St. Patricks Day The Malarkeys at Turtle Bay Pub – Saturday, March 15
Come enjoy St. Patricks Day with The Malarkeys Celtic music at the Turtle Bay Pub in Lake Country. event info

Wet Ape and KBAAD present: THE BOOM BOOMS w/ DJ Invizible and CFAL at Sapphire Night Club – Saturday, March 15
19+, 2 Pieces of ID Required
Come get lucky with The Booms Booms and celebrate St. Paddy’s Day! Don’t forget to get a bit Irish and wear green!
Tickets: $15. Advance tickets available in-store at Leo’s Video or online. Event info

St. Patrick’s Day Club Crawl at Roses Pub – Saturday, March 15
Join over 5,000 Club Crawlers nation-wide on the WORLD’S LARGEST St Patricks Club Crawl! Student Tours has exclusive VIP access to the hottest Irish Pubs & Nightclubs in Kelowna. Buy tickets online here: http://www.studenttours.com/ OR Text Michelle @ 250-300-7761 for $25 Hard Copy Tickets

Cod Gone Wild – St. Patrick’s Day Album Release at Creekside Theatre – Sunday, March 16
Join Cod Gone Wild for a special St. Patrick’s matinee show at the Creekside Theatre on March 16th at 3:00 pm and help them celebrate the release of their brand new album entitled, “Battered and Fried,” They will be performing the entire album front to back as well as some of their personal St. Patrick’s Day favourites. The show will also feature the four part harmony bliss of the Okanagan Celtic Choir. This is a hand clapping’ foot stompin’ good time you do not want to miss! Visit their website at www.codgonewild.com

St Patty’s Day with KINSHIP at The Barking Parrot – Saturday, March 15
Join us Saturday March 15th as we celebrate St Patty’s Day the Saturday before the actual day…. what can we say?! We like to party!
Cover will be $8.00 and the Celtic pipe band will start at 7pm and KINSHIP will take the Stage at 9:30pm
Guinness and Green beer will be flowing with Irish dinner features such as shepherds pie, Guinness and Potato Soup and Mint Chocolate Brownies!
You can pre-purchase your tickets at the front desk of The Penticton Lakeside Resort, Convention Centre & Casino
Doors open at 6:30pm and the band will start at 9:30pm! Event info

The Malarkeys Entertain with Celtic Music at The Minstrel Cafe & Bar – March 17th

More info here

Dan Mangan Introduces Madic Records, Leads With Astral Swans

Award winning Vancouver musician launches record label, signs Calgary’s Astral Swans for inaugural release

“You Carry A Sickness/Park Street” 7 inch & digital release out March 25
Astral Swans on tour with Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast commencing March 20

Two time JUNO Award winning west coast musician Dan Mangan, in partnership with renowned Canadian independent record label Arts & Crafts, is pleased to announce the formation of Madic Records.

“I’d had this longstanding pipe dream of having a boutique label. For years, it seemed a fulfilling hobby; to help spread the word about music I believed in that wasn’t getting enough attention. It was never quite the right time, and I figured if it ever were to be, that it would happen fairly organically, and because a particular album or project fell in my hands. It took about one listen through Astral Swans’ rough mixes to light a proverbial fire.”

From the unfiltered inner monologue of Calgary’s Matthew Swann, Astral Swans is the sound of time spent next to the radiator in a cold apartment. Swann’s observations are stark and personal, bringing to mind images of the American underground’s various eras. Equally inspired by 60′s folk, no wave, and 90′s sludge, Astral Swans is at once: haunting, sincere, psychedelic, and strange – picture Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Syd Barrett, and Sibyelle Baier, interpreted via Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Eric’s Trip, and Chad Vangaalen (who produced Swann’s previous project, Extra Happy Ghost!!!) He lacks the usual pretense of the “singer/songwriter” and one gets the feeling that his cleverness is almost accidental; it’s just what happened.

Astral Swans debut LP will be released on Madic Records in 2014. In the meantime the newly minted label offers up an introductory two song 7 inch vinyl and digital release ahead of Astral Swans spring tour dates with Jay Malinowski& The Deadcoast. All tour dates are listed below.

LISTEN TO “YOU CARRY A SICKNESS” HERE

SINGLE DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

THE PACK A.D. BRINGS NEW ALBUM TO KELOWNA ON FEBRUARY 27 AT THE HABITAT 

VANCOUVER DUO CELEBRATES WEEK OF RELEASE NUMBERS FOR DO NOT ENGAGE
NEW ALBUM DEBUTS IN TOP 20 ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS CHART

Released January 28 on Nettwerk Records, The Pack A.D.’s Do Not Engage has debuted at a career best #87 in the top 200, hitting # 16 on the Alternative Albums chart and #54 on the digital albums chart. Meanwhile current single “Big Shot” is # 51 on the Mediabase Canada Alternative Rock Spins Chart. To celebrate, the band has hit the road on an extensive North American tour that will see the them visit both Canadian coasts and almost everywhere in between. They perform in Kelowna on February 27 at The Habitat.  

