Seth Haley (aka Com Truise) stood in the foggy shadows behind a colourful pentagon. A pointy beard and cropped hair made the man behind the podium seem like some sort of metal-inspired vampire. The pentagon was hypnotizing the crowd, and his futuristic brand of chillwave had everyone at his mercy. Com Truise sounds like that […]
Vancouverites who braved a Monday night show to see Montreal fuzz-rock duo Solids were rewarded with the only Canadian stop on Toronto power-punk quartet PUP’s tour. To call the crowd modest in size would be to aggrandize. Yet I’d never heard such a small crowd sound so large when all of the members of PUP […]
Art students gone wild is how I would best describe Fever the Ghost, who kindly entertained the dark den of Venue this past Wednesday. As far as opening acts run, these boyos certainly had some head-nodding tracks. Their psychedelic genre-mashing made for some mad sounds that got everyone juiced and ready to go. As they […]
Telling folks I’ be seeing Yuna on February 15 provided me blank stares and vacant nods. Saying it was at the Media Club didn’t help the situation: small venue, small band, right? No way. In two years this bird’s been on Kimmel, Conan, and Carson Daly. Her songs have been produced by Pharrell Williams and […]
The anticipation for this show was thick. Cut onto the Top 15 nominees of BBC’s Sound of 2013 award, this YouTube baby is taking strides and carving deep footprints in the music scene today. King Krule (formerly Zoo Kid) is Archy Marshall, a nineteen-year-old kid out of London proper. After being on Conan, and after […]
Machinedrum, ANGO and Michael Red at Fortune Sound Club, December 5, 2013. When I showed up halfway through Michael Red’s opening set at Fortune last Thursday, I immediately regretted not arriving in time for the entire thing. When he left the stage and ANGO, the second opener, came on, I immediately regretted not showing up […]
Lupe Fiasco at The Vogue Theatre, November 21, 2013. To think that Lupe Fiasco’s debut album, Food & Liquor, dropped all the way back in 2006 is a testament to how time flies. His first single, “Kick, Push”, was an ode to skateboarding that had everyone coasting to what was a decidedly non-hip hop activity, while also […]
Shad and We Are The City at The Vogue Theatre, November 29, 2013. “You guys ready for Shad?… No. You’re not”. These words by We Are The City’s lead vocalist Cayne McKenzie set the tone for Vancity’s favorite local hip hop artist last Friday night at The Vogue Theatre. For the record, he was right […]