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I Think I’m Going to Buy Me a Gun

At first listen, Scout Niblett’s latest release It’s Up To Emma is a melodic, trance-inducing, intuitive self-expression of the modern singer-songwriter trying to find herself
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Lissie “Shameless”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/l5vzZcbH39E[/youtube] “Shameless”, Lissie’s latest video, has her calling out the bullshit of those style-over-substance celebrities, with an IDGAF attitude that is catchy as hell.  She
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Corrections House “Grin With a Purpose”

[youtube]http://youtu.be/GctfSvFX–s[/youtube] Corrections House is a coming-together of members from Neurosis, Eyehategod, Yakuza, and Nachtmystium, which, if you know your metal, should have you pinching yourself
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Failing a Total Success

Music Waste, Vancouver’s favourite ultra-affordable music, art and comedy festival, which charges patrons a staggering $5 per show, formally kicked off at the Anza Club
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…And the Rock Keeps Rolling

When one listens to a Queens of the Stone Age record, one is transported to another place. You could take that as my just being
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Stand and Deliver, Please

The Rio is an interesting venue for music. The setting is typically a movie theatre or a stage for performance art, and its elevated stage
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A Progressive Migration

Tonight will be a night of many firsts for Texan instrumental prog-metal band Scale The Summit – their  first tour with Intronaut (finally!); their first
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Your Guide to Summer Music Festivals in BC

  Summertime is festival time. Whatever groove you desire, whatever pocket of the province you happen to habitat in, there is a festival of delights
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A Night of Moving Sounds

There were a number of reasons why the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble’s presentation of Speaking Strings Utter Things intrigued me, not the least its rhyming
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Have Fun Figuring It Out

Nearly a decade before Broken Social Scene became the nexus of mainly Toronto-centric musicians, By Divine Right stood as the revolving door through which countless
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The Thoroughbreds of Horseplay

Noted for the dramatically differing styles of their first two records, British ‘math-rockers’ Foals have morphed yet again with their sensational new album Holy Fire.
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It Rained And It Was Beautiful

The weekend was marked by a black cloud by those unable to attend this year’s edition of Sasquatch Music Festival south of the border. As