BeatRoute Magazine BC Edition March 2019
BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly arts and entertainment paper with a predominant focus on music – local, independent or otherwise. The paper started in June 2004 and continues to provide a healthy dose of perversity while exercising rock ‘n’ roll ethics. Currently BeatRoute’s AB edition is distributed in Calgary, Edmonton (by S*A*R*G*E), Banff and Canmore. The BC edition is distributed in Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo. BeatRoute (AB) Mission PO 23045 Calgary, AB T2S 3A8 E. editor@beatroute.ca BeatRoute (BC) #202 – 2405 E Hastings Vancouver, BC V5K 1Y8 P. 778-888-1120
BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly arts and entertainment paper with a predominant focus on music – local, independent or otherwise. The paper started in June 2004 and continues to provide a healthy dose of perversity while exercising rock ‘n’ roll ethics.
Currently BeatRoute’s AB edition is distributed in Calgary, Edmonton (by S*A*R*G*E), Banff and Canmore. The BC edition is distributed in Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo. BeatRoute (AB) Mission PO 23045 Calgary, AB T2S 3A8 E. editor@beatroute.ca BeatRoute (BC) #202 – 2405 E Hastings Vancouver, BC V5K 1Y8 P. 778-888-1120
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The Guide<br />
wCity<br />
Briefs<br />
By NIK HONCHARUK, DANIELLE<br />
WENSLEY, JORDAN YEAGER<br />
AND KEIR NICOLL<br />
CLAMPDOWN RECORD<br />
PRESSING OPENS<br />
Local musicians are rejoicing after<br />
decades of waiting for a local<br />
Vancouver spot to press its own<br />
vinyl again. Billy Bones, lead singer<br />
of local band Vicious Cycles,<br />
is the answer to their prayers<br />
with the opening of Clampdown<br />
Record Pressing Inc. The plant<br />
will press everything from picture<br />
discs to classic black records,<br />
in 7-12 inch formats. With vinyl’s<br />
resurgence in popularity over the<br />
last few years, it’s a ripe opportunity<br />
to crack the ever-growing<br />
market. Visit them at clampdownpressing.com<br />
(N.H.)<br />
CHANTAL ANDERSON<br />
NoName: Poetry<br />
in commotion<br />
Tuesday, <strong>March</strong> 12<br />
The Commodore Ballroom<br />
Fatimah Warner, who goes by<br />
Noname, got her start as a performer<br />
in the world of slam poetry in her<br />
hometown of Chicago, Illinois. That<br />
was nine years ago. In the time since,<br />
Warner has made the transition from<br />
writing poetry to writing songs, often<br />
collaborating with other artists from<br />
the Chicago area like Chance the<br />
Rapper and Mick Jenkins.<br />
Noname’s music feels like an intimate<br />
4 BEATROUTE MARCH <strong>2019</strong><br />
glimpse into her life. Her lyrics retain<br />
the poetic influence of her youth, and<br />
she releases her music independently<br />
to retain full creative freedom.<br />
Even her cadence is reminiscent of<br />
spoken word – thoughtful, contemplative<br />
and vulnerable. Her words are<br />
born of experience, whether they’re<br />
reflecting on things her community<br />
has been through or exploring the<br />
many facets of womanhood.<br />
Warner is enigmatic, and it’s not<br />
only reflected in the moniker she’s<br />
chosen. Her music speaks for itself,<br />
and between 2016’s Telefone mixtape<br />
and 2018’s debut studio album<br />
Room 25, she’s already curated an<br />
impressive catalogue. In her music,<br />
the enigma breaks. Telefone introduced<br />
her as an observant poet who<br />
reflects on society, and its introspection<br />
carries through into Room 25 in<br />
a way that shows she becomes ever<br />
more self-aware as she matures,<br />
both musically and personally. <br />
<br />
Jordan Yeager<br />
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1725 Powell Street <br />
This East Van Distillery now<br />
serves a Wednesday night $8<br />
cocktail special, the Ginger Snap<br />
Flip. They have a resident DJ<br />
from Mexico the first Thursday of<br />
the month, and the last features<br />
live emerging artists, including<br />
singer-songwriters. Odd Society<br />
is a family-run business that<br />
serves top quality cocktails and<br />
spirits with an all-inclusive community<br />
vibe. (K.N.)<br />
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