents ANALOG BELL SERVICE
w/ AUNTS AND UNCLES &
TARIQ HUSSEIN
@ The Railway Club, 579
Dunsmuir . Doors 9pm / Cover $12 @
the door
ANALOG BELL SERVICE - 5 Guys.
2 Brothers. 2 Atlantic Canadians.
1 Californian. They came together
because of a rehearsal space in Chinatown
that could only be accessed by ringing
a bell on a string. Substance influenced
jams were recorded and eventually
chiseled into songs. The songs were
arranged into a set and played at
the legendary 524 Main St parties
and the band was born.
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Saturday, September 11th IMU
presents The MATINÉE, WALTER
DANDY & The DUSTY SEEDS,
PETE WERNER & REDBIRD
@ The Railway Club, 579 Dunsmuir
. Doors 9pm / Cover $12 @ the door
The
MATINÉE is emerging as one
of the West Coast's premier independent
bands. Blending a passion for fine
ale and finely crafted tunes, they
offer a unique spin on a roots rock
sound that is quickly attracting both
national and international audiences.
Writing songs that paint pictures
of empty bottles and broken hearts,
broken bottles and empty hearts, their
collection of songs vividly comes
to life. As they continue with their
hard-nosed, DIY, blue collar work
ethic, there is little doubt that
this show is worth the price of admission.
WALTER
DANDY & The DUSTY SEEDS deliver
a unique hybrid of folk, rock, western,
swing and country, employing sweet
skills on a banjo, a pedal steel,
a few guitars, some harmonica and
a little bit of organ.
PETE
WERNER - With a delivery as
casual and warm as his songwriting
is confident, Pete Werner's music
is breathtakingly accomplished alt/country
rock. Werner and his longtime friends
Del Cowsill and Shane Wilson effortlessly
mix sparkling sunshine pop with light
and nimble country twang, occasionally
embroidered by pedal steel, mandolin
and Hammond organ on their 2009 release
"Savage" which was recorded and mixed
by Steven Drake.
REDBIRD
pairs roots influences with an indie
rock eagerness and a soulful delivery
of insightful lyrics. After leading
the local indie-pop group The Savannah
Leigh Band for several years, life
began to lead singer/songwriter Savannah
Leigh Wellman in new directions. Redbird's
upbeat and quirky alternative country
folk is infused with Wellman's sweet
and tender yet powerful and captivating
voice.
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. Friday, Sept 17th
IMU
presents The SSRIS, GO
GHETTO TIGER, The STRANGE MAGIC &
D.B. BUXTON @ The Railway Club,
579 Dunsmuir . Doors 9pm / Cover $12
@ the door
The
SSRIS combine jittery exuberance,
corkscrew rhythms and skittish melodies
into a hyperactive blast of avant-garde
experimental art punk. Built on a
raging mass of spastic guitars, their
infectious sound fuses jagged-glass
pop and disorienting structural shifts
with cockeyed jazz, tornados of ray-gun
synth and nasal-whine vocals to induce
sonic vertigo.
GO
GHETTO TIGER delivers devastating
synth riffs and irresistibly danceable
beats with a live show that has been
described as "unpredictable, always
keeping you guessing about where it
might turn next." Their eclectic blend
of guitar, bass and synth interjects
playful drum loops, samples and melodic
vocals, combining into intelligent,
sparkly, melodic grooves with inspired
lyrics and tempo changes.
The STRANGE MAGIC - Vancouver
psychedelic collective The Strange
Magic runs the gamut from sunkissed
psych pop and juggernaut rock-outs
to gossamer balladry and everything
in between. Featuring members of The
R.A.D.I.O., Panurge, The Awkward Stage
and Blackout Lights, the band made
its debut with a Japanese tour and
has since shared the stage with such
stellar acts as Os Mutantes, Pointed
Sticks, Shonen Knife and Susan Jacks
(Poppy Family).
D.B.BUXTON
combines soulful vocals with a blisteringly
intense performance style honed from
years on the freezing streets of Edmonton.
From mysteriously engaging synth/guitar
pop and wistful ballads to ferocious
one man bandism and baroquely-layered
electro funk, think early Nick Cave
and Van Morrison on a drug binge with
Jack White and Rufus Wainwright.
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