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Jam Space

DIANE, the grungy, feedback-saturated gloom queen, is on a first name basis with East Vancouver’s music community. Featuring Mel Zee and Ben Goldberg of Phonecalls,…

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Jam Space

I arrive at an industrial back alley door next to a busy Clark Drive. In between workshop garages and bikes, hardcore quartet Keep Tidy —…

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Jam Space

Who: Tambo-shakin’, Hammond-poundin’, soul-rattling septet, the Ballantynes. Where: East Van, Jackson Ave. @ Railway St. Discorder crashes a Wednesday night jam session with Vancouver gospel…

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Jam Space

Who: Vancouver 25-person rap gang, Too High Crew. Where: A roof. On a Fraser Street rooftop, above the Fray and across the road from a…