October 23rd, 2010 - BreakOut West Showcase presented by K96.3 Kelowna's Classic Rock
BreakOut West Showcase presented by K96.3
Kelowna's Classic Rock
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 7:30pm, show at 8pm
Jasper Sloan Yip
Jasper Sloan Yip is a multi-genre singer/songwriter from Vancouver with two independent releases and a dynamic band behind him. His musical career began with the release of his solo debut White Elephant under the moniker the Blenheim Street Project in the summer of 2007. Recorded at home with a single broken microphone, White Elephant was the first and only public expression of Jasper's songwriting. For the release, Jasper built a stage in the backyard of his childhood home with his father and performed for the first time, until the police arrived. Three days later, Jasper left for a trip that spanned ten months, fourteen countries, and three continents. His experiences on the road not only gave him the resolve to take music seriously, but also accounted for most of the subject matter for his next album.
Royal Canoe
Royal Canoe is a deadly band armed with falsettos, guitars, effects pedals, drums, basses, tambourines, shakers and a five-keyboard super-weapon. Royal Canoe play lyrically sharp pop songs that make people dance, sing along and weep.It all began in 2006, when Matt Peters (The Waking Eyes) teamed up with some Winnipeg friends and musicians (Nathan Blanchard, Jo Snyder, Tom Keenan and others) to write a collection of songs. Many of the songs that emerged revolved around tragic characters, each treated with equal parts humour and tender endearment. "Kasparov" is a love song from the super-computer Deep Blue to chess champion Gary Kasparov, "Dear June" is about a Siamese twin who wants to go it alone and "Me Loving Your Money (Gonna See Us Through This)" explores the complexities of love...kinda.
Library Voices
Library Voices are an eight piece pop outfit from Regina, Saskatchewan. Over the past eighteen months they’ve logged 41,000 kilometres on the Trans Canada, collectively lived in 26 different apartments, been mugged twice, had $10,000 worth of gear stolen, $20,000 worth destroyed in a flood, and severed several long-term meaningful relationships - all in the name of rock’n’roll. They’ve performed in Victoria and Charlottetown, and all points in between including stops at Virgin Fest, Hillside Festival, Ottawa Blues, Calgary Folk Festival and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. They’ve shared stages with k-os, Hawksley Workman, and Stars. They’ve been featured in The New Yorker, SPIN, and their favourite colour is blue.
Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath were formed in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1983 by Chris Hooper, Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane. Keyboardist Vincent Jones joined the band in 1988. In 1984, they signed to Nettwerk, releasing a self-titled EP that year. The following year, their debut album "September Bowl of Green" was released. It was a major hit on university and college radio in Canada and the U.S. 1987's "Treehouse", produced by Tom Cochrane,took the band to a new level yielding the minor hit single "Peace of Mind" and fan favorite "Backward Town". Now and Again, released in 1989, was the band's big breakthrough. The singles "All The Things I Wasn't" and then "What Was Going Through My Head" propelled the album to platinum status and soon the band went from playing bars to theaters and touring Europe, opening for Lloyd Cole.
Wassabi Collective
Wassabi Collective, a spicy five-piece from the arty, alternative-thinking small town of Nelson, B.C, Canada has been busy spreading their positive west coast vibes. The band's sound fuses everything from pop, rock, hip hop, roots reggae, funk, jazz and everything in between, wrapping it all up with their own identifiable twist that has captivated dance floors and won them legions of fans across the country. Together, Melissa Meretsky (vocals& percussion), Brent Hongisto (vocals&guitar), Jimmy Lewis(vocals&drums) Rahj Levinson (keyboards) & Andrew McCormick (bass) are hailed as one of Canada's best live independent bands, having placed in the Peak Performance Project Top 20, they are ready to take the world by storm.
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 7:30pm, show at 8pm
Jasper Sloan Yip
Jasper Sloan Yip is a multi-genre singer/songwriter from Vancouver with two independent releases and a dynamic band behind him. His musical career began with the release of his solo debut White Elephant under the moniker the Blenheim Street Project in the summer of 2007. Recorded at home with a single broken microphone, White Elephant was the first and only public expression of Jasper's songwriting. For the release, Jasper built a stage in the backyard of his childhood home with his father and performed for the first time, until the police arrived. Three days later, Jasper left for a trip that spanned ten months, fourteen countries, and three continents. His experiences on the road not only gave him the resolve to take music seriously, but also accounted for most of the subject matter for his next album.
Royal Canoe
Royal Canoe is a deadly band armed with falsettos, guitars, effects pedals, drums, basses, tambourines, shakers and a five-keyboard super-weapon. Royal Canoe play lyrically sharp pop songs that make people dance, sing along and weep.It all began in 2006, when Matt Peters (The Waking Eyes) teamed up with some Winnipeg friends and musicians (Nathan Blanchard, Jo Snyder, Tom Keenan and others) to write a collection of songs. Many of the songs that emerged revolved around tragic characters, each treated with equal parts humour and tender endearment. "Kasparov" is a love song from the super-computer Deep Blue to chess champion Gary Kasparov, "Dear June" is about a Siamese twin who wants to go it alone and "Me Loving Your Money (Gonna See Us Through This)" explores the complexities of love...kinda.
Library Voices
Library Voices are an eight piece pop outfit from Regina, Saskatchewan. Over the past eighteen months they’ve logged 41,000 kilometres on the Trans Canada, collectively lived in 26 different apartments, been mugged twice, had $10,000 worth of gear stolen, $20,000 worth destroyed in a flood, and severed several long-term meaningful relationships - all in the name of rock’n’roll. They’ve performed in Victoria and Charlottetown, and all points in between including stops at Virgin Fest, Hillside Festival, Ottawa Blues, Calgary Folk Festival and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. They’ve shared stages with k-os, Hawksley Workman, and Stars. They’ve been featured in The New Yorker, SPIN, and their favourite colour is blue.
Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath were formed in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1983 by Chris Hooper, Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane. Keyboardist Vincent Jones joined the band in 1988. In 1984, they signed to Nettwerk, releasing a self-titled EP that year. The following year, their debut album "September Bowl of Green" was released. It was a major hit on university and college radio in Canada and the U.S. 1987's "Treehouse", produced by Tom Cochrane,took the band to a new level yielding the minor hit single "Peace of Mind" and fan favorite "Backward Town". Now and Again, released in 1989, was the band's big breakthrough. The singles "All The Things I Wasn't" and then "What Was Going Through My Head" propelled the album to platinum status and soon the band went from playing bars to theaters and touring Europe, opening for Lloyd Cole.
Wassabi Collective
Wassabi Collective, a spicy five-piece from the arty, alternative-thinking small town of Nelson, B.C, Canada has been busy spreading their positive west coast vibes. The band's sound fuses everything from pop, rock, hip hop, roots reggae, funk, jazz and everything in between, wrapping it all up with their own identifiable twist that has captivated dance floors and won them legions of fans across the country. Together, Melissa Meretsky (vocals& percussion), Brent Hongisto (vocals&guitar), Jimmy Lewis(vocals&drums) Rahj Levinson (keyboards) & Andrew McCormick (bass) are hailed as one of Canada's best live independent bands, having placed in the Peak Performance Project Top 20, they are ready to take the world by storm.
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