Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Live concerts and club listings with Rob Williams top 5 shows in the coming week b y c m l e y a a l g c l n e o k n p w p l t a l p t a p l t e a l e t a e the Rock alive 140 Bannatyne 989 8080 dance club in former a bar space. Thursday to saturday cheap drinks. Cavern 112 Osborne downstairs basement Rock room at Toad in the Hole pub. Thursday the braggart. Friday and saturday perpetrators. Monday Vinyl drip with Cousin Rusty. Wednesday Nick Lawless. Collective 108 Osborne no frills Osborne Village indie Rock and hardcore venue attached to dance club die machine. Thursday Good form club night with font crimes and Rob Vilar Friday High five drive and i Wolven. Saturday explicit. Cowboys 1034 Elizabeth 253 2641 live Rock and recorded top 40 at the Windsor Park Canad inn. Thursday to saturday Wailin Jailer. Coyotes 1931 Pembina 275 2300 Pembina Highway roadhouse with a cabaret licence. Mostly cover bands occasional classic Rock bands. Friday and saturday Mother Groove. Joeys garage Pandora inn Transcona landmark. Marion 393 Marion 233 1477 St. Boniface Rock club mostly cover bands. Friday and saturday Rock steady. Mirrors 1975 Portage 888 4806 Assiniboine inn beverage room. Friday and saturday o. P. M. Norwood 112 Marion 233 4475 St. Boniface beverage room famous for saturday afternoon seafood Buffet. Thursday to saturday or. Boom. Pyramid 176 fort 957 7777 touring acts and local bands djs in a downtown room with great sigh lines. Monday shiny toy guns with one life. Royal Albert 48 Albert 943 8433 legendary Punk club in historic Exchange District hotel. Thursday darkest hour with misery signals from a second Story window and versus the Mirror. Saturday the ripcord with the Knock rounds the Roc doras and minority Justice league. West end cultural Centre 586 Ellice 783 6918 non profit inner City music Hall renowned As live performance venue. Thursday no Villero with pan urge the old soul and run Chico run. Tuesday Ben Lee with the suits Al. Wild Side 611 Archibald 237 8901 St. Boniface dance club. Thursday to saturday live do. The zoo 160 Osborne 452 9824 Winnipeg Gas Home for heavy Rock and Metal. The longest running original Rock room in the City. Thursday Wax mannequin Joey Balducchi of cobra and this. Friday Todd Kerns with Edh and love City overdose. Saturday Todd Kerns with 12 34 and Ashland court. Folk roots & blues Royal George 123 Regent West 224 1882 Transcona blues club. Thursday to saturday Brent Parkin. Sunday Gilbert & friends. Monday rising Star. Tuesday Vic Solo. Wednesdays Sassy Jack. Times change d main & St. Mary ave., 957 0982 Small downtown roots club with a big heart. Thursday Justin Lacroix with Andrew Neville & the poor choices. Friday Glenn Buhr. Saturday big Dave Mclean & the Muddy ones. Sundays blues Jam a big Dave Mclean. Windsor 187 Garry 942 7528 no nonsense blues bar. Thursday to saturday Lou Pride. Tuesday rag doll. Wednesday big Dave Mclean. Dance electronic & hiphop bar italia 737 Corydon 452 1929 trendy lounge and restaurant. Fridays do Twenty Twenty. Attached to collective cabaret. Thursdays 80s night. Fridays Punk hardcore old school new school with djs fat mat and Scott Wade. Saturdays Goth night. Empire 436 main 943 3979 restored heritage building with High ceilings. Mostly djs occasional live acts. Thursdays hip hop & a b. Fridays and saturdays top 40 upstairs 02 with oxide and audio Angel downstairs. Henderson draft House 1011 Henderson 334 4355 East Kildonan beverage room and dance bar. Monday to saturday top 40. Mardi gras 2100 Mcphillips 474 2582 Garden City dance bar attached to country bar Silve Radows. Saturdays flava pm djs. Mont yes 2280 Pembina 261 4808 similar to mirrors near University of Manitoba. Wednesdays to saturdays top 40. Off Campus social club 1792 Pembina 474 2582 Pembina Highway dance club. Thursdays dance 204. Pharaohs 1034 Elizabeth 474 2582 Windsor Park dance club. Thursdays open deck night. Fridays House and euro. Saturdays hip hop a b and top 40. Wednesdays to saturdays top 40. Tijuana yacht club St. Matthews & Empress 474 2582 Polo Park area club across from Canad inns stadium. Fridays hot 103 pm djs. Vibe Best Western charterhouse York at Hargrave 942 0101 dance club at downtown hotel. Thursdays do Bunny. Friday djs Fin Sta coach. Saturday do . Love. Tuesday