Zulu Report: Everything That You Need To Listen To This Week

Our friends over at Kitsilano’s Zulu Records once again present their weekly Scout feature, the Zulu Report. Within, staff from the West 4th music store provide The Track, the song that is on heavy rotation that week; The Playlist, which is pretty self-explanatory; The Gig, the must see show of the week; and The Glance, a view ahead to music on the horizon. From their ears to yours, enjoy…

The Track

!!!’s AM/FM video, directed by Black Dice, from the new album Strange Weather Isn’t It? (Warp).

On !!!’s fourth outing the band pulls out one of the classic rock moves by recording Strange Weather Isn’t It? in Berlin. Does this album sound particularly like a Bowie, Iggy or Lou album? No, not really, but that’s OK because Strange Weather is full of dense, rhythmic party bangers designed to carry from the late night right into the early morning, as this first single AM/FM makes clear. The colourful, psychedelic video was directed by NY art pranksters Black Dice, which brings !!! back to their roots as a Williamsburg loft project. It’s a great late summer video, guaranteed to make you feel like somebody slipped something into your drink. Enjoy.

The Playlist

Click the links for a listen…

SLOWDIVE – Souvlaki, Just For A Day – Reissues (Cherry Red)
Sowdive’s classic moody, shoegaze, triptych gets reissued so that we can again enjoy their smeared melodies.  My fave is Pygmalion.

THE FRESH AND ONLYS August In My Mind (Captured Tracks)
These SF garagey poppers have gained steady acclaim over the last several years (especially among Zulu staff) for their fun take on home recorded jangle-tastic tunes.

TIM COHEN Laugh Tracks (Captured Tracks)
And on a related note, Fresh And Onlys front man Tim Cohen issues his second solo LP of genius level bedroom pop.

EMBRYO Embryo’s Rache LP reissue (Get Back)
And for the prog-minded set, I know you’re out there and I know that you need Embryo’s Rache because it slays. Hard.

BRIAN JONESTONE MASSACRE Take It From The Man 2LP reissue (a Recordings).
Here it is: Anton Newcombes piece de resistance, lovingly remastered for vinyl release.  This is a high point from a band known for many high points.  Dig it.

SPIRITUALIZED Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space 2LP Reissue (Plain)
Praise Jesus, Jason Peirce’s masterpiece is finally brought back on vinyl!  The 2LP which this band will forever be known and judged, Ladies And Gentleman… is a stone cold classic.

SUPERCHUNK On The Mouth LP Reissue (Merge)
Superchunks’ fine On The Mouth established so much of the template for indie rock that it persists to this day and for that reason we should be grateful for its reappearance in LP form.

ARCADE FIRE The Suburbs (Merge)
Their masterpiece continues to dominate our little record store.  The Suburbs is gangbusters with songs that can only be considered modern classics.

BEST COAST Crazy For You (Mexican Summer)
From a couch of an Eagle Rock California bungalow comes the fuzzed out Best Coast, and fourteen tracks of teen anguish and heartache.

LOCAL NATIVES Gorilla Manor (Frenchkiss)
This raucus five piece blew our minds when they played town a few months back, and the album continues to offer one golden nugget after another.

The Gig

THEE OH SEES play Venue on Wednesday Sept 8th

SF’s Thee Oh Sees are easily one of our favourite modern garage rock combos going right now, and this will mark their second appearance in town.  Be prepared for spastic, yelpy singing and tunes that will be stuck in your craw looong after the fact.  It’ll be a fun, high energy night, so rest up before hand.

The Glance

The better shows to see in the next two weeks…

Thu AUG 26
MAT KEARNEY – RIO THEATRE
DATSIK – FORTUNE
STRUNG OUT w/ Rufio, We Are The Union – RICKSHAW

Fri AUG 27
CALVERTRON – POP OPERA
FELIX CARTAL – CELEBRITIES
NAUTICAL DISASTER BOAT CRUISE – ATIBI BOAT
VAMPIRE WEEKEND, BEACH HOUSE, DUM DUM GIRLS – MALKIN BOWL – WE ARE SOLD OUT

Sat AUG 28
VAMPIRE WEEKEND, BEACH HOUSE, DUM DUM GIRLS – MALKIN BOWL – WE ARE SOLD OUT
BUSINESS – VENUE

Sun AUG 29
MUMIY TROLL w/ Run Run Run – *VENUE CHANGE* CLUB 560
MICKEY AVALON – FORTUNE SOUND CLUB
ANGRY SAMOANS – VENUE

SEPTEMBER

Wed SEP 01
NEKROMANTIX – RICKSHAW

Thur SEP 02
EASY STAR ALL STARS – VENUE
ALBERTA CROSS – BILTMORE

Fri SEP 03
CHRIS LAKE – CELEBRITIES
SMOOTH SAILING – BILTMORE
DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE – POP OPERA

Sat SEP 04
SOUND CLASH OF THE TITANS – SQUAMISH

Sun SEP 05
LOTUS LONG WEEKEND – LOTUS/HONEY/LICK

Mon SEP 06
TED LEO + THE PHARMACISTS – RICKSHAW
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE – BILTMORE

Tue SEP 07
THE PROTOMEN – BILTMORE
PAVEMENT w/ Quasi – QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE
BELLRAYS – RICKSHAW

