Discover Ent's May events

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Discover Entertainment

proudly presents for the month of May 2005

DURAN DURAN DURAN

featuring members of Slow nerve Action & Blue Quarter playing booze-infused acoustic cover songs from the likes of Tenacious D, Beck, Frank Zappa, Ween & many, many more!

Wednesday May 11, 18 & 25

at

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

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BELUGA

with special guests BOOMCHANG

Saturday May 14

Arts Club Backstage Lounge

1585 Johnston - Granville Island

Spaced-out phat sci-fi phunk party!!!

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A CD Release Party for the new

SLOW NERVE ACTION

record 'LOVENASIUM'

with special guests STINK MITT

and CR AVERY

Thursday May 26th

Richards On Richards

1036 Richards

$8.00 advance tickets available at Zulu, Highlife & Cafe Deux Soleils

SLOW NERVE ACTION (www.slownerveaction.com)

Slow Nerve Action are the best-loved original band in Whistler. The past few years, the band have been spreading the love around a bit. Their last tour was a three month, sixty show marathon from Vancouver to Charlottetown and back. That was SNA's third Canadian tour in ten months, all in support of their independent debut album, "The Soap of Beautiful Women". The album has sold over two thousand copies, mainly off the stage and their website, since its release. Countless burned copies also are circulating, as the entire album has been freely available at slownerveaction.com since its birth. "TSOBW" has been played on roughly 125 Canadian radio stations, including CBC and CBC Radio Two, mainstream Vancouver rock/alt stations CFOX and XFM, and every campus station with at least 50 watts of power. It reached high chart positions on University radio all over Canada, including about three months on the chart of University of Toronto's CIUT FM (the biggest campus station in the country), peaking at number One in the spring of 2002. It has also seen heavy play on Outdoor Life Network, Sportsnet, Whistler Cable and the Whistler Blackcomb website, and a handful of extreme sports films. The band played the closing set at the 2002 World Ski and Snowboard Festival, which was filmed and aired in part by MuchMusic.

Slow Nerve Action consists of Chris Berry on vocals, Josh Gontier on guitar and vocals, bassist Benson, drummer Mike Lunt and DJ Buddha. Also on the team are sound doctor Shawn Cole, and Reverend Tate on visual stimulation (and occasionally manual stimulation, but only in cases of emergency). The SNA is currently on the west coast, playing and working on their second album. They'll be in the studio in September and plan to hit the road with the new record over the winter. Slow Nerve Action are fully independent. They write, record, book and promote their own music. For questions, comments, CD orders or to sign up for the Slow Nerve Action newsletter, email info@slownerveaction.com or call (604)938-6383 (Whistler) or (77 839-3304 (Vancouver). For upcoming dates, picture and poster galleries, further bio stuff and music, check out www.slownerveaction.com

STINK MITT (www.stinkmitt.com)

The critically acclaimed and massively popular Sci-Fi Funk G-Rap Unit hailing from Surrey B.C., Canada.

StinkMitt have totally annihilated Canada and are poised to launch nuclear golden-shower bombs on discerning music listeners and idiots worldwide. One only needs to sort through the massive amount of press recieved by the group in such a short time since their formation in order to conclude that currently StinkMitt is defining and defying the term "cutting-edge." Yet the heart of StinkMitt beats in their crotches, not in their heads, so their insane rhyme skills, soaring vocals, catchy melodies, and killer funky original beats save them from being too outtahand and inyerface to interfere with your ecstatic booty-shakin'.

CR AVERY (www.cravery.com)

“If post modernism was LSD then C.R.Avery would be a field of magic mushrooms”

-Terminal City

Vancouver Press 2001

C.R. Avery, the human beat box, from East Vancouver, B.C. Canada across America and back.

They were hanging from the rafters at N.Y.C.'s Neuyorican for his New York debut, and on their feet at L.A.'s Knitting Factory for Avery's touring 7 piece ensemble "Freight Train Land" -a hip hop opera" -2001.

C.R. toured for seven weeks opening for Sage Francis on the Live Band Dead Poet Tour playing every major city in America. On this tour he sold a 1000 copies of his album "Disclosure" and 500 copies of "Goner for Honor".

Live recordings from these performances have been turned into C.R.'s 8th album "Thrashed My First Motel Room".

Backed by his band The Liberation Front (bass, guitar, drums, viola and vocal harmonies) Avery rocked Bumpershoot 2000.

