New Music West 2008 Schedule: Fri May 16

New Music West is a music festival in Vancouver that takes place next week between May 14 and May 18, 2008. The festival will showcase over 250 bands in over 20 venues located in the Downtown core, Main Street and Commercial Drive areas. Need help deciding on which bands to see? Here are links to each band's myspace site so that you can listen to their music to help you decide. The music genre displayed beside the band name is how the band describes their music as listed on their myspace profile. The bands listed are from the official schedule, and is accurate as of May 4th. These pages will be updated with additional bands as they are confirmed.

UPDATED May 12, 2008 with the FINAL schedule from the New Music West website.

Schedule: Wed May 14 | Thu May 15 | Fri May 16 | Sat May 17
Complete Schedule

Fri / Backstage Lounge / 1585 Johnston St. / 604-687-1354

Hipposonic Showcase

• 10:00pm - Anna Vandas - Roots Music / Surf / Folk
  
• 11:00pm - Aeroplane - Powerpop / Rock / Alternative
  
• 12:00am - Ghost Brothers - Acoustic / Pop
  
• 1:00am - Eileen Rothe - Pop / Rock
  
• 1:30am - My Dearest Friends - Indie / Alternative / Ambient
  

Fri / The Bourbon / 50 W. Cordova St. / 604-684-4214

Australia Showcase

• 5:30pm - VIP Party
  
• 7:10pm - Bladeshy (AUS) - Rock
  
• 7:50pm - Qynn (AUS) - Experimental / Jungle / Progressive
  
• 8:30pm - Osh10 (AUS) - Acoustic / Funk / Trip Hop
  
• 9:10pm - The Tiger and Me (AUS) - Acoustic
  
• 9:50pm - The Re-Mains (AUS) - Alternative / Country / Rock
  
• 10:30pm - The Satellite Nation (AUS) - Indie / Rock
  

Fri / Biltmore / 395 Kingsway / 604-676-0541

SKA Spot Live Showcase:

• 8:30pm - Seven O'Clock Scandal - Ska / Rock / Pop Punk
  
• 9:15pm - Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra - Roots Music / Folk / Ska
  
• 10:00pm - Rude City Riot - Ska / Reggae / Rock
  
• 10:45pm - The Easy Brothers - Punk / Ska
  
• 11:35pm - The Kiltlifters - Ska / Punk / Reggae
  
• 12:25am - Skaboom! - Ska / Reggae / Rock
  

Fri / Blarney Stone / 216 Carrall St. / 604-687-4322

No bands.

Fri / Cafe Deux Soleil / 2096 Commercial Dr. / 604-254-1195

• 8:15pm - Laura Smith - Pop / Alternative / Jazz
  
• 9:15pm - Ry Moran (VIC) - Folk Rock / Rock / Country
  
• 10:15pm - Clint Crighton (AUS) - Rock / Roots Music / Hawaiian
  
• 11:15pm - The Wheat Pool (AB) (AB) - Country / Rock / Folk Rock
  

Fri / The Cellar / 1006 Granville St. / 604-605-4350

99.3 The Fox presents:

• 7:00pm - Good Night Mars - Rock / Rock / Rock
  
• 8:00pm - Fluffy Starr - Rock / Industrial / Electro
  
• 9:00pm - Innocent Bystander - Rock / Pop / Alternative
  

Fri / The Chapel / 304 Dunlevy St. / 604-771-7703

• 8:00pm - Dan Kosub
  
• 9:00pm - Reid Jamieson - Indie / Pop / Acoustic
  
• 10:00pm - Mark Hildreth - Pop / Jazz / Rock
  
• 11:00pm - Lily Come Down - Roots Music / Folk / Bluegrass
  
• 12:00am - T. Nile - Roots Music / Folk / Americana
  

Fri / Crush Champagne Lounge / 1180 Granville St. / 604-684-0355

No bands.

