For the first time since November 2013 that kid from Degrassi was back in Vancouver for two sold-out performances at Roger’s Arena. Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake, headlined the second night ...
Live Music Reviews
Juliette Lewis Kills But Can She Lick Celebrity Status?
Juliette Lewis was at The Venue on Granville St Wednesday night doling out a taste of L.A. for the sold out crowd on hand. Equal parts Mick Jagger meets Axl Rose in regards to mannerisms and stage ...
Real feels at cartoon pop duo Prozzäk’s live return
Ice Cream Social. Guilty Pleasures. Y2K Party. Nostalgia nights happen under many names, sometimes weekly. But rarely do they culminate with one of the acts they regularly spin playing their hits l...
Rifflandia is More than Just Killer Bands
The Rifflandia festival venue, Royal Athletic Park, has been transformed from an athletic park into a two staged utopia for music enthusiasts. Friday was the first day that performances took place ...
Off to a Great Start for Rifflandia at The Mint
Anyone who has been to the Vancouver Folk Music Festival and the Squamish Valley Music Festival knows that they have completely different vibes, so assuming that Rifflandia would be like either wou...
Action Bronson Still Mr Wonderful Despite Not Being Mr Majestic
Besides it being potentially the strongest name in the game, it’s clear by Action Bronson’s schedule why the rapper went with the brawny forename ‘Action’ to precede the obvious homage to Charles B...
Can Zakk Wylde Get out from the Shadows, and on to the Black Label?
Guitar great Zakk Wylde brought his Book of Shadows II Tour to Vancouver’s own Commodore Ballroom Thursday night, in what is the last leg of tour that saw Europe prior to its North American stop-of...
Weezer and Panic! at the Disco master people-pleasing pop-rock
Despite a “technical delay” that pushed Weezer’s entire show at Deer Lake Park last Thursday ahead by one hour, they, along with openers Panic! at the Disco and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, wo...
Big Wreck’s Monumental Performance Overshadowed By A Rockstar
Let’s not bury the lead here, half way through Big Wreck’s first of their encore, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger took to the microphone to participate in a cover of the lead single off of AC/DC’s...
A quintessential close to Vancouver Folk Fest
“The workshops are what Folk Fest is all about.” I’ve heard this for as long as I’ve known about the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, yet I only saw my first two workshops on the final afternoon of t...
Pemberton Fest Day Four: Dizzying Mystery Exclusion, A Creator, and Plenty of Jam Left in Seattle Legends
Day four at Pemberton started with a little disappointment. Some unexplained drop-off of talent; and some self-induced disappointment can be blamed for the rocky start. As eluded to at the end of m...
High energy and riveting sounds continue at Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Folk festivals aren’t the types of events that need to start each day with a boom. But as I relaxed watching Toronto’s elegantly sparse trio the Weather Station at stage three, I couldn’t help but ...
