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Dean Wareham

The ever-amicable Jody Glenham, whose recent EP, Dreamer, is a sun-soaked, yet bitter-pale satisfaction, continues to prove she’s a lauded Vancouver linchpin. Not only is…

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Cousins

The New Order-influenced dance rock dip of “Surf Don’t Sink” from local lad Jay Arner’s excellent eponymous Mint Records debut greeted me as I entered…

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Evan Dando

The ‘90s nostalgia train chugs ever forward, building with it some sprightly momentum that’s easier to see than those Magic Eye illusion thingies ever were,…

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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

There was no escaping the wistful, rosewater-infused, dewy-eyed saturnalia that a Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks performance can sometimes squeeze from their long-time fans. By…

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Quilt

Amidst the sluices of rainwater displaced by careening automobiles and a sky heavy with cloudburst, a small crowd assembled at the Media Club on February…

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Lee Ranaldo and the Dust

When art-damaged demigods Sonic Youth tossed in the towel in 2011, I admitted to total devastation. Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon’s disintegrating marriage and subsequent…

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Quasi

November’s icy air got a heated blast from Coopersburg, Pennsylvania duo, Lea Cho and Russ Waterhouse (formerly of Queens, New York) collectively known as Blues…

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Mike Doughty

When Brooklyn three-piece Moon Hooch stormed the stage with deep-pocket drumming from James Muschler and duelling star saxophones (brought to you by Wenzl McGowen and…

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Melt-Banana

The dog-eared yet in vogue subterrane of the Biltmore Cabaret made an ideal setting for the nights art-damaged doubleheader as a few wispy clouds of…

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Naomi Kavka

Have you ever dreamt of a place you’ve never been to? A place that exists, perceptibly perhaps, in the imagination, though you’re certain of its…