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24Hour Special on NOW
Hurry! Online tickets for Something Else, Something Fierce are $10.00 off until 11:55pm
$15 Students
$25 Regular
Direct link right here http://napwcsomethingfierce.eventbrite.com/?discount=24Hour_Special
The 24hour Ticket Special and the San Miguel Seduction
If you’re thirsty for San Miguel beer, the Philippines’ intoxicant of choice, then come on down to the show and get your amber-coloured bottle and enjoy the music. The awesome folks at W2 Storyeum will be serving up the iconic brew at $4.75 a bottle. Best deal in town at the fiercest show this weekend.
And speaking of deals, check out the 24 hour Special ticket sale on Wednesday, April 13. For 24 hours, student tickets will be $15 and regular priced tickets are going for $25 online through Eventbrite. Hurry!!! Grab ’em before they sell out!
Double Dose Thursday with R.Two and DJ Miss M!
Hey folks! With less than 10 days until the fiercest show goes down in VanCity, we’re dropping a double-dose of fierceness with Something Else, Something Fierce mc and dj, R.Two and Miss M.
Check out R.Two’s main gig, Toxic Slime Clique with fellow raptivist, Kris Blade and their latest vid “So Good”. If you like what you see and hear, catch the real stuff on April 16 when the duo opens for Emm Gryner.
Since starting out a mere three years ago, DJ Miss M has worked non-stop and it’s paying off! She’s been nominated twice for “Best
Female DJ of the Year” by the Ecko Stylus Awards, spinning shows across the coasts in North America AND remains to be the ONLY female in the Drama Squad DJ’s with celebrity DJ Pauly D (MTV’s Jersey Shore), DJ Detoto (Ohio) and DJ Biggie (New York).
Want more? Eyeball her latest interview with Hip Hop Canada Magazine, or click on her hip hop link!
Exclusive Sneak Peek and Press Party!
Hey folks and members of the media! One of our generous sponsors and one of the best restaurants in Vancouver, the Reef Caribbean Restaurant alongside the NAPWC will be hosting a press party with performances by Mutya Macatumpag, Eirene Cloma, R.Two and some fancy spinning by Miss M and Igzilla, not to mention a LIMITED amount of complimentary food and drinks will be served. Tickets to Something Else, Something Fierce will be onsale. Details below!
Media Invitation: Exclusive Preview for Something Else, Something Fierce, with complimentary food and drinks
When: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
7pm – 10pm
The Reef Caribbean Restaurant
1018 Commercial Drive, Vancouver,
A concert featuring some the fiercest Canadian artists and DJ’s of Filipino ancestry will be launched next month, entitled Something Else, Something Fierce. This soon-to-be annual fundraiser is organized by the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) to further the development of Filipino Canadian women.
On Wednesday, March 30, at 7pm, the NAPWC in collaboration with the Reef Caribbean Restaurant will host an exclusive press party for members of the media to preview what to expect at Something Else, Something Fierce. Eirene Cloma, Mutya Macatumpag, R.Two will entertain lucky patrons and DJ’s Miss M and Igzilla will undoubtedly excite the evening with hip hop and old school house beats.
On April 16, 2011, at W2, three-time Juno nominated singer/songwriter Emm Gryner will headline Something Else, Something Fierce, a unique and monumental showcase with opening performances from local Filipino-Canadian artists. Rounding off this fiercely energetic lineup are Electric-violinist dynamo Kytami, soul singer Eirene Cloma, Jazz crooner Cherlyn Cortes, multi-disciplinary artist Mutya Macatumpag, hip hop activist R.Two, Stylus-award nominee for Best Female DJ of the Year, DJ Miss M and mobile turntable inventor DJ Igzilla.
A limited amount of complimentary food and drinks will be served, so come early and sample the Caribbean goodies.
Photo opportunities and interviews available!
Mixtapes and Yummy Mummies
This weekend, we’re serving up a double dose of fierceness with the release of a mad fun mixtape and a freshly uploaded blog on baby bumps and Tommy Lee.
