Glory Days &  Beat Route Magazine are hosting a Canadian 4th of July BBQ at Fortune Sound Club!

Eat, drink and enjoy Performances by Tristan Orchard , Noble Oak, Little Wild, Yes Bear, My Gay Husband, and OH NO! Yoko.

147 E. Pender St (at Main) in Chinatown V6A 1T6

Advance tickets for $5 available at Highlife, Zulu, Red Cat, Beatstreet, and online

More event information can be found here

Next Tuesday, June 25th, join us at Fortune Sound Club for Giraffage, Mister Lies, Noble Oak and 8prn.

Giraffage offers a fresh, sample-rich sound of dreamy pop beats, sensual synths and lush experimental electronica. The creation of 23 year-old Charlie Yin of San Francisco, Giraffage is an exciting new producer with an intuitive grasp of modern music manipulation, delivering beats that are dripping with vibes and accessible to all.

Mister Lies is the operational alias for producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Zanca. Equipped with a laptop, several controllers and whatever instruments were lying around his congested dorm-room; he released his first EP anonymously before eventually revealing his identity. Zanca’s debut full-length MOWGLI, is the eight-track result of meditation and soul-searching – an aggressive hunt for self-awareness and feral youth.

Giraffage and Mister Lies come together to create an interesting evening of nocturnal pop and modern experimentation. Remember to join us at 9pm on June 25th at Fortune Sound Club!  (147 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T5)

Facebook event page HERE

Limited $10 early bird tickets available online only at: http://bit.ly/ZNvJlk

$15 advance tickets available at Highlife, Zulu, Red Cat, Beatstreet and online at: http://bit.ly/ZNvJlk

This Sunday, CiTR invites you to the Media Club for the Plugged In Concert Series kick off party!

The Plugged In Concert Series is a monthly series aiming to showcase the best of different genres within the independent music scene in Vancouver. To start the series off, soulful blues band Guerrista will return after an almost two-year hiatus to perform one night only reunion show. The talented Mark Woodyard will also be there to impress you with his guitar and loop pedal skills.

Tickets are $15 at the door, and $10 in advance online at Northern Tickets.
More event information can be found here.

Presented by Plugged in Concert Series and CiTR 101.9FM.

CiTR is a student-run organization that involves students and volunteers in decision making and operations, and is committed to creating a positive, volunteer-friendly atmosphere at the station. The station is funded by student fees, donations and advertising revenue. The Advertising Coordinator will support CiTR’s service to listeners, programmers and volunteers by maintaining and growing CiTR’s advertising revenue, and will work alongside staff and volunteers to achieve the goals of the station.

You rock the party and you’re professional, you want to support a worthy organization with your schmoozing, sales, negotiation, and organizational skills. It’s a fun, flexible and self directed position with an amazing team. What the heck are you waiting for? If you want to explore the inside of Vancouver arts, entertainment and business communities – or if you already have the inside scoop – apply now.

Hive: the New Bees 3 is the third instalment of a performance series that began in 2009 at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Inspired by the popular “HIVE” series produced by the Progress Lab, the event was originally created to foster newpartnerships between emerging theatre artists. For a second time, Resounding Scream Theatre has helmed the event, and while the gathering was delightful yet again, it lacked the daring and quirky humour of Hive: the New Bees 2.

The last night is tonight, June 14.

I visited the Hive only briefly this year, so I missed many of the shows: so keep this in mind regarding my humble opinion. And as a format, it is still highly interesting and effective in introducing new theatre goers to new theatre makers. (more…)

CiTR is proud to support the June edition of Takin’ Turns, a showcase that gives emerging talent an opportunity to share the stage with more established artists.

Now in its second year, Takin’ Turns is a local music showcase happening every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the very funky Prophouse Café (Venables & Commercial), where three musical acts share the stage and play music in-the-round. This month Takin’ Turns presents (more…)

Discorder, that magazine from CiTR 101.9, is hiring an Editor-in-Chief. If you’ve got a passion for Vancouver’s independent music scene, a flair for right words and good writing, and would love to lead a lively team of writers, photographers, and illustrators, this might be the position for you.

Read the post below for the details and submit your application by Friday, June 28, 2013.
You can also download the job posting here (right click + save).

Tonight, Sara Bynoe is dropping by to talk about recent milestones of Say Wha?! which is the best worst literature you’ll ever hear read aloud. Its 3 years old next week, and you can even check out the new podcast.

But first we’ll explore the patina of sea.

More specifically, we explore IOU at Unit/Pitt Projects. The first show at their new location at 236 Pender, and the unfinished walls and smells of the market next door mingle with the smell of the sea and the roughened exterior of the the pieces.

Kalli Niedoba’s curatorial project brings together works by Steven Brekelmans, Colleen Heslin, Devon Knowles, Ben Raymer, Ian Robert Sandilands and Frieda-raye Green. Their pieces – excluding Frienda-raye Green’s video (click through!) – have been submerged in the Georgia Straight to beautiful and thoughtful results.

(L to R): Ben Raymer’s”Endings and Getaways” cast aluminium cap before submersion.  The pieces are submerged. Steven Brekelmans’ “Rudimentary Figures 1.”

Listen tonight to learn why Kalli decided that her curatorial statement would be crated submersion.

Then stick around for Arts Project, in which Mikey Harker presents his full rendering of his conversation with Jesse Birch about Properties at the Western Front. Properties closes this Sunday, June 16 during their 40th Anniversary Open House.

The Tall Tree Music Festival is back this Canada Day long weekend for its fourth year!

Located on Brown’s Mountain in beautiful Port Renfrew BC, the open-air festival aims to create supportive and sustainable relationships between artists, the environment, and the business and residential communities of surrounding areas. For three days, festival goers will camp at one the most scenic locations in all of BC, while enjoying live music that ranges from folk to electronic. This year’s lineup is has a great selection of emerging artists as well as some of Vancouver’s home grown talents that include Rococode, The Belle Game, and Gold and Youth.

As a not-for-profit festival, all profits from the weekend will go to the Tall Tree Festival Society to support local charitable organizations.

For more information about the festival including ticket prices and the full lineup, visit the Tall Tree Festival Website.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Music Waste Festival 2013 officially begins tonight!
For over 15 years, Music Waste has rounded up an impressive selection of local bands, artists and comedians to create a three day festival that’ll knock your dance-induced-sweat-soaked socks off.

Bands we’re particularly stoked to see this year include (more…)