Karaoke. Warehouse 114 Market 942 6274 dance club component of three Storey Mash Complex in the Exchange. Fridays do Harry Chan & Dubbs. Saturdays do gab reality. Country Brooklands 8 Keewatin 633 9707 no nonsense country hangout. Friday and saturday third gear. Buffalo Bills 826 Regent 474 2582 Transcona Rock and country club occasional country acts. Thursday to saturday pop the trunk. Tuesday Eye 2 Eye. Country Corral 3740 Portage 837 5831 St. James country hangout. Friday and saturday Damn straight. La Salle 346 Nairn 668 5367 Elmwood character bar. Friday and saturday whiskey Bent. Neon lights canadians hotel 1400 notre Dame 786 3471 classic beverage room. Thursday to saturday Loose grip. Nicolett 632 Lafleche 237 3144 St. Boniface character venue. Friday and saturday Gilbert & friends. Palomino 1133 Portage 772 0454 popular Portage Avenue nightclub with Rock and country cover bands. Thursday to saturday Juke Box heroes. Rockwood army Navy & air Force 341 Wilton 475 5852 Friday & saturday Ricki Redbone. Silver Spike 202 Bond 224 4885 Transcona Rock and country bar. Thursday to saturday Uncle scam. Silve Radows 2100 Mcphillips 474 2582 Garden City Rock and country bar attached to dance club Mardi gras. Friday and saturday Marc Labossiere. Wednesday pop the trunk. Teddy bobs 1105 Arlington 786 6601 intercity character bar. Thursday to saturday Charlie Mcivor. Westbrook Keewatin & Pacific 633 6204 Brooklands country bar. Thursday to saturday Cal Richard & the big Stone band. Pubs Dylan of Connors 2609 Portage 831 6730 St. James pub Allied with Down towns shannons. Undoing ruin tour tonight Royal Albert. Victory records technical hardcore specialists darkest hour headline the heaviest show of the weekend on this continent spanning tour. They Are joined by misery signals Madison wis from a second Story window Pennsylvania and versus the Mirror Tucson Ariz. Admission is $ 15. Accepting silence tonight Park theatre. This local Emo group released its debut som earlier this summer but the quartet was on the Road As part of the absolute tour thatus absolute leadership development inc., a student organization not the Vodka visiting High schools from coast to coast. Now that they re Back hold their cd release party tonight with lives of Many and moments of silence. The $ 10 admission gets you a cd. Ripcord saturday Royal Albert. Every fan of Canadian Punk should see these Montreal veterans at least once if not dozens of times. With the Knock rounds. Admission is $ 6. Ben Lee tuesday West end cultural Centre. This australian Singer songwriter was championed by Thurston Moore and the Beattie boys when he was a 14 year old member of pop Punk band noise addict in the Early 1990s. Today Lee 27, is an acclaimed Singer songwriter touring in support of his latest Solo Effort awake is the new sleep. With suits Al. Tickets Are $ 17.50 at ticketmaster. The Dixie Chicks saturday and sunday its Centre. On new album taking the Long Way the Texas Trio is a Little bit country and a Little bit Rock no Roll thanks to producer Rick Rubin. The members Are touring with a nine piece band. They re still a Little ticked off about being shunned by conservative Hicks in the u. S. After Lead vocalist Natalie Maines voiced her embarrassment that president George w. Bush was from their Home state so expect a fiery concert. Decent seats Are still available for both shows. Tickets Are $ 65 and $ 85 at ticketmaster. G o ahead and slag pan urge they ave been called worse. In one review we were likened to satan the aids epidemic and world starvation. It was something so hilarious we put it on our website says Daniel Byrne with a laugh. Who knows what that reviewer was listening to actually its almost impossible to say a bad word about the experimental Vancouver quartet who take the melodic Structure of pop bands like the kinks then add a Jumble of off Kilter sounds jittery beats and oddball time signatures to create their own unique sound. Its that inimitable deconstruction and manipulation of pop that leaves critics Tongue tied searching for ways to describe the quartet Byrne Chris Lovell c. L. Mclaughlin and Jon Schubert who have been perfecting their Craft since 2000. Sometimes even promoters have a Tough time knowing where exactly to Slot them. Their strangest Bill Byrne says was at the 2004 Western