BeatRoute Magazine BC Edition April 2019

Live
MUSiC
KIRA CLAVELL
ON TOUR
22/4 – Kamloops, BC
23/4 – Kelowna, BC
25/4 – Vancouver, BC
26/4 – Calgary, AB
27/4 – Edmonton, AB
tickets: stubbyfingers.ca/tour
Available Now
“Canadian Matt Andersen
has an early entry for
soul-blues Album of the
Year with Halfway Home
By Morning…Andersen’s
commanding voice and
sturdy songwriting, teamed
with Dawson, make for an
album that is practically
flawless.”
—Jim Hynes, Elmore Magazine
“…one of the most soulful
singers, anywhere… many of
the songs seem torn from the
depths of feeling….”
– Frank-John Hadley, DownBeat
truenorthrecords.com
ZACHARY VAGUE
FOALS
March 18, 2019
Orpheum Theatre
There wasn’t an empty seat in
sight when Foals took the stage at
the Orpheum Theatre.
The stage was draped in red
lighting while everyone stood in
anticipation. As the band walked
out, the crowd erupted. The synth
from their track “On The Luna”
started playing and the band fell
into a chemistry-filled groove. As
the song went on the lighting got
more intricate, setting the scene
for the rest of the show.
The British alt-rock band rode
through the set as though the
whole audience was on stage
with them, playing songs from all
parts of their discography while
focusing on their recent album,
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost
- Part 1.
The lights lit up the crowd
swaying like the palm leaves
on stage. When their frontman,
Yannis Philippakis, wasn’t in the
crowd, he was spinning around
the stage with his guitar. During
“What Went Down,” there were
crowdsurfers and photographers
reaching to get the best shots
possible. There wasn’t a corner
in the room that the sound wasn’t
filling.
Then there was silence. It took
a few moments for everyone to
accept the high energy show was
really over. Foals stole everyone’s
hearts and ran with it.
Raunie Mae Baker
ACTORS
March 15, 2019
The Biltmore
ACTORS show inside the velvet-clad
Biltmore kicked off an
80 plus city world tour that has
the band roaming from continent
to continent. A send-off and
gathering for everyone to say
hello, goodbye and fuck, we’ll
miss you. The line up consisted
of a trio of bands on the Artoffact
Records label with NYC’s Bootblacks
officially minted into the
ranks that day joining ACTORS
and Spectres.
The at-capacity crowd pressed
tight to the stage to be close.
Frontman Jason Corbett commented
that it was so hot that
his hair product was dripping into
his eyes, stinging them. The heat
was generated not only from the
mass of people but the genuine
warmth which radiated from the
band on stage and echoed by
that of the audience.
It was an audience filled with
friends, family and eager faced
fans. One and the same. It’s okay
not to fit into a single definition
wholly. ACTORS greatest
strength lies in Corbett’s drive
to create music as a pathway
for connection. Songs such as
PTL, We Don’t Have To Dance,
Slaves are conversations with the
listener filled with memories and
reflections.
All three bands fall into the
post-punk genre yet cannot be
defined solely as that. What they
do is create a safe place to feel
at home with them wherever
they play. You’re being welcomed
and taken along with them on an
emotional journey. Kira Clavell
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