live music reviews

An impressive sampling of Vancouver’s homegrown indie pop/rock was on the menu last Thursday night at the Biltmore Cabaret as part of Steam Whistle’s Unsigned

The Bonobo is actually a great ape, formerly known as the “dwarf chimpanzee.” Bonobo (Simon Green) is also a great musician, DJ and producer, who

There were a lot of ghosts onstage at the Jeff Mangum show. Stories of the dead weave in and out of his lyrics but the

It was a night for showing off your most sombre 80’s dance moves.  Both Trust and Light Asylum consist of girl/boy duos with an affinity

I slept past my alarm on the morning of Monday July 23rd. The reason for this was because my phone had been stolen the Friday

It had almost been a whole month since I’d seen a metal show before seeing 3 Inches of Blood and Bison at the Vogue Theatre

Two experimental, noise-punk, soul, rock, pop groups were on the agenda for the night. Blind Horses led the way, and as the 4 young men

Upon arrival at the Commodore Ballroom, I was greeted by a line that stretched far down Granville and around the corner of Smithe Street.  The

Thursday night at the Waldorf hotel was the setting for this adventure which featured a trio of up and coming bands from the heart of

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak with Aaron Hemphill of Liars, which I knew at the time to be a very unusual experimental

The music started off with a bang as Sambatá took to the stage at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday night. An impressive drum line-up produced strong

Saturday night, a jam-packed Commodore played peppy host to Metric, the darlings of Canadian indie. It was an exclusive show to which entry could only