Neil Young joins Victoria, BC rally to save old growth trees

Neil Young joined the Victoria protest to protect BC's old growth forests from the short-sighted plans of the Canadian government.

Victoria's BUM finally releases video they started making in 1993!

Back in 1993, BUM began making a video for "Instant Kool Ayd" which guitarist Rob Nesbitt just finished. Watch it below. 

Here's the scoop from BUM's Rob Nesbitt...

"28 years in the making!! In case you haven't figured it out, BUM was basically a group full of goofballs. Lot's of ideas, many of them in complete opposition to what we believed in our hearts was our best interests. So in late 1993(?) we set out to make a video for, what I feel (Rob), is our best song – "Instant Kool Ayd." 

Promotion = Smart!

But we also felt videos were sort of dumb, or at the very least they weren't "punk", so we didn't take things very seriously. There is not single, complete performance of the band miming the song. Mostly it was just us jumping around to no music at all except whoever was drumming. This makes an edit nigh on impossible. No one even wanted to attempt it.

Well, this weekend I spent about 96 hours applying my rudimentary skill to Lightworks and did it!

It was such an immense pleasure to watch these guys, my fellow band mates, just be themselves and how much we enjoyed being dumb together. Hearing the song 8 trillion times in 3 second intervals only reinforced how good it is--kudos to its author, Andrew Molloy. Watch for the bad hair and ineptitude, stay for the youthful beauty of Kev Lee and Graham Watson!"

Check out BUM's stellar 1993 debut album Wanna Smash Sensation right here. Watch the video for "Instant Kool Ayd" below.  

 

BUM's Rob Nesbitt aka The SuiteSixteen has released a new album!

Victoria, BC singer/guitarist Rob Nesbitt of BUM didn't want to rush his new album "Mine Would Be The Sun" which is out now.

The SuiteSixteen – Mine Would Be The Sun
Rob Nesbitt's way overdue new album, Mine Would Be The Sun, is the culmination of 16 years of work. Every element personally touched and realized to the highest possible level of quality and sensory impact. Its execution is a mirror of obsession. Infatuation reduced to intellectual explanation. The examination of which reveals the indescribable nature – and depth – of emotion itself.

Vinyl purchase includes: a custom, one of a kind, hand-assembled, triple gatefold sleeve containing two 45 RPM, 180 gram records and a 52 page color book that tells the story that ties the songs together. The book features 15 pages of hand lettered lyrics and photographs taken at the site of the happenings in the story/songs. Get a limited-run double vinyl copy right here. Listen to "The List" following the clips below.






Credits:
All Songs by Rob Nesbitt (Snivel Music - SOCAN)
Except track 5: by Rob Nesbitt (Snivel Music - SOCAN) & Andrew Molloy (Monster X - SOCAN)
Produced by Rob Nesbitt and David Carswell
Engineered and mixed by David Carswell at JC/DC Studios, Vancouver BC
Rob Nesbitt Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synthesizers, Drum programming
David Carswell: additional Guitars, percussion
John Collins: Bass - Tracks 13, 14. Plus additional percussion and synths
Sean Drabitt: Bass - Track 8
Rob Chursinoff: Drums - Tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16
Connor Wadell: Drums - Tracks 1, 2, 7, 11, 12
Graham Watson: Drums - Tracks 5, 10
Jamie Willis: Drums - Track 15

Read why it took Rob so long to release his new album right here.

B-Side Wins Again: Freak Heat Waves

Victoria's Freak Heat Waves are at their krautrock-y best on "Void Air Lashing" from 2014's "Birth of Venus" single. 

Freak Heat Waves make a rare T.O. stop at The Baby G as part of CMW on April 22.