Wed SEP 08
DANIEL, FRED & JULIE – BILTMORE
CALVIN JOHNSON -THE CULTCH
THEE OH SEES -THE VENUE
MAGIC KIDS – Now Playing with Thee Oh Sees @ The Venue
TALLEST MAN ON EARTH – RICKSHAW- WE ARE SOLD OUT

Thu SEP 09
MAN MAN w/ Let’s Wrestle – RICKSHAW – WE ARE SOLD OUT
SHONEN KNIFE – BILTMORE
MEN- THE MEDIA CLUB
THE NATIONAL w/ The Walkmen – MALKIN BOWL- WE ARE SOLD OUT

Fri SEP 10
THE NATIONAL w/ The Walkmen – MALKIN BOWL – WE ARE SOLD OUT
ENGLISH BEAT – COMMODORE
LEE MORTIMER – POP OPERA
THE ZEROES – VENUE
TITUS ANDRONICUS w/ Free Energy – BILTMORE
LEE MORTIMER – POP OPERA

Sat SEP 11
COLD CAVE – BILTMORE – CANCELLED
AA BONDY w/ JBM – MEDIA CLUB
GASLIGHT ANTHEM – COMMODORE – WE ARE SOLD OUT
MODERN ENGLISH – FORTUNE

Mon SEP 13
CROOKED FINGERS – BILTMORE

Wed SEP 15
CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE (last show in Vancouver) + NO KIDS – BILTMORE
RATATAT – COMMODORE – WE ARE SOLD OUT

Thu SEP 16
HELMET w/ Bison BC – VENUE

Smoke Break #691: When Pixels Invade And Take Over The Earth

(via Kuriositas) Patrick Jean’s new short depicts an all out 8-bit attack on New York City.

“I Looked Out The Window To See The Rain Turned To Snow…”

“The First Snow” by Reid Carrescia.

“I looked out the window late this afternoon to see the rain turned to snow—so I grabbed the Canon 7D and fired away.”

(via Likecool)

The New Logo For Kitsilano’s Refuel, Soon To (Re)Open On 4th

Scout broke the news a couple of weeks ago that Kitsilano’s award-winning Fuel Restaurant was going to go under the same reconstructive surgery that saw Parkside and Gastropod rebranded as L’Altro Buca and Maenam.

It has since closed, and now will transmogrify into Refuel, a casual restaurant of refined comforts at accessible price points. It opens on Wednesday (that’s the new logo to the left).

Times are tough, and when the going gets tough, the tough adapt. If they don’t, well…they die, and dying isn’t very tough, is it?  The change is a smart, necessary move, and the new food menu looks mighty fine, making Refuel a story of prudence I’m particularly looking forward to reading eating.

Hart House On Deer Lake Readies For Holiday Season Events

News from Scout supporter Hart House

Vancouver, BC | Burnaby’s Hart House Restaurant is always a great place to celebrate life’s special moments. Our house is a welcoming retreat to enjoy the company of your friends and family during this festive time of year… Read more

Wine & Spirit Education (WSET) Programs At PICA This Fall

News from Scout Supporter PICA

(VANCOUVER, BC) – Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (PICA) is now an approved program provider for the WSET® (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) wine training programs and will commence its first intake in September 2009.

PICA has been providing quality wine study programs for a number of years, but this new partnership with London, UK based WSET will allow students to sit for the WSET exam and receive an internationally recognized certificate in Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced level wine studies. Read more

Ee-Aye-Ee-Aye-Ohh! “From Field To Feast” At Polderside Farms…

There’s a big, country-style dinner going down out at Polderside Farms on August 30th. I toured the farm and spent some time with farmers Virginia and Jens-Hugo Jacobsen a couple of years back with some chefs after they first went into production and was impressed by their operation (they’re really nice people, too). As recipients of last year’s Vancouver magazine Supplier of the Year award, they’re well loved by the local cooking community for their humane production of superb poultry (ever had the fried chicken at Fuel – wow). The dinner, dubbed “From Field To Feast”, sounds pretty wonderful. From the presser:

Dinner will be served on tables draped in white linen, under a marquee tent. Local wine and beer will be paired with each entrée. You will be serenaded by the award winning “The Wheat in the Barley”, a Celtic-rural blend that will set the mood for the evening while you enjoy the mouthwatering tastes of Polderside’s wonderful heritage chicken and duck, along with other organic foods from the Fraser Valley.

Click here for all the details.

The Most Superbly Gratuitous Post-Taste Music Video, Ever…

Major Lazer’s “Pon De Floor”. Directed by Eric Wareheim. Styling by Ammany Ahmad.

Hilariously indecent. If you have small children in the room, a limited sense of humour, a crass sensitivity, or trouble reconciling art with either satire or sex, stop here. Otherwise, be amazed…this video gets more and more ridiculous as the song continues. I’m still laughing, amazed that the internet hasn’t broken yet. What will Madonna do now?

On The Scout Ipod: The Best Tiny Venue “Live” Acoustic Gig, Ever

Michelle tuned me into this late in 2008, and I think I may have posted it on Scout before, perhaps in the Daily Viral. Nevertheless, it was the song of our recent Outstanding Road Trip, and I can’t get it out of my head. “It” is Bon Iver performing Skinny Love in front of twenty people with candles and wine inside a small Montemartre apartment in Paris. I really hope you find it as pretty dang electrifying as I do. Read more

Appetite Killer: Wonderwoman As A Chain Smoking Cougar…

Italian cartoonist Donald Soffritti imagines the later years of superheroes over at the Telegraph…

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