New Music West 2008 Schedule: Wed May 14

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

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

No bands.

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

• 7:00pm - Parachute Penguin (AB) - Indie / New Wave / Rock
  
• 8:00pm - Singapore - Indie / Rock
  
• 9:00pm - Illfit Outfit (AB) - Indie / Pop
  
• 10:00pm - The No No Spots - Electro / Pop / Rock
  
• 11:00pm - The Kindness Kind (SEA) - Indie / Rock / Electro
  
• 12:00am - Curtis Santiago - Indie / Soul / Pop
  

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

99.3 The Fox & Abort Magazine presents:

• 9:00pm - Quartered - Metal / Alternative / Experimental
  
• 10:00pm - Rallycar - Alternative / Rock
  
• 11:00pm - The Turn - Rock / Progressive
  
• 12:00am - Ninja Spy - Hardcore / Funk / Ska
  
• 1:00am - Exit This Side - Rock / Pop Punk / Powerpop
  

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

• 7:00pm - Venomous Tusk - Rock / Metal / Other
  
• 8:00pm - Over The Coals - Metal / Thrash / Rock
  
• 9:00pm - The Senticsphere - Rock / Alternative
  
• 10:00pm - Krome - Rock / Alternative / Indie
  
• 11:00pm - Forty Birds (QUE) - Alternative / Progressive / Metal
  

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

• 8:15pm - Simon Hoskyn - Acoustic / Alternative / Down-tempo
  
• 9:15pm - Connor McGuire - Acoustic / Indie / Folk
  
• 10:15pm - Josh Turner - Indie / Acoustic / Folk Rock
  
• 11:15pm - Hannah Georgas - Indie / Folk / Alternative
  

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

• 8:00pm - Danielle Duval (QUE) - Rock / Pop / Alternative
  
• 9:00pm - The Rev Squad - Rock / Pop
  
• 10:00pm - Italian Edition - Indie / Progressive / Rock
  
• 11:00pm - Fire Bug (LA) - Indie / Psychedelic / Rock
  
• 12:00am - Raggedy Angry (ON) - Electro / Alternative / Industrial
  
• 1:00am - One Eleven Archer - Rock / Alternative / Indie
  

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

• 8:00pm - Cameron Dobb - Pop / Rock / Alternative
  
• 9:00pm - Jacob S Harris (QUE) -
  
• 10:00pm - Justin Hewitt - Folk Rock / Indie / Acoustic
  
• 11:00pm - Jesse Dee - Americana / Folk / Jazz
  
• 12:00am - Half Acre Day (SEA) - Indie / Rock / Alternative
  

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

No bands.

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

No bands.

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

• 7:45pm - Bodhi Jones - Acoustic / Pop / Folk Rock
  
• 8:45pm - Jody Glenham - Indie / Pop / Other
  
• 9:45pm - Redgy Blackout - Alternative / Rock
  
• 10:45pm - Ari Neufeld - Folk Rock / Indie / Breakcore
  

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

SOCAN presents:

• 7:30pm - StereoBuss - Rock / Alternative / Pop
  
• 8:30pm - Elias - Rock / Alternative / Indie
  
• 9:30pm - Carmen and Camille - Pop / Rock / Alternative
  
• 10:30pm - Sweetheart - Indie
  
• 11:30pm - Ammonia Stars - Rock / Progressive / Indie
  
• 12:30am - Shukov - Indie
  

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

No bands.

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

JRfm presents:

• 7:00pm - Karen Fowlie - Country / Rock / Indie
  
• 7:50pm - Amber Nicholson - Country
  
• 8:40pm - Craig Moritz (AB) - Country / Rock / Country
  
• 9:30am - Fera - Country / Folk Rock / Americana
  

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

Urban Style and Culture
NMW Kickoff! Fashion & Music

• 9:00pm - NaRai - Soul / R&B / Hip Hop
  
• 10:00pm - Frankie Starr & Marlon Turner (SEA) - Hip Hop / Rock / R&B
  
• 11:00pm - Politic Live (AB) - Hip Hop / Reggae / Rap
  
• 12:00am - Paris Austin (NY)
  
• 1:00am - Tea - Soul / Pop / Jazz
  

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

No bands.

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

Big Rock Untapped presents:

• 7:30pm - Danielle French - Folk Rock / Acoustic / Alternative
  
• 8:30pm - Nadine Medawar (QUE) - Indie / Folk / Pop
  
• 9:30pm - Jennifer Hershman - Folk Rock
  
• 10:30pm - Hilary Grist - Indie / Folk / Pop
  
• 11:30pm - Dasha - Rock / Alternative / Acoustic
  

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

• 8:00pm - Darren Frank (AB) - Other / Pop / Folk
  
• 9:00pm - Adam Crossley (TO) - Pop / Other
  
• 10:00pm - Cameron Latimer - Country / Folk / Other
  
• 11:00pm - Adaline - Indie / Electroacoustic / Folk Rock
  
• 12:00am - Jess Hill - Acoustic / Folk / Melodramatic Popular Song
  

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

No bands.

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

• 8:00pm - ill Esha - Down-tempo / Emotronic
  
• 9:00pm - Illa Brown - Hip Hop / Rap / Club
  
• 10:00pm - Swagger Jones - Hip Hop / Rap / R&B
  
• 11:00pm - GroundBreakers - Hip Hop / Indie
  
• 12:00am - SketchBros - Hip Hop / Indie / Rap
  
• 1:00am - Animal Nation - Hip Hop / Indie / Alternative
  

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

Beaver Buzz presents:

• 7:00pm - Versus The Nothing - Rock / Alternative / Rock
  
• 8:00pm - Grass City - Rock / Rock / Rock
  
• 9:00pm - Southern Death Threat - Metal / Thrash / Southern Rock
  
• 10:00pm - PROX (CD Release) - Alternative / Rock / Metal
  

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

• 8:00pm - Stand By Me (AB) - Pop
  
• 9:00pm - Kookshow - Rock / Pop / Alternative
  
• 10:00pm - Last Day Lost - Pop / Rock
  
• 11:00pm - Zoey's Closet (AB) - Alternative / Rock / Pop
  

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

No bands.

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

Ass Kickin Products and Jimmy Zee presents:

• 8:00pm - Joseph Blood - Acoustic / Rock / Roots Music
  
• 9:00pm - Sprengjuhöllin (ICE) - Pop / Folk / Rock
  
• 10:00pm - The Mighty Regis (CA) - Celtic / Punk / Rock
  
• 11:00pm - Jimmy Zee - Americana / Blues / Funk
  
• 12:00am - Good Morning Maxfield (UT) - Folk Rock / Rock / Alternative
  
• 1:00am - Your House - Reggae / Rock / Hip Hop
  

Wed / Yaletown (Outdoor)

• 4:30pm - 6:00pm - Jarimba - Afro-beat / Latin