http://www.ronatron.net Vancouver music reviews. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-4/ http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-4/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:16:12 +0000 Emily Groundwater http://www.ronatron.net/?p=960
With the second annual Rifflandia music festival coming to a close, Sunday brought a modest set of performances, with some welcome addition. Vancouver’s Mother Mother, who had…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-4/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-3/ http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-3/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:01:15 +0000 Emily Groundwater http://www.ronatron.net/?p=959
Day 3 of the Rifflandia music festival brought a wide range of performances from an incredibly varied group of artists. Acts on the bill for the evening…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-3/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-2/ http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-2/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:52:39 +0000 Emily Groundwater http://www.ronatron.net/?p=930
With the second annual Rifflandia Music Festival in full swing, day two of the festivities began with excitement and anticipation, as another list of great acts, including…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-2/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-1/ http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-1/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:23:09 +0000 Emily Groundwater http://www.ronatron.net/?p=923
On Thursday evening the greatly anticipated second annual Rifflandia Music Festival in Victoria, British Columbia began. Earlier in the evening we received word that the festival had…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/rifflandia-2009-day-1/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-2-2009-part-2/ http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-2-2009-part-2/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:50:41 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=922
I ended Part 1 on a lukewarm note (not the weather, but the music), and as the day moved on, so did the people. The wind may…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-2-2009-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-2-2009-part-1/ http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-2-2009-part-1/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:36:10 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=919
Day 1 of Virgin Fest Toronto saw the Ronatron crew suffer the delightful weather and be harassed by the beautiful sounds coming from the Molson Amphitheatre. Day…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-2-2009-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-1-2009/ http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-1-2009/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:03:39 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=918
With the end of summer comes a ritual for us here at Ronatron. We make that long journey to the far east (of Canada) and capture our…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-toronto-day-1-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/vans-warped-tour-2009-part-2/ http://www.ronatron.net/vans-warped-tour-2009-part-2/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:41:22 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=885
Part 1 ended with a small tiny little bang, and I would say the best part of it, that didn’t remind me of my rebellious youth, was…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/vans-warped-tour-2009-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/vans-warped-tour-2009-at-thunderbird-stadium-part-1/ http://www.ronatron.net/vans-warped-tour-2009-at-thunderbird-stadium-part-1/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:09:38 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=873
And so begins my childhood recollection. As A Tribe Called Quest would say, “back in the day when I was a teenager, before I had status and…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/vans-warped-tour-2009-at-thunderbird-stadium-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/rock-the-bells-2009-vancouver/ http://www.ronatron.net/rock-the-bells-2009-vancouver/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:40:40 +0000 Nuv http://www.ronatron.net/?p=858
In parentheses under the Rock The Bells logo, they should’ve written (The Ass & Assholes Tour). I’ve never seen so many of both in one spot. Well,…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/rock-the-bells-2009-vancouver/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/watch-virgin-festival-2009-bc/ http://www.ronatron.net/watch-virgin-festival-2009-bc/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:03:28 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=847
So this is our second installment of Virgin Fest, and what a weekend it was. From the sun shining down on us on Day 1 to the…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/watch-virgin-festival-2009-bc/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-2009-halifax/ http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-2009-halifax/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:07:20 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=845
For the Ronatron crew, this was the first installment of Virgin Fest Canada, and what a start it was. This year, the Virgins have gone all out…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/virgin-festival-2009-halifax/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/juno-weekend-highlights/ http://www.ronatron.net/juno-weekend-highlights/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 05:21:01 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=681
The Junos, for those of you who don’t know, is the Canadian version of the Grammy Awards. I’m not exactly sure how they do it down in…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/juno-weekend-highlights/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/junofest-highlights/ http://www.ronatron.net/junofest-highlights/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 02:11:39 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=664
Now that the Junos have come and gone, it’s time for me to reflect on the chaos that littered the streets of downtown Vancouver. This event was…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/junofest-highlights/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/the-dudes-at-the-peak-performance-stage/ http://www.ronatron.net/the-dudes-at-the-peak-performance-stage/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:15:18 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=636
What better way to celebrate the beginning of Juno Week then with a free live outdoor concert sponsored by my favourite local radio station The Peak 100.5…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/the-dudes-at-the-peak-performance-stage/feed/ 2 http://www.ronatron.net/exclusive-the-pigeon-detectives-interview/ http://www.ronatron.net/exclusive-the-pigeon-detectives-interview/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:41:33 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=412
When I was over in Toronto covering the Virgin Music Festival, I had the great opportunity of interviewing The Pigeon Detectives. They’re from a little place known…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/exclusive-the-pigeon-detectives-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-day-2-part-2/ http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-day-2-part-2/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:53:57 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=405
Alright so like I said before, there was just too much to cover to fit all of Day 2 in one article. I know a lot of…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-day-2-part-2/feed/ 2 http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-2008-day-2-part-1/ http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-2008-day-2-part-1/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:39:21 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=399
When I woke up in our rented car (Yes… we slept in a car), the weather couldn’t have been better. Alright I’m lying, the weather was horrible.…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-2008-day-2-part-1/feed/ 0 http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-2008-toronto-day-1/ http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-2008-toronto-day-1/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:26:38 +0000 Ronatron http://www.ronatron.net/?p=389
Every music festival seems to have the same problem, garbage. With music put aside for just a minute, I want to talk about the cons of these…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/the-virgin-music-festival-2008-toronto-day-1/feed/ 4 http://www.ronatron.net/singing-exhibition-day-2/ http://www.ronatron.net/singing-exhibition-day-2/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:40:07 +0000 Steve Smysnuik http://www.ronatron.net/?p=382
I swore I wouldn’t get stoned for this Black Mountain set. This’ll be the sixth time in little over a year that I’ve seen ‘em live and…]]> http://www.ronatron.net/singing-exhibition-day-2/feed/ 0