On Saturday, September 22, 2007 Punchface Propaganda Machine presents Make the Lion, ARCTIC, and Orchid Highway at Hoko’s (362 Powell Street, Vancouver). Doors open at 8pm, cover is $5. All ages!

Make the Lion: “Make the Lion’s versatile and engaging mix of post Radiohead prog-psychadelia and the raw energy of bands such as nirvana and sonic youth has recently been described by Nerve magazine as ‘intelligent rock for the thinking soul, […] one of Vancouver’s more impressive young bands.’ Rounded off by a live performance that includes interactive visuals and a rotating cast of guest musicians playing electronics, brass, percussion and guitar, audiences are drawn into a unique and dynamic listening experience.”

ARCTIC: “A haunting moodiness evocative of a cold Northern landscape. Always seeking contrast, ARCTIC is still sometimes a solo project, sometimes a full band, never exactly the same from one show to the next. In either form it combines diverse influences in unexpected ways: progressive rock, jazz, industrial rock merge with ambient textures and acoustic singer/songwriter melodies to create something fresh, unconventional and intriguing.”

Orchid Highway: “The Orchid Highway is one of Vancouver’s longest-running bands, and their dogged die-hard attitude is more than justified by the quality of the music they write. Trousers-deep in a rapturously ongoing obsession with mid-60s Britpop and psychedelia… imaginatively melodic arrangements that would knock Brian Wilson out of his housecoat and on his fat ass in his piano-equipped sandbox.”