“This is the record where the band squares its shoulders and definitively forges beyond its howling, primitivist, dirt-blooze beginnings into eerie psych, stalking stoner-rock, and “woo-ooh-woo”-ing power-pop rampages” Toronto Star 

Miller’s drumming still expertly threads the needle between tribal and tasteful, and Black still destroys her guitar like nobody’s business. … at the top of their game, and their timing couldn’t be better.” Exclaim! 

“Maya Miller’s determined drumming and Becky Black’s fierce guitar playing and rich, at times ethereal, vocals combine for an explosive, exciting – and even accessible – release.” The Globe and Mail 

“Don’t let the title fool you. Vancouver’s beloved female garage-punk duo have made their most engaging CD yet, thanks to a hefty infusion of melodies, choruses and danceable grooves.” Sun Media

WATCH “BIG SHOT” HERE

WATCH “BATTERING RAM” HERE

LISTEN TO DO NOT ENGAGE HERE

Do Not Engage was produced by Jim Diamond (White Stripes, The Mooney Suzuki, Dirtbombs) and recorded in a former Motor City chicken-processing plant.

ORDER DO NOT ENGAGE HERE. 

DEBUT ALBUM BY NO OUT FEBRUARY 18 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

LISTEN TO EL PRADO IN ITS ENTIRETY NOW 

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH LABELMATES THE DARCYS & REUBEN AND THE DARK HITS CANADA ON MARCH 25

 Starting now, you can stream NO’s stunning debut album, El Prado, via Exclaim. The record, which will be released via Arts & Crafts on February 18, was listed as one of FILTER’s 25 most anticipated albums of 2014.

LISTEN TO EL PRADO HERE

The LA-based six-piece are set to perform at this year’s Noise Pop in San Francisco on February 28^th, will be making their way down to Austin for SXSWnext month, and have announced that they will also be playing at Sasquatch. In addition, the guys will be a part of the Arts & Crafts’ North American label tourfeaturing The Darcys and Reuben And The Dark, which kicks off in their hometown on March 8^th at The Troubadour and commences in Canada on March 25 in Toronto.

See full list of dates below,  find ticket information HERE and check tour updatesHERE.

Watch NO’s television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly HERE

Listen to “Leave The Door Wide Open” HERE

Listen to their rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne,” HERE

Watch the video for “Stay With Me” HERE

“Hollywood’s latest working-class hero, Bradley Hanan Carter makes perfect closing-time soundtracks.” NME

“…dark, brooding, exceptionally romantic…” LA Weekly

“…the band loves melancholy single-string guitar figures on its debut EP …live, the NO members season it up with some gang choruses and upfront keyboards that keep single like “Stay With Me” their own.” Los Angeles Times

TOUR DATES:

Mar     08        Los Angeles, CA | Troubadour

Mar     09         Scottsdale, AZ | The Western

Mar     12         Austin, TX | SXSW

Mar     15         Houston, TX | Fitzgerald’s

Mar     18        Atlanta, GA | Masquerade – Purgatory

Mar     19         Chapel Hill, NC | Cat’s Cradle

Mar     20        Washington, DC | DC9

Mar     21         Brooklyn, NY | Cameo Gallery

Mar     22        NYC, NY | Mercury Lounge

Mar     23        Boston, MA | Middle East Upstairs

Mar     25        Toronto, ON | Lee’s Palace

Mar     26        London, ON | Call The Office

Mar     27         Chicago, IL | Schubas

Mar     28        Minneapolis, MN | 7th Street Entry

Mar     29        Winnipeg, MB | Union Hall
Apr      01        Edmonton, AB | The Artery

Apr      02        Calgary, AB | The Gateway @ SAIT

Apr      03        Kelowna, BC | Habitat

Apr      04        Seattle, WA | Barboza

Apr      05        Vancouver, BC | Biltmore

Apr      06        Portland, OR | Mississippi Studios

Watch this space for more on Echo Park’s NO: www.NOECHOPARK.com

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ATTENTION: DUE TO WEATHER (YOU KNOW THOSE AVALANCHES YOU’VE BEEN READING OUT) FIVE ALARM FUNK WILL BE UNABLE TO MAKE THE SHOW TONIGHT.

HEADLINING INSTEAD WILL BE KYTAMI (VIOLINEXTREMIST)

EZRA WILL BE OPENING WITH HIS AFRICAN, REGGAE VIBE

any questions please email us at info@creativeokanagan.com all refund requests recieved by 5pm will be electronically refunded.

Global Music Fest, Saturday, Feb 22nd

Headliner: Kytami
Opening act: Ezra Kwizera

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