I was away in Vancouver and America for a bit. Thanks to Johanna and Nathan for filling in for me the past few weeks.
While I was away the Victoria city council decided to stop Camas and the Brickyard from hosting shows. Andrea already articulated how I feel about this, but I wanted to mention it on here as well. All ages venues are important to local music scenes; they allow for the entire community to participate in shows, regardless of age. I spent a large part of my underage high school years at all ages shows. I always dreaded seeing my favorite bands come through town with the '19+' tag attached to the listing.
Camas made it easy for anyone to put on shows. Andrea and I used to complain about the lack of affordable all ages venues in Victoria. Camas stopped our complaining for a year and a half. The space supported several music communities in Victoria for that period, hosting local punk, hardcore, noise and indie rock shows on a weekly basis. As of this Friday, May 15, Camas will no longer be having shows. Luckily, the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective stepped back into the picture right before we lost Camas and the Brickyard as venues. Vancouver has been having similar issues with all ages venues being shut down recently. It is a problem that will recur, and Victoria is not the only place this happens. Technically, these venues were illegal, operating outside of their zoning designations. I'm not sure what needs to happen to ensure that a venue can operate 'legally,' but at least we had those spaces for the time that we did.
Some good things that happened there:
Sat, April 17, 2009: Ghosts, ‘It It, Woolworm at Brickyard
Fri, March 6, 2009: Slam Dunk, ‘It It, Rooney & the Minglers, Old Gospel at Camas
Thurs, January 29, 2009: Listening Party, Slam Dunk, Almonds Cohen, Giant Wood Chipper at Brickyard
Sat, January 17, 2009: Elenora Thompson, Giant Wood Chipper, Walter TV, Fuji Hakayito at Camas
Sun, Nov 16, 2008: A&R Presents - The Bicycles, Hot Panda, Prairie Cat, The Secret World of Animals at Camas
Sat, Nov 15, 2008: Balacade, The Joe, Doug Hoyer, Nail Salon at Camas
Wed, June 18, 2008: Slam Dunk, Women, Mt Royal at Brickyard
Sun, May 18, 2008: A&R Presents - Laura Barrett, No Gold, The Macadamia Brothers at Camas
Thurs, May 1, 2008: Balacade, Nail Salon, Bear’s Lair at Brickyard
Fri, April 25, 2008: Oldlife Presents - The Blankket, Almonds Cohen, Blanck at Camas
December 30, 2007: A&R Presents - Endless Bummer, The Desks, Panty Boy, Balacade at Camas
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In happier local music news, the Almonds, Cohen full length record is DONE! It is called Amazing Grass, and there is a special release show happening on Wednesday. Almonds, Cohen doesn't even need venues. This event is outside, in a semi-secret (okay, it's a tunnel) location. Meet at Recyclistas at 8:30. Bring a flashlight. It's outside. It's free. Macadamia Brother's are performing as well. Boom box amps.
More info at Old Life.
Playlist:
Artist - Album - Song
Wavves - Wavvves - No Hope Kids
Future Islands - Wave Like Home - Old Friend
Double Dagger - More - No Allies
Crocodiles - Summer of Hate - I Wanna Kill
The Magnetic Fields - The Wayward Bus - The Saddest Story Ever Told
Apollo Ghosts - Hastings Sunrise - Shadow Boxing Bruce Lee
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Natural Light
The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines - Molly's Lips
The Torrent - Leonora Moreno - Unpopular
Anagram - Split 12" - Manic Indulgence
The Blankket - Pegatively Nositive - 2003 (clean)
Telepathe - Dancemother - Can't Stand It
Woods - Songs of Shame - The Hold
Almonds, Cohen! - Amazing Grass - Ring Finger
Clues - Clues - Haarp
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - 200 Years Ago
Years - Years - Are You Unloved?
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam - Derek
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
I've been terrible at updating this blog for the past month and a half. Finishing up school consumed my spare time. When my updates disappear you should go read Regency Fops. Geoff posts playlists before the show goes to air. That would be impossible on Carload of Whatever.
Things I think about: Why did Julie Doiron re-record songs she wrote for Shotgun & Jaybird in 2006? Why did she decide to do it on this record, and not on the other two records she's put out since Trying to Get Somewhere? This stuff keeps me up at night.
Carload of Whatever is heading into its last summer. I should have lots of free time over the next few months, so hopefully that translates into well organized, informative programming. That being said, I'll be gone for the next two weeks. This week Johanna is filling in for me, followed by Nathan next Sunday. See you after that.
Playlist:
Artist - Album - Song
Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective - Quicksand
Sunset - Loveshines II - Loveshines II
Blank Dogs - On Two Sides - The Lines
Condo Fucks - Fuckbook - With a Girl Like You
The Kinks - Kink Kronikles - This is Where I Belong
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic - Your Magic is Working
Saturday Looks Good To Me - All Your Summer Songs - Meet Me By the Water
Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. - Operation
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - A Stop at the Chord Cascades
Les Mouches - You're Worth More to me Than 1000 Christians - Cities Become Less Important
Lake Country - Tape Split - Bee's Needs
Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got a Leg - I Know the Weight of Your Throat
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine - Spanish Gold, 2044
Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day - Borrowed Minivans
Shotgun & Jaybird - Trying to Get Somewhere - Writing On Our Arms
The Torrent - Building Blocks Vol. 1 - Leopold Bloom
Videotape - My Favorite Thing - Night Lights
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Lots of new!
Playlist
Artist - Album - Song
Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective - Different Mirrors
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - Sea of Pulses
Tune Yards - Bird Brains - Sunlight
The Coathangers - Scramble - Toomerhead
MV & EE with the Golden Road - Drone Trailer - Anyway
Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance - We Were There
Emeralds - Solar Bridge - The Quaking Mess
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine - Paper Lace
Leonard Cohen - Live in London - Suzanne
Dan Deacon - Bromst - Puddling Ghost
Videohippos - Unbeast the Leash - Downfall
Japandroids - Post-Nothing - Young Hearts Spark Fire
Blaise Pascal - Foreward - Forecast