Make sure that at some point you check out the audio supplement to the article (coming soon). Catch a few of the tunes these guys are making, and turn up the bassí¢â‚¬ ¦

On the periphery of Vancouverí¢â‚¬â„¢s music scene, a tight community can be found rallying around a truly new sound that - if you know the whens and wheres - can be found rinsiní¢â‚¬â„¢ out of various non-descript locations í¢â‚¬Ëœtill the wee hours of the morning. Though the sound is being labeled digital dub, in reality it is truly a confluence of styles, and a meeting point of a multiplicity of musical influences.

Theyí¢â‚¬â„¢re the hottest gals on the Canadian jazz/blues scene, both vying for the Female Vocalist of the Year trophy at upcoming edition of the Canadian Maple Blues Awards. So what are they doing on the folk circuit?

a smorgasbord of bleeps, beats and blonks, listened to and reviewed. if you have a CD you would like us to review, or would like to review CD's for us, please contact editor@capitalmag.com , or mail it to us at:

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Plague Songs

Attending Duchess Says and Les Georges Leningrad left me with many mixed emotions whilst trying (and failing) to hail a taxi back to the East Side during Vancouverí¢â‚¬â„¢s annual í¢â‚¬Å“snow stormí¢â‚¬ . The eventual ride back over the Georgia Viaduct facilitated the conversational equivalent to Scandinavian minimalist furniture í¢â‚¬“ neat, to the point, and fulfilling only in a fleeting kind of way.

EVERYTHING BELOW HERE IS FROM OUR RITES OF PASSAGE ISSUE

Ití¢â‚¬â„¢s been a long time. A long time since the title í¢â‚¬Ëœeditor' was next to my name, a long time since the words í¢â‚¬Ëœcapitalí¢â‚¬â„¢ and í¢â‚¬Ëœhappeningí¢â‚¬â„¢ were next to each other. And a long time since this robot has rambled. A lot has happened in music since we put out our last issue almost two years ago (arguably the first free DVD magazine to be released). Britney was replaced by Paris, Johnny Cash and Syd Barrett died, and myspace, not TV or radio, is where fans look for musical inspiration.

By Robert Robot

Coming across a new favourite band seems to be common practice in this age of digitally downloadable music. Knowing how to spell the name of the artist is pretty much all you need to know in order to search for artist x on download site y to equal quick and easy consumption of the latest underground flavour of the day. But despite the inexhaustible music genie that is the Internet, discovering a new musical subgenre sometimes takes a little more engagement in the music milieu than bathing in the glow of a monitor and clicking the download button. Over a year ago I started hearing a new sound amongst the crunk, grime, and bastard children of the hip-hop genre.

The Blood Brothers

Young Machetes

V2

After a brief stint in the land of side-projects (Neon Blonde and Head Wound City), Brothers Blood have reunited and put their musical differences aside. Picking up where the brilliant Crimes left off, Young Machetes finds the band abrasive as ever, but without neglecting its penchant for grandiose theatrics. Still employing vaguely psychedelic Middle Eastern guitar parts with the thunder of modern hardcore, the Brothers continue to find innovative ways of expanding its already unique sound. í¢â‚¬Å“Lazer Lifeí¢â‚¬  sounds like the cast of Fraggle Rock fronting The Doors while í¢â‚¬Å“1,2,3,4 Guitarsí¢â‚¬  hints at the bandsí¢â‚¬â„¢ new affection for Krautrock. It doesní¢â‚¬â„¢t get much better than this, kids.