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Louise Burns

After driving from UBC to Main Street as fast as I safely could and running top-speed towards the Fox Cabaret, I was scared that unfortunate…

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Louise Burns On Young Mopes

“You’re allowed to be self-loathing and sad and confused. That’s what you do in your twenties,” says Louise Burns, prolific Vancouver singer-songwriter, about to release…

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Levitation Day 1

I was apprehensive to say the least. After attending Levitation last year I had high hopes of the whimsical outdoors, the silk tents, and the…

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Lightning Dust

I hadn’t heard much of Lightning Dust before their show at The Biltmore, but something about the name drew me in—maybe because it sounds like…

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Louise Burns

Paper Cup A few years after leaving Lillix, the pop-rock band she co-founded in Cranbrook with sisters Tasha-Ray and Lacey-Lee Evins at the tender age…

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Shimmering Stars

Walk Away I am a total sucker for handclaps, throwback harmonies, walking bass lines and drums that sound like they come from Phil Spector’s Wall…