Sunday, May 22, 2016

Seven Inch Sunday (Queen)


Today's seven inch single is by Queen featuring the song "One Vision", this single was released in November of 1985 and featured on the album A Kind Of Magic. The B side to the single is "Blurred Vision" which is a remixed version of "One Vision".

The single I have says that the One Vision song is from The Original Motion Soundtrack Iron Eagle.

One Vision.


Blurred Vision.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Bombchan at The Aviary in Edmonton May 13th 2016


Last Friday my buddy Hurl and I went to the Bombchan show at a new club here in Edmonton called The Aviary. This was my sixth time seeing Bombchan play live. Bombchan is a blues based rock n' roll band that have been around since 2008. if you are a fan of blues artists like RL Burnside, Model T Ford and such you will love this band. While they don't play a lot of shows, it's always a pleasure to catch them performing. Now if only the band would rehearse, this would be a band to be reckoned with. But because they seldom rehearse, their shows can be hit and miss sometimes. Talking to the guys before the show, I had asked what was new and if they had been practising, only to be told this was the first time since December that the guys had got together to play. So who knew what we were in store for on this night. Well, as usual with these guys, they started strong, the first song was amazing, with Mike Park on slide guitar and vocals sounding good, and Ayla Brooks on guitar sounding amazing, Ayla is one hell of a guitar player. Bombchan is rounded out by Karie Brown on bass and Grant Stovel on drums. The rest of the show was hit and miss again. This show was much better then the last time I saw them which was in December. But after talking to the guys after the show, it sounds like the band is going to get more serious about rehearsing and playing live shows, let's hope this is true. As they have another show coming up on Friday June 10th at Bellevue Community Hall. Other bands on the bill are Fever Feel, Tropic Harbour and Cayley Thomas.

The other band on the Friday night bill at The Aviary was Bonspiel, we only hung around for three of their songs and that was enough. Good times!!!

Bombchan at The Aviary.

If you are interested in checking out Bombchan's album "Do Me Right" it is available for free by clicking here.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Iron Maiden Beer


A week ago while at the beer store I came across this Iron Maiden beer brewed by Robinson's Brewery in Stockport, England. This is the second edition of beer to sport the Iron Maiden name on it. This edition of the Trooper beer is a stronger beer with a 6.6% alcohol content. I myself wasn't all that impressed with the taste of the beer, but had to at least try it. I'm just not the biggest fan of the English ale, I always find it has a dusty taste to it. It sure does have a damn cool label though, and the best bottle cap ever.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Jr. Gone Wild Live @ The Needle April 30th 2016


On Saturday my buddies Buzzard, Cuz and I went to the Jr. Gone Wild show at The Needle Vinyl Tavern here in Edmonton. We missed the opening act as we went for a bite to eat and a few pre-show beers. But made it in time for JGW.

This was my seventh time seeing Jr. Gone Wild in concert since they reformed three years ago. What can I say that I haven't said in my previous reviews of their shows. They just seem to keep getting better, the band sounded super tight, playing a few new songs and totally trashing out their version of the SNFU song "Cannibal Cafe", it was by far the most punk I have heard JGW. Especially considering when they first did this song, it was very country like. Loved the punked up version.

There was decent turnout for the show. Mike McDonald on guitar and vocals sounded great as did Dove on bass with his witty between song banter, Steve Loree on guitar and lap steel sounded wicked too and last but not least Larry Shelast on drums whom holds it all together. Edmonton truly has a gem with the band Jr. Gone Wild. This should be an exciting time for JGW with a new album in the works, a documentary that should be done by the fall, and I am sure some more live dates through out the summer. An awesome evening of live music. Good times!!!

Jr. Gone Wild at The Needle Vinyl Tavern.