Okay, maybe Apollo Ghosts new album “Mount Benson” (Pigeon Row Records) has been out for a few months now but hey, old news is still very good news! For those of you who haven’t heard the free download “Coka Cola Admen” you can find it around the internet at different locations. Or, better yet, you can help fund their touring ways by heading on down to your local record shop and buying a copy of your very own.

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In a nasty little piece of deja vu, Vancouver’s by-law dogs have decided to pick on yet another independent music venue. Here’s a quick run-down on the venue in question Little Mountain Studios.

Little Mountain Gallery was established April 7th, 2006. Built in 1930, 195 east 26th Avenue was home to Curly’s Garage. In the decades to follow it has been a sheet metal shop, a plumbing and heating outlet, a soda pop bottle depot, and lastly, South Seas Meats Ltd. Over the past nine years however it has been home to the Arts. Located just west off of Main Street, Little Mountain Gallery is dedicated to its neighborhood, and to keeping the dream alive.

Here’s a recent press release on the recent developments and, more importantly, a fast and easy way for you to help throw a wrench in the works.

Hi friends,

Love,
SASS

So there you have it! Let’s get on it kids!

Have you been by the Zoo Zhop (233 Main Street)? You should go! They have a great selection of records and they’re super inexpensive. They’re also the nicest kids on the block. And did you know they’re also a great little venue for local shows? Swing on by and check ‘em out!

Hey everybody! Just a quick pop-in to let everyone know there’s a bunch of new tracks up over at Kick Evrything’s MySpace page! Maybe you remember back in November when we reviewed their exceptional first LP This is I Demented and Possible Deceased? Well the new tracks (“We Most Certainly”, “Winter Feet”, “Radarapy”, “Freakin’”, “Nothing Reason” and “Blaaank Out”) are packed with even more fantastic blips and bleeps and, of course, Casey’s super cool vocals. Check it out!

Okay that’s it! ‘Nuff goofing around! This week we’re either gonna post four album reviews (Anami Vice, Needles//Pins, Vapid, and Weathered Pines) or we’re going to give away five copies of Vapid’s first LP Practically Dead. You can take that to the bank! PLUS, look for our new interview with Sean (from Nominal Records) this week too.

Here we go!

Ian

Hey everybody! Thanks for continuing to visit our site while we’ve been off getting married and other crazy business. Fear not! We’re back at full strength again and ready to roll with our one-post-a-day goal. For the first one, though, we’d better catch up on some news!

First off, near and dear to our heart, those rascals at the Safe Amplification Site Society are throwing another one of their must-see fundraisers at Little Mountain on January 9th, 2010. That’s a way’s off, but maybe one of your New Year’s Resolutions will be to see more shows next year! And what better way to start off the year than by seeing ok vancouver ok, The Rain and The Sidewalk, Dirty Beaches (recently relocated from Montreal to Vancouver), Kidnap Kids! and Commander Riker. Now that’s a line-up!

Speaking of Safe Amp (which we always are), rumour has it that they’ve been given the official thumbs up from punk rock legend and general all-around good guy Joe Kiethley from a local band who did PRETTY WELL FOR THEMSELVES called D.O.A. “This initiative – this Safe Amp – I think it’s a great idea! … A space like that is incredibly important.” Damn straight Joe!

Secondly, on MUCH SHORTER NOTICE, Shipyards, No L.A. Kill, and Boogie Monster are throwing a little shindig tomorrow (December 4th, 8:00pm) at Zoo Zhop (223 Main Street). Perhaps you are the kind of person who would enjoy an evening of musical shenannigans for the low, low price of five bucks? I know you are!

Thirdly, our pals Weathered Pines have their first LP The Sky Between the Buildings (Dejlig Records) in their hot little hands and are hoping to sell you one at their release party on January 25th at the Biltmore. Special guest: Dylan Thomas.

Fourthly, Vapid’s debut LP Practically Dead has been released! Holy crackers! You can head over to the Nominal Records website to order it, or wander into any of the independent records stores (Scratch and Zulu, for sure) and ask ‘em for it! Look for a review soon, as we’ve GENEROUSLY BRIBED Sean for a sneak preview!

And finally (because I have to go make some dinner) Santa’s little helpers over at the Tight Solid workshop have uploaded a rough edit of a new song, appropriately titled “I Hate Christmas”. Check it out!

Hey everybody! Just a quick drop-in to let you know that site updates will be a bit sporadic for a few more days (lame!) but Venus and I are eloping on the 29th (hooray!), so after that we’ll get back to rocking out for all our benefits.

xo,

The A-K

P.S. Leading up to the big day, we’ve been listening to the following albums: The Belle Game – Inventing Letters EP, Greenbelt Collective – Our Homes, Adrian Teacher and Apollo Ghosts – 25 Years of Tape and Hastings Sunrise respectively and, as always, our friends Kick Evrything‘s debut – This I is Demented and Possibly Deceased. Pretty good soundtrack you guys!

