October 21st, 2010 - BreakOut West Showcase presented by the PEAK Performance Project
BreakOut West Showcase presented by
the PEAK Performance Project
Tickets: $10 at the door/$20 festival wristband (gives you access to all BreakOut West Festival venues)
Festival wristbands are available for advance purchase at Leo's Video and Mosaic Books
Doors at 8pm, show at 8:30pm
41st and Home
Sometimes the most inspiring landscapes can be found in your own backyard. For Vancouver musicians 41st and Home inspiration comes from everyday relationships, long drives and hours spent writing together in a small, carless garage somewhere on 41st avenue. For the greater part of the past year the band have holed themselves away in a Burnaby studio, crafting the makings of their debut album ‘Left In Places.’ The 8 track CD is a compilation of their past and present, taking cues from contemporary DIY folk and indie rock. The songs are layered with rich instrumentation and narrative lyrics influenced by the landscape and everyone in it; from the bittersweet “Box and the Bee” to “Great Bear,” a driving tribute to the Canadian wilderness.
Parlour Steps
Capping off with a successful showcase at South By Southwest 2010, this has been an amazing year so far for Parlour Steps. After releasing their critically acclaimed record, ‘The Hidden Names,’ in October 2009, the band undertook extensive tours of eastern Canada, the eastern United States and New England, and down the west coast of the United Sates. This has contributed to ‘The Hidden Names’ seeing extensive plays on AAA and College/ University radio throughout North America.
Aidan Knight
Aidan Knight’s debut, ‘Versicolour,’ has been gaining momentum as an album to watch this year after playing sold out shows at The Alix Goolden Hall in Victoria, The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, and Toronto’s historic Horseshoe Tavern. Previously, his work was seen in the jacket credits of Maurice (David Foster, Warner Bros.) and The Zolas (Howard Redekopp, 604 Records) as a helpful backing player of guitar and bass, respectively. Knight’s brand of understated, genre-defying indie folk took over 2 years of recording to see the light of day, but now it’s evident: Knight is full of potential and well crafted songwriting. Awkward comedic timing in his between-song banter and dynamic, powerful arrangements are both highlights of Knight’s live show, where the audience is treated to the kind of energy seen more often in improv jazz concerts than local pubs and cafes.
Said the Whale
Said The Whale formed in 2007 as a collaboration between songwriters Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft. The pair’s debut EP, ‘Taking Abalonia,’ featured sunny west coast indie-pop, with breezy harmonies and lyrical tributes to their home city of Vancouver. In 2008, the album was re-released as ‘Howe Sounds/Talking Abalonia’, including seven additional tracks that stretched the band’s stylistic palate to encompass bubblegum folk (“The Light Is You”), thundering hard rock (“Last Tree Standing”) and gentle ukulele ballads (“The Real of It”).
Tickets: $10 at the door/$20 festival wristband (gives you access to all BreakOut West Festival venues)
Festival wristbands are available for advance purchase at Leo's Video and Mosaic Books
Doors at 8pm, show at 8:30pm
41st and Home
Sometimes the most inspiring landscapes can be found in your own backyard. For Vancouver musicians 41st and Home inspiration comes from everyday relationships, long drives and hours spent writing together in a small, carless garage somewhere on 41st avenue. For the greater part of the past year the band have holed themselves away in a Burnaby studio, crafting the makings of their debut album ‘Left In Places.’ The 8 track CD is a compilation of their past and present, taking cues from contemporary DIY folk and indie rock. The songs are layered with rich instrumentation and narrative lyrics influenced by the landscape and everyone in it; from the bittersweet “Box and the Bee” to “Great Bear,” a driving tribute to the Canadian wilderness.
Parlour Steps
Capping off with a successful showcase at South By Southwest 2010, this has been an amazing year so far for Parlour Steps. After releasing their critically acclaimed record, ‘The Hidden Names,’ in October 2009, the band undertook extensive tours of eastern Canada, the eastern United States and New England, and down the west coast of the United Sates. This has contributed to ‘The Hidden Names’ seeing extensive plays on AAA and College/ University radio throughout North America.
Aidan Knight
Aidan Knight’s debut, ‘Versicolour,’ has been gaining momentum as an album to watch this year after playing sold out shows at The Alix Goolden Hall in Victoria, The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, and Toronto’s historic Horseshoe Tavern. Previously, his work was seen in the jacket credits of Maurice (David Foster, Warner Bros.) and The Zolas (Howard Redekopp, 604 Records) as a helpful backing player of guitar and bass, respectively. Knight’s brand of understated, genre-defying indie folk took over 2 years of recording to see the light of day, but now it’s evident: Knight is full of potential and well crafted songwriting. Awkward comedic timing in his between-song banter and dynamic, powerful arrangements are both highlights of Knight’s live show, where the audience is treated to the kind of energy seen more often in improv jazz concerts than local pubs and cafes.
Said the Whale
Said The Whale formed in 2007 as a collaboration between songwriters Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft. The pair’s debut EP, ‘Taking Abalonia,’ featured sunny west coast indie-pop, with breezy harmonies and lyrical tributes to their home city of Vancouver. In 2008, the album was re-released as ‘Howe Sounds/Talking Abalonia’, including seven additional tracks that stretched the band’s stylistic palate to encompass bubblegum folk (“The Light Is You”), thundering hard rock (“Last Tree Standing”) and gentle ukulele ballads (“The Real of It”).
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