Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko at Harbour Events Centre, 3/23/19 The richest independent rapper in the world due to a relentless touring schedule … Tech N9ne finally landed in Vancouver at the Ha...
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Vince Staples taps into primal energy in Vancouver
Vince Staples, JPEGMAFIA and Channel Tres at Harbour Events Centre, 3/22/19 Despite the tonal contrast of the venue, California rapper Vince Staples delivered an electrifying set that never stopped...
Foals keep the weekend alive for a Monday night crowd
Foals at the Orpheum Theatre, 3/18/19 Little more than a week after the release of their fifth album, Foals kicked off their North American headlining tour in Vancouver. The show was held at one of...
The Cat Empire bring their sunny musical stylings to a sunny Vancouver
The Cat Empire with Neal Francis at the Commodore Ballroom, 3/17/19 On Sunday, the exuberant stylings of Australian band The Cat Empire were brought to the Commodore Ballroom once more as part of t...
The Cat Empire to bring exuberant and dynamic performance to Vancouver
Vancouver Weekly interview with The Cat Empire’s Felix Riebl To make music as “exuberant and dynamic” as they can. That’s what The Cat Empire is all about. When they started out in the music ...
Vancouver shows Noname some respect
Noname with Elton Aura at the Commodore Ballroom, 3/13/19 Canadians have a reputation for being overly polite. So much so that if you Google “Canadian meme,” you’ll come across more examples of us ...
Synergy in composition: Nils Frahm plays the Orpheum
Lately, in places like friends’ cars and cafes, composition and classical music seem to be making headway with the younger generations. The revival of this music, which is usually associated with s...
Jungle sets Vancouver’s soul on fire
Jungle and Houses at The Vogue 03/09/19 The dark clouds over Vancouver lifted, the sun shone, patio beers clinked on Granville St and fans high on vitamin D (and perhaps some other things) poured i...
Marianas Trench creates a haunting realm with new album ‘Phantoms’
Vancouver Weekly interview with Mike Ayley of Marianas Trench Mike Ayley, bass player and backing vocalist for Marianas Trench, shares that in the past he’s definitely used the band’s music and tig...
Beirut’s brass poetry brightens Vancouver’s Tuesday
Beirut with Helado Negro at the Orpheum Theatre, 2/26/19 On Tuesday night, almost everyone who considers him or herself a hipster in the Lower Mainland gathered at the Orpheum Theatre for Beirut, a...
Waxahatchee brings band of wayward Americans to Vancouver
Waxahatchee and Bonny Doon at Wise Hall, 2/24/19 A bustling, sold-out audience in East Vancouver came to a standstill as Katie Crutchfield strummed her first few chords at the Wise Hall on Sunday. ...
Snoop Dogg showed Vancouver how to party like it’s the 1990s
The Rogers arena went through a complete transformation on Friday night – from a cold hockey arena to a hazy, sweaty club. Snoop Dogg and his pack of openers made an 18,000 seat auditorium se...
