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The CIVL Stage One This Friday!

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Hey everyone! This Friday Sept 3 there is a show at Casey’s on Campus. It is only five bucks for three bands. The show is nineteen plus so bring your IDs and some cash for refreshments.

The first show on Fri Sept 3 will be a mix between new-wave, post-punk and garage. But not all the CIVL Stage shows will have this sound.

Stay tuned to CIVL.ca on Sept 3 because CIVL Radio will announce who the Sept 18 headliner is. This will be a night of indie rock and pop hooks that will get you dancing. You will not be disappointed.

To hear the music of the first show, click on the pictures of the bands:

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

Petroleum By-Product

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The Progressive Thinker

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Women of Britain

The CIVL Stage was brought to you with sponsorship from:

CIVL Radio Music Charts - Aug 18-24

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

The Blisterin’ Barnacles from Abbotsford are still number one on the CIVL Radio !earshot charts with their latest release Rock’n'Roll Avenue. For information on how to pick up this swashbuckling album made with a hefty D.I.Y. Abbotsford punk ethic, become a fan on facebook or be their friend on myspace. Then send them a message. It costs $10 and with nine songs, that is $1.11 per song. What a steal!

Here’s the top fifteen for the week of Aug 18-24:

1. Blisterin’ Barnacles - Rock’n'Roll Avenue

2. The Vicious Cycles - Momma b/w No Good

3. The Brains - Zombie Nation

4. Grim Hymm and the Horrors - Grim Hymm and the Horrors

5. White Lung - Atlanta

6. Grasscut - 1 Inch : 1/2 Mile

7. Hank III - Rebel Within

8. Mad Sin - Burn and Rise!

9. The Hyponophonics - Last Band on Earth

10. The Deadcats - Look Like Hell

11. The Koffin Kats - Forever For Hire

12. American Werewolves - Kings of the Cleveland Streets

13. The Coathangers - Scramble

14. Frazey Ford - Obadiah

15. Striker - Eyes In The Night

CIVL Radio has been charting to the !earshot, the national campus and community radio report since Apr 20, 2010. There has been a variety of musical genres represented from electronica to psychobilly and indie-pop to punk.

CIVL Stage One Poster

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Designed by Angie Reid. Please print and post around town.

CIVL Radio Music Charts Aug 4-17

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

Local punk rockers Blisterin’ Barnacles have skyrocketed to number one on the CIVL Radio !earshot charts with their release “Rock ‘n’ Roll Avenue.” The album is full of great guitar riffs and a thumping beat that might remind you of getting a few pints at one of the pubs on Essendene and West Railway.

PS, the profanity may assault those with conservative sensibilities. But for those with Abbotsford punk as eff sensibilities, it’s all about you.

The following are the top fifiteen starting with artist name and then the music release title:

1. Blisterin’ Barnacles - Rock’n'Roll Avenue

2. Tokyo Police Club - Champs

3. Frazey Ford - Obadiah

4. Caribou - Swim

5. Hannah Georgas - This Is Good

6. Dragonette - Fixin’ To Thrill

7. Telekinesis - Telekinesis!

8. The Weepies - Be My Thrill

9. Gramercy Riffs - It’s Heartbreak

10. The New Pornographers - Together

11. Bison B.C. - Dark Ages

12. Kobra And The Lotus - Out Of The Pit

13. Glo - On The Outside

14. Joel Willoughby - Rain And The Pocket Change

15. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Nitetime Rainbows

CIVL Radio has been charting to the !earshot, the national campus and community radio report since Apr 20, 2010. There has been a variety of musical genres represented from electronica to psychobilly and indie-pop to punk.

Red Jam Slam 2010

Friday, August 20th, 2010

This Sat, Aug 21 at the W2 Storyeum the will be an indigenous festival called the Red Slam Jam. The event will run from 11am until sometime after midnight with panels on the Truth and Reconciliation Process and indigenous broadcasting before an evening of indigenous music performers.

CIVL Radio will be broadcasting most of the event in the afternoon until 8 pm. To listen to a live stream of the entire event go the following url at 11 am: cjsf.ca:9010.

One of CIVL Radio’s broadcaster will even be participating on the panel of indigenous broadcasters. Listen for Larry Portelance sometime in the afternoon after 2:30 pm.

The CIVL Stage One

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Hey students and community members! Come on out to the CIVL Stage concert series at Casey’s on Campus! It will happen on Fri, Sept 3 just before the fall semester starts. For only $5, you can see three excellent bands perform at a 19+ venue.

The following are the artists performing at the CIVL Stage #1, which is presented by CIVL Radio and sponsored by the UFV Student Union Society and the Cascade Newspaper:

Petroleum By-Product

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

Headlining the show will be a new-wave band called Petroleum By-Product from Vancouver. They are affiliated with the Emergency Room music scene that was born out of an underground parking lot venue at the Emily Carr Institute of Art. Petroleum By-Product has shown up on CIVL Radio’s !earshot chart for July 20 and Aug 30.

