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Destroyer

Destroyer and Frog Eyes are both the kind of bands that are geographically nebulous, even to the people that share a city with them. Although…

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Vancouver Art/Book Fair

In its essence, publication is the process of creating a public–– a community who witness a work. This idea comes from Matthew Stadler, co-founder of…

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Levitation Vancouver

It’s festival season, though most music-loving Vancouverites already know that. With some of the continent’s biggest and best music festivals already come and gone, the…

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John Wiese

I was at The Getty last August. The afternoon hovered around 30°C: desultory conditions for tourists like myself. So, walking around the museum’s grounds, I…

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Shearing Pinx

Noise rock miscreants Shearing Pinx are a different beast on their fourth LP, People. With the addition of S. Koke on bass and backing vocals,…

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Here's the Thing

At a recent party I found myself regaling a group with my premiere foray into making fresh cheese at home. I’d gotten the kit from…

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Cool

Advised in jazz dens, scribbled by beatniks, and nodded during the reigns of rock and grunge; the word ‘cool’ has survived decades of discourse. As…