• Wrong Wave 2 / Quick preview #5

    Mathew Sawyer is a pretty amazing artist, and we’re lucky to have him here in Vancouver for a brief residency, for a month-long exhibition at the Pitt (both part of a project curated by Cate Rimmer, continuing in spring 2012), and for the Friday, September 16 part of the Wrong Wave festival. Mathew will be…


  • Wrong Wave 2 / Quick preview #6

    On Saturday, September 17 at 2pm, the Wrong Wave festival will end with UJ3RK5: An Oral History, presented by David Wisdom with Rodney Graham, Ian Wallace, Colin Griffiths and Frank Ramirez at the Emily Carr University Theatre (ECU South Building). Here’s some rare video of UJ3RK5 in rehearsal. Thanks to the Charles H. Scott Gallery…


  • Wrong Wave 2: Quick preview #3

    MYTHS and Flash Palace put on an amazing Wrong Wave show last night, along with DJ sets by Eli that surveyed the roots of art rock. Tonight (Thursday, September 15), Wrong Wave is at The Waldorf again, with B-Lines, Cowards and DJ Andrea Lukic. Here’s a quick sample of B-Lines: Doors open tonight at 9,…


  • Wrong Wave 2 / Quick preview #4

    Tonight, at the Waldorf Hotel, the second night of the Wrong Wave festival will bring you B-Lines, Cowards and DJ Andrea Lukic. Here’s a selection of tracks by Cowards. Wrong Wave continues on Friday, September 16, with Mathew Sawyer at UNIT/PITT (15 E Pender, 8pm, free, space is limited), and ends with the UJ3RK5 event…


  • Wrong Wave 2 / Quick preview #2

    On Wednesday night’s Wrong Wave bill at the Waldorf are MYTHS (whose video we posted yesterday), Flash Palace and DJ Eli Bornowsky. Here’s a small preview of Flash Palace, in the form of video from a live performance at the Rickshaw last year: Doors open at 9pm. The full schedule can be found here.