Music Waste Festival Takes Over Vancouver Again

New Music West 2008 was held last week in Vancouver, which means it's Music Waste Festival time again. Vancouverites will be able to see more than 60 acts for cheap prices when the 14th annual Music Waste Festival takes over six venues from June 4 to 8.

It'll cost you five bucks to get into each show, or you can buy a full festival pass for $15 at many Vancouver record stores. More information is available on the Music Waste website.

The first Music Waste festival was held in 1994 as a single-day event to protest the more corporate New Music West festival's entry fees. It's now one of Vancouver's most important annual festivals, since it highlights up-and-coming artists.

Here's the full schedule for Music Waste 2008:

June 4
Japanese Graffiti w/Ejaculation Death Rattle, V. Vecker, Mass Succubus, Perilisk, Fortune and Acre (PDX) @ Fake Jazz (The Cobalt)

June 5
Hank And Lily w/Ora Cogan, Creaking Planks and Dyad @ Radha

Mt. Career w/Greenbelt Collective, Chilliwack's Finest, Bird Costumes and Catamaran @ Hoko's

B-Lines w/Dead Ghosts, Get Well Bomb and The Tvees @ Pub 340

June 6
Vapid w/Nu Sensae, Stamina Mantis and The Pink Noise @ Hoko's

Basketball w/Certain Breeds, Ice Cream and The Role Mach Electric Band @ Pub 340

The Mohawk Lodge w/Land, Owl Drugs and Hawaiian Bibles @ The Astoria

June 7
Piper Davis w/Jesse Taylor, A. Ron Hubbard, GR8-2000, Young Lions and Onomatapoeia @ Hoko's

White Lung w/Sorcerers, Gang Violence and Golden Touch @ Pub 340

Winning w/White Owl, I/I and Barcelona Chair @ The Astoria

June 8
Blackberry Wood w/Tyrannahorse, Philibuster and Los Malos @ Hoko's

Modern Creatures w/The Mutators, Adjective and Mattress @ Pub 340
Anni Rossi w/Japandroids, Boogie Monster, Hermetic and Human Shield @ The Astoria

OK Vancouver OK w/June Madrona, Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin, Role Mach and Jessica Wilkin & Anju Singh @ Little Mountain Studios