Wind Walkers

                        Wind Walkers You should not have come here alone at this time of night, just dusk with the rustles of things unknown going skittering through your thoughts. Your own footsteps in the rotting leaves and needles multiply, taunt you to glance back with […]

Gold Mountain Captivates at the Cultch

In our own way, each of us strives to define who we are by making “something” of ourselves. This proverbial “something” takes form in a variety of ways and is dependent on the individual person. In general though, the end goal is to make our loved ones proud, our friends slightly jealous and, if we […]

Coheed and Cambria – Interview with Travis Stever

Fans of Coheed and Cambria have been wondering where the band will take them next since their last album, 2010’s Year of the Black Rainbow, concluded the five-album saga of The Amory Wars by telling how it all began. Now with the band’s latest release, The Afterman: Ascension, the first half of a two-part album […]

Killing Joke Can Still Land a Punch

The late-’70s, early-’80s post-punk era was one of the most exciting times in pop music history, and absolutely pivotal in the area of alternative music in particular. The original punk rock scene had been absolutely incendiary… as well as volatile. Those with whom punk had resonated, and who felt the need to keep it alive, […]

Chrome Canyon’s Latest Evokes Vintage Sci-Fi Cinema

Stones Throw has a reputation as being one of the world leaders in underground music with quite a wide-ranging variety of genres nurtured under its umbrella. Having said that, they do tend to veer strongly towards soul, R’n’B and hip hop, most notably the almighty Madlib (including the majority of his aliases) and J Dilla, […]

L.A.’s Flying Lotus Soars in the North

On a typically damp Vancouver day, there was an atypical energy that could be felt last Monday night. Flying Lotus, Teebs and Jeremiah Jae were in town and a great gig was just about to unfold. Considering the slew of dates on their tour prior to this point, the Brainfeeder crew arrived in Vancouver fully […]