Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011 PICKS



FAVORITE RECORDS

Bobby

nite prison comp 
mac demarco - rocknrollniteclub
collage party - dreaming in maui tape
real estate - days
ye + hova - WTT
Drizzy - take care
Ice Age - new brigade
A$AP rocky - livelovea$ap
Main Attrakions - 808s n dark grapes ii 
and anything clamscasino touches...shit is gold naggaz
oneohtrixpointnever - replica

Will
Naomi Punk - The Spell (tour CDR)
Hausu - s/t 7"
Bill Callahan - Apocolypse
Hubble - Hubble Drums
Footwork - s/t CS
Slow Learners - Grocery Store 7"
Mathew Cooper - Some Days Are Better Than Others OST
Real Estate - Days
Jesu - Dethroned / Heart Ache EPs
Three songs from the new M83 record were out of control

Hugo
Collage Party- Dreaming in Maui
Mac Demarco- Rock n Roll Night Club
Nite Prison Comp
long long long - A Girl Drinking Orange Juice Feels Acids On The Sides Of Her Tongue. She Also Smells Citric Aromas And Feels The Wetness And Cold.
Dog Day - Deformer

Kevin
Collage Party- Midnight Mind
Mac Demarco- Rock n Roll Night Club
Drake - Take Care
Naomi Punk - CLS
Real Estate - Days
DUZ/CUZ - Spring Tour Tape
Aaron Read - Bubble Skulls
Clams Casino - ST
Brad Paisley - This is Country Music
Burton Board - Basic BS

FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS

Bobby
weed @ zoo zhop
real estate @ biltmo
dino jr @ comm
babysitter @ astoria
sans aids @ logans
cloudface @ waldorf
salem/animalbodies @ waldorf

Will
SAW 
Naomi Punk / Hausu / Pleasure Beauties @ Cairo, Seattle WA
Dinosaur Jr @ Commodore Ballrom, Vancouver BC
Slow Learners / Needles//Pins @ Antisocial Skateboard Shop, Vancouver BC
PLAYED
Weed / Psychic Feline / Blood Beach @ Reed College, Portland OR
My Friend Wallis / Apollo Ghosts / Flash Palace @ Astoria, Vancouver BC
Weed @ Lucky's Comics, Vancouver BC
Weed / Dan Byers @ Absolute Vinyl, Boulder CO
Weed / Radiator Girls @ some house in St. Paul, MN 

Hugo
Broken Water, Brave Irene, Grass Widow @ Astoria Vancouver BC
Dinosaur Jr @ Commodore Ballroom Vancouver BC
Cousins, Long Weekends @ Gus' Pub Halifax NS
Sans Aids @ Tubby Dog Calgary AB
Manchild, The You Are Minez, Feel Alright, The Courtnys @ Tubby Dog Calgary

Kevin
My Friend Wallis / Apollo Ghosts / Flash Palace @ Astoria, Vancouver BC
DUZHEKNEW / Cousins / Planets @ The Mansion, Vancouver BC
Babysitter @ 360 Glen, Vancouver BC
Hausu @ Black Lodge, Seattle
Band @ Place

FAVORITE MOVIES / TV SHOWS

Bobby
melancholia
treeoflife
breaking bad
frozen planet
theskinilivein

Will
The Green Bay Packers
All NBA regular season & playoff games except the 2011 Finals
Adventure Time
Superjail
Beavis & Butthead reboot
Take Shelter
Cowboys & Aliens... did I see any other movies this year?
Super 8 I guess?
Oh yeah - Rise of the Planet of the Apes was cool...
Beginners
Pull

Hugo
My Favourite movies will always be- Gummo, Vegas Vacation, Jurassic Park and Beavis and Butthead Do America.
I don't watch tv.
wait i lied! i do have a favourite tv show- beavis and butthead

Kevin
VIVO top ten 1974-90
Shameless
Shame (jkjkjk haven't seen it yet)

