Basia Bulat: Breaking Hearts and Autoharp Strings
Watching Basia Bulat onstage, you can't help but feel that her throaty alto was made for the resonance of the...
Y▲CHT can Triforce
After interviewing the two core members of YACHT about fringe religions, the abstract (yet identifiable) meaning of triangles, and the...
Joanna Newsom Day
She’s the oft-misunderstood, oft-hyperbolized neo-folk darling who defies categorization due to her unconventional instrumentation (harp), more unconventional voice (squeaky) and...
Photos: C.R. Avery live at the West End Cultural Centre
Vancouver spoken-word/hip hop/roots (?!) dynamo C.R. Avery returned to the West End Cultural Centre on Monday night, and our photog...
Eve Rice – From Vav Jungle to DJ Beekeeni
By Cindy Doyle Eve Rice is no stranger to Winnipeg’s music scene. Whether you know her as the electro-charged, sex...
The Pack A.D. – The Pack is Back
By Kent Davies Maya Miller + Becky Black = the Pack A.D. Much has been said about this bad-ass East...
Ian La Rue and the Condor – Small Chest Muscles, Huge Wingspan
By Jenny Henkelman [caption id="attachment_598" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo by Andrew Workman"][/caption] "I’m cooking on the tour,” Matt Magura announces between...
Review: Dead Man’s Bones
DEAD MAN’S BONES Dead Man’s Bones Released right around Halloweentime, Dead Man’s Bones could be considered gimmicky if it wasn’t...
J.R. Hill Exists; Your Argument Is Invalid
By Taylor Burgess In his disorderly Wolseley basement named the Mortfell Oktorium Studio, J.R. Hill has been focusing on recording...
The Paperbacks – Doubling Up
By Michael Elves While reports of the music industry’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, the more recent prognosis is that...