THE MANY MOODS OF DONALD TRUMP A CONVERSATION WITH HARRY SHEARER ‘It’s been a national whiplash experience that nobody would choose to go through’ remarks Harry Shearer about the outgoing President of the United States. Shearer, the celebrated [...]
Tobacco Hot Wet & Sassy Ghostly International Hot Wet & Sassy, the newest album from Portland-based experimental AND electronic outfit Tobacco, saunters through dripping, eclectic beats and saturated synthesizers. Anyone who’s seen a [...]
MUSIC GONE LOCO A CONVERSATION WITH MARTIN MOSCROP & DONALD JOHNSON OF A CERTAIN RATIO 40 years into their career, with a recent successful catalogue reissue and their first new album in 12 years, the members of A Certain Ratio are now [...]
NAMES OF NORTH END WOMEN A CONVERSATION WITH LEE RANALDO & RAÜL REFREE Decades into his musical career, Lee Ranaldo continues to chart unexplored sonic directions. “I feel like this record is one of the most different projects that I’ve ever [...]
SING IN A WORLD THAT’S FALLING APART A CONVERSATION WITH JARED SWILLEY OF BLACK LIPS “We always talked about it” says Black Lips’ bassist Jared Swilley, on the subject of a cowboy record; “it’s the type of music from where we’re from.” On their [...]
I WANT TO BREAK FREE, MY HEAD KEEPS ON SPINNING A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF SCHROEDER & MINDY SONG OF NIGHT DREAMER Night Dreamer suffer from no lack of passion. Speaking after an intimate, otherworldly studio performance at Vancouver’s Blue [...]
HOW TO VACATION AT HOME A CONVERSATION WITH MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ Mathew Logan Vasquez has recently released his third solo album, Light’n Up. Here, he finds a delicate balance between a happy, stable home life and his life as a musician [...]
HEAR ME OUT A CONVERSATION WITH JORDAN COOK OF REIGNWOLF Even before the release of his first full-length record, success shone upon Jordan Cook, who has experienced good fortune that most rock ‘n’ roll players can only dream of. After [...]
FAILURE & SWERVEDRIVER @ VENUE, VANCOUVER APRIL 18, 2019 Vancouver’s Venue was host tonight to a double-headlining bill featuring Failure and Swervedriver. Notable ‘90s legends within their own sub-genres, both bands laid out sets of sharp, [...]
WEEZER & PIXIES @ ROGERS ARENA, VANCOUVER APRIL 7, 2019 Vancouver’s quirky alternative fans came out of the woodwork tonight for an action-packed double bill. With both Weezer and the Pixies being a household name in their own right, the [...]
STILL PLENTY OF MILES TO GO FOR THIS CANADIAN BLUESMAN A CONVERSATION WITH COLIN JAMES For Colin James, the hardest part about going on the road is figuring out which guitars to bring. 19 albums and over four decades of playing the blues, Colin [...]
TIME-TRAVELING THROUGH SONGS A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL WEBB OF RUSTIN MAN Rustin Man, aka Paul Webb, has released his sophomore album Drift Code on Domino Records. A follow up to the dense and enigmatic Out Of Seasons, Rustin Man continues a [...]
Matthew Logan Vasquez Light’n Up Dine Alone Records With a range of meandering styles, fine crafted lyrics, playful melodies, and a excellent of story-telling, Light’n Up shows Mathew Logan Vasquez’s most mature and varied collection [...]
Weezer The Teal Album Atlantic Records Weezer can play a knockout cover but that doesn’t mean that The Teal Album, a collection of iconic and shamelessly-picked classics, is predictable. On ten tracks of lighthearted fun, Weezer approaches many [...]
Peter Murphy w/ David J @ The Vogue Theatre, Vancouver January 19, 2019 Vancouverites turned out in full force tonight to see a goth-rock legend in the flesh. Performing a meaty set of Bauhaus classics, including a full performance of the [...]
I DO NOT MAKE HAPPY RECORDS. I DON’T. I NEVER WILL. A CONVERSATION WITH GARY NUMAN Gary Numan’s modesty matches his sprawling wake of artistic influence; not quite a member of electronic music’s first popular wave, Numan’s career has spanned an [...]
Foo Fighters @ Rogers Arena, Vancouver September 8, 2018 The Foo Fighters love ‘70s rock’n’roll. Performing to a massive crowd at one of Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, the Concrete & Gold tour featured two hours and 45 minutes of [...]
Queens Of The Stone Age w/ Eagles Of Death Metal @ Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver August 4, 2018 Last Saturday, hundreds of Vancouver rock fans were treated to a wonderfully unique event. The Aurora Illumination concerts, an exciting series of [...]
Sled Island Music Festival 2018 @ Calgary, Alberta June 20-24, 2018 Sled Island carries an eclectic load. The Calgary based music festival has grown to become one of Canada’s most notable and peculiar music festivals. Now celebrating its ninth [...]
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD w/ AMYL & THE SNIFFERS @ THE MALKIN BOWL, VANCOUVER JUNE 5, 2018 Returning to Vancouver for the third time in 14 months, King Gizzard & the Lizard headlined a double Aussie bill that was anything but [...]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver May 8, 2018 Unknown Mortal Orchestra recently dished out a fluid and dynamic set of pop-blended rock to a sold-out Vancouver audience. Touring in support of their newly released fourth [...]
Levitation Festival 2018 @ Carson Creek Ranch, Austin April 26-29, 2018 This April, dedicated live-music fans and psychedelic enthusiasts flocked to the world music capital for Levitation, a four-day celebration of psychedelic music. Originally [...]
Burger Records Burger-A-Go-Go Tour @ Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver February 22-23, 2018 Vancouver’s Rickshaw Theatre set the scene for an action-packed two-night event courtesy of the Burger Records Burger-A-Go-Go tour. With a line-up featuring 8 [...]
BURGER-A-GO-GO SET FOR ROCK AND ROLL SIZZLE The Californian garage rock gurus at Burger Records have cooked up a stacked lineup of female-fronted bands. Featuring a special two-night traveling show, Burger-A-Go-Go will be slinging four acts per [...]
