n Luigi Russolo was the first noise composer and an artist in the musical branch of the Italian futurist movement in the 1910s. He created noise instruments called intonarumori and is one of the artists featured in the Vancouver Art Gallery's new exhibit: Mashup: The Birth of Modern Culture. The album Die Kunst der Geräusche features 13 of his recordings of the intonarumori: bit.ly/1KY6F8t n Action and Anarchy: The Films of Seijun Suzuki trailer. Retrospective of Suzuki's work begins this weekend at Pacific
Cinémathèque: bit.ly/21bapro n Seijun Suzuki interview March, 1997: bit.ly/1ou6DeP
n The Shilohs "English Roads": bit.ly/1Lvxqfw. The Vancouver band has a new track "Do the Modern," 'recorded in a shed behind the Lido,' on CITR's Pop Alliance 4 compilation out now on Mint Records (bit.ly/1QLTbct). The record is released as part of the UBC station's annual Fundrive, which runs from Feb. 25 to March 4 (citr.ca).
n Neva Özgen demonstrates the kemençe. The Turkish musician performs with Hossein Behroozinia and Gevorg Dabaghyan at North Vancouver's Gordon Smith Gallery
on Feb. 23 at 9:30 a.m. as part of the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's Global Soundscapes Festival: Notes From the Araxes Basin, a festival of Middle Eastern music taking place over the next 10 days. For more information visit vi-co.org: bit. ly/1WtXaP5 n The Witch official movie trailer: bit.ly/1Nv7l3T n Parquet Courts perform at the Rickshaw Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 20.
Coverage of full performance from the band live on KEXP: bit.ly/1VpXwpL.
