by Nic Bragg | From Kitsilano’s Zulu Records, we once again present our weekly Scout feature, the Zulu Report. Within, we provide The Track – the song that is on heavy rotation in the shop this week; The Playlist – which is pretty self-explanatory; The Gig – the ‘must see’ show of the week; and The Glance – which details the best live acts that are on the immediate horizon. From our ears to yours, enjoy…

THE TRACK

INDIANS La Femme

On tour with Daughter and/or Phosphorescent, we were a bit saddened to see no Vancouver date for this young enigmatic artist from Copenhagen. Indians is the work of Soren Lokke Juul, an artist who treads much the same sound as Beirut or Bear In Heaven, and quickly had his debut release ‘Somewhere Else’ picked up by the astute A&R team over at 4AD. This record is prefect for thumbing through your fave Scandinavian blogrolls as it’s a perfect blend of evocative elements and sleek production design. Fans of the Danish wilderness will love this video, too. Weird shit happens when you chase dogs in the woods.

THE PLAYLIST

SEBASTIEN TELLIER – L’Amour Nassiant

This is the eternal French rock aesthetic. The loopy drums and seductive basslines hark back to a lineage that includes the French classics of Serge Gainsbourg with Bardot or Hardy. There’s even a bit of Lai’s A Man and a Woman there, too. Sebastien makes sexy music. You do the rest.

ALLAH-LAS – I Had It All

From one black and white video to another and from one continent to another…next up: Los Angeles’ gritty gutter rockers The Allah-Las, who channel the classic 60’s garage vibe to perfection. People ask me all the time for a recommendation for something akin to Nick Waterhouse. These labelmates seem pretty spot on.

DEERHUNTER Back to the Middle

Maybe the comments section says it best…or maybe not? “This is everything Deerhunter represents. Subversion. Becoming your true self. Dancing away past horrors with a groove”. Monomania is one of this year’s best records.

JULIANNA BARWICK The Harbinger

This video showcases Iceland in such a majestic way. If that doesn’t do it for you, then you pretty much have to be deeply absorbed by the equally majestic sound of the human voice run through delay, reverb and a loopstation.

TIM HECKER – Black Refraction

New Music and Electronic Music are actual closely related cousins. One went to grad school to do a MA in critical studies, while the other dropped out and sold ecstasy to the teachers. Montreal McGill prof and ex-Saint Laurent downtempo lord (Jetone) Tim Hecker would probably have something to say on the matter. He’s traveled deep into academia only to see his reflection in a shattered mirror on the dance floor.

JON HOPKINS Breathe This Air

Hopkins is a rising star in the beats game. He has a pretty silky sound which serves as a great base for him to line up his banging beats. Joined here by the equally smooth Purity Ring on vocals, Breathe This Air becomes a hypnotic elixir.

MGMT Cool Song No 2

Is this a good video? Is it a ‘cool song’ – as the title suggests – you decide. We all love Michael K. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) rolling round LA in a Datsun Z28, but plant hunting looks pretty ruthless.

FOREST SWORDS – Thors Stone

Maybe it just that England has a history of grimy despair coating everything, but for whatever reason, their version of chillwave ambience is always dark, gritty and just generally informed in an exotic filth. British producer Forest Swords is a fairly unknown player in the genre, but not for long.

THE GIG

GOBLIN Thursday October 17th at the RICKSHAW THEATRE

Are you or anyone you know currently going through an Italian progressive rock phase? Maybe you have been watching the cult classic films of Italian horror director Dario Argento a la Suspiria or Profundo Rosso. Or maybe you are just a shredder who shuns Rush and longs for something darker, more mysterious, and distinctly more European. Goblin are legends in the prog scene and should be amazing live – yes, there is the heavy gothic synth leads that joust for melodic space with the super fried tones of a Les Paul! Get a fuller glance of Vancouver’s gig landscape for October after the jump…

