live music reviews

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Beat the Sun

Early shows. If they took place somewhere where curtains could be drawn, or in a basement club, there could at least be the illusion of
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PAPA Swims in the Shallow End

As someone who loves to root for the underdog, I’ve always felt that there was an injustice in people showing up late for a show
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‘Give Up’ a Decade Later

The Postal Service came into being seemingly in response to a need. Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie fame) lent his vocals to a
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Jacks of All Trades

A small yet devoted crowd came to The Railway Club on Thursday for the CD release of the Oneyedjacks, one of the staples of Vancouver’s
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The Neighbourhood Rocks the Block

2013 is turning out to be a banner year for the Californian buzz band known as The Neighbourhood. Having just dropped their debut album I
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My Kind of Folk

It was another uncommonly beautiful day to be headed down to the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, though, to be honest, it could have been hailing
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Stoked For Folk

Stepping onto the bus an hour and a half away from Jericho park, I could already feel the pre-festival vibes in the soles of my
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A Band for Proposal

“It’s not about me, it’s about us.” Even before the music commenced, City and Colour frontman Dallas Green already knew how to win the hearts
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The Cult of Urban Bohemia

“THIS IS A GOOD DAY,” Dandy Warhols’ Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s t-shirt read. But June 22, 2013 wasn’t just a “good day”: to borrow a phrase that