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Damien Jurado, PETER WOLF CRIER

Sat. April 21st 2012 The Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver BC $13

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Damien Jurado, PETER WOLF CRIER

It's hard to find an entrance point into Damien Jurado's discography. You could ...
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Sat. April 21st 2012 + Add to Calendar The Biltmore Cabaret (No Minors)
8:00pm - 11:00pm $13 +s/c in advance

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Damien Jurado
PETER WOLF CRIER

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The Biltmore Cabaret
For over 50 years, the Biltmore has been a fixture in the co...
Open / Operational
Beatroute Magazine
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2280 Hastings St. E Vancouver BC
Open / Operational

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Physical tickets at: Zulu Records, Red Cat Records, The River Vintage, The Biltmore Cabaret, Ticketweb

Event Description

It's hard to find an entrance point into Damien Jurado's discography. You could start from the beginning, 1997's Waters Ave. S., but that record is filled with the sort of angsty, electric Pac NW indie-rock that is largely uncharacteristic of his catalogue as a whole. You could start with his first folk-leaning LP, 1999's Rehearsals for Departure, which has one of the best and most tender songs he's written, "Eyes For Windows", or 2002's comparatively upbeat I Break Chairs, but there's not much to make either stand out from the pack. If nothing else, Jurado has been oddly cursed by his own consistency.

Produced by the increasingly ubiquitous Richard Swift, Saint Bartlett, Jurado's ninth record is, finally, a striking departure. So much so that only the sound of his voice keeps you from thinking this could be the work of someone else. The change is noticeable right off the bat, announced by the lushly stringed baroque pop of "Cloudy Shoes", and it continues throughout, with meditations on 1950s girl-group balladry, thorny Neil Young-esque guitar rock, and cavernous chamber-pop.

Swift deserves a fair amount of credit for the reinvention that's on display here, and his ear for instrumentation does wonders for these songs. The woodblock percussion that backs "Arkansas" gives the tune a slight ramshackle bent, while Swift applies the perfect amount of guitar fuzz to turn "Wallingford" into a gentle stomper. Most impressively, the application of subtle space in "Kalama" lends a new gravitas to Jurado's voice, effectively making him bigger than his own sound.

Tickets on sale Friday January 13th
Buy tickets online: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4248135

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The Biltmore Cabaret
2755 Prince Edward
Bar / Nightclub
Open / Operational

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