I needed to see this show. John Grant opening for Elbow at the Commodore on May 23 meant that I had a ticket in my ha…
Black, White, and the Return of the 1975
With all the performance value of Joe Cocker at Woodstock, Matthew Healy of the 1975 stumble-danced his way into the …
Conversations & Transformations with Astral Swans & Dan Mangan
Vancouver’s dreamboat Dan Mangan realized his dream on March 3 with the creation of his own label, Madic Record…
Yuna Shines Brightest at the Media Club
Telling folks I’ be seeing Yuna on February 15 provided me blank stares and vacant nods. Saying it was at the M…
King Krule Already Among the Stars
The anticipation for this show was thick. Cut onto the Top 15 nominees of BBC’s Sound of 2013 award, this YouTube bab…
White Ash Falls (Andy Bishop) Hits All the Right Notes
I did not like this record immediately. Midway through the second tune, I was in another place. Wind knotting my hai…
Cut Copy… Paste – ‘Free Your Mind’ Will Not Blow Any
My good pal Chaad Gramlich was my musical guru from 2004 to 2006. We ripped his entire iTunes library and dumped it i…
Toro Y Moi Gets Everything in Return from a Young Vogue Crowd
Walk into The Vogue. Two drinks for $32.00. Down the aisle to stage right. Shit there’s a lot of people. Wow. Wait. H…
While Baby Wars, We Punch Cows
At the height of the first heavy fall of rain in Vancouver, Cowpuncher, War Baby, and Hallow Moon were set to play No…
Braids Unravel and Fall Flat at Fortune
The first time I heard Braids I was at Cindy Robert’s home in Sunnyside, Calgary. Cindy’s first language is French Ca…
Phantogram: Manipulators of the Beat Dimension
Phantogram was partially named after an optical illusion which manipulates the view of dimensions. I was in the righ…
