Jorja Smith, Kali Uchis and Mia Carucci at PNE Forum, 5/22/19 After they each brought their own show to Vancouver last year, two of the most exciting young voices in the world of R&B joined for...
A La Music
Live Music Reviews, Album Reviews, Interviews, Music Editorials
The Lemonheads dish out a sweet Vancouver performance
The Lemonheads at Rickshaw Theatre, 5/18/19 The Rickshaw’s iconic sign illuminated the warm spring night on East Hastings, beckoning in Vancouver’s older rock scene and dedicated fans of The Lemonh...
Jenny Lewis: More than ‘Just One of the Guys’
Jenny Lewis at the Commodore Ballroom, 5/20/19 Jenny Lewis brought new tracks from her fourth solo record On the Line to Vancouver this past Victoria Day evening. Fans were pretty excited for her f...
Local Natives show their charm at the Commodore Ballroom
Local Natives and Middle Kids at The Commodore Ballroom, 5/15/19 Local Natives, one of the leading bands in SoCal indie rock, played the Commodore Ballroom Wednesday night. The show may not have be...
Neil Young brings laughter, then tears, and again laughter to Vancouver
Neil Young at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 05/14/19 Wow. Just, wow. That was the reaction of nearly everyone in attendance at the first night of Neil Young’s two solo shows at the Queen Elizabeth T...
Twenty One Pilots brings production value to Rogers Arena
Twenty One Pilots and Bear Hands at Rogers Arena, 5/12/19 Experimental pop-punk duo Twenty One Pilots turned Rogers Arena into the fictional totalitarian city of Dema on a Sunday night Mothers’ Day...
Ariana Grande brings the sweetness to Vancouver concert
Ariana Grande at Rogers Arena, 4/27/19 Ariana Grande fans came out in droves Saturday night to see the pony-tailed, sweetener herself take the stage at Rogers Arena. And boy, you ain’t ever s...
‘Witchy feminist rockstar’ Maggie Rogers sells out the Commodore
Maggie Rogers and Melanie Faye at the Commodore Ballroom, 4/17/19 In between the two weekends she’s slated to perform at the Coachella Music Festival, folksy and soulful pop singer Maggie Rogers fo...
Bob Mould is all sunshine rock, sugar and sweetness
Bob Mould at the Rickshaw Theatre, 4/7/19 Bob Mould fired through 40 years of his rock guitar anthology last Sunday at the nearly sold-out Rickshaw Theatre. It’s interesting to note the career twis...
Weezer and Pixies take Vancouver across time and space
Weezer and Pixies with Basement at Rogers Arena, 04/07/19 On Sunday, a Rogers Arena crowd rode in a time machine built by both Weezer and Pixies. The journey through space and time began with Bas...
Power, personality, and passion: P!nk delights Vancouver fans
P!nk with Julia Michaels at Rogers Arena, 4/5/19 P!nk’s first of two concerts at one of Vancouver’s biggest venues on Friday had fans wishing for an endless night. Right now in Vancouver, it’s impo...
An Evening of Sweet Surprises: Ry X at the Rio Theatre
The historic Rio Theatre in the heart of Vancouver’s east side was sold out on Tuesday, April 2nd. A misting of light rain began to fall as fans of melancholic ambient indie pop music infiltrated t...
