Local Kids Make Good: 5 Vancouver Bands! 5 upcoming shows!
Music Picks February 18-25
The Buttless Chaps will be celebrating the release of their new album in less than a week; the CD release party is guaranteed to be far less sedate than these speed-of-business moustaches indicate.
If you’ve ever listened to a song and wished you could match the pleasure of hearing the band with seeing them live, you’re in luck. This week, The Tyee plucks a Spring collection of some fantastic Vancouver bands who will be playing shows on home turf in mere weeks or months. Have a listen, grab a ticket, and bring your friends down for a drink if you're in town when they are.
![[Tyee]](https://thetyee.ca/ui/img/ico_fishie.png){kind=small}
- Band:
- Song:
- Description:
-
Motorik vocal vamps, lanky guitar hooks, and an addictively minimalist bass line make an ideal bedroom anthem fit for morning dance-offs in your underwear. Sass, sop, and sex never went so well with eggs over easy.
- Album:
Pink Mountaintops
- Label:
- Notes:
-
Catch The Pink Mountaintops at Richard’s on Richard’s with Frog Eyes and Amber & Josh on Wednesday, April 5th.
- Band:
- Song:
- Description:
-
Music for counting money by. The fizzy sunshine of the Doers’ pared-down, living room aesthetic proves that oftentimes, music is the most fun when it’s made in the hallways of your friend’s basements. Recorders, shout-choruses, and scraped elbows akimbo.
- Album:
The Plastic Bass (Limited Edition EP)
- Label:
- Notes:
-
The Doers support at The Buttless Chaps’ CD release party on Thursday, February 23rd at the Red Room.
…all this, and wall hangings too! Check out Doers’ guitarist Sean Maxey’s original artwork. You will not be undersold!
- Band:
- Song:
- Description:
-
The epic leadoff single from one of the top local albums of 2005. Some call it prog rock, but I think that the band’s intensely focused, no-shit aural texture shrugs generic restrictions. Listen, learn, and watch for much more material from these guys in years to come.
- Album:
Through the Broken City
- Label:
- Notes:
-
Bend Sinister plays the Lamplighter on Saturday, March 11th.
Read a Tyee story on Bend Sinister here.
- Band:
- Song:
- Description:
-
Shimmery visions of airport runways and end-of-August goodbyes inject The Book of Lists’ Bowie-inspired sound with a happy nostalgia that makes you miss the summer, or at least wish that the upcoming one would show up a little sooner.
- Album:
Red Arrows
- Label:
Hive Creative Labs
- Notes:
-
The Book of Lists plays with Winning (members of Radio Berlin, Red Light Sting, & Secret Mommy) and Anemones at Pat’s Pub on Friday, February 24th.
- Band:
- Song:
- Description:
-
Lonesome cowboys, twilight evenings, and a dusky optimism that’s a rare gem in the heat of a scene that often mistakes irony for earnesty. If The Pink Mountaintop’s “Can You Do That Dance” gets you up in the morning, let this one lull you to sleep, with cold stars, harvest moons, and flannel blankets.
- Album:
Where Night Holds Light
- Label:
- Notes:
-
The Buttless Chaps are having a CD release party for their new album, Where Night Holds Light, on Thursday, February 23rd at the Red Room. It’s a dual album release with tourmates Young and Sexy. The Doers will also be on deck.
What have we missed? What do you think? We want to know. Comment below. Keep in mind:
Do:
Do not: