#Vancouver Music

[doyouhowdooo]

My band BEEBOMB finally released our full length album today!!! We worked so incredibly hard on it and have been wanting to share it with you for so so long so we hope you enjoy it!!

[dognonsense]

second official show as dog nonsense! This is the opening verse to a song from my unreleased album puppy girls rule the world. I've included the lyrics :)

High Speed Rail

I think im the kind of dyke thats, made to yearn

Thoughts rush in my bed as i toss and turn

Uninterested in life, unless my heart burns

no matter the heartbreak, i never seem to learn

Chasing the old ghosts of you, Echoes in my mind

[faeriegothfather]

Tripp Jones, Zulu, Scowl, Jesus Piece, and Show Me The Body at the Rickshaw, 09/03/23

[warznymph]

2014 Grimes

[pennanbrae]

A superhero romance. Artwork for the new single, ‘Feel The Caprice’! Influenced by rock & roll of the 1970s, it streams below on all platforms.

[nightheartcomics]

I drew four versions of the Hole In My Head logo. We used the top left design for t-shirts and the album cover for 2nd Place. 🤘🖤

[deepergrooves]

93 ’til infinity and beyond

Hip hop royalty celebrate 30 years of their iconic 93 ’til infinity album at the Hollywood Theatre - Post by Mark Lynch (aka Linchi)

Earlier this month I hobbled along to the Souls of Mischief gig at the iconic Hollywood Theatre on West Broadway having spotted the name of the cali hip hop group in lights on the retro cinema sign above the ticketing desk. I’d recently arrived in Vancouver, so this felt like the shot of nostalgia I needed, and having injured my knee during a close encounter with the Skytrain escalator the previous Saturday, I needed all the disseshowedo dopamine I could get.

After spotting the sign I scoured the internet for tickets only to be disappointed to find out both shows were sold out so I made a mental note to check in on the way back from beers in the city to see if I could cop a late ticket on the door. After a couple of pints in the hazy sunshine at R&B brewing I jumped on the 99 towards Kitsilano. I made a quick exit from the back of the bus, wadded through wafts of smoke and approached the doorman who agreed to let me in at face value. I grabbed a pint of lager and made my way to the front.

93 dates from 93 ‘til

Souls of Mischief embarked on a 93 date world tour in February of this year starting in their home of California before hitting the UK, Europe and a host of cities across the US. The jazz infused, tribe affiliated quartet of Opio, A-Plus, Phesto and Tajai burst onto the stage clad head to toe in matte black tour merch jackets and bucket hats to a warm and admirative reception with some of the more hardcore fans holding vinyl copies of 93 til’ joyously aloft.  

After 30 years, and 74 of 93 gigs this year alone, the group showed no signs of fatigue as they energetically blazed through their uniquely laidback but punchy discography to a backdrop of trippy crawling visuals. The set was polished, engaging and packed with plenty of heart, humour and tales from 3 decades of grateful service to hip hop. The song selection and performance was tight, kicking off with 93 ‘til opener Let ‘Em Know and sliding between 93 ‘til classics and occasional back catalogue indulgences that included numbers from guests in attendance who were charmingly introduced and celebrated. 

On numerous occasions I promised myself (and my knee) that I would stop bopping in the Hollywood theatres steep and sticky pit and take a seat in the cinema seats flanking the crowd but that never happened. I thought that as someone aware of the Souls of Mischief's influence, but only really familiar with their seminal album, there would be a lot of unfamiliar territory and dips through the evening but it was a testament to the groups stage presence and personality that as the show went on it became even more engrossing. 

Hieroglyphic history lesson

About halfway through the night we were given a brief history of the roots of the ‘Hieroglyphics’, an underground hip hop collective made up of the Souls of Mischief and other Oakland acts including Casual and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, who A-Plus briefly teased was tonight's special guest - causing a collective gasp before revealing it was a rouse. The group called out key contributors and gave hieroglyphic hand signs before A-Plus led some crowd participation for ‘Batting Practice’ with the chorus ‘It’s like this y’all, it’s like that y’all, I swing a hieroglyphic baseball bat y’all’.

‘What a way to go out’

Looking around, the crowd were getting loose, but spirits were kept alive by the crews DJ who followed in the educational theme by mixing a medley of hip hop classics from Grandmaster Flash to KRS-One before a final scratch dropped in ‘93’ til infinity’ sending the crowd wild and teeing the Souls of Mischief up to use their hieroglyphic baseball bats to smash it out of the park. The group ended by graciously thanking everyone who has contributed to their story including the Vancouver crowd, the Hollywood Theatre staff and anyone who has enjoyed their music from those listening back in 93 to those born in 93. 

After the final shout outs I made my way out and limped home with a full heart, reflecting on a night of homage to 30 years of the Souls of Mischief, 50 years of hip hop and a lifetime of gratitude from fans across the globe to an iconic group who created a song, an album and a cultural movement that has lasted the test of time, from 93 ‘til infinity.

[thepermanentrainpress]

New Music Video: “Matchmaker” - Haley Blais

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

Holy Hum, “Faith In Doubt,” Let It Be Desire. Heavy Lark Records, 2022.

[stupidkawa]

hi y’all should check out this band bc they’re my fav people ever and this shit is catchy 💛

[doyouhowdooo]

Hello! The fine folks in the Cheekface discord put together a cover compilation for charity and BEEBOMB did a cover of "Big Blank Distraction" on it!! All proceeds go towards Brave Space Alliance, Equality Florida, Mermaids UK, and The Palestinian Childrens Relief Fund. You can find it over here: cheekcordcharitycomp.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-all-the-transphobes

[dognonsense]

Im performing April 6th with New Age Doom @new.age.doom, Zimbamoto, and Low Earth Orbit. It will be first Green Auto show! If your lucky enough to be in Vancouver BC Canada dont miss it! It will bd my biggest crowd yet probably :3!

Doors 7pm

Show 8pm

Tickets $15 advance or $20 at the door! No one turned away for lack of funds.

[faeriegothfather]

Vancouver Speed Fest 20/05/23

[warznymph]

Grimes in Montréal 2011.

[pennanbrae]

New music out tonight!

[nightheartcomics]

Fun times, rad bands, cool venue! Bonus points if you know who’s on the Reward: Dead or Alive poster 🤘🖤