Hey everybody! Sean and Caitlin from Unreliable Narrator contacted us last night to let us know that the Safe Amplificiation Site Society has a couple of great shows coming up. Check it out!

First, Safe Amp presents Unreliable Narrator + PrOphecy Sun + Jeanette Stewart (from Saskatoon) at Cafe Deux Soleils (2096 Commercial Drive) on Friday, November 20th ($5, all ages, 8pm).

Second, we’re throwing a fundraiser for Safe Amp on Friday, November 27th at The Woods (7 West 2nd) with Bad Fate + Flash Palace + Mt. Royal (Medicine Hat/Victoria) + Half Chinese + The Nihilist Party ($5 – $10 sliding scale, all ages, 7:30pm).

And last but not least, we’re hosting another Safe Amp fundraiser at Blim (197 E 17th) on December 12th with Fanshaw + The Lost Lovers Brigade + Sajia + Bleating Hearts + Friendship and the Fawn ($5 – $10 sliding scale, all ages, 7:30pm).

Just a quick note from yer pals at The Aural Kinetic:

The A-K

In a classic case of “Get Band Interviews Out in Reasonable Time”, site favourites No Horses have announced they will be riding into the sunset. They’ve left a parting gift on their MySpace site in the form of three new demo tracks Vanderhoof, Waiting for the Flood, and Don’t Lie to Me. The songs were posted today with the possibility of more to come (hope, hope!) Sad and shitty news, but we wish the best to all members in their future musical endeavours. Thanks for one hell of a great album guys!

Official press release:

Hey y’all,

It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce that No Horses has decided to call it a day…there is no easy way to do this but wanted to let you know that all of us are at peace with the decision and we are all still brothers and sisters, friends to the end. We decided to break up the band after much discussion and in the end this is about not continuing if we weren’t able to keep our promise to give it our all and rocking shows like we have in the past.

We are very happy that our last show ended up being the Thanksgiv’er Pig Roast – it was a wonderful night and thanks to all who attended and all of the bands who played! This was our 3rd Pig Roast and definitely the best one, we wanted to do something different to celebrate the great music scene in this city and I think we accomplished that.

We were able to release an album we are all very proud of, play some amazing shows with some fantastic bands and make a ton of friendships that will last forever. Our tour of the U.S. this summer was something none of us will every forget and we are so grateful that we had the opportunity!

To all of our friends, families, bands we played with, promoters, venues and the people that came out to our shows, we owe you a huge thank you – your support inspired us to keep working to get better and we couldn’t have done it without you! We hope you enjoyed watching us play as much as we enjoyed rocking out for you, and we will miss that!!!

Finally, please check out the 3 new tracks we have just posted on MySpace – Vanderhoof, Waiting For The Flood and Don’t Lie To Me. These are recent demos we recorded with the amazing Colin Stewart at the Hive and we hope you like ‘em. We may post some other songs in the future but for the time being enjoy some of the last music we made together as No Horses!

Sorry for rambling on but as mentioned, this ain’t easy! We will see you at shows and around town as I’m sure each of us will end up doing something musically in the future, whatever form that takes, but for now, its goodbye…No Horses R.I.P.

RNFNR,

Chopper
No Horses

Hey everybody! It’s the indie music news!

There’s an excellent show happening at the Biltmore on November 25th featuring The Hidden Cameras, Gentleman Reg, and Vancouver’s own Wintermitts. We’re still working on getting some interview questions over to those kids, but until then you should definitely check out their MySpace music and see the show!

Every time Weathered Pines post a couple of new tracks, we get more and more excited about their upcoming release on Dejlig Records. Check out the Dejlig site to hear Sad Song, What’s Really Mine and Don’t Be Late.

Our pals Kick Evrything hipped us to a show they’re playing on November 26th at Smiley’s Pubic House (911 W. Pender, near Burrard) If you’ve seen this band live, you already know why you should go. If not, check THIS out.

The triple-A gang (Adam, Andrea and Alex) from The Belle Game continue their residency in la belle province with a radio show that’s just recently been posted for everyone to hear. If you’d like to check it out, simply go here and scroll down to Monday at 3pm and click the little microphone. Nice!

Oh, and finally, if there aren’t as many updates over the next week-and-a-half, it’s because site writers Ian Explosivo and Venus Toshiba are getting married…TO EACH OTHER. Hooray! We’ll still try and post as much as we can though.

Would you like to see your event in The Aural Kinetic News? It’s easy! Just friend us up on MySpace and we’ll see your update in the news feed. OR if you really want to get our attention, you can do what a lot of other bands do and just contact us directly (see the bar on the far right for contact info). Thanks!