Fri / The Fairview Pub / 898 W. Broadway / 604-872-1262

World

• 8:00pm - Dilvog
  
• 9:00pm - Diano Garcia (SEA) - Funk / Afro-beat / Soul
  
• 10:00pm - Fur Bearing Animals - Down-tempo / Funk / Soul
  
• 11:00pm - Jarimba - Afro-beat / Latin
  
• 12:00am - Sinistrio - Jazz / Experimental / Rock
  
• 1:00am - Dirty Bottom - Funk / Neo-soul / Reggae
  

Fri / The Libra Room / 1608 Commercial Dr. / 604-255-3787

• 7:45pm - Ali Milner - Jazz / Pop
  
• 8:45pm - Dani Jean (AB)
  
• 9:45pm - Nat Jay - Indie / Folk / Pop
  
• 10:45pm - Cindy Davis - Pop / Rock / Folk Rock
  

Fri / The Media Club / 695 Cambie St. / 604-608-2871

• 7:30pm - Pete Samples (QUE) - Electronica / Alternative / Pop
  
• 8:30pm - Chantel Upshaw - Pop / Soul / Other
  
• 9:30pm - Jason Crocker (AB) - Japanese Classic Music / Minimalist / Powerpop
  
• 10:30pm - Brasstronaut (of The Clips) - Soul / Live Electronics / Jazz
  
• 11:30pm - Winston - Indie / Pop / Acoustic
  
• 12:30am - Aaron Nazrul - Folk / Latin / Soul
  

Fri / Pat's Pub / 403 E. Hastings St. / 604-255-4301

• 8:00pm - We Just Stole A Car - Experimental / Alternative / Jazz
  
• 9:00pm - Beehive (SEA) - Indie / Pop / Electro
  
• 10:00pm - Danny Echo - Powerpop / Alternative / Rock
  
• 11:00pm - The Neins Circa - Pop
  
• 12:00am - Scram C Baby (NED) - Other / Pop / Rock
  
• 1:00am - Mendella (UK) - Rock
  

Fri / The Penthouse / 1019 Seymour St. / 604-683-2111

99.3 The Fox and
WenerHouse Music presents:

• 8:30pm - Arkells - Soul / Rock
  
• 9:30pm - Kuba Oms - Soul / Rock / House
  
• 10:30pm - Freeflow - Rock / Hip Hop / Reggae
  
• 11:30pm - Redeye Empire - Rock / Pop / Reggae
  
• 12:30am - Saint Alvia Cartel (ON) - Rock / Punk / Reggae
  

Fri / The Plaza Club / 881 Granville St. / 604-646-0064

No wristbands. Tickets $18.

• 8:00pm - Smoosh - Indie
  
• 8:00pm - Attack in Black - Indie / Rock
  
• 8:00pm - Tokyo Police Club - Indie / Garage / Pop
  

Fri / Plush Nightclub / 750 Pacific Blvd. / 604-669-8980

No bands.

Fri / Purple Crab Restraunt / 3916 Main St. / 604-484-2436

Big Rock Untapped presents:

• 7:30pm - Caroline Spence Band - Folk Rock / Alternative / Progressive
  
• 8:30pm - Paul Filik
  
• 9:30pm - Missing Starla - Indie / Folk Rock / Alternative
  
• 10:30pm - Jupiter Sunrise (LA) - Indie / Folk / Classic Rock
  
• 11:30pm - Honey & the Money - Pop / Indie / Acoustic
  

Fri / The Railway Club / 579 Dunsmuir St. / 604-681-1625

No bands.

Fri / The Red Room / 398 Richards St. / 604-687-5007

No bands.

Fri / The Royal / 1025 Granville St. / 604-685-7527

No bands.

Fri / The Roxy / 932 Granville St. / 604-331-7997

No bands.

Fri / Royal Unicorn / 147 E. Pender St. / 604-434-9750

Hoax's American Showdown

• 8:00pm - Chicane Theory (MIN) - Alternative / Indie / Rock
  
• 9:00pm - Stuporhero (SEA) - Indie / Pop / Rock
  
• 10:00pm - The Color Bars (SEA)
  
• 11:00pm - Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground (SEA) - Alternative / Lounge / Experimental
  
• 12:00am - Portugal The Man (ALASKA) - Soul / Progressive / Grime
  

Fri / Waldorf Grove Pub (Upstairs) / 1489 E. Hastings St. / 604-253-7141

Rock The Western Hemisphere

• 8:00pm - One Bullet Resolution - Rock / Alternative / Metal
  
• 9:00pm - Axiom - Indie
  
• 10:00pm - Silversafe (OR) - Rock / Alternative / Progressive
  
• 11:00pm - The GLIM Project - Rock / Classic Rock / Grunge
  
• 12:00am - Between Lives - Metal / Hardcore / Ghettotech
  
• 1:00am - MindFlow (Brazil) - Rock / Metal / Progressiv
  

Fri / The Yale / 1300 Granville St. / 604-681-9253

No bands.

Fri / Yaletown (Outdoor)

• 4:30pm - 6:00pm - Soulfege (LA) - Hip Hop / Reggae / Funk