Violin vs. Vinyl: The Mixtape, is a fiercely high-powered union from violinistextemist Kytami and hip hop beat maker and longtime collaborator, the PhonoGraff. Amplifying the high-voltage string and scratch alliance–peppered with laser beat tension and epic scores, are the ragamuffin toastings of a certain Mista Chatman. For Kytami and Phono fans, start dancing—you know you want to!
DIY maven Emm Gryner proves that running a mini record empire, touring the IKEA homeland, hobb-nobbing with Tommy Lee while holding back pregnancy-induced projectile vomit are not only achievable but a necessary reality of being a pop-rock superstar. Told in honest, funny and punchy entries, Mumhum: A Human Came Out Of My Vagina chronicles Emm’s stalwart stumbles into mommyhood, music, midwives and surviving Chinese water torture-like ultra sounds. A fun read!
Tommy and Emm
Something Else, Something Fierce featuring Emm Gryner and friends!
Vancouver, BC – The National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) is proud to present its first ever benefit concert, Something Else, Something Fierce featuring an almost all-female Filipino Canadian line-up of celebrated and emerging artists at W2 Storyeum, on Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Dubbed the “Toronto indie goddess,” three-time Juno award nominated singer and song-writer Emm Gryner will headline this diverse line-up of performers and DJs, all of whom represent what it means to be a dynamic artist of Filipino ancestry. Revolutionary electric-violinist Kytami will rock the stage with her intense fiddling. Among others who will grace the stage are smooth acoustic artist Eirene Cloma, jazz songbird Cherlyn Cortes, multi-disciplinary artist Mutya Macatumpag, and ground-breaking raptivist R.Two. The night will be cranked up by the eccentric DJ Miss M, awarded Toronto’s “best female DJ of the year” in 2010 and DJ Igzilla, best known for his urban interventions with his mobile DJ system.
“The women and artists are really very exciting, head-strong Filipino Canadians who have all initiated their own projects” said Something Else, Something Fierce coordinator Charlene Sayo. “In line with the NAPWC’s values, we all aim to empower and transform our community through the arts.”
Proceeds from the concert will enable the NAPWC to advance its mandate for genuine equality and development for Filipino Canadian women. Beyond breaking stereotypes that Filipino women are servile, domesticated women, the NAPWC develops national programs that enhance the community’s political and social involvement in Canada through community-based research projects and political advocacy.
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Something Else, Something Fierce
Saturday, April 16, 2011
W2 Storyeum, 151 West Cordova Street, Vancouver
Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm
Admission is $35 for advanced tickets, $25 for students with valid student ID, $45 at the door. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 8 and are available online at napwcsomethingfierce.com and at The Jean Queen at 2277 Commercial Drive (cash only).
Media contact: NAPWC member Krystle Alarcon at (778) 321-8275 or napwc.somethingfierce@gmail.com
The Emm Gryner Sampler
She toured with David Bowie. Emm played keyboards and sung back up for daddy stardust. BACK UP.
Bono from U2 loves her. Well, maybe not Emm, but her song, Almighty Love…so by default he does love her.
Emm is a Fashion Muse. Her face launched a thousand shoulder bags designed by Matt and Nat. Carrie Bradshaw never had it this good.
Emm’s a DIY master. She started her record label, Dead Daisy Records when she was all of 22, and does everything from signing artists to snail mailing cd’s to rabid fans…
She can hold her own against Metal Heads…and leaves them wanting more. It was Joe Elliott of Def Leppard who approached Emm to re-record Almighty Love as a duet on her latest album, Gem and I. Emm sings on Rob Zombie’s The Sinister Urge.
Emm is Ireland’s adopted musical daughter. Since releasing her album, Songs of Love and Death an ode to Irish pop songs, the Emerald Island can’t get enough of the Filipina-Irish Canadian singer.
She’s an angel. According to Matt Nathanson. He wrote a little ditty about Emm. It’s called Angel.
Tried to promo the Bieber. But Usher’s people snagged ‘em.
Emm’s got a thing for tall, dark and lanky. But they gotta be a dead-ringer for Clint Eastwood.
Is half Pinay and pretty darn proud and loud about it. Astig!
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