Local Live and Loud: Rootz Underground, Corb Lund, more
Rootz Underground
Friday, Feb. 5 Rootz Underground, Shane Philip, Nine Mile Sugar, 9 pm, $20 - Let’s get together and feel all right for this reggae-themed night that just so happens to correspond with Bob Marley’s 65th birthday. You bet we be jammin’ as Jamaican six-piece new roots and dancehall superstars Rootz Underground headline this sick shindig. Also, Quadra Island native Shane Philip and T-dot’s Nine Mile will be peddling their own brand of contemporary roots reggae. One love!
Friday, Feb. 5 Bach’s Long Walk Alix Goolden Hall, 7 pm, $20-$30 - If cantatas and concertos are your cup of tea, this concert is for you! Part of the 2010 Pacific Baroque Festival, this tuneful evening will present the music of many classic Bach concertos, including Wedding Cantata and other greats from north German composers (including Buxtehude and Telemann). The concert will feature soprano star Anne Grimm, baroque violinist Marc Destrubé, and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. Also appearing will be CBC Radio One host Jo-Ann Roberts, who will give a pre-concert talk at 7:15 pm. Be sure to arrive early and get a good seat!
Friday, Feb. 5 El Vuh, Testament, Illogic, the Outspoken Wordsmiths, Tongue & Groove Logan’s, 9 pm, $5-$10 (sliding scale) - This night of political awareness and protest against the 2010 Games promises beatboxing empowerment, radical spoken word, and revolutionary hip-hop. A number of overtly blustering acts from across Canada are playing this fundraiser to benefit No 2010 Victoria, the anti-Olympics organizing network based in Victoria/Coast Salish territories. A quick perusal of no2010victoira.net will provide ample ammo for dissenters and this night of phat beats offers a hasty rhumba retreat from the ubiquitous and one-sided mainstream Olympics coverage bombardment. Real eyes realize real lies!
Friday, Feb. 12 Stanton Warriors, Emmanuel Ferreira, WAX, Rhythmicon Sugar, 9 pm, $20 - Dream-team breakbeat duo from the UK, DJ Dominic Butler and producer Mark Yardley, collectively known as the Stanton Warriors, bring their genre-spanning, hyperactive electro-dance delights to Sugar. These electronic megastars are a feather in the cap of XL Recordings, the brightest name in rave and dance music. Throw in a stellar lineup of supporting DJ action and this is one fun-filled night of crossfader bleeding, beat juggling, chirp scratching, and hydroplane zig-zagging (that’s DJ speak for “lots of good stuff”). See you on the dance floo,’ fo’ sho’!
Monday, Feb. 15 Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans, plus guests MacPherson Playhouse, 8 pm, $32.50 - Alberta’s favourite son, Corb Lund, brings his neo-traditionalist alt-country musings to the MacPherson Playhouse. Once a proud punker with his old band, the Smalls, Lund and his primo backing band, the Hurtin’ Albertans, are cow-punk pioneers, sure to put a sarsparilla sting on this night of honky-tonkin’ horseplay. Known for pulling out all the stops at his live shows, a rootin’ tootin’ good time is guaranteed. Giddy up!
Monday, Feb. 15 Flying Lotus Element, 9 pm, $15 - Post-hip-hop guru Steven Elliot, better known as Flying Lotus (or FlyLo if you’re super savvy) will be conjuring up some hyperactive dreamscapes at Element on this evening. With his eagerly anticipated new LP, Cosmagramma, set to drop in April, this show promises warped beats and energy to spare. If you like to undulate to bass, hip-hop, jazz fusion, and psychedelia, you’ll have a crackin’ night ahead of you. It’s time to bust a move and skip a groove.
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