Up-and-coming Fan Death

Fan Death is a modernized disco/electro female duo from Vancouver (holla!). I remember seeing them for the first time at the Biltmore opening for Metronomy last year. That concert was a gong show. I had a hard time paying attention to the music so Fan Death didn’t resonate with me as they did later on. Note: this concert was so nutso, most of what I remember is the lead singer of Fan Death, Dandi Wind, crowd surfing and basically walking on the ceiling while being carried by the crowd, which I admit was pretty cool. I saw them again headlining their own show at the Bourbon. This one was great and I really wanted to purchase a CD after but they didn’t have any produced yet. Fan Death has three videos but no CD yet. However, they do have an EP called A Coin For The Well that I should get my hands on soon. The band is now signed to Pharmacy Recording Company, which is apparently a division of Universal.

At the moment, they are touring with Vampire Weekend in Europe and the UK; many of these shows are sold out. A couple of weeks ago, I saw that they would be back in North America touring with Little Boots. But unfortunately, it looks like that’s been deleted now. Maybe it’ll come back?

I’m pretty excited that they’re going to appear on the cover of the next issue of ION magazine. My favourite Vancouver band on my favourite magazine based out of Vancouver, yes!

Check out Fan Death’s video for “Cannibal” below! This is probably my favourite video out of all three.

Fan Death at the Burb

Fan Death played at the Bourbon last night to most of the usual crowd. The performance was pretty hyper (which I really liked). This time, I could actually see them unlike last week at the Biltmore, where I could only see the people’s heads in front of me. The vocalist, Dandi Wind, did a great job entertaining the crowd by flying and bouncing around the stage. She kept the audience intrigued and in awe. She was up on speakers, the stage railing, on the floor; all over the place. As she danced along to the electronic music, the rest of the band kept the beat with the keyboards and synths (and maybe some other instruments I couldn’t recognize).

The concert was short and sweet. And apparently people at the Bourbon don’t know how to clap. I guess it isn’t protocol for performances at this venue. I would really like to see Fan Death in a better venue (like I do with many other Vancouver bands). I like the Bourbon and the Biltmore as places for dance parties but for concerts, I don’t. I think the best venue for an intimate concert is Richard’s on Richards but that could just be me. Hopefully one day, Fan Death will play Richards (or even the Commodore).

Unfortunately, the band doesn’t have any CDs for sale yet but they have a video! You can listen to their music on Myspace and/or see their video on Youtube (or below).

Fan Death – Veronica’s Veil

Metronomy and Fan Death – 01.24

Disregarding the intoxication of the Biltmore Cabaret, Metronomy and Fan Death played a sweet concert. Even though some audience members decided to intentionally let their drinks loose on the dance floor (which left us smelling like booze and sweat for the rest of the night), it added to the overall scene of the concert; out-of-control, stinky and drunk. Explanation of the side picture: thanks to the low ceiling of the Biltmore, I ended up only “successfully” taking pictures of the rambunctious crowd rather than Metronomy or Fan Death.

The bands:

Fan Death is a bigger Vancouver band than I had anticipated. Apparently, the lead singer, Dandi Wind, helped produce Metronomy’s video, “Radio Ladio”. She has also done some work with Lady Sovereign. Fan Death is also supposed to be playing at the Bourbon next week and Dandi Wind is playing at Pub 340 Jan. 30th.

When Metronomy took the stage, people started dancing on speakers, crowd surfing and walking on the ceiling (no joke). Half of the crowd was freaking out while the other half just stood there in disgust/shock/amaze at the freak-out session that was going on around them. Metronomy played well throughout the whole show but by the end of it, they seemed a little tired. They mentioned the Lil’ Wayne concert that was also happening the same night and joked around that they were going to play the song that made them famous, “A Milli” (which actually was Metronomy’s song called “Back on the motorway”; not one of the songs that made them famous).
Out of all the songs they played, I enjoyed “The end of you too” the most (which is an instrumental with around 5 different levels of intensity; trust me, it’s a good one).

So overall, it was a sweet concert full of an extreme amount of dancing. I wished the encore was more than one song (“You could easily have me”) but besides that, it was good and definitely worth $20.

Metronomy – The end of you too
Fan Death – Veronica’s Veil