The Progressive Thinker

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

The Progressive Thinker has been around for quite a while and has an interesting roster of Abbotsford musicians. Members include Stephen O’Shea, Jason Robert Nicholas, Franklyn Currie and Stu Hood. Their indie, post-punk experimental performance is not to be missed as it combines the the creative energies of so many other music and art projects that are happening, and have happened, right here in Abbotsford.

Women of Britain

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

Click on the picture to listen to the music.

Hailing from Abbotsford, Women of Britain is a psychedelic garage-punk band who has been around for one year. Well, at least with since they started to perform with the name Women of Britain. These young lads have been performing at plenty of local shows in and around Abbotsford. Soon, the hardworking Women on Britain will be releasing a new EP. Stay tuned to CIVL Radio to hear about it!

The CIVL Stage is sponsored by:

CIVL Radio Announces Selection For T-Shirt Design

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Designed by Julie Richards

Designed by Julie Richards

CIVL Radio recently held their first T-Shirt Design Contest. The goal of the contest was to create a t-shirt design that would appeal to CIVL Radio’s growing metal and punk audience.

The T-Shirt Design Contest Sub-Committee would like to once again thank all of the people who took the time to create and submit an entry for the contest!

Congratulations to the winner, Julie Richards, for her design! Julie is a resident of Abbotsford and a student of UFV.

Thank you Julie!

CIVL Radio To Host A Concert Series Called The CIVL Stage

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ABBOTSFORD, BC - CIVL Radio has partnered with the UFV Student Union Society (SUS) and the Cascade Newspaper to host a concert series called the CIVL Stage at Casey’s on Campus. The first night of the the CIVL Stage will be on Friday Sept 3 in which Abbotsford’s The Progressive Thinker and Women of Britain will perform along with Vancouver’s Petroleum By-Product.

The CIVL Stage will help keep the independent music torch alive after the Atangard Community Project re-ignited it with the Jam In Jubilee. After seeing the Jam In Jubilee wrap-up on Aug 12, new CIVL Radio Station Manager Aaron Levy said that “it was great to see what’s happening in the local music scene.”

A newcomer to Abbotsford, Levy goes on to say that despite the success of the Jam In Jubilee, “there still seems to be a common concern within the local music scene about the lack of venue space in the Abbotsford. The CIVL Stage is about getting other student organizations, such as the SUS and the Cascade Newspaper, on board with addressing this concern at Casey’s on Campus.”

At the CIVL Stage some things will be different from the Jam In Jubilee. There will be a five dollar admission to each concert and it will be a nineteen-plus event. CIVL Radio’s Promotions Director Larry Portelance says “the CIVL Stage is an event for and by young adults who don’t mind their music a bit unpolished and gritty. If one is familiar with !earshot campus and community charts, then one will be familiar with the kind of music the CIVL Stage is trying to promote.”

Portelance also said “the performers for the CIVL Stage will range from indie-pop to new-wave, pop-punk to lo-fi. The aim is to give the students of UFV and members of the community two rock and roll shows that will also give them something to talk about before Dis-O hits the Green on Sept 23.”

On the headliner for Saturday Sept 18, Portelance says “I just cannot say who it is. I must respect the performer’s request to not announce it until Sept 3. But stay tuned to our various social media presences or check out our CIVL Stage website for more information.”

The CIVL Stage was made possible with contributions from SUS, the Cascade Newspaper and CIVL Radio. These events will also have a dedicated team of student volunteers to make it happen. For more information follow CIVL Radio’s tweets @CIVL_Radio, like CIVL.Radio on facebook, or go to the CIVL Stage website at civlstage.wordpress.com.

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For the !earshot campus and community charts, go to www.earshot-online.com.

Don’t forget to listen to CIVL Radio at www.civl.ca. Just click on the ear to listen!

For more information, email civlstage@civl.ca

For the facebook event, click here.

CIVLCast 24 - The 2010 Mission Folk Music Festival

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Hey everyone! CIVL Radio was at the Mission Folk Music Festival (MFMF) and it was a blast!

So much so that we are really excited to share five chapters of podcasts that features Marc Pillard, Richard Forest, Robert Sarazin Blake and Jan Peters. This podcast features content recorded from the Mission Folk Music Festival 2010.

Click on the titles for the podcast:

CIVLCast 24 - MFMF Ch1

CIVLCast 24 - MFMF Ch2

CIVLCast 24 - MFMF Ch3

CIVLCast 24 - MFMF Ch4

CIVLCast 24 - MFMF Ch5

The discussion and music jam have been recorded for public distribution through CIVL Radio.