Monday, April 22, 2013
Hillside 2013 Lineup Reaction
Friday, April 19, 2013
Hillside 2013 - Lineup Rumours
Keys n Krates who had to cancel last year are likely to be back on this time around.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Cadence Weapon, Woodhands (Van Gogh's Ear - Oct 8, 2008)
A unique double bill that seems odd in theory works out quite well when played out in real life. Mind you there seemed to be a bit of a divide in the audience between the two sets.
First up were the electro-indie dance duo, Woodhands, who brought their keytar, synth, drumset and effects up the yahoo. They got a sizeable crowd up front, while drawing in many others from the fringes of the bar to at least stand up and check them out. Dancing ensued. Midway through the set saw a visit from Cadence who nearly burst blood vessels in his forehead trying to spit out a ridiculously paced verse into a mic that was turned down wayy too loww. He even tried singing into the reverb mic without luck, while finishing the verse and then going make some noise by fiddling with Woodhands' board of dials and buttons. After his departure "I wasn't made for fighting!" screamed through the room.
- wanna do it one more time to the extreme, with audio and visual cues, improv
-Dancer closed, and more improv with DJ coop
Cadence Weapon
-shot with dj
-closed with iggy pop cover with woodhands
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Hillside Reviews 2011!
All the goodness should be pouring out over the next week or so if I stay motivated. Going to be all over at the new blog - AudioVernacular.blogspot.com
Check it for Harlan Pepper, Kidstreet, The Midway State, Graveyard Train and more. Plus much more to come!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Hillside 2011 Gameplan
Geeked out!
- Green is priority numero uno
- Yellow is a close second
- Red is my choice if I'm not distracted by swimming, or ice cream, or Hillside eats, or beer.
- Kidstreet are gonna kill it!
- I think Harlan Pepper are properly following in the Arkells footsteps - fellow Hamiltonians.
- And Midway State are new to me, and catchy catchy.
- OMMMG! Oh, Mother Mother Mangan Georgas! This workshop gives me goosepimples. Dan has collab-ed with everyone to great effect (Veda Hille, Shayne Koyczan, Hey Ocean - watch the amazing vid)
- How do you choose between Mother Mother and Hooded Fang though?! MM come from further.. and I haven't seen them since the new album. Still tough with talk of Hooded Fang's new album being amazing and it's not even out yet.
- Sheepdogs personify the '70s.
- Hollerado should be a fun closing party too!
- Gobble Gobble's Boring Horror is in the fight for my song of the summer. Their live show is supposed to be spectacular too. But Modern Field Recordings are really unique and I never see them touring..
- RAA vs Braids vs Fred Penner is a tough tough choice. I really love Braids' album even if I didn't love their set last Hillside. Whereas I just saw RAA - but their first Hillside set was fantastic. (A mere 2 years ago?!) Sorry 5-old-Stefan, not seeing Fred.
- Common Grackle are super interesting, and local! Pumped, even if I have to skip Paper Lions for them (grumble grumble... why can't I set the schedule?)
- Shad always brings it in Guelph. Or anywhere.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Hillside 2011 Preparatory Playlist
My silence has no correlation to my Hillside excitement level. To bring yours up, here is a little preparatory playlist with a song from each of this year's Hillside bands (available on Radio3 anyhow), personally selected by yours truly. Listen up, click through to the artists that grab your ear, and get ready for a whirlwind weekend of fun, sun, ice cream and swimming.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Hillside 2011 Announced
Well I guess I slacked this year and only manage to post 6 of 53 bands early this year..
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Hollerado, Hollerado, Hollerado (PCH, Apr 1)
Friday, April 15, 2011
2011 Roundup #2: Dala etc.
- * All are unconfirmed
Monday, March 21, 2011
Hillside 2011 - Opening Peek
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Hooded Fang (Noon Hour Concert UoG, Oct 31, 2008)
Arriving after the beginning of their set I found the zombie-basketball squad (it was halloween afterall) in the midst of their fine young set. They played all the stuff from their online repertoire and a handful of others. It was pure creative Canadian indie music - right up my alley. Not sounding the same, but akin to Born Ruffians (who incidentally they were playing with the following evening). I ate it up as their drummer handled primary singing duties, and even gave up the drums at one point to allow one of the girls to unsteadily drop the backbeat while he sang and played guitar up front. They had a xylophone (who doesn't these days?) and the 6 piece impressed me enough to request a CD afterwards (which i was disappointed to hear they'd forgotten)
Friday, February 25, 2011
Blog Transition - AudioVernacular
As all three of you readers likely haven't noticed, my recent posts have all been about Toronto shows. Well the fact of the matter is that I've joined the migration and moved to the big smoke. In honour of this, and in wanting a fresh start of sorts, a remodel, a makeover, I've begun a NEW blog.