Every Friday 3am Revelations give you our picks for some of the fantastic live shows happening in and around our city of Vancouver. There's much more going on all the time, which you can check out in our concert calendar. What are you seeing this week? Let us know in the comments below.
Kirk's Pick
Who?Louise Burns w/ Holy Hum Where? The Lido When? Saturday February 4th Why? A free Louise Burns show to celebrate her new album, located just down the block from my house? Yes please!
Christine's Pick
Who?Sam Roberts & Hollerado Where? The Orpheum When? Tuesday February 7th Why? That's a hell of a lineup. It's been quite a long time since I've seen either of these bands (esp. outside of festivals), so both together? Yes please. Look out, roof of the Orpheum!
Jessica's Pick
Who? Benjamin Francis Leftwich Where? The Imperial When? Saturday, Feb 4th Why? Beautiful tunes from across the pond. A calming night in the middle of everyone's busy lives.
Every Friday 3am Revelations give you our picks for some of the fantastic live shows happening in and around our city of Vancouver. There's much more going on all the time, which you can check out in our concert calendar. What are you seeing this week? Let us know in the comments below.
Kirk's Pick
Who? We Are Scientists Where? The Cobalt When? Sunday July 10 Why? Do you like your shows rockin' with a side of hilarious banter? Then you better be at the Cobalt for We Are Scientists on Sunday!
Christine's Pick
Who? Red Truck Concert #2 ft. Hollerado, Bend Sinister, High Kicks and more Where? Red Truck Brewery When? Saturday July 9 Why? Truck Stop Concert #2 is the indie music night at the brewery with Ontario's Hollerado coming into town, Vancouver's own Bend Sinister and more. Grab some sunscreen and a beer and check it out!
Jessica's Pick
Who? CBC Musical Nooners (kick off party w/ The Tourist Company & Jordan Klassen today!) Where? CBC Plaza 700 Hamilton St (moved inside if rain) When? Every week day during the summer, 12 - 1 Why? If you're like me and work an office job downtown, that hour of sunshine you get during lunchtime is soooo valuable! Fill it with music, food trucks (today only), and the coolest people downtown.
*BONUS* Pick
Who? Khatsahlano Street Party ft. Hannah Georgas, Mounties, We Are The City, Jordan Klassen, Hot Panda and more Where? West 4th Ave between Burrard & Macdonald When? Saturday July 9 Why? It's the annual event on West 4th with lots of amazing Canadian bands all performing for free! Make sure to bring your rain gear!
I'm going to try a new thing here, where on or around the first of every month, I'll do a little blurb about the upcoming shows I am stoked about that month.
So for September, the top three shows I am most looking forward to are:
Explosions in the Sky.
These guys are firmly in my top three must see live bands, and I am so very excited by their impending show, on the 9th at the Vogue Theatre. Words can not express how much I want to see them, so instead, see this video. If you don't even have an inkling to see them live after that... I don't even know what to say.
Karkwawith Aidan Knight & The Belle Game.
I am so glad the Polaris Prize winning band is back, as both times I have seen them have been incredible. They're at the Biltmore (where I am pretty sure they blew a speaker the first time I saw them) on the 20th, and supporting them will be none other than Victoria's Aidan Knight, who is always great live, and whose Karkwa-love rivals mine. And if that wasn't a stupendous enough double bill, The Belle Game will also playing.
Broken Social Scene.
I've seen them in a small venue during the Olympics and a large outdoor part co-headlining with Sam Roberts, and places in between, and they always put on a mind-blowing show. Now they're hitting up Malkin Bowl -- which is one of my favourite venues here -- on the 24th. You may never know who, exactly, is going to show up to be in the band; but you always know it's going to be one hell of a show.
Other shows going down I am excited about are the back to back Holleradoand Library Voices shows -- 21st at Venue and 22nd at the Biltmore, respectively. Been too long since either has been here, and both are incredibly fun and lively bands with great live shows.
And then, of course, there are the Peak Performance Project showcases. Running every Thursday for the next five weeks, they're a chance for each of the top 20 bands to show what they have. Each show is at the Red Room, and the lineups consist of:
8 - The Never Surprise,
Hilary Grist,
Jasper Sloan Yip,
The Belle Game.
15 - Avairis,
Fields of Green,
Acres of Lions,
Current Swell.
22 -The Oh Wells,
Ashleigh Eymann,
Sex With Strangers,
The Boom Booms.
29 -The Matinee,
Redgy Blackout,
Behind Sapphire,
Treelines.
With Lindsay Bryan, Maurice, 41st and Home and Rococode taking place October 10th.
So that's it. That's what I am looking forward to. See you there?