THE GLANCE

Tue Oct 01 CANCER BATS & BAT SABBATH – RICKSHAW
Wed Oct 02 T.WILLIAMS & MOSCA – FORTUNE
Wed Oct 02 HANSON – VOGUE THEATRE
Wed Oct 02 NO JOY w/ Diane – MEDIA
Fri Oct 04 ROSE COUSINS – CBC
Fri Oct 04 CHUCKIE – CELEBRITIES
Fri Oct 04 SEBASTIAN LEGER – SHINE
Fri Oct 04 THE BABIES – MEDIA CLUB
Sat Oct 05 HOUSES w/ AMP LIVE & Village – ELECTRIC OWL – early show
Sat Oct 05 LE1F – CELEBRITIES
Sat Oct 05 HOT MOUTH – BAR NONE
Sun Oct 06 LEIF VOLLEBEKK – MEDIA CLUB
Sun Oct 06 MAN MAN w/ Xenia Rubinos – FORTUNE SOUND CLUB
Tue Oct 08 JACCO GARDNER – BILTMORE
Tue Oct 08 CRASH KARMA – VENUE
Tue Oct 08 TONY DEKKER of GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS – CHAPEL
Wed Oct 09 TONY DEKKER of GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS – CHAPEL
Wed Oct 09 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF – BILTMORE
Wed Oct 09 SNAK THE RIPPER – FORTUNE
Wed Oct 09 TTNG + AND SO I WATCH YOU… – MEDIA CLUB
Wed Oct 09 GUITAR WOLF w/ THE COATHANGERS And COWARD – RICKSHAW
Wed Oct 09 SNAK THE RIPPER – FORTUNE
Wed Oct 09 MICKEY AVALON w/ Kid Mac – FORTUNE
Thu Oct 10 SIR SLY – ELECTRIC OWL
Thu Oct 10 DJ DRAMA – QUEEN’S REPUBLIC
Fri Oct 11 FUCKED UP & TERROR – RICKSHAW
Fri Oct 11 DELOREAN w/ Superhumanoids – FORTUNE
Fri Oct 11 AUSTRA – COMMODORE – WE GOT MORE TIX!!
Fri Oct 11 TIM KASHER w/ Laura Stevenson – ELECTRIC OWL – early show
Fri Oct 11 HUGH CORNWELL – ZULU RECORDS – FREE / 5:30pm
Fri Oct 11 HUGH CORNWELL – SHARK CLUB – NEW date / NEW venue / old tix honored
Sat Oct 12 LEND A HAND BENEFIT FOR YAFFA HOUSE – ST.JAMES
Sat Oct 12 JOELL ORTIZ – FORTUNE
Sat Oct 12 JOELL ORTIZ VIP MEET N GREET – FORTUNE
Sun Oct 13 LEGENDARY LONG WEEKEND – IMPERIAL
Mon Oct 14 HOUNDMOUTH – MEDIA CLUB
Tue Oct 15 PHANTOGRAM – COMMODORE – WE’RE SOLD OUT
Tue Oct 15 PALMA VIOLETS w/ Skaters – VENUE
Tue Oct 15 SONGWRITER`S CIRCLE FOR MUSIC HEALS: LYDIA HOL, RYAN GULDEMOND, DOMINIQUE FRICOT + – BILTMORE
Tue Oct 15 KING KHAN w/ HELL SHOVEL – RICKSHAW
Wed Oct 16 TRAVIS SCOTT – VENUE – NEW DATE!!
Wed Oct 16 THEE OH SEES – RICKSHAW
Wed Oct 16 TRAVIS SCOTT – VENUE
Wed Oct 16 CRYSTAL STILTS w/ Zachary Cale – ELECTRIC OWL
Wed Oct 16 MELT BANANA w/ Shearing Pinx – BILTMORE
Thu Oct 17 BABY CHAM – BAR NONE
Thu Oct 17 GOBLIN – RICKSHAW
Thu Oct 17 FREDERICO AUBELE – ELECTRIC OWL –
Fri Oct 18 JOE PUG w/ VANDAVEER – ELECTRIC OWL – early show
Fri Oct 18 R3HAB – CELEBRITIES – early show
Sat Oct 19 6TH ANNUAL EARTHSTRONG CELEBRATION OF PETER TOSH – RICKSHAW
Sat Oct 19 RADICAL FACE – BILTMORE – early show
Sat Oct 19 STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO – VENUE
Sun Oct 20 THE NAKED AND FAMOUS w/ The Colourist – ORPHEUM
Sun Oct 20 KMFDM – VENUE
Sun Oct 20 SAN FERMIN – MEDIA
Mon Oct 21 BOY – VENUE
Mon Oct 21 DEER TICK w/ ROBERT ELLIS – RICKSHAW
Tue Oct 22 BRAIDS & HUNDRED WATERS – FORTUNE
Tue Oct 22 KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS & CHAD VALLEY – BILTMORE
Tue Oct 22 WALK THE MOON w/ THE MOWGLI’S & Smallpools – VOGUE THEATRE
Tue Oct 22 WIDOWSPEAK w/ PURE BATHING CULTURE – ELECTRIC OWL
Wed Oct 23 JACK BEATS -CELEBRITIES
Thu Oct 24 FEDERICO AUBELE – ELECTRIC OWL
Thu Oct 24 THE SADIES – RICKSHAW
Thu Oct 24 COCOROSIE – VENUE
Thu Oct 24 MADEON – CAPRICE
Fri Oct 25 A SUMNERS BROTHERS HALLOW EVE – BILTMORE
Fri Oct 25 LEE HARVEY OSMOND – VENUE
Fri Oct 25 SAVANT – ELECTRIC OWL
Fri Oct 25 HOT SINCE 82 – SHINE
Fri Oct 25 OTTO KNOWS – CELEBRITIES
Fri Oct 25 THE MAHONES – WISE HALL
Sat Oct 26 ART BERGMAN – BILTMORE
Sat Oct 26 GIGAMESH – ELECTRIC OWL
Sat Oct 26 FLATBUSH ZOMBIES – FORTUNE
Sat Oct 26 AU REVOIR SIMONE – ELECTRIC OWL
Sat Oct 26 OKKERVIL RIVER w/ Matthew E. White – RICKSHAW
Sun Oct 27 THE BRAINS – PATS PUB
Sun Oct 27 RAE SPOON – RICKSHAW
Mon Oct 28 THE BEARDS – RICKSHAW
Mon Oct 28 FAFARD SCHWARTZ – HERITAGE HALL
Tue Oct 29 LEAGUES w/ Kye Kye – FORTUNE
Wed Oct 30 GILBERE FORTE + NYLO – MEDIA
Wed Oct 30 GRIEVES – FORTUNE
Wed Oct 30 TOURIST – ELECTRIC OWL
Thu Oct 31 EARL SWEATSHIRT w/ Vince Staples – VOGUE – WE’RE SOLD OUT
Thu Oct 31 BC//DC – RICKSHAW
Thu Oct 31 GOLDROOM – ELECTRIC OWL
Thu Oct 31 THE RESURRECTION OF SISTER SABBATH – SHARK