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| Going To Rifflandia
I'm going to a festival in Victoria, BC starting today for the weekend.
The venues are various bars and clubs around Victoria, and the main
stage is Royal Athletic Park. It should be pretty cool. It's a good local
festival in its fifth year, and the acts they are already attracting are
impressive. It is still based around a core of local artists, many of the
big names being from the Vancouver/BC area. | | 1 |  | Christopher Arruda
God Hates A Coward
This guy is actually from my hometown of Nanaimo and a bunch of us know him.
Pretty great stuff in the singer-songwriter style. His live show is really good and
last time I saw him he did a really really good Nine Inch Nails cover. | | 2 |  | DJ Shadow
Endtroducing.....
One of the acts I am most excited for, and he is also playing at Market Square
which I'm hoping could be a great venue. | | 3 |  | Kode9 and the Spaceape
Black Sun
Kode9 - UK dubstep legend, owner of Hyperdub records. | | 4 |  | Killer Mike
R.A.P. Music
time conflict with Kode 9, picking the dub obviously | | 5 |  | Brasstronaut
Mount Chimaera
Good local band that mixes in elements of jazz. I saw them before once and the
highlight of the show was definitely the electric clarinet. | | 6 |  | The Flaming Lips
Embryonic
I'm very impressed that this Vancouver Island based festival managed to get The
Flaming Lips, as the crowd will be no more than 7,000. Anyway, I am very excited
to see these guys, more so because when I saw them at Sasquatch 2011, they
didn't deal with their 2 hour timeslot well, and didn't play half of what they meant
to. Being, arguably, the main act of the festival, I imagine they will be able to play
for as long as they feel they need to. | | 7 |  | Lunice
One Hunned
One half of TNGHT. Should be a sick show. | | 8 |  | Fucked Up
The Chemistry of Common Life
Toronto based hardcore band. They conflict with Lunice though and I'm not the
hugest fan. | | 9 |  | The Jezabels
Prisoner
Australian Indie Pop band, pretty good snag from the organizers at Rifflandia. | | 10 |  | Dan Mangan
Nice, Nice, Very Nice
This guy has become one of my favourite artists over the past couple of years, and
the fact that he's from Vancouver is a bonus. I'm really excited to finally see him
live. More people should really listen to this guy, check this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9wgN7_-sPU | | 11 |  | Cake
Fashion Nugget
I've not actually heard this band but I've heard good things. | | 12 |  | Sloan
The Double Cross
None of us really care to see this, but still hey look Sloan! | | 13 | | L-Vis 1990
Neon Dream
Conflicts with the next band. Josh and Denise will rave out here, will I fuck off to
Alix Goolden Hall for... | | 14 |  | The Antlers
Undersea
yayyyyyy. I saw them before at Sasquatch and they killed it. Seeing them in a
small indoor venue will be cool. I hope they play Endless Ladder from the new EP. | | 15 |  | Current Swell
Long Time Ago
A local band I've seen at a small festival before. They were very good, I haven't
listened to any of their music though. | | 16 |  | The Head And The Heart
The Head And The Heart
Another good local band, should be a good show. | | 17 |  | Hey Ocean!
Stop Looking Like Music
Yet another good local band. I'm really excited for this one though, cause I think
they might do a cover of my favourite Arcade Fire song. | | 18 |  | Reggie Watts
Why Shit So Crazy?
why indeed | | 19 |  | Everlast
Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford
I don't really know who this guy is but I guess I'm seeing him? | | 20 |  | Mother Mother
O My Heart
One of the leaders of the local indie rock scene, Mother Mother are a band that are
actually getting quite popular. I've liked all their music so far, but the single for the
new album is pretty bad. Anyway, I've seen them three times already and they
always put on a fun show, so this will be a good way to close the festival. | |
Aids
09.13.12 | I'm really hoping that the festival scene starts to pick up in BC, and it's going well with things like these growing every year
http://2012.rifflandia.com/ | clercqie
09.13.12 | I thought Fucked Up stopped doing shows. This gives me hope to see them someday, yay! | Aids
09.13.12 | i think they are breaking up after this stretch of shows though. sorry :( | clercqie
09.13.12 | Aw man, fuck this :[ | sniper
09.13.12 | dj shadow is just gonna spin hella hyphy just so you know | Aids
09.13.12 | is that a good thing or a bad thing (@sniper) | Aids
09.13.12 | Rifflandia oclock | Aids
09.13.12 | no you would hate it. all indie and electronic with a couple of hardcore bands. | Aids
09.13.12 | then u wud love it!!!!!! | Jash
09.13.12 | OHMAHGAWD GONNA BE SUCH A GOOD WEEKEND | sniper
09.13.12 | idk i guess that depends if you like hyphy and whether or not you are expecting any material similar to endtroducing (which in all likelihood will not happen). | IdiotequeCigar
09.13.12 | Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them | sniper
09.13.12 | shut up | IdiotequeCigar
09.13.12 | Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them | sniper
09.13.12 | yeah, shut the fuck up | sniper
09.13.12 | the rule is actually that they're not divisible by any integer other than 1. you can't establish a pattern but that doesn't mean there is no rule to determine them. | Aids
09.13.12 | the fuck are you guys talking about?
anyway no im not expecting it to be like endtroducing. i just know the man is a genius and he'll put on a good show no matter what he plays. | YankeeDudel
09.13.12 | where are the riffs | Jash
09.14.12 | Where are the riffs [2] | Aids
09.14.12 | by the time we headed to Market Square for DJ Shadow the venue was full and we couldn't get in :''''(
oh well, at least Kode9 was awesome. | NoMeansYes
09.14.12 | Everlast is from house of pain, pretty shit solo stuff though. CAKE are actually pretty cool | Aids
09.17.12 | Dan Mangan
The Flaming Lips
Kode9
The Antlers
Grenier
The Jezabels
the rest
didn't see DJ Shadow cause the venue was full :(
| Aids
09.17.12 | yeah except i bet the Lips were waaaaaaay better than DJ Shadow
seriously dude hamster ball crowd-surfing during On The Run by Pink Floyd | Waior
09.17.12 | jealous | bungy
09.17.12 | What du fuck I should've gone to this | Aids
09.17.12 | yeah bungy it was cool but probably not worth the $175 ticket and travelling from the states to get here. good festival though. seeing Dan Mangan and the Lips (again) made it all worth it. | Aids
09.18.12 | fair enough theyre not for everyone | Aids
09.18.12 | whatever dude you hate the lips you said it yourself im telling ramy | Aids
09.18.12 | I wish they'd played Fight Test :[ | bungy
09.18.12 | Did you see Mangan at Sasquatch?
Everyone singing along to the end of "Robots" as the closer was a moment I won't forget soon | Aids
09.18.12 | no I didn't :( was kicking myself but I made it right now. and yeah he had everyone singing along for over five minutes as he grabbed this girl with a cardboard robot head from the audience and they wandered around the crowd. it was fucking magical, the whole set was. fuck me I love that guy so much. also I just found out that "Nice, Nice, Very Nice" is a Kurt Vonnegut reference. +1 | DeafMetal
09.18.12 | victoria is beautiful | bungy
09.18.12 | That's awesome |
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