Standing ovations, two sold out shows with MEDUSA. On the streets of Commercial Drive where C.R. resides, a chance meeting and these words from CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE -"Even before I heard him, as soon as I saw him, I knew he could play". When Charlie heard C.R.'s beatbox version of Big in Japan for TOM WAITS, he not only thought it was "amazing", but put in a call into his label, Epithaph Records, to track Avery down.

Setting the stage for SARA JONES and STEVE COLEMAN at Settles 11th Hour Productions Poetry Fest 2002 Avery was described as "Pure genius" by Danika Dinsmore the Executive Producer of 11th Hour Productions. C.R. has shared the stage with Ani Difranco (Vancouver Folk Fest 2003), poet Patricia Smith (Arkansas University 2004), and Tom Waits (Europe, 2004). C.R. Avery will be touring Europe April 2004.

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The return of rhythm & blues swamp-rockers from Victoria

The Take

with special guests Blue Island Trio

Friday May 27th

The Fairview Pub

898 West Broadway

The Take

Hailing from Victoria, BC, The Take are a road-smart foursome with a sound that springs from some of the purest sources in musical history. They're a folky mash of rock & soul, combining the wooden warmth of The Band with the joyous funk of Stevie Wonder... and they wouldn't sound out of place blaring from the riverbank of a southern baptism. But theirs is not some over-wrought form of bad-idea fusion. The music recalls the lonely moan of Tom Waits and the winsome wail of Rheostatics - it pays homage to The Funk Brothers, too, and Freddy King and Joseph Zawinul - but these musicians make those allusions with clarity & originality, with a focus on sweet playing and tight arrangements. The Take's work is centered on strong songs, on stories of the road and the sky, of gut-wrenching loneliness and binding camaraderie. Their songs are showcases for road-hardened chops and crafty inventiveness. Dan Mock can growl with the best of rock's pantheon - he recalls the poignant days of Levon Helm - and his interplay with Chris Van Sickle's backing vocals and deft keys provide some of the combo's most interesting moments. The rhythm section is beyond solid: Ryland Haggis' bass is wonderfully melodic; Brent Norman's kit is the glue; and their abilities are no wonder. They have traversed Canada extensively with Lift & Stephen Franke, headlining at festivals all across the country and opening for bands like Merl Saunders, The Zen Tricksters, Little Feat, Grand Master Flash, Joshua Redman, and more. Now, outfitted with their first full length LP - The Take are taking it on the road, traversing cold roads to warm receptions, for the joy of the journey, of the jamming, of songs so deep and true.

Blue Island Trio

Steel guitarist Tim Tweedale brought together the Blue Island Trio in Fall 2003 at the behest of a Vancouver ethnomusicologist, who required some Hawaiian music for a Luau. The band was quick to realize a shared passion for bluegrass, jazz, Latin and Indian music. Fusing these styles led to the creation of a sound filled with sweet and sorrowful melodies, compelling rhythms and deep grooves.

In its first year together, the trio has been featured on CBC Radio One’s North by Northwest and Studio One Sessions. They have also played at a number of festivals throughout the lower mainland including the Listen Up! Festival, the Harmony Music Festival, the Dragonboat Festival and First Night.

In January 2004, the group completed its first full-length album, Resonance (available in Vancouver’s independent record stores, and through the group’s website). Currently, the group is busy playing festivals, clubs and gatherings throughout the lower mainland, and working on their second album, set to be released in June 2005.

Tim Tweedale: Steel guitar

Tim Tweedale discovered his propensity for all things stringed with a ukulele at the age of seven. Since then he has added dobro, pedal steel and bouzouki to the gamut of instruments he plays. Tim studied music at Vancouver Community College. While studying jazz guitar, classical composition and world rhythms he worked constantly to apply this knowledge to his first love; Hawaiian steel guitar. VCC was integral in the development of his musical voice, and as a place to meet many other fine musicians.

David Spidel: Double bass

David is a diverse player, adept in many musical styles which range from rock, jazz and Latin music to fusion, hip hop and electronica. David has performed and recorded with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Roger Swan of Swollen Members and Sal Ferreras of Safa. He currently endorses Washburn Basses, MarkBass Amplification, and Digitech. Some other current projects include Martone and the West Coast Symphony.

Brendan McLean: Drums

Brendan cut his teeth on the dark-edged stages of Vancouver night clubs at 15 years of age. In his study of music at school, he brought home numerous scholarships for his rhythmic and melodic control of jazz. Brendan has a highly musical style that sees him easily move from jazz to hard rock, from old school funk to new school drum and bass.

Thanks all... see you on the dance floors!!