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Folk Fest

About ten feet to my left, beside the squatting pine, Kevin Smith is hippie dancing. Well, not quite Kevin Smith, but a pudgy guy with…

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Ariel Pink

Ariel Pink – Round And Round Discorder: First of all, how’s your day going, Ariel? Ariel Pink: The day? Yeah, it’s going good. We’re about…

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The House of Yes

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…

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Liars

Angus Andrew was a bundle of nerves as he ambled on stage at Venue to announce that Liars would be playing sans guitarist Aaron Hemphill,…

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Film Stripped

Susanne Tabata, the filmmaker behind Bloodied But Unbowed, the documentary about Vancouver’s punk scene, sat down with me at Antisocial Skate Shop to talk about…

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Venews

Though it’s been a year in the making, the new venue in the old A&B Sound location on Seymour (a.k.a. the new Richard’s) is shaping…

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Best of the Decade: 10-1

10. Red Light Sting They were only a band for about five years and they haven’t been a band for more than five, but I…

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Film Stripped

The fest runs from Oct. 1 to Oct. 16 and according to VIFF’s website it’s “cosmopolitan, innovative, friendly, culturally complex and very accessible.” We thought…

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Unfamiliar Records

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…