Canadian music awards in Calgary when they were part of a hip hop showcase. It was hard to win the hip hop crowd Over but we got shout outs at the end and Wall slapping everyone had to slap the Wall for pan urge or they we rent allowed to leave. Its like Rock has the floor stomping ritual and at hip hop shows in Calgary they Wall slap he says. Byrne will appreciate either foot stomping or Wall slapping when pan urge plays the West end cultural Centre tonight on a four band Bill of like minded acts Winnipeg mod soul Kings no Villero Victoria pop duo run Chico run and Toronto orchestral posters old soul. Admission is $ 14. Pan urge is touring the country in support of its new album walking in a fog released earlier this month on last gang records which is also Home to metric. There Are no writing credits or even a mention of who plays what on the album since band members switch instruments on a whim and everyone plays everything. If somebody wants to play a part or come up with a part we can just grab an instrument and play it its pretty democratic Byrne says. Live the songs Are Given a new life since the group does not have any studio effects to tinker with. Instead of programmed beats and computerized orchestral arrangements they use analogue synths and a live drummer. Not that they rely on studio trickery to compose. Despite the Avant Garde nature of some of their most offbeat material none of the songs is committed to tape without first being tested on an acoustic guitar Byrne says. The song has to have a Backbone. The production then has to capture the spirit of the song. Vancouver res pan urge turns pop music on its head this week in the clubs. Local Speed punks ditch pig announced their dissolution last year but three members of the quartet will play one final show under the name at the Beach club in Clear Lake saturday. The group who were mainstays on the scene for More than a decade have made their Only album available for download on their website wow. Ditch pig. Ca and Are re releasing it in traditional form with the last six songs they Ever recorded together. Bassist vocalist Scott Hopper guitarist vocalist Ted Simm and drummer Egghead will be recording under a new name this fall. Rob. Williams free press. My. Ca the gig Wax mannequin tonight the zoo the goods Wax mannequin Isnit one to stand still. Since 2000, the Hamilton artist born Chris Adeney 29, has recorded three albums and criss crossed the country spreading his absurdist psychedelic Prog pop to the masses from festivals to Beer gardens and everywhere in Between. Hers on the Road again supporting the six song up Orchid which will be included on his fourth full length scheduled for release this fall. He spoke to us from b. For three minutes before his cellphone died. You played the outdoor stage at the fringe festival and now you re going to play the zoo. How will the shows differ the outdoor show is Tamer since there were lots of kids and All kinds of people there. At the heart its the same but this time around its just me and my machines. What kind of machines i have a drum and Bass machine and a Yamaha sequencer. I program the songs into them so they Are my backing tracks. Its sort of Dancey musically with intense guitar and lyrics. So you re a one Man band sometimes. Ive been collaborating a lot with bands but the easiest Way for me to tour is with my devices. I get a lot out of a performance when its just me and a crowd. Do you use your machines when writing for my albums its just me on the guitar then it gets punchy and Art Rock the kind of Dancey stuff later. Often i have stuff written for the machines and i take the band out and Well work out a band arrangement. You re an absurdist whats the most absurd thing youve seen lately i was in Wells b. C., last week playing a festival and this aging powerful super muscular dude was there wandering the streets with a guitar singing half finished songs and repeating lines Over and Over again like ism drowning in a rising tide in a sea of blood. He had a threatening intensity but he wanted to be social yet he scared people away. Its characters like that who Are absurd yet incredibly human and sad. Moments like that inspire me to write words i think. The damage admission is $ 5. Rob Williams 15 seconds with Wax mannequin the upstanding Young men of ditch pig ;