CBC Musical Nooners - David Vertesi

For this hour long set David Vertesi brought along Peter Carruthers and Dan Klenner. He performed most of the songs off his album Cardiography, as well as two covers, including his cover of the Spice Girls song "Say You'll Be There". It seems like Vertesi crowds have come to expect Dave to perform that song. It was a beautiful sunny day and a great day for an outdoor concert!

More photos after the break!

Vancouver Seeds 2011 Winner

We are happy to announce that the official Seeds Winner for 2011 is Louder Than Love. Congratulations!

For more information about the band, and to download a couple of their songs for free, visit their website.

Click here for photos of Louder Than Love at a recent show.

And show them some love by following @LTLband on Twitter.

FOX Vancouver Seeds 2011 and State of Shock

Every year, 99.3 The Fox holds a contest for local bands to promote new music and local artists. The winners receive a Fox Platinum Award and perform along with the top two bands and a special headlining guest. This year, the Fox organized a free concert with the top three bands, as well as past seeds winner, State of Shock, on Granville and Robson in downtown Vancouver. This year's top three are Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Head of the Herd and Louder Than Love.

Head of the Herd:

Head of the Herd is a blues rock band created by Neu (guitar/lead vocals) and Clay (guitar, harmonica, vocals). Their debut album On the House was released in 2011 and the track "Knock Me Down" was used in the highlights reel for the Rip Curl Stew 2011.

For more information about Head of the Herd, visit headoftheherdmusic.com and make sure you download a copy of their new album On the House for free!

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a metal rock band made up of Jared Hayes (vocals), Chris Champagne (guitar), Shan Robertson (guitar), Kyle Otsuji (bass) and Drew McKay (drums). Their debut self-titled EP was released in 2007 and since then they have produced their first full length album The Masquerade. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes also won first place in the Airwalk Unsigned Hero Competition in 2010 which gave them a two page spread in Alternative Press as well as a spot on the Fall 2010 Alternative Press Tour in the United States. 

For more information about Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, visit their MySpace Page!

Louder Than Love:

Louder Than Love is an experimental rock band made up of Paul Lambert (lead vocals/guitar), Tyler Thompson (drums), Dano Okano (keys/vocals), Nate Parsons (guitar/vocals) and Tony Lambert (bass). Since releasing their debut album Dark Days in 2010, Louder Than Love has completed two Western/Canadian/U.S. mini-tours and released their new EP Coming Around. 

For more information about Louder Than Love, visit their website louderthanlovemusic.com and make sure you download their new single "Long Road" as well as three tracks from Dark Days available for free!

State of Shock
Seeds winners from 2004, with their album Guilty By Association, State of Shock are proof that winning this title can catapult you into the spotlight. The band includes Cameron Melnyk (lead vocals), Alison Toews (bass), Jesse Wainwright (guitar), Simon Clow (guitar), and John Philippon (drums). In 2007 they released the popular "Money Honey" off Life, Love & Lies, and their new album Rock N' Roll Romance is set to be released September 20th of this year.

For more information about State of Shock, visit their new website!

Thanks for checking out our photos! Make sure to get your tickets to 99.3 The Fox Vancouver Seeds 2011 Launch Party at the Commodore Ballroom on August 24th featuring the Vancouver Seeds 2011 winners and the Trews!