Laverne

09/22/20 • 69 min

On this week’s episode we welcome back Laverne!

Featuring the steady grooves of bassist Pherbie Midgley, the tasteful percussion of drummer Geoff McLellan, and the fitful guitar work and raw vocals of front man Max Anderson Baier, Laverne are a refreshingly unconventional art punk unit and are one of the best kept secrets in the Vancouver underground music scene.

After dropping an impressive debut record titled Yarrow back in 2018, the band is looking to push expectations and defy boundaries with their sophomore record Lack of Vocation.

On this week’s episode we welcome back Laverne!

After dropping an impressive debut record titled Yarrow back in 2018, the band is looking to push expectations and defy boundaries with their sophomore record Lack of Vocation.

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Archive Episode: Lee Gauthier (Bridal Party) & Krystle Dos Santos

On this double feature Archive Episode we catch up with producer Lee Gauthier and soul singer/songwriter Krystle Dos Santos.

Lee Gauthier is a musician and producer most well known as the bassist for Victoria based indie pop band Bridal Party. His production credits include releases by Buchan Buchan, This Day Burns, Bright Boy, Hansmole, Thrift Shopper, and the Blackwood Kings. His solo material has involved the use of a Soundplane music controller, a robotic vibraphone, and digital music platforms including Abelton Live and Max/MSP. Lee is also a software developer for the music sharing platform bandcamp.

Krystle Dos Santos is a soul singer/songwriter and is the host/organizer of Underneath the Harlem Moon at the Guilt & Co. club in Vancouver. Krystle performs regularly in Vancouver with The Lovemakers and in Edmonton with the Black Mambas and was working on her third solo album at the time of recording.

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Jenny Banai

Jenny Banai is a gifted vocalist and songwriter whose mature arrangements and stunning live performances have drawn comparisons to the likes of Jeff Buckley, Feist, and Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries.

Banai is a winner and three time nominee of the Fraser Valley Music “Folk Artist of the Year'' award, has had her music featured on on the TV show and web series The Drive along with the CBC Radio program On The Coast.

She has received praise from a variety of publications and writers including Juno nominated artist and host of the Hip Hop Evolution documentary series Shad.