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Spoon

Due to a ticketing mix-up, I missed out on openers Micachu & the Shapes, arriving just as Deerhunter were about to take the stage. The…

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Health

Maybe it was the fact that critical acclaim doesn’t always translate into any sort of mass appeal, or maybe it was because of the myriad…

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Japandroids

After a handful of glowing reviews of their full-length debut Post-Nothing unleashed a wave of hype, Japandroids found their name on the lips of critics…

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Sled Island – Reviews

Sled Island is one of the best music festivals in Canada. A number of Vancouverites made the journey inland to see it and among them…

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Sled Island: Colin Newman Interview

Following the legendary performance by post-punk group Wire at Sled Island 2008, Colin Newman returned as the festival’s curator in 2009 in addition to performing…

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Punk Heart

When I met up with Jesse Taylor of Twin Crystals, it was in the building that the band shares with a few other Vancouver bands…

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Sasquatch music Festival

At the Sasquatch Music Festival, it was once again Mother Nature, and not an actual band, that stole the spotlight. In 2006, festival goers were…

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Roger Dean Young & The Tin Cup

Roger Dean Young sounds a lot older than he looks. At least, he sounds a lot older than he looks on his label’s website. He…

Under Review

Roger Dean Young & The Tin Cup

Roger Dean Young sounds a lot older than he looks. At least, he sounds a lot older than he looks on his label’s website. He…

Under Review

MSTRKRFT

MSTRKRFT seemed to come out of nowhere. Sure, Jesse Keeler is fairly well known as the bass slinger in Death from Above 1979, but who saw…