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VICTORY – “Play It”

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/57417965[/vimeo] Meet the multi-talented multi-instrumentalist known as Victory.  He does everything from running his own record label (Reserva Records), to producing his own music, and
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Buke and Gase MacGyver A New Sound

It’s easy to encounter adjectives like “innovative”, “original”, or “inventive” when talking about bands who toe the proverbial fringes of contemporary music – their sound
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There’s Nothing Like the First Time

Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland set the tone early, cutting through the Commodore crowd chatter with “Killing Time Is Murder”, one of their rawest compositions
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Blackalicious Perform Alphabet Aerobics

Puffs of smoke billowed through the crowd as Sacramento’s Blackalicious was set to hit the stage. The lights dimmed, and the audience was abuzz(ed). DJ/producer
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Return of the Folk-Rock Warrior

For folk-rock veteran Richard Thompson, recording a new album means having to do something a little different each time. Last time out, the songs were
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The Blues Are Back In Town

The night started off on the right foot when I found out that Current Swell’s show at the Commodore had officially sold out. Before even
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The Father and The Men

It was exactly a year to the day that I arrived in the city of Vancouver from Ireland, and what better way to celebrate this
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Almost Famous, Almost Good

Chik chiki boom, chik chiki boom. The promise of having a night consisting of sweat soaked dancing along to the reggae beat, found me this
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An Intimate Night of Debauchery

As I arrived at the intimate venue on Cambie Street a little later than was initially planned, David Gaudet and Nick Eakins of The Never
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Pinback Bring Unmistakeable Sound to Venue

Oakland’s Judgement Day play what they describe as “string metal”; such is the name of their official website. They are Anton Patzner on violin, his
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Fidlar Don’t Give A Flying…

If you took the Beach Boys, stuck a skateboard under one arm and a cheap lukewarm beer in the other, and then added some leather