May 23rd, 2026
Dead Bob presents
Dead Bob
Aversions, Yep
+19 (with 2 pieces of govt issued ID)
Also available in-store at: Red Cat Records
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DOORS: 7:30pm
Punk rock supergroup Dead Bob makes their return to the Rickshaw stage on Saturday, May 23rd to celebrate the release of their new album NOTHING CHANGES EVERYTHING, with support from Aversions and Yep.
Dead Bob
Exactly three years after the debut album, LIFE LIKE, Dead Bob continues to
mine the archives of old and new Demos that JOHN WRIGHT has created over the
years, including two of the last songs demoed for NO MEANS NO with brother
ROB WRIGHT.
Whereas Life Like was primarily a solo project of John, since the formation of the
live band the gang, Ford Pier, Byron Slack, Kristy Lee Audette and Colin MacRae
take a far more active role in this record.
NOTHING CHANGES EVERYTHING is a 35 min. 8 song release that takes you
on Bob’s journey and keeps you wondering, “Where the f**k is this going next!”
Balls to the walls and head in the clouds, you’re in for a treat.
With a couple years under their belts and the return of Selina Martin to collaborate on
another song, Dead Bob takes it to the next level.
Aversions
Vancouver three-piece Aversions make clamorous post-punk that is at once cathartic and anxiety-inducing, where the structured womp of post-hardcore shares space with the chilly, subterranean textures of goth to conjure a unique strain of “lush brutality.”
Empty Century, their band’s fourth release, finds them expanding on 2023’s hard-hitting You Wanted the Bike with songs that run the gamut from straight-ahead goth-rock on “Empty Century” and “Kind Word” to proto-metal, Sabbath-like ballads like “The Cockroach.”
With appearances on Bandcamp’s New and Notable, Spotify editorial playlists such as “All-New Punk” and institutional Canadian outlets such as Exclaim! magazine, Aversions continue solidifying their place within the landscape of certified Canadian rock and roll lifers.
Yep
Yep is a synth-driven prog-punk power trio from Vancouver. Think ELP playing Fugazi, with weirdo interlocking harmonies layered on top. The band is made up of Craig Stensrud, Madison Mayhew, and Gil Goletski, and on stage the rapport between the longtime friends shows itself whether they’re performing their intricately arranged music or goofing off between songs.