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Rockanagan Weekend – Friday Recap

So what did everyone think? Who were your favorite artists? Did you check out all the venues?


Terza Rima at the Fintry Queen Friday Night

The Haut Chauchis on the Fintry Queen Friday Night

Helcion at Doc Willoughby’s on Friday


Crystal Leigh at Stugeon Hall on Friday Night

Rockanagan Schedule & Times

Friday – Sept. 28th
Fintry Queen
8pm: Terza rima (indie)
9:30pm: Jury (wild west saloon, rock)
11pm: Haut chachis (surf)
DJ Toddy Rockwell in between bands

The Grateful Fed
8pm: Phoera (hard rock)
9:30pm: The Rights (Vancouver – rock)
11pm: Lefty (hard rock)

Sturgeon Hall
8:30pm: Kim McMechan (folk)
9:45pm: Closing iris (rock)
11pm: Crystal Leigh (singer-songwriter)

Doc Willoughby’s
8pm: Numina (rock)
9:30pm:Gorgeous Priceless (rock)
11pm:Helcion (Summerland – metal)

O’ Flanigan’s
8pm: Half Way There (Rock)
9:30pm: Inkblot (rock)
11pm: Break the pattern (rock)

Saturday – Sept. 29th

Fintry Queen
8pm: Grooveyard (grateful dead cover band)
9:30pm: Sazacha Red Sky (Vernon – electric pop and blues)
11pm: Haymaker (rockabilly)

The Grateful Fed
8pm T Riley (Vancouver – rock)
9:30pm: Faking David (Penticton – funk)
11pm: Zen Media (funk, world)

Sturgeon Hall
8:30pm: Jesse Revist (Calgary – folk)
9:45pm: Leanne Baily (rock)
11pm Devon and Kevin (rock)

Doc Willoughby’s

8pm Alpha baby (alternative)
9:30pm: The Mess (Rock)
11pm: Joey Only Outlaw Band (Vancouver – punk country)

O’ Flanigan’s
8:30pm: Hub (Vernon – hard rock)
9:30pm: Sausage Party (Punk Rock)
11pm: Lipstick Bulletkiss (Glam Rock)

More on new Wintersleep album and Tour

Wintersleep Come Up With A Title For New Album
Tuesday September 25, 2007 @ 05:30 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

On Oct. 2, Wintersleep will finally release an album that actually has a title. Welcome To The Night Sky stands as a testimony to how far they’ve come since their 2003 self-titled debut. Drummer Loel Campbell recently spoke with ChartAttack about who he’d like to tour with, making his parents happy and just why it is that they’ve never titled an album before now.

“We just didn’t feel the need to,” says Campbell of that last subject. “I see them everywhere being referred to as ‘the self titled’ and ‘the untitled’… it kind of just happened so quickly, we just didn’t have any good titles. That’s the only reason.

“We’ve had that title for this record and this body of songs for about a year-and-a-half. It’s pretty relevant to us and our band. Lots of different things have been happening. We’re really quite happy playing together in the band and we’re trying to do everything we can to ensure that we’re still making records.”

Though present on the new album, founding member and bassist Jud Haynes recently left the band, making room for former Holy Fuck bassist (and, oddly, former Wintersleep keyboardist) Mike Bigelow to return.

“There’s not really a cause,” says Campbell of Haynes’ departure. “We’ve been doing this for a while now.

“I think he just came to some realizations about the future and what needs to happen. It’s just life decisions and it just so happened that he’s going in a different direction. The record was really awesome to work on. It’s fine.”

Both Campbell and Bigelow are sometime members of the spontaneous synthesizer assault known as Holy Fuck, and though Wintersleep are also known for their live jams, Campbell assures that they’re kept in check.

“There’s only a couple songs we do that with. You don’t want to watch a band wanking. Recording the songs, obviously, you’re putting the songs under the microscope. Creating the songs, it’s not like that at all. It’s a very free feeling and then the live thing is kind of in between.”

Playing live has given the east coasters the chance to share the stage with some major headlining acts, including recent tourmates The Tragically Hip.

“We did two nights with them at the House Of Blues in Chicago and my folks came down for it, and the Hip’s crew were just so, so sweet to them,” says Campbell. “They hooked them up with an opera box seat right above the stage. You can’t really get a better feeling than making your parents excited or happy.”

For a band who’s also played with Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam and The Flaming Lips, Campbell is still quick to name one more he’d like to add to the list.

“Obviously Radiohead comes to mind. Everyone says that, though. It doesn’t matter what kind of band you’re in.”

Wintersleep and Wooden Stars will play these shows:

* Oct. 16 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern w/A Northern Chorus
* Oct. 19 Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
* Oct. 20 Ottawa, ON @ Barrymore’s
* Oct. 24 Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid
* Oct. 25 Regina, SK @ Distrikt
* Oct. 28 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite
* Oct. 30 Kelowna, BC @ The Blue Gator
* Nov. 2 Vancouver, BC @ Richard’s On Richards
* Nov. 3 Victoria, BC @ Sugar
* Nov. 6 Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse
* Nov. 7 Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos
* Nov. 12 Barrie, ON @ Foundation
* Nov. 13 Guelph, ON @ Vinyl
* Nov. 14 Waterloo, ON @ The Starlight
* Nov. 16 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
* Nov. 17 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi

Rockanagan Featured band of the day – The Mess

So I’ve been featuring a different band on my blog each day for the past month. I hope that has given you plenty of time to read up on all the great bands that are playing the Rockanagan Music Festival (September 28th and 29th). Don’t forget to get your tickets now at the five participating venues. Come out and support all these great local bands, and a few out-of-town bands. Thanks to the 5 venues that are taking part, and especially Ryan at the Grateful Fed that is organizing this whole thing. See you Friday night!

Rockanagan Featured band of the day – The Mess (Rock)
Saturday night @ Doc Willoughby’s

We of The Mess are four musicians who have taken all of our collective and varied musical experience, and polarized it behind our unique songs and energetic stage show. It has taken us a while to hone our material but we have now begun taking our music to the stage and we are ecstatic at the positive reactions we are getting! Come out and see us and we’ll see if we can’t get one of our songs stuck in your head.