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Wolf Parade hold up a smudged, cracked mirror to the world

February 2, 2020

“I’m an optimist,” Wolf Parade singer/keyboardist Spencer Krug tells Vancouver Weekly by phone from the back of a van heading from Portland to San Francisco. “I like to think there’s

Ric Flair reveals little in Untold Tales of Pro Wrestling in Vancouver

January 12, 2019

The Untold Tales of Pro Wrestling with Ric Flair at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre last night was as much story-time as it was opinion-time. For an hour and a half,

Kim Gray reveals new video for “Taking It Too Easy”

November 26, 2017

Kim Gray’s music video for “Taking It Too Easy” shows the Vancouver psych-pop rocker doing just that: taking it easy. Based on the circumstances that influenced the making of his

Preview: Ludovic Fouquet – The Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage

November 12, 2013

Since the 1980s, Robert Lepage has been at the forefront of new media performance art. He has brought his multi-disciplinary productions to audiences around the world through Cirque du Soleil,

Non, la vie n’est pas triste… Martha Wainwright Sings Piaf

November 5, 2013

Halloween may be over, but Martha Wainwright is still conjuring spirits. Less than a year after the French-Canadian chanteuse floored spectators at The Rio Theatre, in support of her latest

Queer Love in Rae Spoonfuls

November 4, 2013

If you’ve seen Chelsea McMullan’s 2013 documentary My Prairie Home, you’ve heard Calgary musician and author Rae Spoon describe coming of age as queer in an evangelical Christian family. Now,

Texas Ain’t the Only Place Loretta Lynn’s Got in Her Heart

October 28, 2013

After just a handful of numbers by the night’s backing band, a few of which featured dueting twins Patsy and Peggy Lynn, the sisters introduced their family matriarch, the Queen

Les Jupes “Hold Me Down” Video

October 9, 2013

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgJVFNj-txw[/youtube] Winnipeg’s Les Jupes return with a video for “Hold Me Down” from their new EP Negative Space. The clip is atypical for a lyric video: letters and whole words

Getting Out of Bed with Terry Malts

September 21, 2013

An alarm clock opens Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere, and a new day begins for Terry Malts. If their previous album Killing Time was a love-struck, ‘til-the-sun-comes-up party, NRTIN is

Quiet ‘Til the Last Vibration

September 21, 2013

I opened the door to The Biltmore, and the courtly hands of violins immediately led me down the stairs. But when I laid my eyes on the source, I saw

Preview: Kevin Jackson – Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One

September 17, 2013

A new era. A new renaissance, in all the arts and sciences and the ways people thought and lived. No year since the Age of Enlightenment has been more significant

Preview: Chris Hadfield – An Astronaut’s Guide To Life on Earth

September 16, 2013

If Twitter and Facebook haven’t satiated the public’s appetite for all things Chris Hadfield, then Random House has just the thing. On October 29, retired astronaut (and Internet celebrity) Chris

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Wolf Parade hold up a smudged, cracked mirror to the world

Ric Flair reveals little in Untold Tales of Pro Wrestling in Vancouver

Kim Gray reveals new video for “Taking It Too Easy”

Preview: Ludovic Fouquet – The Visual Laboratory of Robert Lepage

Non, la vie n’est pas triste… Martha Wainwright Sings Piaf

Queer Love in Rae Spoonfuls

Texas Ain’t the Only Place Loretta Lynn’s Got in Her Heart

Les Jupes “Hold Me Down” Video

Getting Out of Bed with Terry Malts

Quiet ‘Til the Last Vibration

Preview: Kevin Jackson – Constellation of Genius: 1922: Modernism Year One

Preview: Chris Hadfield – An Astronaut’s Guide To Life on Earth

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