FAVORITE BOOK / ZINE / MAG / THING YOU READ

Bobby
sneezemag


Will

Everything from Hamburger Eyes
Prison Pit 3 (haven't actually read it yet but I'm sure it's great)
McSweeney's 38
Complete Calvin & Hobbes box set
Malcom X autobiography
Nuts!
Sneeze

Hugo
Our Band Could Be Your Life(thnks Will)

Kevin
The Book of Mormon

FAVORITE TRIP YOU TOOK

Bobby
pdx summer


Will

All Weed tours
Expo 89 @ Cairo, Seattle WA
Bike camping trips @ various islands off BC coast

Hugo
TOUR 
HALIFAX

Kevin
Too many, all good:
Seattle 
Portland
Reno (the polo lounge)
Montreal
Toronto
Mayne Island
Boston
Bay Area
& back down

FAVORITE CLOTHES YOU BOUGHT / GOT

Bobby

Will
Camo jacket
Canucks snapback
Weed TV shirts... underrated...
Tye-dyed shirts
Various polar fleeces from my childhood bedroom

Hugo
XL T'S FRUM COSTCO 

Kevin
Shoes that fit

FAVORITE WEBSITE YOU FREQUENTED

Bobby
thedailyswarm
thedailywhat
hotselfshots.tumblr
altrdznz
residentadvisor
ffffound

Will
Tumblr? I dunno...
Friendship Bracelet
@Greg_Punzo

Hugo
google.ca/google.com 


Kevin
youtube so good


FINAL THOUGHTS ON 2011

Bobby
we're still fuckd. shit gone popov. 2012. weed will take over everthannnngggggg
luv n miss hoes. see yu in la betchz!!! my balls are tinglang

Will
2011 was actually badass. Touring was awesome. School was good. Friends were made. I want more good Vancouver bands to tour: Drive and figure it out.
RIP Diamond.

Hugo
I AM SO GLAD I MET MY NEW BEST FRIENDS.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WORLD 2 END.

OPT TO PRESS ON F'ORD.

Kevin
My thoughts are rarely final, as I am not much of a summarizer, year-ender, what-have-you type of guy. That said, 2011 was nicely done

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011


Some pictures from our show at Lucky's Comics a few weeks ago... tried to make this one fun for the fans
pictures by LUCINDA EVA MAY

Our friend NICOLE KELLY WESTMAN took this picture and some other ones but we aren't gonna use em because Bobby wasn't in the band yet

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

TOUR DATES FOR JANUARY 2012


1/2 LOS ANGELES CA - House show TBA


1/3 LOS ANGELES CA - The Smell w/ Catwalk


1/4 SAN FRANCISCO CA - TBA NEED HELP


1/5 OLYMPIA WA - Hot Tub House w/ Naomi Punk, Dana Jewell


1/6 SEATTLE WA - Black Lodge w/ Naomi Punk, M. Women


1/7 VANCOUVER BC - 360 Glen w/ High Drops, Aaron Read

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Vancouver - Tour kick off poster

TOUR DATES FOR AUGUST 2011

8/11 VANCOUVER BC - The Mansion w/Aaron Read, Koko

8/12 SEATTLE WA - Black Lodge w/Kuhrye-oo, Shakes, Slashed Tires Soundsystem, Lindseys

8/13 PORTLAND OR - Burgerville

8/14 NAPA CA - Slack Ranch w/Kuhrye-oo

8/15 BAY AREA CA - TBA

8/16 LOS ANGELES CA - TBA

8/17 PHOENIX AZ - Trunk Space w/Letters, Vegetable

8/18  ALBUQUERQUE NM - Winning Coffee w/Roo

8/19 TBA

8/20 ST LOUIS MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

8/21 CHICAGO IL - TBA

8/22 MADISON WI - Project Lodge

8/23 EAU CLAIRE WI - Nucleus w/Adelyn Rose

8/24 MINNEAPOLIS MN - House Show w/Radiator Girls, Teenage Moods