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It turns out Canada’s next greatest export after Tim Horton’s and asbestos is improvised comedy. Attesting to this fact are the long and storied careers…

Hold onto your hearts ladies and gentlemen, because d.i.y. nerd-rocker Michael Elder is here to steal them away. At 19, the Prince George import already…

On a crisp October night, I wander the haunted streets of Railtown, guided by the ghosts of Vancouver punk rock past towards a mysterious unmarked…

The only genre tag on Watermelon’s Bandcamp page is pop. Not low-fi, or dream pop, or surf pop, although those descriptions would fit just as…

This Saturday night was a busy one. I hung out in a room, an art space, and a music area. I discussed songs, and examined…

A sure wave of the hand steadies the wobbly knees of your party behind you. Guards scoff at your credentials, slobber on grilled cheese, and…

  As this article goes to print, Vancouver will be wrapping up the 2012 International Jazz Festival. When I met up with Keith Wecker (a.k.a….

A year ago, interviewing Weed would have meant a one-on-one with Will Anderson and his tape deck, when the name was applied to his d.i.y….

    Having converged on Vancouver from points east, west and south and boasting 15 cities of residence between the five of them, the Ruffled…

  War Baby is a Vancouver-based trio that smells faintly similar to teen spirit. Don’t worry, they’re the first to admit that the Seattle sounds…

  2011 was a big year for Tyranahorse. Though online copies of their debut album, ghostwolfmotherhawk:prairieunicornlionlioness, surfaced in late 2010, the full-length was officially released…

  In my last visit to the rural community of Agassiz, the annual fall fair was in full swing: a tractor pull and traveling amusement…

  It’s an unlikely home for a hardcore band. La Casa del Artista first opened in 2006 for the purpose of showcasing live mariachi music….

The High Drops – These Kids It’s not often a band captures your heart right out of the gate; but the High Drops will. Born…

Crazy Punky garage-blues duo the Pack A.D.’s latest release Unpersons (which is set for release September 13) will make you want to jump around and…

Like Dad Amid a sea of insipid young rock bands, local punks White Lung are hoisting a Jolly Roger for dark and exciting music. Between…

The Wake OK The Albertans are a project pooling the collective and creative consciousness of five talented musicians who actually live outside the majestic province…

In the National Film Board-produced interactive web documentary Welcome to Pine Point, Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons, who make up the Vancouver graphic design team…

Seattle’s the Cave Singers have crafted hypntoic folk sounds since forming over four years ago, but the band got louder and more raucous for their…

With a glut of acts flooding the market these days, there are bound to be countless bands that get swept under the rug. Only artists…

For many of us, high school was an awkward time of life. We crushed on the cutie in math class, ate too much poutine for…

01 Reunited Tony Dallas is an excellent drummer. He plays with Boogie Monster, Fan Death, the SSRIs and even in the backing band for Hot…

While the majority of twenty-four-year-olds fall under the categories of unsure students and entry level employees, Nathan Williams is embracing a delayed adolescence: drinking, partying…

I’ve truly missed it. I have no idea what it takes to put on a show like that, especially in a town that is such…

Here it was, the final day of Sled Island. Our bodies beaten and complaining from the trudging through the sun, the steady flow of alcohol,…

Before I get into what bands I saw on Day 3 of Sled Island, I would like to take a moment to talk to you…

Canada Day, the second day of Sled Island, resulted in plenty of day parties with bands playing them. Many of them were free to non-pass…

Recording an EP in a building that’s rumoured to be haunted in the middle of the night during a heat wave would tend to make…

Discorder’s Editor, Jordie Yow, is sucking up all the Sled Island he can. Check discorder.ca everyday of the Festival (June 30-July 3) for his latest…

On the first Tuesday of every month, Cam MacLeod hosts a tiny tribe of local comedians that veer not too far from the traditional menagerie…

On a Sunday night in Vancouver, most streets are eerily quiet. But the half block around the Hennessey Restaurant on Broadway is wide awake. At…

Before Carl Newman was known as the de facto leader of the New Pornographers, one of the most acclaimed indie rock groups of the 21st…

Chances are you’ve seen the carefully coiffed stache of Tyler Fedchuk behind the turntables. This man started up from nothing, and is now one of…

Conor Holler and Cameron Reed, sat outside the CiTR studio last month for their latest project, The Mental Beast, a 12-episode holiday-themed radio and video…

For an independent label that is basically a two-man show, Unfamiliar Records has been soaking up a lot of attention lately. With Pitchfork’s recent “Best…

In 2007, James Wood, the front man for local rock group the Hotel Lobbyists, put together a little summer music festival in his hometown of…

I met up with Caleb Stull, the lead man for Vancouver’s Parlour Steps, to talk about his band and their music. For the most part,…

Without a doubt, The Feminists are one of the busiest bands in town. You’ll be hard pressed to fi nd an act that plays as…

I overheard this conversation at the Piccadilly Pub during New Music West this year: “Did you manage to see The Cinch? I’ve never heard of…

Time Flies by Mark Fernandes When 10 musicians take the stage each night at the Western Front this month, the results will be unpredictable. Time…