The Permanent Rain Press Interview with Redrick Sultan. (Watch in HD)

So I ended up at O'Hanlons Irish Pub last night to catch Lords Kitchner (one of my favorite local acts who I haven't seen in a while). 

Upon arrival, we were greeted by a man on stage with an electric guitar and a beard. He was playing really mellow tunes, sometimes using a sampler to record himself playing the main chords before heading off into a psychedelic journey that were his guitar solos. Unfortunately, this guy must have slipped out the back before I could catch his name. But I am going to continue to look for it 'cause this dude was pretty cool.

The following act was a totally unique trio. Redrick Sultan's songs didn't follow many rules of popular music. It was awesome. At one point in the show, the fretless bass was passed from Noah off to lead guitarist Spencer while he played a keyboard with a very cool 8-bit old school computer game feel. Their vocals included the two frontmen shouting bizarre and quirky, (almost meaningless sometimes) lyrics. Which fit their funky tempo-changing, continually-guitar-soloing style. One song in particular that I enjoyed was about prehistoric creatures. 

Redrick Sultan is: Spencer Cargreaves: Guitar/Vocals/Antics, Noah Gordan: Bass/Vocals/Keys, Jarrad Bajeunesse: Drums/Trickery

Finally, Lords Kitchner took to the stage. Like I said, I am from the same hometown as these guys and so I have seen them before, but not for a while. This time, as expected, was no disappointment. Each member of this group are absolutely skilled at what they do. Each song shows off the talents of all of these guys at once. Whether it be Andrew vigorously slapping the bass, Drake going hard on his kit, Brett shredding away on his SG, or Garret blasting his vocals into the room, their skill can not be missed. Many of their songs transition smoothly into the next, making the whole experience of a Lords Kitchner set one you will want to see for yourself.

Lords Kitchner is: Garret DeLaurier - Vocals/Guitar, Andrew Fyvie - Bass, Brett McKay - Guitar, Drake Mark - Drums

hang loose,

The wonderful fellas in Redrick Sultan kicked it with us for the FIRST of our 'Guest Curators' series! 

We talked new album, tour, and explored some of their favourite artists in the Vancouver scene.

"Giraffe Food" - Redrick Sultan (Feat. Panax)

"Break" - Criminal Caterpillar

"Small Wonder" - Brad Turner Quartet

"Genesis Explosion" - Redrick Sultan

"Clouds" - Redrick Sultan 

"Spare Change" - Lemming Dynasty

"Making Sense" - The SSRIs

"Morningwood" - Redrick Sultan (Feat. Panax)

A short playlist, but we had just way too much to talk about!