DNTTA Playlist for June 22, 2018

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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The Zorgs - Uptight Rhythm* - Chew on it (Transistor 66)
Teenage Head - Ain’t Got No Sense* - Fun Comes Fast (Warner)
The Gays - No Love in the Village* - The Agenda (Independent)
Silver Dapple - Pines* - Moody Boots (Pink Haze)
D.O.A. - You Can’t Stop Me* - Fight Back (Sudden Death)
Grievance - Winona* - Guns and Roses' Roses (Grooves)
Carissa Johnson and the Cure-Alls - Badlands - Talk Talk Talk (Fuel Heart)
Life in Vacuum - Sinker* - All You Can Quit (New Damage)
The Houses (Where We Grew Up) - We Will Break/Up Someday* - single (Independent)
Nutrition - False Start* - Nutrition (Independent)
Nutrition - Someone Kill Me* - Nutrition (Independent)
Deep Fryer - Jeremy* - Rockin' Right Hard (Ancient Temple)
Softess - Prophetic Void* - Absolute Truth (Independent)
Flesh Control - Naptime* - Weirdest Tuesday (Baffled Octopi)
Hansmole - Gourmet Bathing* - Bitter Herb (Independent)

DNTTA Playlist for June 15, 2018

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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SIANspheric - Eight Hundred Mixer* - There's Always Someplace You'd Rather Be (Sonic Unyon)
Deadly Stare - Solitude in Zone Rouge* - The Electric Seaeanfiora (Endemik)
Rosemo(u)nt Antiquartet - En Berne du Realisement* - Fuguer la Cillement du Refuge en Soi (Endemink)
Mogwai - Waltz for Aidan - Come On Die Young (Matador)
Peppermoth - Follow Me* - Glimmer Tide (Big Mind)
Pan American - What Do They Dream? - Kranky Kompilation 2 (Kranky)
Shooting Guns - Another Barn Burner* - Another Wolf Cop OST (Independent)
Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet - Dreams - Landfall (Nonesuch)
Ah Young Hong - Hersch: A Breath Upwards V - A Breath Upwards (Innova)
Yuko Fujiyama - Premonition - Night Waves (Innova)
The Besnard Lakes - Devastation* - Are the Dark Horse (Jagjaguwar)

Best of 2017 #6: Future Islands - The Far Field (4AD)

US band Future Islands are sort of like the indy rock's version of AC/DC. They tend to make the same album, but it's a pretty good album anyway. The band has this odd mix of playful electro-rock, usually with a prominent bassline, with Sam Herring's expressive crooning propelling the emotion of the band along. I rated their last album, Singles, as my favourite album of 2014. This album doesn't break a lot of new ground, but it's a pretty fine album anyway.

DNTTA Playlist for June 8, 2018

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Sly and Robbie Meet Dubmatix - Shabby Attack* - Overdubbed (Independent)
Jeremy Dutcher - Oqiton* - Wolastoqiyik Linkowakonawa (Independent)
Gastr del Sol - Each Dream is an Example - Camoufleur (Drag City)
Melotika - Bittersweet Reality* - Unaware (Independent)
Peach Kelli Pop - Los Angeles* - Which Witch EP (Mint)
Peach Kelli Pop - Crooked* - Which Witch EP (Mint)
Kellarissa - Too Drunk to Be Afraid* - Ocean Electro (Mint)
Les Modes - Kiss Her Blue* - Argon (Independent)
David Byrne - It’s Not Dark Up Here - American Utopia (Nonesuch)
The Chameleons UK - I’ll Remember - Strange Times (Geffen)
Autogramm - Jessica Don’t Like Rock and Roll* - 7" (Snappy Little Numbers)
Boniface - Again and Again* - Phantom Limbs EP (Transgressive)
Versa - This is Where We Disappear* - Versa (Independent)

Concert Review: Abby Wale/Bridal Party/At Mission Dolores at the Blue Grotto

Now that the sun is shining, early evening concerts are much more easy to attend. The Blue Grotto in downtown Kamloops has been taking on more rock acts lately, and I'm all for it.

This concert took place on Sunday, June 17th, featuring two local acts, Abby Wale and At Mission Dolores, and Victoria's Bridal Party, on their way through BC headed to the Sled Island Festival in Calgary.

Abby Wale was up first. Abby was (is?) a member of the Kamloops based country/pop band The Bees and the Bare Bones, now out on a solo outing. Abby just had a few songs to play in the pop/rock vein, finishing up a 20 minute set of self-described "sad songs" with aplomb, both singing and playing guitar with her backing band.

Victoria's Bridal Party were a pleasant surprise to my ears. Minimalist dreamy indy pop, summery vibes and a vaguely detached delivery. Think early Talking Heads crossed with Beach House with Kate Bush as lead singer. Or like an indy pop version of the Beach Boys. They even had a beach chair on stage with them, and singer Suzannah Raudaschl sat down for a few songs. I bought both of their albums (on tape), I was so impressed with them.

At Mission Dolores are local favourites and the flagship band of Factotum Recording, who promoted the show. They have the feel of a slacker indy rock band, with the guitar noodling tendencies of a jam band, like Weezer if they had Phish's guitar section. They had the crowd going all through their set and had them chanting for more music when they were done.