0 [NW NOISE #6] Sex With Strangers / Guilty About Girls (Vancouver B.C.) - Your Village Sucks! Fest Preview

Words by Nik Christofferson

Your Village Sucks! Fest Preview:

Sex With Strangers

(Set Time: 10:55PM - Jewelbox Theater Stage)

Guilty About Girls

(Set Time: 9:45PM - Grotto Stage)

Sex With Strangers is: Hatch Benedict: Vocal, Keys, Magnus Magnum: Bass, Keys, Guitar, Wedge Beavers: Guitar, Keys, Vocals, Isabelle "Bobbie" Dunlop: Vocals, Dallas ArchAngel: Drums

Your Village Sucks! Fests boasts the talents of not one but two killer acts from Vancouver B.C. in Sex With Strangers and Guilty About Girls. Sex with Strangers’ post-punk electro legacy dates back to the 90’s where frontman Hatch Benedict and bassist Magnus Magnum first met. They are coming off their first ever appearance at this year’s SXSW Festival as well as released “The Tokyo Steel” -- a disco rock scorcher led by infectious single “New City Anthem” in 2009. Look for these guys to leave everything they’ve got on the Jewelbox Theater Stage.

Guilty About Girls is: Jordy Birch: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Mark Henning: Drums, Keys, Programming

Also making their way from Canada is Guilty About Girls a goth-tinged electro-punk duo who has even been described as Buddy Holly meets Daft Punk. All odd-ball comparisons aside Jordy Birch and Mark Henning’s latest single “Candy Candy” is as catchy as they come, and I expect Guilty About Girls to take over the Grotto Stage with not only tuneful elegance and pumping beats but also should act as a well-timed palette cleanse while sandwiched between the many metals acts on the bill. Both bands were booked by festival co-conspirator Andrew Chapman. The man has a real knack for finding exciting, mostly undiscovered talent, and both of these bands are sure examples.

DO NOT MISS Sex With Strangers and Guilty About Girls as part of the Algerbay / Rocket Queen / SRG sponsored YOUR VILLAGE SUCKS! FEST, May 8th @ Rendezvous. Get Your Tickets Now!